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March 2017

Congratulations!

National Merit Finalist

Mr. Josh Young, Principal

Mr. Ricky Evans, Assistant Principal

Mr. Weston Lazear , Assistant Principal

From the Lions’ Den Daniel High School

www.pickens.k12.sc.us/dhs

Our Vision Students at DWD will graduate with a wide array of skills

and strong knowledge base in a culture of high expectations,

generosity, encouragement, and civility.

This spring students at Daniel and across the state will again have the

opportunity to display their skills, abilities, and knowledge on South

Carolina’s standardized assessments

for college and career readiness.

All third-year high school students (11th graders) will take the ACT on

February 28th or March 1st in order to evaluate their college readiness as

well as to enable teachers and parents

to better understand how prepared their students are for higher

education. These same students will also take the ACT WorkKeys between

March 22nd and March 24th in order to

help evaluate their level of career readiness.

Message from the Principal Mr. Josh Young

These tests, which are being given at

no cost to students or families, will show everyone where our students

are succeeding and where extra academic focus is needed. I know that

with your help and support our

students at Daniel will continue to perform at the highest standards

possible.

Please use the following link on the SC Department of Education website for

more detailed information on these

and other state assessments: http://ed.sc.gov/tests/high/

The calendar for the 2017-2018 school year has been approved by the

SDPC Board of Trustees and is linked

to the district website under “Calendars.”

The first day of school for students

will be Monday, August 21; the last

day will be Friday, June 1. The date for graduation will be posted at a later

date.

2017-2018 School Calendar Approved

Mr. Young sends out a special note of “Congratulations!” to all students who

were on the All-A and A/B Honor Roll for the second quarter.

163 students had all A’s, while 321

had all A’s and B’s.

CONGRATS! Keep up the great work!

Congratulations Honor Roll Students

Rowan Desjardin

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Jesse Jiang

Rita Wang

Matthew Mason

Gregory Kurfess

Clary Miles

Jalen McClain

From the Lions’ Den

From the Guidance Department

Check out the latest news from Guidance below! If you have any questions, just

stop by Guidance or call 397-2904.

Course Selection Follow-Up:

Students will receive a course

selection summary for courses that they selected for the 2017-2018

school year. Any corrections must include a parent signature before

returning it to the guidance office.

TCTC dual enrollment meeting:

March 21, 6:00 p.m. Liberty High School

SWU dual enrollment meeting:

TBA

Have you checked out the latest Scholarship Opportunities and

Student Opportunities?

Be “In the Know!”

Foundation continues to make a difference Maggie Bandy, DWD Foundation Secretary and Vice Chair, Communications

Did you know Daniel High School has a wonderful new addition? The Dan-

deLION opened up this past fall to serve our students confidentially with needs of

clothing, shoes, hygiene products, snacks, and school supplies.

The Military Ball and Prom are both approaching, and we would love to be

able to provide gowns, dress shoes (for both men and women), and other for-

mal wear for our students that are in

need at no charge in our “Prom Shop”. If you have any of these type of items to

donate, please bring them to the Guidance Office.

We also accept financial donations (payable to the Daniel Foundation) as well to use for specific DandeLION purchases. Please contact Maggie Bandy, mbandy@charter.net, if you have any questions.

Thank you for your support of the DWD

Foundation and the DandeLION.

Thank you for the wonderful

Valentine’s Day lunch!

Office reminders – Please be aware!

School Office Hours

School office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. After hours, a voice message may

be left. Messages will be checked the morning of the next school day.

Afternoon Sign-outs If you need to sign out your student

during fourth period, you need to do so by 2:45 p.m. If your student needs to

sign out after 2:45 p.m., you may send a note with your student to turn in to the office in the morning. Sign-out notes are

confirmed and a sign-out note is delivered to the student to allow them to

leave class.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Be “In the Know!”

From the Lions’ Den

National College Fair

The National Association for College

Admission Counseling invites you to the National College Fair on Saturday, March

11, 2017 at the TD Convention Center in Greenville, SC. This event is free and

open to the public. Admission reps from

hundreds of colleges and universities will be there. Counselors

will be on hand to help navigate the

college admission process. For more info visit

www.nacacfairs.org

WorkKeys to be Administered to Juniors in March ACT WorkKeys is a job

skills assessment that measures real-world

skills. This assessment connects work skills, training, and skill testing for

educators and employers.

