School Notes for the week of Feb. 12th-18th

BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

• Battery Creek High School has 9 students that were selected to be part of the All-County Band! The students selected are Gloria McCreary (flute), Drew Rushing (flute), Jacqueline Lopez (clarinet), Jocelyn Thompson (clarinet), Jack Hillery (alto sax), Blaise Giove (alto sax), Jesse Mixon (trombone), Vanessa Madrid (mallet), and Conner Yahres (snare). Out of the 9 students selected, both Jack Hillery and Vanessa Madrid were chosen to be 1st chair on their instrument!

BEAUFORT ACADEMY

• It’s National Random Acts of Kindness Week! BA students are being even more purposeful about practicing kindness this week! Learn more at the RAK Foundation website.

• Thursday, 2/12 – Students in grades 1-12 are invited to participate in Valentine’s Day fundraisers benefiting the 9th grade.

• Friday and Monday, 2/13 & 2/16 – No school in observation of Presidents’ Day.

Fourth grader Jack McDougall was Beaufort Academy’s lone participant in the Golden Isles Chess Tournament on Saturday, January 31st… and he won the Elementary Division! Congratulations Jack!

Beaufort Academy is proud to be the recipient of three $500 grants from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance and our local Tiger Express stations on Boundary and Fairfield Roads, and Orangeburg Exxon, to be used in the areas of math and science. Thank you David Mixson and the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program! David Mixson, co-owner of Mixson Oil Company, and a Beaufort Academy parent of two alumni, worked with school officials to secure the grants which are available to schools across the country served by Exxon or Mobil stations. The grants were made possible by funding from the Exxon Mobil Corporation. Pictured above are David Mixson from Mixson Oil Company and Stephen Schools, Headmaster at BA.

BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL

• Students at Beaufort High were nominated by their classroom teachers for exhibiting exceptional RESPONSIBILTY both in school and out, for our monthly PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) celebration. Out of all students nominated, those pictured were selected by more than one of their teachers and honored with a certificate of achievement.