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Vol. 5 No. 2 WINTER 2013 A Ministry of the Florence Baptist Temple

The kindergarten and elementary students presented The Missionary Kids Christmas Special on Friday, December 21st to a full house in the FBT worship cen-ter. The program featured international Christmas songs that highlighted missionary kids from around the world. The audience was touched by special messages sent from FBT missionary families: the Keefes in Australia, the Sterlings in Asia, the Salleys in Costa Rica, and the Allreds in Mexico.

The annual food drive was a success! Our FCS family brought in a variety of food items that filled 70 boxes. The food boxes were added to the food donations given at the FBT Living Christmas Tree. The boxes were distributed to local families with needs in addition to a variety of local groups who assist people with needs. Thank you for your support! Our FCS family is

always so willing to give in order to serve others!

REENROLLMENT FEBRUARY

What a great school year we have had thus far! We are well into the sec-ond semester and looking forward to what is ahead for FCS. Our students are working hard and learning new things, the teachers have done a great job in the classroom, and the transition

to our new curriculum has gone very smoothly. A number of our students as you will see throughout the news-letter have done well in SCISA competitions. Also, several classes have been busy in the area of serving others through a variety of service projects. With enrollment underway, we are looking forward to another great school year in 2013-14! Our new 12,000 square foot wing in the D building and the new weight training facility will be com-pleted by June. The wing will house 11 classrooms and three ad-ministrative offices and bathrooms. The entire project was funded by the Florence Baptist Temple. This new addition is another ex-ample of how the members view FCS as a critical ministry of the church. We are very grateful for their support. Lastly, it is time for our accreditation. The administration and faculty have made the final preparations and look forward to the accreditation team’s visit in April. We have much to be thankful for including the support of our FCS families. Thank you for your con-tinued commitment and support to Florence Christian School. Please continue to pray for us as we seek to provide a “distinctly Christian” school with “academic excellence”.

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~ Jim Berry

Jr/Sr High Wing and Weight Room at the Field House!

FCS student government collected the donated items and filled the 70 boxes.

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The first Thursday back from Christmas Break was a day of in-door snow activities, class competition and a character challenge for the 4th, 5th and 6th grade classes. The day is a time for the upper elementary students to come together for a time of laughter, compe-tition, teamwork, and character development. FBT Children’s Minis-try Director Amy Giles challenged the students from God’s Word about being a “giver” and not a “taker”! It is a great way to begin the New Year !

The 9th grade students participated in a local ser-vice project COATS FOR KIDS. The class brought in over 100 coats, scarves, hats, and mittens.

Seniors and 7th grade students collected over 50 items for the local TOY FOR TOTS.

The Sophomore class offi-cers: Garrett Coker, David Coker, Peyton Johnson, and Austin Drummond partici-pated in MRMC Radio-a-thon with the Chick-Fil-A cow as part of the Children’s Mira-cle Network.

The annual FCS Science Fair was held on February 4-6, 2013. Participants included the students in 6th, 8th, and 10th grade. Congratulations to the following winners who will go on to compete in the Sandhills Region IV Science Fair which will be held at Francis Marion University in March.

6TH GRADE: 1st place—Evan Tan, 2nd place—Logan Tyner, 3rd place– Chandler Lawson, Honorable Men-tion—Haylee Hucks. 8TH GRADE: 1st place—Grace Lyles, 2nd place—Heather King, Kristen Evans, Hon-orable Mention– Bryan Michaux. 10TH GRADE: 1st place– Adam Hill, 2nd place— David Coker, 3rd place—Hunter Eason.

Students in elementary and high school sent over 300 Christmas cards with handwritten let-ters, tracts and journals to our military men and

women serving overseas. The Christmas greetings were sent through the American Red Cross. Thank you to FCS parent Linda Boone Smith for her assistance in sending these cards and letters. It is always such a blessing to send greetings overseas to those who serve our nation!

