Dear Parents:

It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of the first semester of our school year. Our teachers, staff, and students have been working extremely hard and have much to be proud. We just completed the Winter MAP testing and will be issuing rewards to those students whom have met at least half of their yearly goals. These incentives will be passed out after the holidays.

Christmas is a time when we think of giving. Our school, with the help of the community, has sponsored over fifty-seven children for Christmas this year. A special thank you goes to our Family-School Coordinator, Denise Williams, for her dedicated work on this project. In addi-tion our service learning teams are providing winter clothing for people in the Conway com-munity and monetary funding to the Samaritan House during this Christmas season. One team raised over $1400 for the American Heart Association’s “Jump Rope for Heart.” These are just a few examples of the care, commitment, and giving our students and staff are in-volved in to help those in our community. We would also like to thank our parents for their support and contributions to all of our school service learning projects. There is no better life lesson that we can teach our children.

Again our Fourth Grade Service Learning Team won the Horry County Solid Waste Recycling competition for the month of December by recycling aluminum. Our school received another plague and another new laptop computer. We have established a recycling wall called “Talkin’ Trash” to display these awards as they are won. We will be recycling newspapers and maga-zines when we return from the holidays.

It is my pleasure to announce the addition of two new staff members. Mr. John Sedeska is replacing Mr. James Jones as our ISS coordinator. Mrs. Cori Shuford will be teaching Child Development, replacing Mrs. Julia Johnson who has recently retired. Our PAW Power Direc-tor is now Miss Holly Kurpiela. We welcome these new staff members to our school.

Kid Zone currently has space available for after-school child care. Kid Zone operates daily from 2:30 until 6:00 p.m. The cost is $45 per child and siblings are given a reduced rate. If you need these services, please contact the school office or the director, Crystal Woods, at 488-0272 or 488-6011.

I hope that each family has a joyful and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Leon E. Hayes

Horry County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, immigrant status, English speaking status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or S.C. law in its programs or activities. For questions regarding the non-discrimination policies, call 843-488-6933, Horry County Schools, 1605 Horry Street, Conway, SC 29527.

South Conway Elementary receives federal funding through Title I. A copy of the Title I school wide Project can be reviewed in our school’s front office. Parents are encouraged to provide feedback with regards to school wide Title I initiatives.

The Tiger Times

South Conway Elementary

“Together We CAN!”

Mr. Leon Hayes, Principal Mr. Joel James, Jr., Asst. Principal

Phone: 843-488-0272 Fax: 843-488-0605 Website: SCE/HorryCountySchools.net

19th First day of Winter

20th Last day of school

21st-1/3 Winter Break

4th School Resumes

9th PAW Power Resumes

10th Family Reading Night

13th Western Day

Early Dismissal

16th Martin Luther King Jr Day

No School

17th Student Holiday

No School

20th Report Cards Issued

24th Recognition Assembly

We had 3 Family Reading Nights in November and one in

December, each packed with children and their families. Some of

the activities we do are Leisure Reading, Computer Games,

Listening Stations, Storytime at 5:00pm, puppets, Crafts, and a

Snack to take home

Family Reading Nights: Jan. 10, 24; Feb. 21, 28; Mar. 13,

27; & Apr. 17, 24

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday and don’t forget to take some

time out to READ !

It’s that time of year again…cold & flu season! To help prevent the spread of illnesses, please remind your child to wash their hands often & cough or sneeze in a tissue or in the bend of their elbow. The symptoms of the flu may include; fever, sore throat, cough, chills, headache & body aches and fatigue. If a student has a fever (100.0° or above) they will be sent home. Your child may return to school if he/she is fever free for 24 hours WITHOUT the use of medications. Remember, ALL medications (including cough drops) need to be brought to the nurse by a responsible adult & have a medication authorization form completed. Please contact Nurse Chestnut @ 488-6001 if you have any questions.

Just a reminder that after the Christmas Break, we will

begin collecting newspapers and magazines so instead of

throwing away all of those great catalogs you’ve gotten in

the mail, start saving them NOW so we can continue to

Talk Trash and be Winners in the New Year!

December 15th is the last day of Paw Power for 2011.

Since we come back to school on a Wednesday, there

will be no PAW Power that week either, but we will be

back in session the week of January 9th-13th.

In the month of December Guidance classes have been dis-

cussing the character word “CARING”

Students have participated in various activities, class discus-

sions, and class activities. Favorite activities were the com-

pliment jar and caring favor coupons where

students were able to write on a sticky note

giving a compliment to a student in their

class and create a caring favor coupon to

give to someone that they care about.

We like to feature the works of some of our wonderful writers on our Spot-

light on Writing Wall. Recently selected authors are:

Khushi Patel, Shelby Butler-Ristow, Tylique Dozier, Melanie Munoz, Derrion

Pressley, Brady Carney, Bellamie Ann Deal, Max Woods, Maria Ponce, Audrey

Hardwick, Michael Cruz, Hailey Prosser, and Issac Dixon.

Congratulations to our wonderful writers! Stop by and take a look at their

work and get some ideas so that we can see your work on the wall next time.

YEARBOOKS, YEARBOOKS, YEARBOOKS!

It’s time to pre-order your yearbooks! $15 reserves your copy and for the first time for only $2 more, you can have your name placed on the front of your yearbook.

Please send in your money with your name, teacher’s name, and grade to Ms. Prosser or you can order online by going to www.inter-state.com/store/preorder and enter the school code 77048898. You will receive a receipt via email.

Also for the first time, you can upload your pictures for consideration to be used in the yearbook go to www.yearbookwizard.com/uploads and enter the school code 77048898.

If you have any questions, call Ms. Prosser at 488-00272 or email her at sprosser@horrycountyschools.net

The PTO is selling over-sized South Conway “Tuffy” umbrellas for $20. Stop by the front desk to check them out and get one for yourself or as a gift.

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The Winning “Streak”

The following students were elected as Good School Citizens by their peers for this term.

Way to go, Tigers!

Ernie Davis Ava Horton Kristerpher Williams Hailey Lightsey Shephard Holmes

Kendyll Campi Brianna Floyd Tyler Hemingway Tiffany Stewart Patricia Eliason

Bellamie Deal Justin Prondak Melanie Munoz Tykeria Green Jaeden Higgins

Makayla Palmer Arianna Aklin Max Woods Miguel Perez Sara Carter

Lydia Majewski Nicholas Avant Ana Yanez Kolton Eckler Lajada Sherman

Jakeem Sherman Nicolette DeGrecio Jamirha Ferguson Kelly Fisher Joey Kalter

Ta’Sean Isom Antwon Dewitt