Good afternoon!

This web site will allow you to keep up with what’s going on at

Palmetto. Each week Palmetto Middle School is going to post a

weekly update on this page. This site will keep you informed of

upcoming events, trips, dates, projects, and holidays. Please ask

around to see if other parents are checking this web page for the

updates.

Follow us on Twitter at @Palmetto Middle and Facebook too!

Upcoming Events and Dates: • Monday, November 9th PTSO Meeting at 2pm

• Book Fair Monday, November 9th- November 13th.

• Tuesday, November 10th -Make-Up Picture Day

• Tuesday, November 10th Science Olympiad Practice 3:15 -

4:00pm.

• Wednesday, November 11th is our Veteran’s Day program.

Breakfast will be served at 8:15am and the program begins at

9am in the gym.

Hey Mustangs! We need your help to make our Veteran's Day Program

on November 11th extra special for the veterans in our Palmetto Family and

community. This year we are doing a collection of videos from veterans

talking about their experiences in service. Please create a short (30 seconds

or less) video of any family members or friends that are veterans including

their:

• Name, Branch of Service, and Rank • Years of Service • Location of Service • And any other information

Email your video(s) to Mr. Guthrie atguthriet@apps.anderson1.org. These will

be shown during the assembly. Thanks for your help! Mrs. Couch & Mr. Guthrie

• Wednesday, November 11th Dance team Practice

• Friday, November 13th Girl Talk Field Trip to Mims Farm

• Tuesday, November 17th Science Olympiad Practice 3:15 -

4:00pm.

• Wednesday, November 18th Dance team Practice

• Tuesday, November 24th PALS Day

• Wednesday, November 25th- 27th Thanksgiving Holidays

• Tuesday, December 1st Science Olympiad Practice 3:15 -

4:00pm.

• Wednesday, December 2nd Dance team Practice

• Friday, December 18th PALS Day

• Monday, December 19th- January 3rd Christmas Break

• Monday, January 4th- School Resumes

• Wednesday, January 13th – End of 2nd Nine Weeks

• Thursday, January 14th- 16th Beta Club to Myrtle Beach

• Monday, January 18th- Martin Luther King Day Students &

Teachers do not report to school.

• Monday, February 15th Staff Development Day Students do

not report to school.

• March 28th – April 1st SPRING BREAK

Photos from around Palmetto Middle this week!

A huge shout out to our Palmetto Partners!

All A Honor Roll 1st Quarter 8th Grade

Jake Anthony Nicole Aranda Matthew Brooks Elyse Browning Chloe Burgess MaryAlice Butler Katelee Callaham Dylan Carter Miller Cassidy Ashlyn Citrone

Madison Crumley Megan Davis Theo Davis Claire Ellison Addi English Blair Garner Trinity Hollister Drew Huff OwenGrace McCullough Kinslee Medlin

Kirsten Meeks Landon Owens Christian Rankin Morgan Roberts Savannah Shealy Rebecca Stephen Rosalie Summerlin Blakely Williams

AB Honor Roll

1st Quarter 8th Grade Quintyn Best Jessi Brock Genevieve Bronson Lindsey Brown Zach Cannon Blake Chastain Abby Connor Will Cooley Jennifer Cuevas Brooke Darby Haley Davenport Sims Davenport Natalie Davis Evan Davis Caden DeFronzo Bryar Donald Lillian Dowell Morgan Farmer

Bailey Floyd Kelsey Ford Dez Frazier Samantha Gambrell Easton Gowan Angel Guinto Logan Hawkins Joeli Hayden Emma Hughes Sydney Jeanes Ethan Lang Kennedy Lollis Matti Lusk Brookelyn Mahaffey Amber Nelson Kylee O’Donald Emma Parham Saul Ramirez

Audrey Roache Jacob Rowe Jason Sanchez Alicia Seals Caleb Shead Bass Sims Breanna Smith Colt Spearman Jacob Turner BB Vandiver Landon Vaughn Turner Wallace Karrie Beth Watson Mercedes Watson Analeece Whitfield Jackson Whitfield

All A Honor Roll 1st Quarter 7th Grade

Kaylin Bell Devon Carter Madison Chapman Ashley Edge Shelby Fields Ella Froedge Braelynn Garrett