Micah Gold, Kacey Medlin, Elizabeth Stone,

Alan Parnell, Austin Johnson

FLORENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

ATHLETIC

HIGHLIGHTS

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WORKING TOWARDS JUNIOR OLYMPICS

FOOTBALL NORTH/SOUTH ALLSTAR GORDON MATTISON

Senior Gordon Mattison was selected to play in the Division 2A/3A SCISA North/South Allstar Football game. The Allstar team consisted of top senior athletes from the SCISA schools. The North/South football game was played on Satur-day, December 8, 2012, at Orangeburg Prep in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

SHRINE BOWL PARTICIPANT

JAMES McCLARY

ZOE CAUTHEN

FCS tennis player Zoe Cauthen (6th grade) was chosen as one of four tennis players to represent Florence, in the 2013 International Children Games in Windsor, Canada (Aug 14 - 20). This is an Interna-tional Olympic Committee sanctioned event and a stepping stone to the Junior Olym-pics. The summer games are held annually at one chosen member city from around the world. This year it was in Daegu, Korea with 80 cities from 50 countries participating.

ALUMNI NEWS

MEAGAN GOLD

GINNY GAUSE

Senior James McClary was selected to play

on the South Carolina team for the Oasis All

Star Shrine Classic Bowl. The bowl is an annual

football game sponsored by Oasis Shriners and

includes the top private high school players in

South Carolina and the top private school play-

ers in North Carolina. The game was a fund-

raiser for Shriners Hospital for Children and was

played in Mooresville, NC, on Saturday, Novem-

ber 24, 2012.

FCS Alumni (‘11) Meagan Gold and Ginny Gause are part of history in the Bob Jones University athletic program. BJU launched a girls basketball pro- gram that is part of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division 1. The Lady Bruins will com-pete on the collegiate level through SC, GA, FL, NC and TN. The girls are grateful to their FCS coaches for the impact they have had on their basketball careers. According to Ginny, she is truly “living the dream” of playing college ball!

MICAH GOLD

ELIZABETH STONE

Congratulations to senior Alan Parnell for scoring over 1,000 points in his High School

Basketball career!! Way to go, Alan!

A large group of elementary and kindergarten girls worked for two hours on Saturday, January 19, 2013 learning the

basic fundamentals of cheerleading. The FCS Varsity Cheerleaders sponsored the clinic. The veteran cheerleaders taught the young girls a number of cheers and the young cheerleaders performed before a live audience during the half-time of the Varsity Girls basketball game on January 22, 2013.

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Six FCS students made the SC Elementary Honor Choir and

received a perfect score in their audition! Katheryn Barber, Janalyn Berry, CJ Fuller, Haylee Hucks, Faith Huntley, and Morgan Warner were among 225 students from across the

state who were selected out of 476 students. They traveled to Charleston on February 7th for two days of intense practice and preparation for a concert . The honor choir presented a concert to an audience of parents and music teachers from across the state in the Charleston Convention Center. The concert was part of the Teacher’s Convention for the South Carolina Music Educators Asso-ciation. It was a wonderful experience for our young musicians!

The FCS elementary and high school choirs performed a collection of hymns by Fanny Crosby as a special Chapel on Febru-ary 13th. The special presentation “Eyes of

Faith” reflected the life of Crosby and how she was inspired in writ-i ng a number o f g reat hymns. With over 8,000 hymns to her credit, Fanny Crosby is known as one of the most prolific hymn writers. FBT Youth Pastor Chris Edwards followed the musi-cal tribute with a life application message based on Crosby’s life.

The students also presented the musical tribute during the evening service at the Florence Bap-tist Temple on February 17th.

Caleb Little (7th grade) and Chris Wilkes (8th grade) won 1st place after competing in the Warhorse Classic literary tournament on November 10, 2012, in Barnwell, S.C. Under the coaching of Mrs. McAlister, the students fought several rounds of a Public Forum debate, arguing the resolved : “Current U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Undermines Our National Security.” The tourna-ment is a part of the National Forensics League.

Congratulations to 6th grade student EVAN TAN for being selected to play

in the JUNIOR ALL REGION ORCHESTRA.

3K-5K students shared a sweet treat and gift with their mom on Friday, January 18th! It was a special time for the students to show Mom how special she is and serve her a little treat!

