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State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman came to Orangeburg on September 27 to tour the new cam-pus of the High School for Health Profes-sions (HSHP). During her visit Spearman listened to presentations from Principal Angel Malone, project developer Andrew Silver, and several present and former stu-dents. Spearman also had an opportunity to tour the facility and visit several class-rooms where she spoke with students and faculty members.

Following the tour, Spearman spoke about her experience. “I’m very, very impressed with the students,” Spearman said. “They’re so talented, the alums who spoke today, and the students talked about how this school is offering them opportunities that they need and the support that they need to really be their best.” Spearman also gave praise to Malone and Silver for their creative approach to funding and constructing the new campus which encompasses 16,700 sf and features 21 state-of-the-art classrooms, 2 science labs, 2 computer labs, 8 offices, a conference room, and a cafeteria. An outdoor classroom, green spaces, and a basketball court will beaded in future phases.

Although we were blessed by a westward turn with Hurri-cane Irma, OCSD5 was asked to play an important support-ing role for our neighbors in Georgia and Florida. As evacu-ees from those states made their way north, OCSD5 was asked to activate shelters for those in need. Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School was opened while Bethune-Bowman K-12, Howard Middle School, and the Technology Center were placed on standby status. We want to acknowledge the efforts of the staff at O-W High School, the maintenance department, the transporta-

tion department, the public relations department, and our payroll department for ensuring that the work got done, the word got out, and payroll was processed! District schools were closed on September 11th and 12th due to Hurricane Irma. The district is required by State law to make up the instructional time that was lost. As a result, Friday, October 27th will be our first make-up day and will be a full, regular school day for both students and staff. The OCSD5 Board of Trustees will determine and announce the second make-up day at a future date.

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In each edition of the E-Blast in Five, we will be presenting profiles of the Teachers of the Year from our schools. This month we will be featuring Mary Wil-liams of Brookdale Elementary School and the 2017-18 OCSD5 District Teacher of the Year. The journey Mary Williams took to become a teacher was not a typical one. From humble beginnings, Wil-liams did not originally aspire to become a teacher. She describes her path as having been influenced by the right people, at the right times in her life. Here is her story in her own words: “I did not choose teaching, teaching chose me.

As a first generation college student, I did not know there was life beyond high school. My thought pro-cess after graduating with my high school diploma was to begin working as a cashier, industrial work-er, or a modern day maid. The focus was to make money for my family and me. After all, that was the norm for my family. My junior year in high school was when I was exposed to college. Luckily, passing my classes, maintaining the required grade point av-erage, and meeting minimal requirements on both the ACT and SAT were not obstacles for me. My grandmother, my mother, and my father did not have a high school diploma. However, making good grades, studying, and graduating from high school was a must. I needed to acquire my diploma for my family.

Oblivious, I thought college was four addition-al years of high school without restrictions such as parental controls and curfews. Claflin College, now Claflin University, became my top and only choice. Once at Claflin, I did not have a clue about career choices, placement tests, or programs of study. Rec-ognizing my unfamiliarity, Ms. Phillips, a counselor, became my guardian angel. She took me under her wing. She counseled, guided, and had heart to heart talks with me. She made it very clear, “you were born to teach.” I laughed oftentimes at how I did not choose to teach, teaching chose me. Today, I, the clueless little girl, am not only a teacher, but am proud that I am a teacher who leads and inspires.

Ms. Phillips inspired me, but she also made me promise that I would become a teacher no matter what. She told me that I have to be dedicated to making sure that every child my eyes rest upon is inspired and touched by me daily. I made the prom-ise to myself in August of 1994. Every August, I am renewing my promise to Ms. Phillips that I will inspire

and touch the lives of all of my students.”