Nathan Jacks Whitney Jennings Mary Maciejewski Avery Nelms Carson Norton Anna Parks Michelle Penry

Windsor Phillips Carter Simpson Miranda Standard Hannah Turner Jacob Vaughn Lucas Venette Maddie Webb

AB Honor Roll 1st Quarter 7th Grade

Holly Ambrose Makensie Bright Jenna Brodeur Ansley Brown Kendra Brown Austin Bruce Jasmine Burriss Iler Capps Michelle Centeno Myra Clark-Vinson Sarah Cooley Justin Cox Briggs Cox Allie Crawford Ross Davis Corey Engelburg Abby Fagan Liam Farmer Lila Fricks Emma Garrett Harley Gentry Harlee Gibson

Kevin Glick Haylie Gravely Brayden Greer Louie Hammond Alisa Harper Isabella Harter Katelyn Haulbrook Emma Hawkins John Hawthorne Carrie Hayden Hayden Holcombe Logan Head Drake Henderson KinseyAlise Henderson Kasondra Pratt ColeAaron Kennedy Alyssa Kitchen Lydia Knight Seth Lang Hannah Leitner Maggie Magruder Catherine Mann

Jerry Mathis Cody McGonagle David McNutt Ashlynn Owen Matthew Penninger Brooklyn Rice Levi Schwartz Hannah Scyphers Manuela Sebastian Makinlyn Shockley Elisabeth Sistruck Ashlyn Styles Dawson Swaney McKenzie Taylor Brooklyn Thomason Ethan Thrasher Elijah Wall Jenessa Weller Rachel West Blaine Yates Braxton King Zech Sisler

All A Honor Roll

1st Quarter 6th Grade Claire Barnes Taylor Berry Abby Bridwell

Michael Browning Olivia Cabaniss Preston Cartwright

Alivia Clark Courtney Cobb Madison Cox

Allie Cromer Layton Dickerson Maggie Edlein Robert Feil Gabe Harvey Camden Hays Austin Huff Halie Hughes Vanessa Irra Hernandez

Caden Landreth Sophie Leroy Kailee Lollis Nolan Love Austin Medlin Brianna Newsome Martin Ogburn Ethan Pack Alex Pruitt Charles Ray

Briggs Richards Abigail Rodriguez Mary-Kathryn Sanders Kylie Strickland Harley Summerville Autumn Timms J.D. Weber Abbey Williams Stevianna Woodson Tonya Zepeda

AB Honor Roll

1st Quarter 6th Grade

Alexis Adams Destiny Aiken Ethan Bain Corin Barnhart Lila Beddingfield Marlee Bowen Chloe Branyon Kenny Bright Hayden Brown Summer Brown Kate Burton Delaney Byrne Chandler Cape Violet Carreto Hope Carter Kinsley Chapman Jackson Creamer DeAsia Cullins Madison Dajani Ragen Davenport Hailey Dyer Tyra Edwards

Whitney Erwin Kaylee Evatt Lexi Fricks Kaitlyn Fulmer Kaitlin Gambrell Bella Gault Skyla Gillespie Haylie Hall Brittany Hedrick Parker Holcombe William Hopkins Logan Hough Graysen Hunter Eddie Jacinto Collin Johnson Christopher Karr Charles Kay Christy Lee Effler Eli Lewis Isaac Lopez Jarred Loveland Elyssa McAdams

Cody McAlister Gauge McCall Victoria McCreary Kiersten McDaniel Jaila McGuire Jaina McNutt Kayte Milhoan Ethan Miller Claire Moore Sammy Morales Kailey Nelms Tanner Newman Chloe Newton Haylee Parham Elizabeth Penry Mary Poore Brandi Pratt Katie Pridmore Kennedy Purgason Joselyn Ramirez Joseph Roach Noel Schronce

Evan Scogins Ciara Simmons Rachel Smith Kaleab Stoughtenger Ashton Stutz Jonathan Surner Anna Sutherland

Erica Thurston Kevin Trejo Caleb Turner Hailey Urey Ayla VanDevender Alexis Vaughn Logan Warren

Felicity Webb Allison Whitcomb Libby Whitfield Aleena Wiley Jesaya Wilson Emma Winner

Cross Country Update:

Good luck to our Cross Country Runners this weekend as they compete for a STATE TITLE! 11.07.2015 State—Sandhills, Columbia, SC

Request from Mrs. Couch. : Please email Mrs. Couch at

Couchj@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions.