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1A~ Ella Acorn, Benjamin Bankson, Camila Canavati, Riley Hatfield, Graeme Minter, Victoria Smith, Logan Sweatt. 1B~ Kiefer Adams, Emma Rae Hopkins, Madison-Grace Montrose. 1C~ Chase Alban, Ava Ardis, Charley Huber, Anthony McNeil, Elizabeth Smith. 2A~ Codey Barker, James Edwards, Adam Greer, Orlando Hudson, Aleah Rush, Jackson Seward, Stephen Spann, Grace Thomas, Joshua Turner. 2B~ Harri-son Brown, Madison Cash, Daniel Coates, Kohl Duncan, Brady Edwards, Grace Foxworth, Mary Ella Kea, Cameron McGee, Evan Ridgeway, Dawson Smith, Melena Thomas. 3A~ Alexis Aikens, Gavin Dowdy, Jane Gagliardi, Abby Godwin, Parson Granger, Kerigan Herring, Luke Hicks, Callie Hill, Payton Huggins, Hayden Love, Lindie Matthee, Mary Everette Matthews, Ellie Parks, Landon Pigate, Ethan Rogers. 3B~ Ansley Butler, Marlie Matthews, Joshua McDaniel, Dylan McGill, Grace Myers, Doff Wallace, Bryce Woodberry. 4A~ Eleni Bakas, Timothy Blue, Melissa Crowley, Caleb Hanna, Wesley Peake, Matt Tomlinson, Jessie Weatherford, Catie Wilson. 4B~ Charlie Acorn, Davis Butler, Jalynn Cade, Ariel Davis, Lily Sauls, Russell Stone, Kelsey Wilkes. 4C~ Rebecca Barber, Clayton Bochette, Grace Buie, Ryan Carraway, Emma Goodale, Tracy Jackson, Kolby Rogers, Trotter Scearce, Lan-den Seiffert, Kaiden Shaffer, Kimrey Shaffer. 5A~ Tyler Ard, Caleb Banks, Graham Berry, Corley Keefe, Andrea King, Luke Lewis, Landen Poston, Xavier Wright. 5B~ Matthew Behling, Collin Brown, Sam Densmore, Jonas Duty, Sarah Mixon Eaddy, Kamari Hudson, Cole Procik, Taylor Stackley. 6A~ Jessica Butler, Madi Caudill, Zachary Edwards, Faith Huntley, Mingee Kim, Abigail Sansbury, Delaney Snipers, Jackson Stanley, Madison Stewart, Connor Stokes, Evan Tan. 6B~ Camryn Edwards, Haylee Hucks, Chandler Lawson, Jordan Snipes, Morgan Warner. 7A~ Kyle Barcus, Madison Be-denbaugh, Katherine Brown, Jade Harrison, Mary Keith Hill, Heather Jeffords, Logan Riley, Shelley Rodriguez, Jacob Ros-coe, Emily Strawn, Davis Tyner, Trey Woodberry. 7B~ Mor-gan Cass, Emilee Cox, Clay Dougherty, Macy McArthur, Ashlyn Wood. 8A~ Elizabeth Arnold, Jarrett Giles, Sarah Medlin, Bryan Michaux, Lindsey Miller, Earrion Spann, John Weldon, Chris Wilkes. 8B~ Nicholas Baker, Steven Haywood, Austin Hyman, Graham Jordan, Heather King, Amber McCor-mick, Christopher Nowlin, Madison Parker, Isaac Smith. 9A~ Ashlyn Bochette, Teil Fuller, Faith Park, Emily Wilson. 9B~ Austin Adams, Drew Berry, Bryce Broach, Adam Hill, Wayne McAlister, Thomas Sullivan. 10A~ Matthew Christenbury, David Coker, Hunter Eason, Maysun Gibbs, Caleb Harrelson, Dongsun Kim, Makala McKenzie, Brandon Minter. 10B~ Abby Drummond, Madelynn Pigg, Christopher Smith. 11A~ Jes-sica Garris, Hudson Jepertinger, Brittney King, Megan Stone, Gordon Washington. 11B~ Andrew Belville, Matthew Elliott, , Anna Owens, Matthew Wilson. 12A~ Austin Johnson, Gordon Mattison. 12B~ Sara Deaver, Miranda Fisher, Bethany McArthur, Ashlyn McKever, Katie Peake, Logan Player, Tan-ner Williams. 12C~ Kristin Bryant, Ellie Hicks, Tyler Hinch-cliffe, Megan Maney.

