Class Notes

INTERCESSION AT YMCA

•Fall Intercession for pre-K through seventh grade is from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Oct. 31 at the Wardle Family YMCA, Port Royal.

Activities include Halloween and seasonal arts and crafts, field trip, swimming, rock climbing wall, nature walks, gym games and activities and more. Please bring lunch and snack. The cost is $85 per child for YMCA members. Details: 843-522-9622.

PALS INTERCESSION

•Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Servicer intersession camp will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Oct. 31 at the Port Royal Center, 1514 Richmond Avenue 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 Dolphin Pride Band Booster Club meeting is at 5:30 p.m. in the band room today.

BEAUFORT ACADEMY

•PSATs will be administered from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the gym for sophomores and juniors.

•Picture retakes are Wednesday.

•Elon College representatives visit at 9:45 a.m. Friday.

•First- and second-graders leave at 11:30 a.m. Friday for a theater trip.

•The end of the first quarter is Friday.

•Baseball and softball team workday is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

•Spirit Week begins Monday.

BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL

•The School Improvement Council meets at 6 p.m. Oct. 21. Details: 843-322-2000.

BEAUFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL

•Parents should ask students for the Friday Facts sheet.

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

JOSEPH J. SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

•First- and second-graders will visit the Ridgeland Pumpkin Patch todayfor first grade and Wednesday for second grade. The students will leave the school at 9 a.m. and return at 1 p.m.

•The chorus will perform during intermission at the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Scholarship Benefit Saturday at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students younger than 14.

•The First Achievement Quarter will end Oct. 21. Parents are asked to come in and conference with their child's teacher. Students will not attend schoolOct. 27 for parent conferences and Oct. 28 through Oct. 31 for Extending Learning.

LADY'S ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

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

•The Brass Quartet performance is Monday in the lecture theatre. Students will view this during their academic arts time throughout the day.

•Drama and Gateway to Technology fundraiser begins Oct. 21, the 45th day of the school year.

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

ROBERT SMALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL

•The Parent Teacher Organization meets at 6 p.m. todayin the media center.

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

•Related Arts' Students of the Week for the first quarter: Joe Cook, Brieanna Helle, Kyrstyn Payne, Rick Mitchell, Mykesha Wolfe, Tiffany Dantzler, Kayli Flannagan, Oscar Tierrblanca, Wayne Cook, Kallie Brown, Nikki Jarrin, Dylan Yagle, Hunter Case, Caitlyn Young, Diata Orange, Jacob Bessinger, Christen Brock, Alexis Myers, Christen Shoemaker, Nathan Cooper, Pedro Mendoza, Curtis Lane, Justice Glaze, Kira Murphy, Angelina Beiser, Jose Diaz, Fredricka Alston, Jason Frazier, Raven Wills, Dedre Gallant, Brian La Bean, Stephen Newell, Annesea Simmons, Brianna Barnes, Kaitlyn Lehart, Wendell Robinson, Jeanetta Danner, Grayson Morgan and Mykalia Whitener.

•Football players, parents and coaches are selling discount cards which feature 15 area businesses. The $10 purchase of each card supports the school's athletic department.

SHELL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

•Uniforms are required for fall picture day beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesdayin the multipurpose room.

•The fall harvest dance is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the multipurpose room.

THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY

•A group of academically talented seventh-graders from Thomas Heyward Academy were recently selected to participate in Duke University's Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). The Duke TIP identifies seventh-graders in 16 states who have scored at the 95th percentile or above on a national grade-level achievement test. These students are invited to participate in the Duke TIP Seventh-Grade Talent Search and take the SAT. The students selected were: Caleb Badgett, Kathryn Crosby, Samantha Holloway, Nolan Kelly, Nathan Lord, Victoria Tuten and Kaitlin Webster.

•Madison Wall finished second and third, respectively, in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events at the Pinewood Invitational individual school invitational swim meet. She defeated all independent school swimmers, losing only by a fingertip to a senior from Summerville High School in the 50-yard event. Madison, an eighth-grader, is the daughter of Dondi and Theresa Wall, of Ridgeland.

REUNIONS

•Wednesday 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 Tidal Wave Breakfast Club meetings are 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.

•The 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.

•The Battery Creek High School Class of 1999 is seeking reunion information. 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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