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Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five (OCSD5) Super-intendent Cynthia Wilson addressed approximately 400 commu-nity leaders, educators, and stakeholders at the 4th Annual State of the Schools Luncheon on October 8, 2014. During her remarks, Supt. Wilson spoke passionately about the Districts accomplish-ments from the past year while also conveying her vision for the future. The Mistress and Master of Ceremonies for the program were OCSD5 students Tatyana Goodwin and Jeremy Tarrant. Their en-gaging style and energy kept the program lively and entertaining. The opening speaker was Mary Ulmer, Chair of the OCSD5 Board of Trustees, who greeted the audience with welcoming remarks on behalf of the Board. She was followed by DaBetta

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Fifty-eight students from Orangeburg Consoli-dated School District Five (OCSD5) have achieved perfect scores on one or more subject areas on the following State examinations: the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS), the High School Assessment Program (HSAP), or the End of Course Examination Program (EOCEP). The students were honored at the OCSD5 Board of Trustees Meeting on October 14, 2014 at Brook-dale Elementary School. Each student was in-dividually acknowledged and presented with a trophy in recognition of their achievement by Superintendent Cynthia Wilson and the mem-bers of the Board of Trustees. The total of fifty-eight students achieving perfect scores compares with thirty-five students from the previous year.

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Re De Jah Clark, a student at North Middle/High School, introducing Congressman James Clyburn to guests at the State of the Schools Luncheon.

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The students receiving per-fect scores on the PASS test are: Sheree Alcendor, 5th grade, Bet-hune-Bowman Elementary (Writ-ing); Gracie Belyeu, 3rd grade, Marshall Elementary (Math); Mary Bonner, 3rd grade, Marshall Ele-mentary (Math); Jaebelle Espino-sa, 3rd grade, Marshall Elementary (Math); Avonte Grant, 3rd grade, Marshall Elementary (Math); Isoi-za Isa, 3rd grade, Marshall El-ementary (English Language Arts and Math); Christina Pough-Richardson, 3rd grade, Marshall Elementary (Math); Aman Singh, 5th grade, Marshall Elementary (Social Studies); Tyshon Vogt, 3rd grade, Marshall Elementary (Math); Damien Jackson, 3rd grade, Mellichamp Elemen-tary (English Language Arts); Anthony You, 3rd grade, Mel-lichamp Elementary (Math); Tori Rutland, 8th grade, North Middle/High (English Language Arts); Aliana Myers, 3rd grade, Whittaker Elementary (Writing and Math); Yasmire Evans, 7th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (English Language Arts); Parth Patel, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Math); and Rohit Swain, 6th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Social Studies). One student received a perfect score on the HSAP test: Alexis Hunter, 10th grade, Bethune-Bowman Middle/High School (Math). The students receiving perfect scores on the Fall 2013 EOCEP are: Alexis Hunter, 10th grade, Bethune-Bowman Middle/High School (Biology); Lorenzo Anderson, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Devontre Cantey, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Victoria Frazier, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Dari Johnson, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkin-son High (Biology); Jalena Jones, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Donte Lowman, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); and Angela Robin-son, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology). The students receiving perfect scores on the Spring 2014 EOCEP are: Yulisa Garcia Gaytan, 10th grade, Bethune-Bowman Middle/High (Biology); Shiann Anderson, 9th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Keywana Campbell, 9th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Algebra I); Quatawannia Lee, 9th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Algebra I); Alexis Stroud, 9th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Algebra I); Janaysia Thomas, 9th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Algebra I); Kevin Campbell, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Tia