The testing program measures career

readiness by testing students in three areas: Reading for Information,

Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information. Students who

successfully complete these three tests

may be eligible for ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate.

This is a great opportunity for our

students to take this test during the

school day at no expense. This year’s administration of WorkKeys will take place between March 22nd and March

24th. Juniors have been assigned a

testing date in advance.

Prom tickets go on sale in March

The Daniel 2017 Prom - “Ooh La La” - will

take place on Saturday, April 22, at the

Anderson Civic Center.

Prom ticket sales may be purchased using one of two options:

Option 1: Purchase online at

http://www.myschoolbucks.com.

March 27 - 31: DHS senior tickets will

be $20.00. All other tickets (including any non-DHS students) will be $25.00.

April 1 - 20: All tickets will be $30.

Online ticket sales will be open during spring break.

Online tickets sales will end on April

20th.

Option 2: Purchase prom tickets at school in room 222 (Mrs. Bolger’s room) before or

after school or during first period.

March 27 - 31: DHS Senior tickets will

be $20.00. All other tickets (including any non-DHS students) will be $25.00.

April 3-20: All tickets will be $30.00.

Ticket sales end Thursday, April 20 at 3:30.

Prom tickets prices include digital downloads of prom pictures

Please note: Only juniors and seniors may

purchase tickets. All ticket purchases

require approval before tickets are issued. Non-DHS guests must be approved before

purchasing tickets. Tickets for non-DHS guests must be purchased by Thursday, April 6th. A dance contract is

required for all students and guests attending prom. Dance contracts and

outside guest forms may be picked up in the main office or in Mrs. Bolger’s room.

Senior Calendar

Distributed during mandatory meeting Monday, February 20th.

Pay careful attention

to dates and events.

All information

is subject to change.

Vote for the D. W. Daniel Video

Go to act.usatoday.com and vote for the D. W. Daniel video. Daniel teachers Ann Rash, Connie

Leverett, and Dana Howard have entered a contest through ACT (A Community Thrives) in

hopes of becoming eligible for one of three grant

proposals worth $50,000 or $100,000.

They are trying to acquire funding to provide transportation home for the Tuesday tutoring program in order to

expand this highly successful program to more students. Please

share this site and the request to vote for Daniel with all your social media contacts!! Thank you? We’ll keep you updated.

Tutoring

AFJROTC offers tutoring/study hall

Tuesday and Thursday mornings

from 7:30-8:00am in

the AFJROTC classroom, open to all

Daniel students!

From the Lions’ Den Student Life

Don’t miss “Argonuts: Jason & the Quest for the

Golden Fleece, A Comedy of Tragic Proportions”

Daniel High School students will perform “Argonuts: Jason & the Quest for

the Golden Fleece, A Comedy of Tragic Proportions” - A creative,

innovative, and truly hilarious version of the ancient Greek myth of Jason and his

heroic quest for the Golden Fleece.

Show times are March 23, 24, and 25 at

7:00 p.m. in the DWD auditorium. Admission is $5. Performance time – 105

minutes. Mark your calendar and join us

for an evening of laughs.

The cast includes James Baer, Kaniyah Bell, Julia Blouin, Zoie Bowers, Peyton

Brock, Noah Burkett, Jacob Delk,

Angelica Elizarraraz, Brooks Farish, Preston Finley, Sarah Garrick, Allycia

Griebno, Maggie Hanssen, Cordie Kale, Cameron King, Rebekah Kuebler, Isabel

Martinez, Mirabye Nadenicek, Bella Prado, Amber Reese, Maggie Rice, Katie

Stephan, Aba Kwofie, Jake Sherry, and

Derek White.

Daniel Trivia Night

Student Council and Beta Club are joining forces to host Trivia Night at

Daniel on Thursday, March 16 from 6-8 p.m. Beta Club is raising money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and Student Council is raising money for our

students to build shoes for Sole Hope.

You may see Dana Howard to reserve a table for your family, club, or team.

Tables are $25, and there are six spots at each table. We will also be selling pizza dinners for $4 per person—see Meghan Chandler to buy a dinner or

individual seat. Please book your table and buy your dinners by Thursday,

March 9.

Prizes will be given to the winners of the first three rounds, and the

the grand prize winners.

Students were able to complete an actual gel electrophoresis lab in all Biology classes for the first

time this year due to a generous grant from the Daniel Foundation. Much of the equipment purchased can be

reused each year to better teach the newly expanded

standards on this technique that has relevance in the forensic science field.