OCSD5 TEACHER OF THE YEAR PROFILESMARY WILLIAMS – BROOKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

After obtain-ing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Edu-cation from Claf-lin University, Wil-liams continued her own commit-ment to educa-tion by earning Masters Degrees in Early Child-hood Education from South Car-olina State University and Curriculum and Instruction in Educational Technology from Lesley University. Not content the stop there, Williams went on to earn degrees from Argosy University as an Edu-cational Specialist in Instructional Leadership and ulti-mately a Doctor of Education in Instructional Leader-ship. Professionally, the number of honors and awards she has received are numerous. Williams is active in her church and community too. She is a J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) teacher to six through nine year olds at New Mt. Zion Church. On Wednes-day evenings, she teaches the AWANNA Bible Based Curriculum. As a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she is involved in many community activities including the Monsieur Ebonaire Pageant and other community service projects. At Brookdale, she assists in organizing the yearly Career Fair. At Mellichamp, she was one of the founders of their first Annual Special Olympics. She was also one of the founders of the Mel-lichamp Walk Club to bring awareness to the problems associated with childhood obesity. When asked about her goals as the new OCSD5 District Teacher of the Year, Williams responded, “I look forward to collaborating with as many teachers as possible. I look forward to sharing positive energy and encouraging my fellow colleagues to continue to invest and speak life into our children. I also look for-ward to motivating novice teachers to see the reward in teaching as a profession. I want them and all teachers to know what they do daily does not go unnoticed and what they do to forever mold the lives of children mat-ters.” Let’s all congratulate Mary Williams on her selection as the OCSD5 District Teacher of the Year. Her story is truly inspiring and we know that she will represent the district well both at home and across the State.

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State Superintendent. . . (continued from pg. 1) During her presentation, Principal Malone reported that the school experienced a 100% graduation rate last year with all graduating students being accepted into college or the armed forces. “Approximately 70% of the graduating class received scholarship offers and more than 50% of these students entered college as second semester freshmen or sophomores as a result of taking dual credit courses during their junior and senior years of college,” said Malone. Christopher Key, a junior attending HSHP, was one of

Superintendent Spearman’s escorts during her tour of the school. Key said “The teachers here are very supportive. They help us. I’ve never had a teacher ever tell me “no”, he said. “They’ve always been willing. Whether they are my teacher or any other teacher around, if I need help they are always willing to help me.” A video featuring Superintendent Spearman’s visit to the High School for Health Professions will soon be available for viewing at the website www.orangeburgcountytv.com.

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School teach-er Inize Isa was recently named as one of only five teachers in the nation to receive a $5,000 grant from Science Everywhere, a national competition that asked teachers to come up with outside-the-classroom math and science projects to help students and parents use STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-matics) subjects in real life. The grant is funded by the Overdeck Family Foundation, the Si-mons Foundation, and other private donors. This is quite an honor for Isa, a Chemistry Honors and CP Chemistry Teacher and current Teacher of the Year at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. Her grant project was designed to give her students a first-hand exposure to the types of careers that may be derived from an understanding of chemistry. Students were required to contact and shadow the work of

OWHS Teacher Receives National Recognitionprofessionals employed as pharmacists, medical doc-tors, biochemists, and forensic scientists. Through this process, the students were able to make real-world con-nections with the concepts they are learning in the class-room. Isa’s students enthusiastically embraced the experi-ence and are motivated to continue focusing their learn-ing on STEM related subjects and occupations. One stu-dent, Shanya Green, said the project opened her eyes to career options that exist in traditionally male dominated fields. She thanked Isa for leading her in this direction saying, “Because I actually know a woman, it encour-aged me because I know it’s possible. If I didn’t have a shadow, then I would have been a lot more scared. But now I know that there is actually somebody in the career field that I want to do. I see that it can happen and it’s not impossible.” With testimony like this, I think we can agree that Isa’s project was not only a success; it is likely changing

the trajectory of her student’s lives.O-W Teacher of the Year, Inize Isa, helping her students.

Congratulations to all of the Bethune-Bowman El-ementary School Coronation winners! BBES held its annual Coronation to crown the kings, queens, and First and Second attendants of each grade. On Friday, September 22, all of the BBES coronation participants took part in the Homecoming parade through the town of Bowman.

BBES Coronation WinnersParticipate inHomecoming Parade

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E-Blast in five October, 2017“The Buzz” @ BeThune-Bowman K-12 Campus

On Friday, September 8, 2017, the Bethune-Bowman Campus hosted their annual Grandparents’ Breakfast where grandparents join their grandchildren for a special breakfast in the cafeteria.