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ogy); Nafis Wilson, 10th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (Biology); Martin Aduma, 11th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkin-son High (U.S. History); Nakia Devine, 11th grade, Orange-burg-Wilkinson High (U.S. History); Sharonda Jackson, 11th grade, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High (U.S. History); Calvin Aduma, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I and Eng-lish I); Kelvin Aduma, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Jackie Booker, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); David Brandyburg, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Ivana Devine, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I and English I); Khalia Garvin, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Tomarius Green, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Jelani Haigler, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Al-gebra I); Jayla Hill, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Rick Karen Kakanou, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Alge-bra I); Hailey Keith, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (English I); Joakim Kennedy, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I and English I); Jordan Mack, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (English I); Summer Myers, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Parth Patel, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Alge-bra I); Shaelyn Rivers-Green, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (English I); James Solano-Diaz, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Algebra I); Brea Threatt, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (Al-gebra I and English I); Ameera Watley, 8th grade, W.J. Clark Middle (English I); Tori Rutland, 8th grade, North Middle/High (Algebra I); Conrad Wilson, 9th grade, North Middle/High (Biology); Jerrell Bennett, 10th grade, North Middle/High (Biology); Brittany Bloome, 10th grade, North Mid-dle/High (Biology); and Myra Walker, 9th grade, the High School for Health Professions. Our congratulations go out to all of these hard-working students (and their teachers) for their achievement of perfect scores on State testing this year.

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Smith, the 2014-2015 District Teacher of the Year, who gave recognition to the Principals and the individual Teachers of the Year from each of the dis-tricts schools. Congressman James E. Cly-burn spoke to the audience about his perspective on pub-lic education and some of the events in his life that shaped his beliefs including the text of

Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Congressman Clyburn also spoke of his past experiences as a high school teacher and expressed his gratitude for the work being done by teachers today. Congressman Clyburn concluded his re-marks by congratulating Supt. Wilson and OCSD5 on being named as one of just five recipients nationwide to receive a U.S. Department of Educations Race to the Top grant award. Supt. Cynthia Wilson delivered the keynote address and highlighted five programs during her remarks including: Race to the Top Grant Award - OCSD5 collaborated

with three other area school districts to form the Caro-lina Consortium for Enterprise Learning. Together, the Consortium submitted a nearly $25 million Race to the Top grant application to the U.S. Department of Edu-cation. The grant award was announced in December of 2013 and will be used to implement an Enterprise Learning Model at three OCSD5 schools and expand over time to other district schools.

DigitalLearningInitiative-TheimplementationoftheDigital Learning Initiative is underway and began with the distribution of iPad devices to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The Digital Learning Initiative is being phased-in over a three-year period and represents the commitment of the district to provide all students with the technology skills they will need to learn and com-pete in todays global economy.

ReachOutforDropouts-Thesuccessfultrackrecordofthe Reach Out for Dropouts program over the past four

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October, 2014years is changing the course of some students lives. This past year, a group of approximately 100 volunteers made visits on a Saturday morning to the homes of students who did not return to school to present op-tions for these students to re-enroll and complete their education. Six students graduated last year as a result of the efforts of the Dropout Prevention Program.

STEMEducationandCareers-OCSD5joinedtogetherwith a local business partner, Sunshine Recycling, and the Celebrate Freedom Foundation to bring a unique, STEM-based vocational program to all 7th grade stu-dents across Orangeburg County to expose them to ca-reers in aviation, the military and public safety. Through interactive experiences with helicopters, drone aircraft, heavy equipment, and specialized public safety vehicles and equipment, students were able to understand how courses in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum can influence their career opportunities.

Virtual Engineering School - OCSD5 is one of onlyeight school districts in South Carolina to have been selected by the Governors School for Science and Mathematics for the implementation of a new virtual engineering program called Accelerate. Under the pro-gram, students can complete the first year of college engineering courses during the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Accelerate courses are taught by the faculty at the Governors School with oversight from four of the States engineering colleges (USC, Clemson, SCSU, and the Citadel).

The audience was also treated to special student perfor-mances from the vocal group The Orangeburg 5 (SaQuel Pepper, Marcus Jarvis, Jermaine Holmes, Damien Keitt, and Micah McCoy) who performed tribute to the Jackson 5, a classical presentation by pianist Madison Irick, and a jazz in-terlude by the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Jazz Ensemble directed by Michael McClain.