Bringing CSE techniques to the

classroom gives students an additional opportunity to do

“real science” and complete a

lab that previously required assistance from outside organizations or could only be completed virtually.

Daniel Foundation Helping Students in the Classroom

Relay For Life of Pickens County; Saturday, April 29, 4:00-11:00 p.m.

Are You a Cancer Survivor or Caregiver? Please contact Ms.

Leverett (mailto:connieleverett@pickens.k12.

sc.us). We want to honor you at the Relay For Life of Pickens County

event and at the Survivors

Celebration Dinner.

From the Lions’ Den Student Recognition/Student Life

This year 44 AP Environmental students collected water quality data, analyzed

their data and the trends, and created posters for presentation at Clemson’s

Science Symposium (CBASS) on Saturday, February 25. 27 students

presented alongside undergraduate and

graduate students at the Life Science building. Two groups were given awards:

First Place: Seasonal, Chemical, Biological Changes in Stream Sites in Upstate, SC

by Maggie Hanssen, Grisha Post, Helen

Schmidt, and Sarah Grace Turner

AP Environmental Science students present research at college-level symposium

Second Place: An Acidic Environment’s Effect on Creek Health by Chris Aurich,

Spencer Dickey, Manav Jain, and Juan Salcido-Bravo.

Special thanks to Clemson University

graduate student mentors, Erica Linard,

and Lauren Garcia for organizing the WOW program this year!

On February 22, the AFJROTC “Flying

Lions” Cadet Corps earned the highest possible score on their Unit Evaluation.

Every Air Force Junior ROTC Unit is evaluated once every three years by

Headquarters Inspectors to verify the

program is operating in accordance with Federal law, Air Force regulations, and

School District policies.

Because the evaluation only happens once every three years, by necessity it is

a very thorough and all-inclusive

inspection. Every area of program operation was placed under a full day of

scrutiny. Thanks to months of preparation by instructors and cadet

leaders and strong “buy-in” from the

Cadet Corps, the top score was earned.

Of 27 units this Evaluator team has inspected so far this year, the Flying

Lions were only the 4th group to earn

the highest score. Evaluators identified several aspects of Daniel’s AFJROTC

program as the best they had seen to date in the entire Region.

Major Childress, Chief Preisch, and the

entire Cadet Corps want to thank the

entire Daniel Family for all the outstanding support and assistance

along the way. It was truly a #OneDaniel success story. Go Lions!

Congratulations Chess Club

Congratulations to our

chess team on winning second place in this year’s

state competition. Fannie Xuan won first over all for

girls and will go to nationals

this summer. Grisha Post took 6th place overall and

Caleb Hylkema took 8th place overall. Another great

year for this amazing group

of students.

AFJROTC Earns Highest Possible Score on Unit Daniel’s Interact Club completed two service projects including our

monthly Clemson Child Development Center day on

February 3. Twelve Interact

members created bulletin boards and spent time with the children on

the playground.

The second event was a Valentine’s

Day party at Clemson Downs. Students made cards, talked and

listened to residents, and shared cookies.

Interact Club Club logs 254 Service Hours

From the Lions’ Den Student Recognition

Daniel High School was recently notified that the following National

Merit Semifinalists have been named as Finalists in the prestigious National

Merit Scholarship Competition: Rowan Desjardins, Jesse Jiang, Greg Kurfess,

Matthew Mason, Jalen McClain, Clary

Miles, and Rita Wang.

These students will continue through the selection process and be

Daniel Students Named National Merit Finalists considered for final National Merit

Scholarships to be announced in the spring. Merit Scholarship awards are

based on the student’s academics, abilities, skills, accomplishments, and

potential for success in college.

We are proud of these students and

applaud this achievement!

(Left to right): Matthew Mason, Jalen McClain, Greg Kurfess, Rita Wang, Rowan Desjardins, Jesse Jiang, Clary Miles

Congratulations to the Daniel High

School Math Team. The team members are Jonathan Baum,

Kevin Feng, Connor Lehmacher, Ian Ruohoniemi, and Jennifer Gao.

The team won first place at the University of South Carolina Math

Meet on February 4th. Ian and Jennifer placed in the top 10 for

the individual competition. Connor

finished in the top 5.

The team competed again on February 11th at the College of

Charleston. As a team, they got 4th

place on the level 3 written test and 1st place for the "estimation

station". Connor, Ian, and Kevin all placed 1st in an individual event.