Annual Grandparents Breakfast Enjoyed by

All at Bethune- Bowman Elementary

On Thursday, September 28, Bethune-Bowman El-

ementary fifth grade students attended Claflin Univer-

sity to view a presentation on Gang Prevention.

On Friday, September 15, 2017 students in Ms. Turkvan’s science class use Kahoot to learn the tools used in a science lab.

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One of our fantastic students from the “Brookdale Art Studio” of Mr. Rod-ney Ott, placed in the Orangeburg County Fair Visual Arts Contest. Harper Patrick, second grader at Brookdale Elementary, won second place in the Youth Division with her crayon image of the eclipse.

Brookdale artPlaces in Fair

Brookdale StudentS “Get Smart”

Students at Brookdale were visited by members of Operation Get Smart last month. Operation Get Smart is sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The students were riveted as they listened to five inmates share their experiences while at the same time, encouraging them to “be better than them” and “to make good choices and decisions.” The inmates reinforced the same positive values and life skills that parents and educators encourage such as making good decisions based on right and wrong, the consequences of making poor choices, staying away from alcohol and drugs, choosing friends carefully, the difference between positive and negative peer pres-sure, getting a good education, talking to parents and other responsible adults if they have problems and setting positive goals. After the program, students were given the opportunity to ask questions. Operation Get Smart (OGS) is a crime prevention/public awareness program sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Corrections that was implemented in 1976 and has served as a model program for other states. The program’s inten-tion is to deter children from making poor decisions that could result in criminal behavior.

Mrs. Alethea Bryant Dixon, Art Teacher at Marshall Ele-mentary, has done an incred-ible job with producing gifted young artists. Marshall had seven Orangeburg County Fair participants this year with four receiving awards for their art pieces.

Junior Division Winners: 1st Place, Daryl Adams (1st grade), a hexagon pattern arrangement in watercolor; 1st Place, Daniel Williams (3rd grade), an optical illusion design of his hand in marker; 1st Place, Caiden Singleton** (5th grade), a colored pencil piece based on a series of robotic characters created by the student. 2nd Place, Jonathan Smalls**(5th grade), a colored pencil piece of a subway station.

**Jonathan Smalls and Caiden Singleton now attend Clark Middle School.

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We all know how important Early Liter-acy and Language is to our children, that’s why Save the Children has partnered with Dover Elementary and the Pre-K classes to implement the Raising a Reader Book Bag Exchange Program. Under the direction of Yvette Perryman-Brown, Early Childhood Coordinator for STC, every week children are given the opportunity to receive a book bag full of new books to take home and read as many times as they can. Data is recorded and each week the Book bag is exchanged out with new books and re-turned to the students. The purpose of the Raising a Reader program is to encourage families to read together and fall in love with books. This program not only helps to build a child’s literacy/ language and social/emotional skills, but works to brings families closer to each other. With this free program, monthly parent/child group meetings are held to discuss different topics or topics of concern by the parents. Also, monthly book readings and activities are completed with the pre-k classes. Throughout a child’s life they will have some fabulous teachers, but their first and foremost important teacher are their parents, after all “children are made readers on the laps of their parents”…Emilie Buchward

At Dover, reading simply makes us happy! When we read, we are able to experience places without traveling, gain new knowledge and save money. Let’s face it, its cheap entertain-ment! Additionally, it can be relaxing, exciting, fun, and so much more! Several students at Dover share “How reading makes them happy”, according to Natalia Harrison, 3rd grad-er, “Reading makes you happy when it helps you learn and summarize the story.” John Peele, 3rd grader, says “Reading is a fun, happy way to learn, it keeps your mind healthy, and gives

you knowledge.” Lastly, Shaniqua Guinyard,

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Reading Leaves You HappY!

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Congratulations to Our Colleagues

The Dover Family would like to recognize two awe-some colleagues: Marla Robinson, left, (Care Director) and Chandra Moorer, right, (Reading Coach). These women are hard workers and definitely committed to making Do-ver the best school that it can possibly be. Both individu-als were nominated for the schools’ Culture of Excellence Award. The word “excellence” is defined as the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. These adjectives certainly describe Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Moorer. For Au-gust, Mrs. Robinson was recognized and for the month of September Mrs. Moorer was recognized. Congratulations ladies and keep up the good work and positive attitudes!

a 5th grader says that “You might be sad, then you may find a book that makes you happy on the outside and the inside.” We are definitely reading at Dover and are so very happy about it!