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Marion Moore, President of Century 21 The Moore Group, was looking for a creative way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his real estate business in Orangeburg and came up with the idea of an essay contest for 5th grad-ers on the topic of I love living in Orangeburg County be-cause. More than 650 essays were submitted with prizes being awarded to the top three entries during a special pro-gram on October 21, 2014 at the Century 21 offices on Sims Street in Orangeburg. The first prize winner was Amanda Hezekiah of Whit-taker Elementary School who received a Kindle Fire HD tab-let along with a $1,000 donation to her school. The second prize winner was Christina Williams of Sheridan Elemen-tary School who also received a Kindle Fire HD tablet with a $500 donation going to her school. Their winning essays are provided below: Miss Hezekiah: I love living in Orangeburg County be-cause its not too small nor too big a town. It has lots of activities for children my age and lots of churches, restau-rants, and schools. I love Orangeburg because it has streets and places named after famous people such as John C. Cal-houn and the Prince of Orange Mall. I love the people in the friendly town of Orangeburg who always seem to be in a good mood, which makes me keep a good mood, attitude, and personality. Who wouldnt love living in a town that sounds as delicious as Orangeburg? My mother was born in New York and my dad was born in Santee, but I am so blessed to have been born in the beautiful, friendly, south-ern town of Orangeburg. Miss Williams: I love living in Orangeburg County be-cause its simply stunning! There are so many places that you can go here in Orangeburg County. Come and take a stroll and smell the flowers in the beautiful trails of Edisto Memo-rial gardens. Have you ever wondered how fish grow? Well now you can come down to the fish hatchery. Ready to go to college? Come down to the most advanced colleges in the world! Bored and nowhere to go? Step right up folks

to one of the greatest places in the world: the YMCA!

Orangeburg County is the place to go. Come one, come all, people, to the Edisto Memorial Gardens. First take a stroll and observe all the beautiful flowers. Go down by the river and inhale the shade. Enjoy the excitement or play some tennis. Edisto Memorial Gardens is the place to be if you just want to relax. Next come down to the fish hatchery. First come learn the history of fish. Next come look at all the varieties of fish the hatchery has to offer. Finally, look at all the baby fish. The fish hatchery is the place you want to be if you want to learn about fish. Now its time to move on to the YMCA. First, come to one of the most fun water parks in the world! Then sign up to do tumbling or gym-nastics. Finally, get to play basketball in basketball lessons at the YMCA. The YMCA is the place to be if you want to have a blast! Need somewhere to go to college? Come see some of the most interesting colleges in the world. I suggest two kinds of colleges: SC State, my personal favorite and also Claflin University. Orangeburg County is the place you want to be if you want a peaceful, exciting, interesting, and educational place. I hope that you visit soon. Moore said the essay contest renewed my spirit in young people. He added that he was searching for a new phrase, or tagline, to help promote how we all feel about living in Orangeburg County and drew inspiration from Miss Hezekiahs essay and came up with Orangeburg It even sounds delicious. The OCSD5 family is very proud of these two young ladies and the wonderful images they shared of their com-munities. Miss Hezekiah and Miss Williams both expressed their surprise and grati-tude for being chosen as winners of the essay con-test and gave credit to their teachers for help-ing them to learn the writing skills they used in their essays.

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This article was submitted to OCSD5 by an outside individual familiar with the district who wishes to remain anonymous. It is the writers intent to periodically highlight the work of OCSD5 employees who may not be well known to the public. My dictionary says that a

Custodian is a person in charge of something. I believe that. A Janitor, on the other hand, is a person who is hired to care of a building. A caretaker if you will. Of course I believe that also; however, I much prefer, whether as an administrator, teacher, student, or parent to have my Cus-todian in charge of everything within my school building. That is certainly the case at Marshall Elementary School where during a recent visit, I observed almost 900 students plus staff and parents who depend absolutely on the Cus-todian to do his/her work each and every day of the school

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year plus reserving time in the summer to replace and re-plenish necessities in each and every classroom and office. What a monumental task! The Custodians at Marshall are representative of that position in every school in District Five. If you havent visited lately, you should see the hos-pital-like interiors of your school buildings. Absolutely im-pressive to say the least. Bright and Shiny is the order of the day. In fact, some folks would liken the custodial staff to the emergency room staff at the hospital you never know what event will send out an emergency call at any hour of the day. So, next time youre on a District Five campus, and hap-pen to observe the busiest person youll see (like Michhail Corley and Willia Mae Howell at Marshall), take time to just say, THANKS, we appreciate what you do and how you do it.