Student Council Update: Please email Mrs. Rankin at

Rankinc@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions.

StuCo will be selling "gifts” for $1 each at lunch. They are paper gifts that will be hung up in the hallway with their name. All proceeds go to buying Christmas gifts for kids in our community that are in need.

Congratulations to Palmetto Middle’s 2016

Science Olympiad Team They are working hard this year getting ready for the state

competition at Newberry College on Saturday, January 30th.

We are lucky to have enough interest this year to have a

team of 6th graders too.

A Team Nic Brown Jacob Vaughn Michael Czwalina Gen Bronson Bre Smith Emory Martin Titus Schuch

Morgan Farmer Jessi Brock Michelle Centeno Carson Reeves Kerrigan Campbell Levi Schwartz Madyson Karstens

B Team Corin Barnhart Robert Feil Collin Johnson Tyra Edwards

Alvia Clark Cheyenne Reel Amaro Ethan Bane

Congratulations to our 2015 - 2016 PMMS Robotics Competition Team

If you have any questions, please email Mr. Guthrie at guthriet@apps.anderson1.org

8th Grade: Jordan Masters Nathan Turner Camden Frailey Drew Huff Adam Brenneman Breanna Smith

Bass Sims Nicholas Sanders Ethan Lang Andy Brown 7th Grade: Carson Norton

Ethan Thrasher Dawson Swaney 6th Grade:

Austin Huff Maggie Eldein Jacob Beecher

ELA Update from Mr. Crocker: Congrats to Elyse Browning for winning Mr. Crocker's 1st ever Speech Master Competition. She scored a total of 146 out of 150 points while presenting her topic: "Should students on sports teams be required to carry a certain GPA in order to play?" Nice job EB!

Chorus Update from Mr. Fricks: If you have any questions,

please email him at fricksj@apps.anderson1.org

Students of the Month: Mary Kathryn Sanders

Kristy Effler Kayda Page

Nick Barrera-Stroud Sea Ashley

Kylee O'Donald

Mustang Chorale students will be performing at the Greenville

Swamp Rabbits hockey game on

November 20, 2015.

Band Update from Mrs. Davis: If you have any questions, please

email her at davisa@apps.anderson1.org

On November 11th, the 8th grade band will have a performance for Veteran's Day. This is a performance that is during school hours. It will start at 9:00 in the morning and all parents are welcome to attend. This year, I have required each student to have a Concert Attire. I am asking all students to wear their attire to the Veteran's Day Program. Students will need to wear their Concert Attire to school that morning and they can bring a change of clothes to change into after the performance. Please make sure the students have the following:

Gentlemen: Black Shoes & Black Socks

Ladies: Black Shoes

If you are able to hem the clothing please do so, however, please don't cut the fabric when hemming. The plan is for students to continue using the Concert Attire at the high school level. Some students have already let me know if they don't have anyone lined up to hem. I would like

to give a BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Hamilton for taking the task on and hemming many of the

dresses and pants!!

This concert will be a grade for the 2nd Nine Weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. PS- They look GREAT so far in their attire!

Palmetto Mustang Regiment Update: This past Saturday, the Palmetto Mustang Regiment Participated in the Jaguar Invitational at Forrestview High School in Gastonia, NC. In this competition, the Mustang Regiment competed against 12 groups from both Carolinas. Not only did the Mustang Regiment finish first in their division, but they also swept every competitive category available. In addition to winning our division, the Mustang Regiment brought home the Silver Grand Championship trophy. As these student's director, I cannot be more proud of the work and level of achievement these students have brought to each performance. As you see the band students today, please let them know that you are proud of their work! Below is a list of all the accolades the students brought home this past weekend.