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Candy apples or Cotton Candy ~

a goal For reading

Walk to School Day Faces of students, teachers and staff members of Marshall Elementary School smiled as they partici-pated in the International Walk to School Day. The classes were led by the School Counselors and Physical Education coaches walking two to three laps around the playground. This event began in the United States in 1997 to encourage schools to walk and become physically active. Since then over 40 countries have participated in this special event.

Marshall Elementary’s Open House was held on Thurs-day, September 21st. Two sessions were provided so par-ents and students could visit classrooms where teachers provided useful information concerning upcoming learning experiences and expectations.

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Artist Chris Rumble blessed Marshall Elementary again with another breathtaking mural. This mural is located in the media center build-ing on the wall outside of the library. It is centered on the Edisto River and highlights the various state plants and animals of South Carolina. The whitetail deer, the tiger swallowtail butterfly, goldenrod, the striped bass, the spotted salamander, the wood duck and the Carolina Wren are all a part of the beautiful creation. Chris also painted the circulation desk and large pole in the library to add to the forest theme.

new Edisto river mural in media Center

Our little busy readers at Marshall were pro-vided with their choice of cotton candy or candy apples, thanks to the Netterfield’s who had many food stations at the Orangeburg County Fair. Each month students have a goal of reading 25 books. The students who read and documented their readings were given Fair treats! Thanks, Kim and Ronnie Netterfield.

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Mellichamp Elementary School celebrates Coach Ezell Parker as the Special Olympics Unified Champion School (formerly Project UNIFY) program grant recipient for the 2017 - 2018 academic school year. Coach Parker stated, “I am elated that we received this grant to promote respect, acceptance and inclusion of our Exceptional Scholars.” The awarded School Resource Kits include a variety of tools for advocacy campaigns and program coordination. The much needed funding will be used for transportation, unified club supplies, sports equip-ment, and uniforms for the Mellichamp Special Olympics. “Our Exceptional Scholars are the Champs in Mellichamp!” cheered Coach Parker.

Claflin University embraced and empowered Mellichamp Elementary Scholars during the hosted phenomenal “Throwing Shade”, Total Solar Eclipse event on August 21, 2017. Prior to totality, Claflin student facilitators involved the MES Scholars in their distribution of NASA Solar Glasses and Eclipse Timeline Booklets. NASA guest speakers demarcating the North American solar eclipse history in the Arts Center setting. Families and visitors mingled and ex-perienced solar presentation demonstrations, STEM activity tables while Mellichamp’s Imani Haygood with The La La Academy dazzled with their dance interchanges. Hayward Jean, principal at MES, marveled, “The moon’s size is miniature compared to the sun, so how could it disappear? But, as the shadow of moon and planetary movement fell in alignment, the oohs and ahs revealed all at Claflin University were “One in the Eclipse Moment”. Dean Tisdale of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics quantified the event saying, “Claflin knew it was imperative to showcase this major event with educational fun activities that would bring science to life in a pristine outdoor community venue.” MES shouts out: Kudos to Claflin University, you are true!

MellichaMP receives sPecial olyMPics UniFied chaMPion school Grant

Mellichamp Family in the Solar Eclipse Shade

E-BlastOctober, 2017Moments at Mellichamp...

Mellichamp students, faculty and staff pulled off a great surprise birth-day celebration for Prin-cipal Hayward Jean on Friday, September 22. Everyone went quietly outside and gathered behind the gym to wait for Mr. Jean who was shocked and de-lighted when he came

around the corner to find his well-wishers. The revelers shouted and sang birthday greetings while

holding up signs that expressed their love for Mr. Jean. He cel-ebrated by taking birthday selfies with the crowd!