Last month, we introduced our OCSD5 Teachers of the Year, including District Teacher of the Year, DaBetta Smith. Through-out this school year, we will be presenting profiles of the Teachers of the Year from each school beginning with Brandy Gamble of Dover Elementary School. When you first meet Brandy Gamble, you get an imme-diate sense of the passion and enthusiasm she brings to her profession. For those who know her, it should come as no surprise that Brandys first thoughts of wanting to become a teacher came very early in life. In fact, her mother has a photograph of Brandy telling her pre-school teacher that she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. Brandy is a graduate of North High School and has spent all of her teaching career in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five. She began her teaching career at Rob-ert E. Howard Middle School where she taught 6th grade English Language Arts (ELA) for one year before moving to Mellichamp Elementary School for four years where she taught ELA and Social Studies to 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students. Brandy has been at Dover Elementary School for the past two years where she has taught ELA and So-cial Studies to 2nd and 5th grade students. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Charleston Southern University and completed her Master of Education (M. ED.) degree from Lesley University in Cur-riculum and Instruction: Integrated Teaching Through the Arts. While working toward her Masters degree, Bran-dy learned about strategies to incorporate the arts into teaching content across different grade levels. According to Brandy, I believe that arts integration makes learning more fun and engaging for students. She added, Arts

integration allows me to teach what could be con-sidered boring or tiresome content through storytell-ing or drama. Brandy takes great pride in the accomplishments of her students and feels that being recognized as the Dover Elementary School Teacher of the Year and a finalist for the District Teacher of the Year has been her greatest career achievement. I was so thrilled to be named Dovers Teacher of the Year, said Brandy. I really believe the con-fidence that my Principal, Mr. Schilit, has in me helped me to get there. When asked if anything has changed for her since be-ing named the Teacher of the Year at Dover, Brandy replied, The only thing that has changed is that I am thinking of doing things on a larger scale. For example, instead of doing a book drive just for Dover, Im working with other Teachers of the Tear to start a district-wide book drive. Im also trying to share some of my resources with teachers at schools district-wide, not just Dover. According to Principal Matt Schilit, It is a pleasure to watch Mrs. Gamble in action with our students on a daily basis. She brings World Class instruction to Dover Elemen-tary School and is the true definition of a team player. Her energy and enthusiasm are contagious and it is obvious to all how she earned the honor of being named our Teacher of the Year. Brandy is a true teacher leader.

OCSD5 teACher Of the yeAr prOfileSBRANDY GAMBLE DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five has created a model science lab which is being housed at Brookdale Elementary School. Led by Dr. Derrick James and Mr. Nicholas Boatwright, this lab is unique in that it provides learning ex-periences, not only to fourth and fifth grade stu-dents, but to district science teachers. One function of the lab is to provide teach-ers with effective strategies for teaching Sci-ence Standards. Fourth grade teachers meet on the first Thursday of each month and are led by Dr. Derrick James. Fifth grade teachers receive

professional development on the second

Thursday of each month in sessions led by Mr. Nicholas Boatwright. Par-ticipants are selected based on past PASS performance and district benchmark assessment data. In these coaching sessions, teachers are able to put their new knowledge into practice right away by work-ing with fourth and fifth grade on science lessons. Recently, students in Mrs. Rileys fourth grade class were taught a lesson on weather. The students de-signed various types of weather models. The photos below show students creating a tornado in a bottle and clouds.

Brookdale Elementary Hosts Model Science Lab

JulesVernemayhavejourneyedaroundtheworldin80 days, but he has nothing on Ms. Steinmetz and Mrs. Stevensons Gifted and Talented First Grade classes. On October 3, this group of youngsters spanned the globe and still had time for snacks. This event was the culmina-tion of a research project that students did. Students were allowed to select a country of their choice. After researching their selection, the students were instructed to compare and contrast their country to the United, States and to create a cereal box diorama depicting their adopted country. At the October gath-ering in Brookdales media center, students shared facts about their counties and showed off their artistic cre-

ations. Parents were invited.

