Class notes

PALS INTERCESSION

•Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services will offer intersession camp from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 20 through Oct. 31 at the Port Royal Center, 1514 Richmond Ave. in Port Royal.

The cost is $25 for the session. Registration is required. Details: 843-470-7320 or 843-470-6321.

BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

•The School Improvement Council meeting is 5 p.m. Thursday in the school media center.

•The National Honor Society meets at 2:45 p.m. Monday in Room C218.

•The Dolphin Pride Band Booster Club meeting is at 5:30 p.m. in the band room Oct. 14.

BEAUFORT ACADEMY

•There is no school Monday in observance of Columbus Day.

BEAUFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL

•Parents should ask students for the Friday Facts sheet.

•Students who turned in their Artistic Gifted and Talented applications should have their portfolio or performance pieces ready by Friday.

•Homeroom teachers have information about Community Service and forms for verifying the service.

JOSEPH J. SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

•Fifth grade students will visit STARBASE on the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station today and Wednesday. Students will participate in activities such as teamwork, ocean air, forces of flight, physics, computer assisted design, rocket construction and launch, and they will get a base tour.

•The BETA Club will have their ninth Induction Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the multipurpose room.

•Students in first and second grade will visit the Ridgeland Pumpkin Patch Oct. 14 for first grade and Oct. 15 for second grade. The students will leave the school at 9 a.m. and return at 1 p.m.

LADY'S ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

•Eighth grade students will take the Explore Test during homeroom today.

•The volleyball team plays Whale Branch Middle School at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Admission is free.

•The football team plays at 5 p.m. Thursday at Whale Branch Middle School.

•Friday is reward day during related arts time for all students that have returned all of their forms.

•Football and volleyball playoffs start Monday.

•The School Improvement Council and Parent Teacher Organization meets at 3 p.m. Oct. 14 in the media center.

•Students interested in joining a Speed Stacking team can sign up at the front office counter.

ROBERT SMALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL

•Volleyball game against Beaufort Middle School is at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Burton Wells Park.

•A football game against Beaufort Middle School is at 5 p.m. Thursday at Battery Creek High School.

•The Parent Teacher Organization meets at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 in the media center.

•Orange Crush T-shirts are on sale in the main office for $6.

SHELL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

•Evening Parent Conferences are from 3:45 to 6:45 p.m. today in the classrooms.

•Seahorse Swim Walk-a-Thon is from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the back playground area.

•Report cards will be sent home Wednesday.

•An honor roll party is at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria.

THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY

•Taylor Sanders has been named a Commended Student in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal, John D. Rogers Jr.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

•The school has opened a new art department, teaching grades kindergarten through high school. Kindergarten through first grades concentrate on learning the basic principles of art, second grade focuses on art projects from around the world, third grade learns about important artists, while fourth through sixth grades complete projects focusing on art history. High school develops art appreciation and studio skills.

The department is directed by Carmen Pinckney, who has worked at the McKissick Museum in Columbia.

REUNIONS

•Oct. 15 is the final day to make reservations for the Beaufort High School Class of 1963 reunion planned Nov. 15 at the Holiday Inn, Boundary Street, Beaufort. Details: 843-525-1052 or 843-524-4169 or e-mail btmark@embarqmail.com.

•The Beaufort High School Class of 1958 holds its Tidal Wave Breakfast Club meetings at 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month at Golden Corral, 122 Robert Smalls Parkway. Details: 843-525-1822 or 843-524-8903.

•Battery Creek High School Class of 1998 reunion weekend begins Friday. Details: 843-322-0655 or e-mail, classof1998bchs@gmail.com.

•Battery Creek High School Class of 1994 15-year reunion is being planned. Details: 704-287-1626 or 843-846-1724, bchsclassof94@hotmail.com or go to hwww.bchsclassof1994.com.

•Reunion information is being sought for the Battery Creek High School Class of 1999. Details: 540-847-9400 or lillyhunter2@yahoo.com.

•Alumnae of Newcomb College are asked to contact Susan Rudeen Jarrett (Class of 1977) 843-522-9961 regarding the lawsuit before the Lousiana Supreme Court or go to NewcombLives.com.

•The Battery Creek High School Class of 1989 reunion is being planned. Details: 864-408-9001 or phoebecole@hotmail.com.

•Beaufort High School Class of 1966 is planning a 40th class reunion. Details: 843-524-2252 or 843-379-8000.

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