1A~ Savannah Benson, Lilah Granger, Joshua Munn, Caroline Myers, Sofie Purvis, Christopher Rishmawi. 1B~ Cortland Berry, Justin Cain, Kinsley Cox, Grayson Fountain, Pierson Gray, Caleb Howell, Ian Jolley, Keaton Keels, Dakota Lawson, Tanner Lewis, Caroline Owens, Gracelynn Parks, Anna Reagan Rodriguez, Addison Singleton Carson Stone. 1C~ Chelsea Andrews, Gavin Belin, Jameson Berry, Bradley Brown, Hanna Griffith, Landon Hardy, Connor Lee, Kassidy Nance, Maggie Scearce, Madison Sellers, Anabel Yarborough, Logan Young. 2A~ Stephen Dowse, Mason Floyd, Maria Hanna, Jada Hunt, Denim Johnson, Taylor Jordan, Dylan Kinney, Ava Roscoe, Thomas Michael Smith, Alyssa Spurling, Mary Margaret Sterling. 2B~ Abhi Cheedipudi, Laci Coker, Gracelyn Dersch, Ayden DuBose, Chase Feagin, Lauren Hucks, Monty Johnson, Hallie Lee, Jayce McLaughlin, Madi-son Munn, Caden Shiver, Bryce Turner. 3A~ Joseph An-drews, Ebony Austin, Adelyn Bankson, Ethan Kelly, Regan Lee, Jesse Timmons, Max Warner. 3B~ Cade Ardis, Hilton Broach, Marianna Burgess, Emily Eaddy, Lillian Griffin, Luke Hanna, Michelle Hill, Kaysie Hucks, Josie Lyerly, McKenzie Montrose, Lydia Norris, Maggie Odom, Benjamin Proctor, Na-than Turner. 4A~ Nathan Ammons, Chloe Canavati, Emma Caudill, Caroline Garris, Jamison Giles, Jackson Gray, Gaige Johnson, Karson Norris, Grace Owens. 4B~ Noah Brown, Dylan Carmichael, Robbie Jordan, Bryson Little, Elijah Purvis, Isabelle Sarmiento, Madison Setser, Justin Tan. 4C~ Marshall Brown, Emily Eason, Kylie Stewart, Trinity Stewart, Kaia Thomson, Adair Yarborough. 5A~ Stephanie Dersch, George Rishmawi. 5B~ Caitlyn Brown, Katelyn Munn, Alexander Rishmawi, Lane Ward. 6A~ Natalie Dehlinger. 6B~ Katheryn Barber, Janalyn Berry, Zoe Cauthen. 7A~ Caleb Little, Nicho-las Wood. 7B~ Khalil Barcus, Jacob Benton, Melinda Dersch, David Doyle, Ethan Goodale, Bryce Livingston, Leah Phiri, Eden Wallace. 8A~ Hallie Ham, Georgie Kelley, Taylor Peake, Madysen Revell, Lance Rogers. 8B~ Savannah Gay-mon, Lindsay Gibbs, Tori Hewitt, Grace Lyles, Preston Wat-son. 9A~ Chaewon Kim, Madison Stanley, Kallie Stephens, Mary-Caroline Waldrop. 9B~ Jared Sterling. 10A~ Hannah Brown, Garrett Coker, Austin Drummond, Peyton Johnson, Kacey Medlin, Taylor Poston, Carlie Skelton, Tyler Tisdale, Stephanie West. 10B~ Hannah McInnes. 11A~ Adam Baker, Taylor Broach, Mallory Edwards, Chandler Huntley, Joshua Larrimore, Michael Smith, Emily Tomlinson, Junha Yu. 11B~ Emily Guthrie, Grant Heustess, Rebecca Kelley. 12A~ Skylar Adams, Brandon Morris, Avery Powell, Luke Sterling, Eliza-beth Stone. 12B~ Jessica Meggs. 12C~ Monae Boyles, Christina Dehlinger.

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FCS competed in the SCISA Art competi-tion that was held in November during the Headmaster Convention in Charleston. A variety of mediums were entered and 10 pieces were selected for the competition. Andrew Bellville (11th grade) received Honorable Mention for his oil painting of a storm. The other FCS participants included: Gracie Dersch (2nd grade), Mary-Margaret Sterling (2nd grade), Kelsey Wilkes (4th grade), Isabelle Sarmiento (4th grade), Zoe Cauthen (6th grade), Mingee Kim (6th grade), Hannah Kennedy (7th grade), Nicholas Wood (7th grade), Bessilyn Tho-mas (12th grade).