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Mellichamp Elementary School thanks its guest readers, Dr. Audrey Quarles, Pastor Cynthia Randolph, Mrs. Mildred Scoville, Ms. Nichole Ty-ler and Ms. Faith Arthur, recently for helping them Read for the Record. Students were delighted to hear a favorite Rosemary Wells Max and Ruby title and some extras as well. The readers brought lots of smiles to our littlest bulldogs!

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The ESOL Program (Eng-lish to Speakers of Other Languages) at Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five sponsored a Family Night event at the Media Center in Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School on September 29, 2014 to celebrate the diversity that exists within the district. The Family Night event was attended by more than 115 students, parents, teachers, and principals, and other guests. The event in-cluded fun activities for the students that included skits and special musical performances while also providing an op-portunity for OCSD5 staff to share information about ESOL services with parents and family members. Currently, about 150 students from twelve different countries receive academic and linguistic support though the ESOL Program in OCSD5. ESOL Academies are based at

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Mellichamp and Sheridan Elemen-tary Schools to maximize one-on-one contact between stu-dents and teachers. Deena Fogle teaches at the ESOL Academy at Mel-lichamp Elementary School and Jennifer Ceisel teaches at the ESOL Academy at Sheridan Elementary School. Mrs. Yvonne Mitchell serves as the ESOL Program Coordinator and she can be reached at Yvonne.Mitchell@ocsd5.net or 534-6180, Ext. 6852 for additional information about the ESOL Program.

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Finally, our energy bus briefly became a party bus with about 400 students, parents and community members at our annual Trunk-or-Treat. We had 18 dec-orated cars, a bounce house, a bounce slide, popcorn, hot dogs, games, music and a TON of candy. This is a free event that we host for our students each year! This is just one way that we exhibit Rule # 8, Love your passengers. At Dover Elementary we are going to keep on riding our #DStrong Energy Bus! We are having a great year and look forward to all of the amazing things that we can accomplish together!

NEWS FrOm DOvEr ELEmENtary At Dover Elementary we continue to ride on the #DStrong Energy Bus! As we were driving along through our school year, we passed a major milestone. Our school was given a B based on the ESEA Waiver. This was very exciting for all of our students, teachers and support staff. As a family, we took time together to practice Rule #9, Enjoy the Ride as we celebrated this accomplishment. We are very proud of this achievement, but we are continuing to work hard and keep showing improvement!

Our ride also took a short stop as we were driving along when we found out that we were also recognized as a Title 1 Reward school. This is a great honor and we are extreme-ly proud of it. We continue to encourage our students to be the best that they can be and always practice Rule #3, Fuel your Ride with Positive Energy. Every day we remind our students that they can do anything they set their minds to do!

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We have some amazing passengers on our bus. This month our Culture of Excellence award went to two of Do-vers marvelous support staff. Patricia Walker and Darlene Riley. They were recognized for always being there when they are needed. They are essential to the Dover team be-cause of the many hats they wear on a daily basis. Our bus would not run so smoothly without them!!

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At Bethune-Bowman Elementary school, students and teachers are enjoying the Mastery Connect technology ini-tiative. Students enjoy scanning their own test to get im-mediate feedback on how well they performed. Teachers enjoy how much time is saved with grading assessments and entering scores into the mastery tracker. With all the time saved, teachers can spend so much more time on their students that they are so passionate about. Teachers also use the instant feedback from the mastery tracker in order to make immediate and appropriate adjustments to ensure academic success for all students. Mastery Connect has been a great help in our vision to become a world-class school system!