PrInCIPal JEan SurPrISED By SCHoolon BIrTHDay

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“The Report” @ rivelon Elementary

Dr. Seuss says, “You’re off to great, to great places. Today is your first day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!” This was truly the sentiment as Rivelon Elementary School had its first Parent Day in early August in part-nership with the First Presbyterian Church. Our theme for this year is “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” at Rivelon Elementary School. The members of First Presbyterian Church in Orangeburg, SC held its “Hands of Christ Back to School Project”. This project provided all of our students with school uniforms, school supplies, and books to the youth. Rivelon Elementary School’s entire school body and parents had the opportunity to receive two free school uniforms, undergarments, school sup-plies, and books. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Harvey, First Pres-byterian Church, St. Luke Presbyterian Church volunteers, and Hands of Christ Organization sponsored this event. This partnership made our students’ first days back to school successful. Because of the volunteers and partnership, our parents did not have to purchase school uniforms, just a few supplies and undergarments. Our students look AWESOME and are ready for school each day. Rivelon is so thankful for the partnership with the Presbyterian Church. It is a blessing for our students and staff! During our parent day, parents also had the opportunity to meet their children’s teachers. We look forward to our next initiative. We know that it’s going to be a great success. Go to www.orangeburgcountytv.com to see a short clip of our event.

On Friday, September 8th, we celebrated Grandparents Day with breakfast with grandparents. We provided a healthy break-fast for them along with a read aloud from the book, Momma, Where Are You From? by Marie Bradby. The students enjoyed creating candy-grams with and for their grandparents. The smiles on the grandparents’ faces were priceless. We are looking for-ward to next year’s event!

Rivelon Elementary School had its first Literacy Night on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Parents had an opportunity to enjoy a read aloud by the media specialist. In addition, parents received tips on how to help their child with reading. Students will be partici-pating with Book Adventure, where students can re-ceive points for prizes when they read twenty or more books each month.

First literacy night

BrEakFaST EnJoyED By many on“granDParEnTS’ Day”

rivelon Hosts Parent Day

Sheridan’s superstar students, faculty, staff, and parents shined on September 20th by participating in Orangeburg Reads. Around 100 parents and students stood at center court in the Prince of Orange Mall to take part in reading games and activities. They also entered a raffle for a book of their choice. Sheridan is eagerly waiting for the next Or-angeburg Reads night!

Sheridan’s vibrant kin-dergarten students trav-eled to Columbia, SC recently to the Colum-bia Children’s Theater to see “A Year With Frog and Toad”. The purpose of the trip was to assist the students in learning some of the kindergarten standards. The students learned about charac-ters, setting, and plot in a story. It was a great trip that was enjoyed by the entire group!

Sheridan students and teachers are geared up and ready to go as they celebrated their kick off of the One to One Advocacy Program. The students enjoyed music, popcorn and drinks as they talked about the program’s purpose. The program focus-es on the community character traits and provides services with the “whole child” in mind. Students will engage in various activities that support their academic, social/emotional, and behavioral suc-cess. Our superstars had a great time “Popping In for Advisement!”

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“Popping in for advisement”kickoff Celebration

FamiLY movie nigHt

orangeburg reads

Sheridan’s PTO has kicked off its initiative to get the families more involved. The first event was a Family Movie Night. Family members were invited to come and enjoy a fun movie on Friday, September 15. Students in kinder-garten, first, and second grade watched Dis-ney’s fantasy/adventure film, “Moana”. Third through fifth grade students watched the Illu-mination drama/musical “Sing”. To top off the night, a concession stand was available along with a 50/50 raffle contest for a gift card.

A Day with Frog and Toad

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2017 Orangeburg County Fair Junior Art Exhibit Winners from William J. Clark Middle School

Completed in the 7th Grade Completed in the 6th Grade Khyla Gidron

2nd Place

Brandi Higgett

2nd Place

Congratulations to Ms. Malissa Wright, art teacher for winning 3rd place in the Professional Division and 2nd place in the Arts and Crafts Division .

