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August 6, 2013 Parent Newsletter #3

Special Sessions for Ninth Grade

Parents

Mary Nell Anthony, the Ninth Grade Academy Director, will be holding parent

sessions on Thursday, August 8, 2013, during Ninth Grade Registration Day. Topics

will include BYOT (“Bring Your Own Technology”), Drop-off/Pick-Up, Lunch, Dress

Code, and more. Please attend one of these informative sessions when you pick up

your child's schedule and pay fees. The times are 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, and

3:00 pm. Each session will last approximately 20 minutes.

Ninth Grade (and Everybody Else)

Frequently Asked Questions

Below you will find an excerpt from Mrs. Anthony’s Ninth Grade Academy website

at http://www.anderson5.net/Page/10877. Please access it often to find out

pertinent information just for ninth graders!

1. How do I drop off and pick up my child?

I love the new parking lot out front and it has made the drop off and pick up flow

so much better. The two side lots now have their own entrance and will be only for

students who are driving their own cars and staying. The center entrance will be for

visitor parking and drop off/pick up. In the morning, you will pull through and

when you get to the front of the school, let your child out. Please do not stop in the

primary lanes; if you need to park and come inside, you can find a spot in the

middle area of that lot for visitors.

2. Can I change my child's schedule?

Schedule changes are permitted in the first five days if your child has decided he must

have a different elective (for example, he wants to take Spanish instead of

http://www.anderson5.net/Page/10877

French). However, be aware that at this point there are space limitations in

classes. We don't want to overload a particular teacher or section. For this reason,

we also don't permit schedule changes based on teacher (i.e. I want this teacher

instead of that teacher).

3. What does my child do if he can't get his locker open?

He can see me or Mr. Taylor. We both spend a lot of time our first week assisting

students with working combinations and ensuring they know how the lockers work.

4. What options are there for lunch?

We offer the two primary lunch lines as well as a "healthy choice" lunch line with

wraps, baked potatoes, etc. In addition, there is an "extras" line with items such as

hot wings and seasoned fries. All of these lines will use your child's ID to access any

prepaid account or to permit your child to pay cash. Papa John's or Chic-fil-A also

come to our school; these lines are cash only.

5. What should I do if my child is being bullied or has an issue with another student?

Please contact me immediately at 260-5690 or via email. We like to be proactive in

solving problems.

6. The courses at Hanna seem really rigorous and my child needs extra help. What

should I do?

Please encourage your child to come to Power Hour--our free after school tutoring

program. We start Thursday, September 5. All tutoring is located on the 500

hallway so that it is easy for freshmen to locate. We do provide free bus

transportation if you sign up in advance. See guidance to sign up.

7. What is "baby day"?

Baby day is a TL Hanna tradition where the seniors dress up as babies and greet the

freshmen as they enter. They are not permitted to touch a student in any way; it is

purely for fun. Last year some of our freshmen dressed up as senior citizens to turn

the tables and tease the seniors. Please embrace this in the spirit in which it is

intended and have a good time with it. If there are any students who "cross the line"

and take it too far, don't hesitate to report them to me. Disciplinary action will be

taken.

8. How do I sign my student out of school?

We sign students out through the front office. Please contact the front office and be

sure your child signs out. The office will call the classroom or notify the teacher the

student is leaving. Please remember that three early pick-ups (where a student

missed part of a class because of being signed out early), will equal one unexcused

absence. We also encourage parents to not sign out students during assemblies or

other events such as field day that help create community within our school unless it

is absolutely necessary.

9. I've heard attendance is different at the high school. How does that work?

We take attendance each class period, and because your child is earning credit

towards a diploma, there are seat time requirements. Your child is not permitted to

miss more than 5 excused or unexcused days in a 90-day class or more than 10

excused or unexcused days in a 180 day class; these will be coded as EXC or UNX in

Parent Portal. Medical, or those absences coded MED, do not count in those 5 or

10. Please provide a doctor's note if at all possible to ensure your child receives

credit at the end of the year. Also, be aware that you must notify the attendance

clerk with any reason for the absence; you can write a note that your child can

submit to the first block teacher or the office. You may also email her directly at

[email protected]. Teachers do not code attendance so while we do

encourage you to contact the teacher for make-up work, you will also need to notify

the attendance clerk.

10. How can I ensure my child is being successful their first year of high school?

We promote the use of Parent Portal to check your child's grades often; there is a

feature you can set where you will receive a weekly email. You can also check

teachers' websites for updates regarding course requirements. You may also email

teachers directly and request an update on grades/behavior at any time. We try to

meet regularly and review any students who are struggling and contact the parents,

but if you are ever just curious, please don't hesitate to ask. If you ever would like a

parent-teacher conference with your child's team, please contact me and I will

schedule it.

Of course, these may not cover all of your questions or concerns, so please don't

hesitate to contact me. I'm here to help :).