Earlier this month, a new parent volunteer initiative began with volunteer credit cards being mailed to all parents of Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5. For each hour that a parent volunteers, they get a hole punched into their volunteer credit card. After 20 hours of service, parents are eligible for a big prize at the end of the year. Bethune-Bowman Elementary School is proud to recognize Shirley Mack for already completing 20 hours of volunteer service. Shirley has volunteered in the classroom, the cafeteria, and in the library. We really appreciate her service and we are so happy that she will get some well-deserved recognition for all she does for our school. Thank you Shirley Mack for helping us build a world-class school system!

new Parent Volunteer Initiative Going strong at Bethune-Bowman elementary

StuDentS AnD teACherS Benefit frOm the mAStery COnneCt teChnOlOgy At BBeS

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OCSD5 schools will be closed on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 for Elec-tion Day. For detailed information about the upcoming election, visit the website of the South Carolina Election Commission at www.scvotes.org. At this website, you will be able to find information about absen-tee voting, what forms of identification you need to vote, where your polling place is located, sample ballots, and much more. The OCSD5 family wants to thank the Orange-burgCountyVoterRegistrationandElectionsOfficefor sponsoring voter registration drives in our high schools for eligible students. A total of 52 students were registered as follows: Bethune-Bowman High School (16), North High School (12), and Orange-burg-Wilkinson High School (24).

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November 4, 2014 The Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five VisualArtsStudentsaresimplytheBEST.Ms.TunishaSum-mers students from Robert E. Howard Middle School de-livers at the Orangeburg County Fair. Hats off to the Rob-ert E. Howard Baby Bruins, you make us proud!! The following students won in Arts & Crafts: Imani Mac, 2nd place (Pinwheel) Kierra Johnson, 1st place (Pinwheel) Khaihia Wilson, 1st place (Flip Flops) Kentasia Burns, 2nd place (Flip Flops) Sandra Solano-Biaz, 1st place (Lamp Shade) Shadasia Coleman, 2nd place (Lamp) JaTaysia Garvin, 1st place (Starry Night Diorama) BreSeven Young, 2nd place (Starry Night Diorama) Montreal Briggman, 1st place (3-D Cube)

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E-Blast October, 2014in five Marshall Elementary School had several winners in the Orangeburg County Fair. Congratulations to the art teach-er, Alethea Bryant and the following students on their hard-work and success in this years competition: Pre-K Category: Kameryn Gardner, 1st place; 2nd grade Category: Sean Blackshear, 2nd place; 4th grade

Category: Justin Clardy, 3rd place; 5th grade Category: Sasha Perez, 3rd place, (former student) All artworks of winners and participants will be dis-played next to the art rooms bulletin board (on the third/fifth grade hallway).

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E-Blast The Early Childhood Education classes at The Technol-ogy Center hosted fire safety training during Octobers Fire Safety Week for the preschool students from Kiddie Kol-lege Childcare Center recently. The training was conduct-ed by Officer Fairey and Officer Winningham. The children were taught what to do in case a fire occurs in their home

when they are sleeping. They were involved in a drill so that they will remember how to exit their homes and avoid smoke inhalation. The students also had the opportunity to get in the fire truck and learn about the different items that fire fighters use to put out fires. After the training each child was given a sticker and coloring book.

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Fire SaFety DemonStrationS HelD at tHe tecHnology center

Bernard Butler (Mrs. Arlene Gidrons class) and Bryanna Jenkins (Mrs. Lavern Hender-sons class), two seniors, decided during our lessons on bullying to construct a poster il-lustrating bullying. This poster was also pre-sented in our faculty meeting to show that we do have students that are concerned and want to do something about bullying in our schools.

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two of north Middle/High Schools art students placed in the High School Craft division at the orangeburg County Fair. Breasia Johnson (left), won 1st Place, Crafts High School Crafts Division, Mixed Media & Papier Mache - Flower Child Box Sculp-ture and Erikqua dash (right), won 2nd Place, Crafts High School Divi-sion, Mixed Media & Papier Mache - Skateboard Backman Box Sculp-ture. Mrs. aiken, north Middle/High art teacher, assigned students the task of creating an imaginary creature utilizing mixed media and paper mache box sculpture. Both

students received ribbons and a monetary award.

