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.

Follow us on Twitter at @Palmetto Middle and

Facebook too!

Upcoming Events and Dates: • Thursday, December 10th – Chorus Concert

• Friday, December 11th – Chorus Concert

• Friday, December 11th Girl’s Night Out

• Monday, December 14th PTSO Meeting

• Friday, December 18th PALS Day

• Monday, December 19th- January 3rd Christmas Break

• Monday, January 4th- School Resumes

• Wednesday, January 13th – End of 2nd Nine Weeks

• Thursday, January 14th- 16th Beta Club to Myrtle Beach

• Monday, January 18th- Martin Luther King Day Students

& Teachers do not report to school.

• Monday, February 15th Staff Development Day Students

do not report to school.

• March 28th – April 1st SPRING BREAK

Photos from around Palmetto Middle this week!

A huge shout out to our Palmetto Partners!

C-Team Basketball Update: Please email Coach Adams at

Adamsw@apps.anderson1.org or Coach

Shealyc2@app.anderson1.org

if you have any questions

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Coach: Chuck Shealy Kaylin Bell

Elyse Browning

Mary Alice Butler

Madison Crumley

Claire Ellison

Joeli Hayden

Kinsey Henderson

Kalisa Johnson

Angel Mabry

Owen Grace McCullough

Savannah Shealy

Carter Simpson

Rosalie Summerlin

Mercedes Watson Team manager: Carrie Hayden

Team manager: Anna Parks Book Keeper: Christie Shealy

Boys Head Coach: Archie Adams

Number Name Grade

0 Kalil Johnson 8th 1 Jaxon Young 8th 3 Liam Farmer 7th 4 Chaz Knight 7th 5 Jalal Dean 7th

10 Blakely Williams 8th 11 Landon Owens 8th 14 Caleb Shead 8th 15 Clay Alberson 7th 20 Jaden Young 7th 22 Briggs Cox 7th 24 Blake Chastain 8th 33 Blaine Yates 7th 44 Easton Suber 7th 55 Iler Capps 7th

Manager Khaji Beaty 6th

Manager Collin Johnson 6th Manager Austin Medlin 6th Manager Danyaah Sanders 6th Manager Jonathan Surner 6th

Schedule for the 2015-16 Season Date Opponent Location /Time

11/30 Belton Palmetto 5:30

Girls Won

Boy Won

12/3 Honea Path Honea Path 5:30

Girls Won

Boy Won

12/7 Belton Belton 5:30

12/10 Honea Path Palmetto 5:30

12/14 Powdersville Palmetto 5:30

12/17 Walhalla Walhalla 5:30

1/4 Riverside Palmetto 5:30

1/7 Pickens Pickens 5:30

1/11 Wren Palmetto 5:30

1/13 Powdersville Powdersville 5:30

1/19 Walhalla Palmetto 5:30

1/21 Riverside Riverside 5:30

1/25 Pickens Palmetto 5:30

1/28 Wren Wren 5:30

Congratulations to Palmetto Middle’s 2016

Science Olympiad Team They are working hard this year getting ready for the state

competition at Newberry College on Saturday, January 30th.

We are lucky to have enough interest this year to have a

team of 6th graders too.

A Team Nic Brown

Jacob Vaughn

Michael Czwalina

Gen Bronson

Bre Smith

Emory Martin

Titus Schuch

Morgan Farmer

Jessi Brock

Michelle Centeno

Carson Reeves

Kerrigan Campbell

Levi Schwartz

Madyson Karstens

B Team Corin Barnhart

Robert Feil

Collin Johnson

Tyra Edwards

Alvia Clark

Cheyenne Reel

Amaro

Ethan Bane

Congratulations to our 2015 - 2016 PMMS Robotics Competition Team

If you have any questions, please email Mr. Guthrie at

guthriet@apps.anderson1.org

8th Grade:

Jordan Masters

Nathan Turner

Camden Frailey

Drew Huff

Adam Brenneman

Breanna Smith

Bass Sims

Nicholas Sanders

Ethan Lang

Andy Brown

7th Grade:

Carson Norton

Ethan Thrasher

Dawson Swaney

6th Grade:

Austin Huff

Maggie Eldein

Jacob Beecher

Chorus Update from Mr. Fricks: If you have

any questions, please email him at fricksj@apps.anderson1.org

Students of the Month:

Mary Kathryn Sanders

Kristy Effler

Kayda Page

Nick Barrera-Stroud

Sea Ashley

Kylee O'Donald

BETA CLUB UPDATE:

Beta Convention money is due by December

15th.

Update from our Guidance Counselors

8th Grade Students and Parents:

College Awareness Event Information

Do you need Christmas assistance this year? See

details about Project G.I.F.T.S.

Click Link Below for More Details

Project G.I.F.T.S. Information For All Palmetto Area Parents

Girls Night Out letters went home on 11/6!! They are due on 11/24! No forms will be taken late.

Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all

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Palmetto’s Finest Qualifications for the 2nd 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.