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.

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Upcoming Events and Dates:

• Report cards are being sent home today • Monday, April 11th -Beta Club Meeting 3-3:30 • Wednesday, April 13 Beta Club Officer Speeches • Friday, April 15- Beta Club Officer Elections • April 20th -23rd Robotics Team to Worlds • Cheer Try-outs Week of April 18th- 22nd • Thursday, April 21st- Talent Show @7pm • May 11th- 13th 7th Grade to Camp Greenville • May 13th- 6th Grade field trip to Medieval

Times

• Friday, May 20th- Student Council members will go to the movies and the mall for an end of year

StuCo celebration. • Saturday, May 21st 8th Grade Spring Dance • May 25th - Palmetto High School Graduation • Monday, May 30th-Memorial Day- Students &

Teachers do not report to school

• Tuesday, May 31st – 8th Grade Awards Day • Wednesday, June 1st 7th Grade Awards Day • Thursday, June 2nd 6th Grade Awards Day

Testing Dates for Palmetto Middle School: 6th Grade SC Ready April 26-28 (paper/pencil) Reading/Writing/Math PASS May 11-12 (paper/pencil) Science & History 7th Grade SC Ready April 26-28 (paper/pencil) Reading/Writing/Math PASS May 23-27 (online) Science & History 8th Grade SC Ready April 26-May 4 (online) Reading/Writing/Math PASS May 16-19 (online) Science & History EOC May 24-25 (online) Algebra 1 and English 1

Good Luck to our Vex Robotic Team Palmetto Middle’s Vex Robotic

Team is GOING TO WORLDS! April 20th- 23rd in Kentucky!

A note about Attendance Awards: email Mrs. Black at blacks@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions.

Be checking your attendance in Student Portal. End of the year Perfect Attendance and Faithful Attendance awards are based on how your attendance is coded in your Student Portal. Look to make sure there are no errors!!

Photos from around Palmetto Middle this week!

8th Graders ONLY- Are you interested in running for Palmetto High School Student Council? We are getting ready to elect Student Council members for

next school year. We are having a meeting at the high school

at 3:05 next Thursday, April 14th for any students interested

in joining.

Special Olympics Update:

Art Update from Mr. Addison Congratulations to 7th grader Emma Garrett whose

artwork placed third in the Anderson District One

Youth Art Month Show at The Artory!

3rd Nine Weeks Grade deadlines from Ms. Bishop: Please email Ms. Bishop at bishopg@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions.

• Report Cards Go Home - TODAY

BETA CLUB UPDATE:

• Starting Monday, April 4th through next Friday,

April 15th you may campaign for your office. • ONLY 6th & 7th Grade BETA members CAN

VOTE! • Only hang your campaign posters in the 6th & 7th

grade hallways and in front of the lunch room.

Since 8th grade is NOT voting in this election,

there is no need to hang posters on their hall. • On Wednesday, April 13th- All 6th & 7th

grade Beta Members will go to the auditorium at

12:15-12:30 to listen to each candidate give a

speech on why they should vote for YOU! You will

deliver your speech on stage to the

other Beta Members. This gives the members 2

days to think about what you say in your speech

and why they should vote for you. BE PREPARED

for this speech!!! • Each candidate can give out candy, shirts, buttons,

pencils, or whatever you would like as long as it

DOES NOT get in the way of instruction in the

classroom. • We will vote in front of the lunchroom on Friday,

April 15th. • Winners will be announced at the end of the day on

Friday, April 15th.

• If you have any questions about the responsibility

of the office you are running for, email or see Mrs.

Lancaster. • If you have any questions, feel free to see Mrs.

Simmons in the 6th Grade, Mrs. McAbee in the

7th grade or me & Mrs. Lancaster.