North Middle/High Art Students Win atOrangeburg County Fair

recently, north Middle/High School was awarded $700.00 by Project unIFy, a program that seeks to uti-lize existing state Special olympic programs and ini-tiatives in combination with schools to promote socially inclusive communities. nMHS students participat-ed in the youth activation Summit in Columbia, SC, where they engaged in ac-tivities focused on athlet-ics and leadership devel-opment and programming ideas for the Project unI-Fy program. the funds will be utilized to support the development of athletic teams for special programs. to help support, go to http://www.specialolympics.org/projectunify.aspx

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Congratulations to the following O-W students were winners at local fairs: Erick Moye (mixed media), 1st Place Senior Division, Orangeburg County Fair; dJere Johnson (printmaking series), 2nd Place Senior Division, Orangeburg County Fair; Imani Gray (still life stippling), 3rd Place Senior Division, Orangeburg County Fair; Mya Harrison (still life), 3rd Place Sophomore Division, Orangeburg County Fair; ta-tiana Lewis (ceramics), 2nd Place Youth Arts and Crafts, Orangeburg County Fair; Hosea addison-Hayes (ceramic sculpture), 3rd Place Senior 3-D Division, SC State Fair.

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E-Blast The months of September and October are among the busiest times of the year for OCSD5 marching bands with football games, parades, and band competitions highlighting the calendar. We thank them for their dedication and the long hours of practice and performance that enrich our schools and communities.

nortH MIddLE/HIGH SCHooL: The North Middle/High School Royal Cadet Marching Band participated in the Bamberg Low Country Tourna-ment of Bands and the Edisto Blue Ma-chine Invitational on September 20, 2014 and placed first in both com-petitions. In the Bamberg competi- tion, the band was awarded Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, Best Horn Line, and the Viewers Choice Award. TheRoyal Cadets also won Best Horn Line, Best Drum Major, and Best Percussion at the Edisto Invitational. The Royal Cadets also participated in the Irmo Palmetto Espirit de Corps Invi-

tational on October 4, 2014 and placed second overall in the 1A division. The band won Highest Music score in the class and missed first place by just seven tenths of

a point. Finally, the Royal Cadets qualified to participate in the South Carolina Band Directors Association 1A State Finals Marching Band Championship on October 25, 2014 and placed 10th in the State. The band has qualified for the State Finals in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. orangeburg-Wilkinson High School: On October 3, 2014, the Orangeburg- Wilkinson High School Homecoming Parade was anchored by the Orangeburg Pride March-ing Band as the school made its way down Russell Street prior to a 52-0 Bruin victory over Stall High School later that evening. The following day, the Orange Pride March-ing band performed during pre-game and half-time activities at the Wofford vs. Citadel foot-ball game in Spartanburg, SC. The Orange Pride Marching Band once again hosted the Garden City Classic Band Competi-tion at Bruin Stadium on October 11, 2014. More than thirty bands from across the State competed with exhibition performances by the Orange Pride Marching Band and the Marching 101 from South Carolina State University.

Bethune-Bowman High School: It has been a busy season for Mohawks marching band. In addition to competing in the Garden City Classic and other area band competitions, the band brought great enthusiasm and spirit to the Bethune-Bowman Middle/High School Homecoming Parade and other local events.