FCS traveled to Holly Hill on February 6, 2013, to compete in the annual Literary Meet. The following students placed in their designated category: 4th place, Doff Wallace (Storytelling), 3rd place, Tori Hewitt (Middle School Oral Interpretation: Dramatic Reading), 2nd place, Graham Jordon (Middle School Oral Inter-pretation, Dramatic Reading), 1st place, Rebecca Kelley (Oral Interpretation, Dramatic Reading), 1st place, Caleb Little (Middle School Extemporaneous Speaking). Both the Junior High and High School Debate teams placed 2nd in the competition. The Junior High team included (Captain) Jacob Roscoe, Brett Martin, Preston Watson and Chris Wilkes. The High School team comprised of (Captain) Tyler Tisdale, Thomas Sullivan, Wayne McAlister, Besslyn Thomas. The Eagles also brought home the trophy for 2nd place overall Middle School for the state of South Carolina! Other FCS participants included: Abhi Cheedipudi, Madison Munn, Ebony Austin Bryson Little, Jonas Duty, Kylie Stewart, Kaitlyn Brown, Allen Vaughn, Jared Sterling, Jana Wilson, Carlie Rogers, Bryce Livingston, Georgeanna Kelley, Hunter Eason, Mallory Edwards, Trey Woodberry. The students were under the direction of Mrs. McAlister with assistance from Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. King.

The FCS Drama Department presents the spring play

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS April 18-19, 2013 in the FCS gymnasium.

Tickets sales begin Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tickets will be $6 for adults/ $4 for students.

They may be purchased from 7:45-8:30 a.m., M-F, in C Building. For information contact:

Katrina King at 662-0454, ext. 3224.

FCS placed first in the Regional Spelling Bee on January 17, 2013 at Heathwood Hall in Columbia with a total of 44 points. This was the second consecutive year that FCS placed first in the Re-gional Bee. We had eight students place with three finalists who competed in the State Spelling Bee at Williamsburg Academy on February 13th.

The FCS finalists who competed at the State Bee were Nathan Turner (3rd grade), George Rishmawi (5th grade), and David Doyle (7th grade). In addition to the finalists Ebony Austin (3rd grade) placed 4th, Madison Setser (4th grade) placed 3rd, Alex-ander Rishmawi (5th grade) placed 3rd, Janalyn Berry (6th grade) placed 4th, and Savannah Gaymon (8th grade) placed 4th.

Other participants included: Cade Ardis, Ethan Rogers (3rd grade); Emily Eason, Jamison Giles, Bryson Little (4th grade); Stephanie Dersch, Lane Ward (5th grade); Zoe Cauthen, Abbie Sansbury, Madi-son Stewart (6th grade); Jacob Benton, Davis Tyner (7th grade); Sarah Medlin, Madyson Revell (8th grade).

Preschool Thanksgiving

The 3K experienced a little bit of history with a feast that resembled what the Pilgrims and Native Americans ate on that first Thanks-giving celebration!

4th Grade Celebrated Arbor Day The 4th grade students were able to practice being a Forester in honor of SC Arbor Day, December 7, 2012. Each student received a tree seedling to plant. FCS mom Leslie Shaffer from The Shaffer Agency of Florence was the sponsor of the project.

Junior Class Fundraisers Thank you to all who supported the Juniors this year in the annual fruit and cookie dough sales and the Valentine’s Day sales. Both fundraisers were a big success. These two fundraisers help the Juniors with the expense of the Jr/Sr in April as well as, assist them in the finances of their senior trip next

fall.

3rd Grade Science Activities Who would think that sci-ence could be so fun? The 3rd grade classes made science come to life in making ice cream and their own snow day! They learned basic fundamen-

tals of science while having fun at the same time. The classes made home made ice cream in their rooms while another day they did a variety of activities that related to snow and the winter sea-

son.

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100th Day Celebration

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 was the 100th day of school and several classes had a variety of activities that made the day fun and exciting! The first grade classes had a “round up” in the gym where cowboy and cowgirl teams had to build a tower with cups trying to reach 100! Even the teachers had a little

friendly competition going on! It was a fun day of educational activities.

The student government executive officers hosted students from Dillon Christian School as part of the SCISA School Exchange program in early February. The guests toured our school and visited a number of classrooms. Our officers had visited DCS last semester where they were able to share insight and observe happenings at their school.

Left-Right: Austin Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Carolyn Shelley, Moriah Berry, Matt Jordan Kathryn Brown, John Michael Price, Ashlyn Hatcher, Mrs. Carole Lewis, Hudson Jepertinger, Gordon Washington.

Registration for fbt Baseball begins March 4th. Forms are available in the church and school offices or

register online at www.fbt.org.

Season runs April 2-June 1. For more information contact: Corbett Stone or Kent Kendall 662-0453.