Palmetto Variety Show Update:Update:Update:Update: Please email Mrs. Davis at davisav@apps.anderson1.org or Mr. Fricks at Fricksj@apps.anderson1.org

Thursday, April 21st @ 7:00

Cost: $3 @ the door

C-Team Basketball Update for NEXT YEAR’s TEAM: If you are a 6th or 7th grade boy or girl who is interested in playing basketball next year, see Coach Shealy (Girls) or Coach Adams (Boys) for more information! Remind Code: @pmmsbball

Girls JV Soccer Schedule

Chloe Burgess

Savannah Shealy

Carter Simpson

Kate Calderon

Katelee Callaham

Allie Crawford

Brayden Greer

MJ Walton

Karrie Beth Watson

Sydney Weedon

2016 PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL Track Middle School STUDENTS

Jackson Brooks Briggs Cox Montez Frazier Joseph Owens Austin Roberts Zechariah Sisler Dillon Smith

Jackson Stone Easton Suber Hadden Thomas Langston Thomas Elishua Williams Adriana Blume Madison Crumley

Joeli Hayden Allison McCauley Avery Nelms Audrey Roache Morgan Roberts

C-Team Baseball Team

Clay Alberson Skyler Beacham Tucker Blackmon Matthew Brooks Iler Caps

Jalal Dean Kevin Glick Easton Gowan Drake Henderson Drew Huff Kalil Johnson Chaz Knight

Mason Lyons Logan Siegler Jacob Vaughn Thomas Vinson Drew Wilkie Blaine Yates

C-Team Baseball Schedule 3/9 Crescent @Crescent @5 3/12 BHP @BHP @11 3/14 Wren @Wren @5 3/16 Crescent @PHS @5

3/21 Wren @PHS @5 3/23 TBD @Liberty TBD 3/26 TBD @Liberty TBD 4/4 TL Hanna(DH) @PHS @5 4/7 Dacusville(DH) @PHS @5:30 4/13 Liberty @PHS @4:30 4/14 Liberty @PHS @4:30

Palmetto Mustangs JV Baseball

Number Name Position Grade

2 Caden DeFronzo RHP/OF 8

3 Jaxon Young RHP/IF 8

5 Evan Gilliland LHP/OF 8

6 Dylan Carte RHP/IF 8

7 Caleb Shead C 8

Head Coach: Rett Crocker Assistant Coach: Jonathan Bolt

Palmetto Middle School Girls Playing PHS JV Softball

Mary Alice Butler

Natalie Davis

Abby Fagan

Alyssa Kitchen

Kirsten Meeks

Michelle Penry

Kenley Powell

Cassidy Thomason

Haley Waterman

JV Softball Schedule

Varsity Softball Schedule Palmetto Middle Girls Playing

Varsity Softball Elise Browning, Claire Elision, and

Addi English

Talent Show Auditions Update

8TH Grade News: 8th grade science needs paper towel rolls. Cheerleading Updates Are you interested in cheer? Tryouts are April 18th- 22nd! Please email:

Palmetto Cheer Try-out Information

TRY- Outs are the week of April 18th- 22nd

Must have a physical turned in on the 18th to try-out if you have not played a previous high school

sport this school year.

• Monday- PHS Freshman Academy 3-6 • Tuesday- CCTC 4:30-6:30 to learn dance • Wednesday- PHS Freshman Academy 3-6 • Thursday- PHS Freshman Academy 3-6 • Friday- Try-outs start at 4pm- until in the PHS

Freshman Academy and you will receive an email later that night.

This is a great opportunity to try out for

for this sport! We encourage YOU to join us

Mrs. Brooks brooksc@apps.anderson1.org Mrs. McAbee McAbees@apps.anderson1.org Mrs. Simmons Simmonsd@apps.anderson1.org

Chorus Update from Mr. Fricks: If you have any questions, please email him at fricksj@apps.anderson1.org

Students of the Month:Students of the Month:Students of the Month:Students of the Month: 6th: Camden Hays and Rachel Smith

7th: Avery Nelms and Tanesha McDuffie

8th: Logan Seigler and Haley Davenport

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Palmetto’s Finest Qualifications for the 4th 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.