Best Pit Crew

1st Place Music

1st Place Marching

1st Place General Effect

1st Place Percussion

1st Place Auxiliary (Guard)

1st Place in Class

Silver Division Grand Champion

BETA CLUB UPDATE:

Update from our Guidance Counselors

8th Grade Students and Parents:

College Awareness Event Information

Do you need Christmas assistance this year? See details about Project

G.I.F.T.S.

Click Link Below for More Details

Project G.I.F.T.S. Information For All Palmetto Area Parents

Girls Night Out letters went home on 11/6!! They are due on 11/24! No forms will be taken late.

Upcoming Grief Seminar Opportunity for Our Parents and Students

C-Team Basketball Update: Please email Coach Adams at

Adamsw@apps.anderson1.org or Coach Shealyc2@app.anderson1.org

if you have any questions

Teams will be announced soon! Schedule for the 2015-16 Season

Date Opponent Location /Time

11/30 Belton Palmetto 5:30

12/3 Honea Path Honea Path 5:30

12/7 Belton Belton 5:30

12/10 Honea Path Palmetto 5:30

12/14 Powdersville Palmetto 5:30

12/17 Walhalla Walhalla 5:30

1/4 Riverside Palmetto 5:30

1/7 Pickens Pickens 5:30

1/11 Wren Palmetto 5:30

1/13 Powdersville Powdersville 5:30

1/19 Walhalla Palmetto 5:30

1/21 Riverside Riverside 5:30

1/25 Pickens Palmetto 5:30

1/28 Wren Wren 5:30

Library Update: Please email Jo Evans at evansj@apps.anderson1.org

Book Fair is coming NEXT WEEK!

Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all

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EVERYDAYEVERYDAYEVERYDAYEVERYDAY!!!!

Palmetto’s Finest Qualifications for the 2nd Nine Weeks Please email Mr. Knight at knightb@anderson1.k12.sc.us if you have any questions.

To earn Palmetto's Finest you must meet the following

criteria: 1) All grades 80's and above 2) No demerits for the nine week period 3) No more than 2 unexcused absences. 4) Complete community service hours 10 hours of service are required for the first quarter. Students simply record the hours they volunteer, the service they provided, and have the supervisor sign and record their phone number. Guidelines for hours

1. Ten hours of community service is required each nine weeks. 2. No more than four (4) hours of service can be directly related to any family member. 3. Completed service hours are due to your Homeroom teacher

on the last day of the quarter. A minimum of ten hours of

community service is required for each quarter of school.

Form is at the bottom of this update.

2015 Cheer Competition Schedule Date Location/Hosted by Competition

9/29 Liberty High. Diamond L Cheer Classic (this is a Tuesday night competition)

JV 1st Place Varstiy 1st Place 10-3 Woodmont High School Wildcat Cheer Classic

JV 1st Place Varstiy 1st Place 10-24 Mauldin Upward Star Center

JV 1st Place Varstiy 1st Place 11-7 Debbie Rogers Columbia Colonial Life Arena.

11-14 River Bluff High School State Qualifiers 11-21 State Competition Columbia Colonial Life Arena.

Palmetto Varsity Competition Team

PHS Varsity Competitive Cheer

Jenna Brodeur

Morgan Brock

Sage Chapman

Abby Connor

Emma Cothran

Annette Daniel

Brittany Davis

Darcy Holcomb

Trinity Hollister

Jamie Huffman

Hannah Jacks

Marissa Lloyd

OwenGrace

McCullough

Kiera McGinnis

Jessica Miles

Austin O’Neal

Mackenzie Owens

Emma Paige

Natalee Porter

Ally Taylor

Hannah Tumblin

Kaleigh Turner

Erin Vandiver

Haley Waterman

Riley Wyatt

Palmetto JV Competition Team

Charlie Bailey

Alexis Bruce

Chloe Burgess

Trinity Dooley

Jessica Espinoza

Nakeltee Goodine

Cache Greer

Riley Haney

Trinity Hollister

Emma Hughes

Kaylee Jones

Preslee Lyle

Ashley Owens

Spenser Shirley

Ashlyn Styles

BB Vandiver

Selena Vaughn

Rebecca Ward

Caneja Watson

Rachel West

Mikenzie Whitt

Peyton Winner