Congratulations to Mrs. Evonne Carr, Computer Lab Technician at Mellichamp Elementary School, on her selection as the OCSD5 Employee of the Month for October 2014. Carr was nominated by her Principal Hayward Jean who said the following: Mrs. Evonne Carr is like a Swiss army knife because she is one person with mul-tiple functions. As our computer lab technician, Mrs. Carr is skilled in graphic art and helping to bring our school into the 21st century as it relates to computer skills, use of technology by teachers, and helping Mellichamp maintain a well-branded look throughout the hallways. She is a team player with an old-school work ethic that is unmatched. She is not controlled by a time clock, but she works until the job is finished. She mentors students and cooperates with administrators and teachers on every project (literally) happening at the school. She helps to manage the sound system in the caf-eteria for student assemblies, creates banners and flyers for family nights, coordinates testing schedules in the lab for administra-tors, assists the technology team with appropriate iPad usage, and helps to make sure teachers are prepared with instructional materials needed in the classroom, particularly copies and posters. In the mornings she manages reading waiting stations and in the afternoon she assists with ensuring students get into cars safely. I watch her do this daily with an energetic smile as if she is having fun! The students are crazy about her (as well as teachers). She truly puts the Champ in Mellichamp. I often talk to her about saying yes to everyone and about not taking on more than she can handle. She laughs and says OK, Mr. Jean and Im fine. She treats every child like her own. She takes them under her wing and helps to develop them into productive students. One of her mentees started as a student with special needs in a self-contained classroom. Under Mrs. Carrs mentorship, and with great teachers, the student transitioned into a general education classroom and has become one of the top students at Mellichamp Elementary both academically and socially. Mrs. Carr is more than a computer lab technician, she is a true champion for children every day! We are blessed to have her on this team.

As the OCSD5 Employee of the Month, Carr received a $100 gift certificate from Walmart, a certificate naming her the October Employee of the Month, and recognition on the OCSD5 website and the monthly E-Blast newsletter.

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Following the State of the Schools Luncheon on October 8th, OCSD5 employees Bill Clark and Cindy Kassian de-livered the flowers that were used as centerpieces for the event to the Regional Medi-cal Center and the Mabry Cancer Center. The flowers were delivered to patient rooms by the members of the RMC Auxiliary.

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July 4 ..............Independence Day HolidayAug. 12 ............New Employee OrientationAug. 13-19 ........Staff Development/Teacher WorkdaysAug. 20 ............First Day for StudentsSept. 1.............Labor Day (Holiday)Sept. 18 ...........Interim Reports IssuedOct. 20-22 ........HSAP Fall TestingOct. 22 ............1st Nine Weeks Ends (45th Day)Nov. 3..............Parent/Teacher Conference

Report Cards IssuedNov. 4..............Election Day (Holiday)Nov. 19 ............Interim Reports IssuedNov. 26-28 ........Thanksgiving BreakDec. 22-Jan. 2 ...Winter Break (Holidays)Jan. 5..............School Opens/Return from Winter BreakJan. 14 ............First Term Ends (90th Day)Jan. 15-16 ........Staff Development/Teacher WorkdaysJan. 19 ............Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday)Jan. 20 ............Report Cards IssuedFeb. 12 ............Interim Reports IssuedFeb. 16 ............Presidents Day (Holiday) or SW1Mar. 17-18.........PASS TestingMar. 24 ............3rd Nine Weeks Ends (135th Day)Mar. 27 ............Parent/Teacher Conference or SW2

Report Cards IssuedApr. 3-10 ..........Spring Break (April 3 - SW3)Apr. 14-16.........HSAP Spring TestingApr. 27.............Interim Reports IssuedMay 5-8............PASS, PASS Field Tests, Make-upsJune 4 .............2nd Term Ends (180th Day)

Report Cards IssuedJune 5 .............Staff Development/Teacher WorkdayJUNE 6.............GRADUATIONJune 8 .............Severe Weather Make-up Day

School Days Statewide Testing DatesNo School for Students No School for Studentsand Employee HolidayFirst & Last Day of School End of QuarterParent Teacher Conferences Severe Weather Make-up Days

(SW1-SW3)Schools dismiss early on Tuesday afternoons for teacher planning.

See www.ocsd5.net for details.

Beginning and Ending Dates for Employee Groups180 Aug. 20, 2014 - June 4, 2015 (Report to work on days students attend)190 Aug. 13, 2014 - June 5, 2015200 Aug. 6, 2014 - June 12, 2015 (May be altered by Principal/Supervisor)205 July 30, 2014 - June 12, 2015 (May be altered by Principal/Supervisor)210 July 30, 2014 - June 19, 2015 (May be altered by Principal/Supervisor)220 July 23, 2014 - June 26, 2015 (May be altered by Principal/Supervisor)230 July 14, 2014 - June 30, 2015 (May be altered by Principal/Supervisor)240 July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015

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