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William J. Clark

Middle School 2017 South Carolina

State Fair Art Contest Winners

Jeshaiah Green, 1st Place Completed in the 8th Grade Completed in the 6th Grade

Taylore Reed, 1st Place Completed in the 11th Grade

Completed in the 9th Grade

Completed in the 10th Grade Shakera Jenkins 3rd Place

Ashley Wright, 2nd Place

Completed in the 6th Grade

Javien Elmore Honorable Mention

Chanel Sykes, 3rd Place

Orangeburg-Calhoun Consortium for the Arts

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Senator Matthews and a delegation from Orangeburg Consolidated School District Three recently visited the PITSCO Education STEM and Math Labs at Robert E. Howard Middle School. The visit and meeting was a

Senator Matthews and OCSD3 Visit the PITSCO Education STEM

& Math Labs at Howard

E-Blast in fiveHappenings @ R.E. Howard Middle School

The sixth grade students of R.E. Howard Middle School recently participated in a field experience to the Ruth Patrick Science Educa-tion Center in Aiken, S.C. The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center is a cooperative effort between the University of South Carolina Aiken, business, and industry in the Central Savannah River Area. Its programs challenge the pres-ent and inspire the future to ef-fect systematic change in science and mathematics education. The students experienced three sessions during their field experience. The session topics are as follows: Energy Transformations, Simple Machines, and Polygon Puzzle. All sessions were aligned to the SC Science Standards and the SC College and Career Ready Mathematics Standards. The stu-dents really enjoyed themselves and were able to experience real-world situations related to the standards taught in the classroom.

Students Visit Ruth Patrick ScienceEducation Center in Aiken, SC

great opportunity for an adjoining district to observe the stu-dents of Robert E. Howard Middle School in their 21st Centu-ry learning environment, as well as collaborate with Dr. Stokes and members of her leadership team. Senator Matthews communicated the importance of STEM and how career and jobs within the STEM field make up 52% of the job market and the need to prepare students for the job opportunities.

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On Thursday, September 28, Makiah Simmons was awarded the ATI Physical Therapy Offfensive Player of the Week for his September 22 game vs Whitmire where he ran for 193 yards and 3 touch-downs. Congratulations Makiah.

E-Blast in five October, 2017“The Buzz” @ BeThune-Bowman K-12 Campus

On Saturday, August 26th, Bethune-Bowman Campus fac-ulty and community members gathered together to celebrate the

naming of the Melvin L. Crum Gymnasium.

orangeburg TouchdownClub names

BBmH Student asPlayer of the Week

On Monday, October 9, BBMH Seniors took advan-tage of an opportunity to visit over 30 different college tables to receive applications and information at Claf-lin University’s CACARO Ed-Op College Day.

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Bethune-

Bowman Campus Seniors took time to apply for col-

leges on College Application Day.

Bethune-Bowman CampusGymnasium Dedicated in Memory ofMelvin L. Crum

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The Royal Cadets participated in the Edisto Blue Machine Invitational on Satur-day, September 16, and was awarded Best Horn Line, Best Color Guard and 2nd place in division 1A with a rating of Excellent. The Cadets missed 1st place by 4.5 tenths of a point and had the highest overall visual ef-fect score of all participating bands at the competition. On September 23rd, the Royal Cadets competed in the White Knoll Silver Show-case and was awarded Best Horn Line, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, Best Drum Major, Best Overall Visual and Music Ef-fects, and placed 1st place in Division 1A. In addition, the Color Guard had the high-est score in the division. At the Palmetto Esprit de Corps Invitational at Irmo High School on Sat-urday, October 7th, the Royal Cadets won 2nd place in division 1A with a rating of Excellent. The Cadets missed 1st place to their friends at Edisto High. The band also out scored Newberry High School and Great Falls, who scored 3 points

higher than the Royal Cadets last week. Special Thanks to Mrs. Carter for coming out to support the Royal Cadets in her Royal Cadet Fan Gear and congratulations to everyone for their many achievements!

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North Middle/High School seniors participated in Col-lege Application Day, a statewide initiative sponsored by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the South Carolina Department of Education. On September 18, 2017, seniors at NMHS applied to various colleges, and representatives from various universities were onsite to as-sist students during the process. In preparation of College Application Day, the seniors researched college options, ap-plication deadlines, application fees and prepared personal statements.