Math Team Finishes 1st

(Left to right): Jonathan Baum, Kevin

Feng, Jennifer Gao, Ian Ruohoniemi, Connor Lehmacher

Three students made All-State Orchestra: Kevin Feng (violin), Caitlin Leonard (cello), and Lindsay Liu

(violin). These students competed against the best string players in the state to earn their positions in the

orchestra. All-State Orchestra weekend was February

24-26 in Lexington SC.

Congratulations to these well-deserving students!

(Left to right): Caitlin Leonard, Lindsay Liu, Kevin Feng

Students Make All-State Orchestra

Congratulations to the Daniel Varsity

Winter Guard for a great first performance at the Western Indoor

Premier on Saturday, January 28! The

Guard received the highest score ever on a premier performance.

On Saturday, Feb. 18th at Pickens High School, the Guard delivered

an incredible performance of

"Reign". The team placed 2nd in a

very competitive class of 14 guards marking their highest placement

ever.

For continued updates on all things

band related visit them at www.danielbands.org

Varsity Winter Guard Receives High Score

One of the highlights in February was

National Signing Day. Daniel has four student-athletes who will continue their

athletic careers at the next level! We are proud of these individuals and their hard

work and wish them much success in

their futures.

Spring is a busy sports season with baseball, softball, boys and girls soccer,

Notes from the Desk of the AD Tommy Plumblee, Athletic Director

boys tennis, boys golf, and track teams

competing. All home events except boys golf take place on the Daniel campus.

Parking for all events will be in the main parking lot. The regular schedule for

spring sports begins in early March.

Come out and cheer on the Lions!

Follow Daniel Athletics on Twitter

@DWDAthletics.

National Signing Day - February 1, 2017 Congratulations to our Daniel student-athletes!!!

Miles Turmon Football: NC Central

Will Swinney Football: Clemson University

Nick Taylor Baseball: Averett University

Athletics From the Lions’ Den

Beau Thompson

Baseball: Patrick Henry College

Important Dates

Daniel High School 140 Blue & Gold Blvd.

Central, SC 29630

Phone: 864.397.2900 864.868.4010 (local #)

Fax: 864.654.9608 Office Hours: 7:45am-3:45pm

Follow us online!! www.pickens.k12.sc.us/dhs http://www.facebook.com/

DWDanielHighSchool Twitter: @DWDanielHigh Instagram: dwdanielhigh

A Tradition of Excellence

School District

of Pickens County 1348 Griffin Mill Road

Easley, SC 29640 Phone: 864.397.1000

www.pickens.k12.sc.us

DHS Online Event Calendar A full calendar of events may be found on the DHS website or by scanning the QR code to the right with your Smartphone.

March 1 (8:15-9:30 a.m.) .......................................... Daniel Foundation Meeting

March 7 (5:00 p.m.) .................................................................... Band Concert March 11 .............................................................................. ROTC Military Ball

March 12 .............................................................. Daylight Saving Time Begins

March 13 (6:30 p.m.) .................... Athletic Booster Club Meeting (Media Center) March 14 ........................................................................ Arts Reception/Show)

March 17 (HUB) .................. Sophomore Class Meeting: Class Rings (Auditorium) March 17 (during lunch) ................... Graduation Apparel/Supplies Delivery (LMC)

March 21 (6:00 p.m.) ...................... TCTC Dual Enrollment Meeting (Liberty HS) March 22 ............................................................... End of Third Grading Period

March 22-24 ......................................................................... WorkKeys Testing March 23 (5:00-7:00 p.m.) ..................... Parent Night: Class Rings (Front Lobby)

March 23-25 (7:00 p.m.) ................ School Play: “Usher: A Totally Teen Comedy”

March 24 (during lunch) .................................... Class Ring Orders (Front Lobby) March 27 .................................................................... Prom Tickets Go On Sale

March 27 (6:00 p.m.) .................. Board of Trustees Meeting (SDPC Board Room) March 28 ..................................................................... String Orchestra Concert

March 29 ...................................................................................... Report Cards March 29 (4:00) ............................................................................... Alive at 25

April 10-April 14 ......................................................... Spring Break (No School) April 17 ........... Inclement Weather Make-Up Day – We WILL have school!

May 27 ................................................. Graduation (Daniel High School 8:30am)

Career Fair