Royal Cadets of North M/H School Shine at Band Competitions

NEWS from North Middle/High School

North High SeniorsAre Busy on College

Application Day

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Orangeburg County Fair WinnersYouth Arts and Crafts

Art Teacher:Mrs. Linda Aiken

The students and staff at O-W High celebrated their biggest homecoming week yet with daily activi-ties during the week of October 9th – 14th. Among the highlights of the week were themed dress-up days for each day of the week, a Step Show on Tuesday, a Wild ‘n Out show and Bonfire on Wednesday, a Glow Party on Thursday, and a down-town parade on Friday. As if that wasn’t enough, on Saturday the school hosted the Garden City Classic band competition featuring twenty-six bands from around the State along with exhibition performances by the OWHS Orangeburg Pride, the South Carolina State University drumline, and the Savannah State marching band. Video highlights of the Step Show and Home-coming Parade can be viewed at the following web-site: www.orangeburgcountytv.com.

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Orangeburg-Wilkinson’s Administrative Team (left to right): Dr. Casandra H. Jenkins, Principal; Mrs. Melissa Amaker-Smalls,12th Grade Assistant Principal; Fred S. Mack,10th Grade Assistant Principal; and Craig James, 9th Grade Assistant Principal.

HOMEcOMing WEEk at OWHS

The OCSD5 School Board Members joined in on the fun as well! From left to right: Henry Jenkins, Secretary; Mrs. Idella Carson, and Vernon Stephens, Vice-Chair.

Miss Homecoming 2017, Kierra Huggins and Home-coming Maid of Honor, Ishauna Pampuan with Dr. Casandra Jenkins

The OCSD5 Board Chairperson, Mrs. Mary Ulmer waves to the parade crowd!

Miss Orange and Maroon, Aubrai Brailey (left) and Miss Homecoming 2017, Kierra Huggins (right).

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OCSD5 2017-2018 CALENDARJuly 4 ....................... Independence Day HolidayAugust 10-16 ........... Teacher Workdays/Staff DevelopmentAugust 17 ................. First Day for StudentsAugust 21 ................. No School (Solar Eclipse)September 4 ............. Labor Day HolidaySeptember 19 ........... Interim Reports IssuedOctober 20 .............. 1st Nine Weeks Ends (45th Day)October 27 .............. Parent/Teacher Conference (SW1) Report Cards Issued, No School for StudentsNov. 22-24 .............. Thanksgiving HolidaysNov. 27 ................... Interim Reports IssuedDec. 18-Jan. 1 ......... Winter Break (18-19 SW2-SW3)January 2 ................. School Opens/Return from BreakJanuary 12 ............... First Term Ends (90th Day)January 15 ............... Martin Luther King Jr. Day HolidayJanuary 16 ............... Teacher/Staff Development DayJanuary 23 ............... Parent/Teacher Conference, 1-4 PM (Early Dismissal) Report Cards IssuedFebruary 16 .............. Interim Reports IssuedFebruary 19 .............. President’s Day Holiday (SW4)March 21 ................. 3rd Nine Weeks Ends (135th Day)March 23 ................. Teacher Work Day (No School)March 30 ................. Parent/Teacher Conference (SW5) Report Cards Issued, No School for StudentsApril 2-6 ................... Spring BreakApril ......................... ACT/Work Keys Testing - TBAMay 1 ...................... Interim Reports IssuedMay ......................... PASS, PASS Field Tests, Make-ups - TBAJune 1 ...................... 2nd Terms Ends (180th Day)JUNE 1 .................... GRADUATION (HSHP & North)JUNE 2 .................... GRADUATION (O-W & Bowman)June 4 ...................... Teacher/Staff Development Day or (SW6)

School Days First & Last Day of School

No School for PD/Early Dismissal Students/Employees

Teacher Workday End of Quarter No School for Students

Severe Weather Make-up Days (SW1-SW6)

Beginning and ending dates for employee groups

190 August 10, 2017 - June 4, 2018200 August 3, 2017 - June 11, 2018210 July 27, 2017 - June 18, 2018220 July 20, 2017 - June 25, 2018230 July 12, 2017 - June 29, 2018240 July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

MAY 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JUNE 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30