TLH Relay for Life Team

Free TLH Tutoring

Power Hour is a tutoring program for students who need help English, math, science,

social studies, and foreign languages. It is offered every Monday and Thursday

during the school year from 3:50 pm until 4:50 pm. Bus transportation home is

provided if students sign up for it in the guidance office by the end of homeroom on

the day the bus is needed. The tutoring is free. Students must be on time.

Encourage your teens to take advantage of this opportunity if they find themselves

struggling with any course content.

Annual Sting Night and TLH Athletic

Booster Club

The TLH Athletic Booster Club supports the school’s athletic programs. Without

their hard work, we would not be able to offer the schools’ 37 sports teams. In

addition to providing a rigorous academic program, we also seek to find

extracurricular activities in which students can become involved. It has been proven

by research that students who become involved in their schools do better

academically. In addition to athletics, TLH also has over 40 clubs and organizations.

We continuously add new activities to draw in students who are not involved. Our

most recent additions are the TLH Fishing Team (two-time state champions, I might

mention) and this year we are adding Lacrosse as a sport. The TLH Athletic Booster

Club is a group of parents who have devoted their time and effort to raising funds

and supporting our athletic programs in a myriad of ways. Let me just say a big

“thank you” to all of you who so generously work hard each year for our student

athletes. You will never know the impact you are having on so many lives.

One of the Athletic Booster Club’s annual events is Sting Night, which will be held

this Monday, August 12, 2013. During the late afternoon, our athletes will go door

to door in area neighborhoods to sell Booster Club memberships and request

donations. Please consider joining or making a donation support our athletic

program.

To conclude the evening, there will be a Jacket Rally to recognize all of the school’s

sports teams. It will be held in the mall area of the school instead of the gym

because of renovation of the gym floor.

10 Best College Majors for a Lucrative

Career (From Kiplinger Magazine, August 2012) by Caitlin Dewey

Many millennials grew up hearing that they should study what they love. While that's a nice sentiment, it's

also landed countless recent grads in quagmires of student debt and unemployment. In today's tough

economic climate, some college majors simply offer better prospects than others—and savvy students

should want to know the difference.

That's why we came up with our list of the ten best college majors for your career. We analyzed the

unemployment rates and salaries for graduates of the 100 most popular college majors, using data from

Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce and Payscale.com.

What did we look for? Fields of study with grads—both recent grads within the past five years and those

well into their careers—who enjoy an attractive combination of big paychecks and abundant employment

opportunities. The undergraduate programs that we ranked can take from two to five years to complete.

Take a peek at our list of the ten best college majors for your career.

10. Medical Assisting Services

Unemployment rate: 2.9% (Average for all grads with a bachelor’s degree: 4.9%)

Unemployment rate for recent grads: 5.4% (Average for top 100 majors: 7.7%)

Median salary: $51,000 (Median for all grads with bachelor’s: $54,756)

Median salary for recent grads: $43,000 (Median for top 100 majors: $37,000)

Projected job growth for this field, 2010–2020: 31% (Average: 14%)

If you don't mind following doctors' orders, medical assisting is a pretty sweet deal. The average medical

assistant with a two-year associate’s degree will enjoy far better job prospects than most grads and earn

nearly as much money as a young B.A.-holder. Medical-assisting majors study office administration and

basic clinical skills, such as transcription, coding and lab procedures. They generally work in doctors’

offices, taking patient history, performing basic tests, and tracking insurance and other paperwork as

needed.

9. Management Information Systems

Unemployment rate: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for recent grads: 7.4%

Median salary: $71,000

Median salary for recent grads: $51,000

Projected job growth for this field, 2010–2020: 18%

Not all computer majors are created equal, contrary to rumor and admissions-office hype. Computer-

networking majors, for instance, see 8.2% unemployment and a $37,300 salary upon graduation. But

management information systems majors can expect high starting salaries right out of school, and strong

job and salary growth after that. The major prepares students to work in IT for big organizations—helping

clueless technophobes fix their e-mail, sure, but also building, securing and maintaining a network for an

entire company.

8. Construction Services


Unemployment rate for recent grads: N/A




Construction services may seem an odd choice in a down economy, when building projects can grind to a

halt. Still, there's enough demand for general contractors and construction managers to keep

unemployment at a tidy 5.4%. Construction-services majors study project scheduling and construction law

and go on to oversee projects ranging from office buildings to power plants. The workplace isn't as

glamorous as a swanky office, but new construction services grads make more money than new grads in

finance, general engineering and pre-law.

7. Medical Technologies






Medical technologists are in serious demand—so serious, in fact, that some hospitals try to tempt recent

grads with perks such as sign-on bonuses. In addition to the abundance of employment opportunities,

medical-technologies majors can look forward to above-average starting salaries. In school, majors study

chemistry, biology and clinical laboratory skills; after graduation, they work in hospitals, doctors’ offices

and diagnostic labs analyzing patient samples.

6. Electrical Engineering






Electrical engineering isn't for the faint of heart or the mathematically challenged. But if you can survive

four years of differential equations and circuit theory, you're on track to make $57,000 a year at your first

job. That’s $20,000 more than the median salary for new grads in the top 100 majors. Long-term job

growth is modest, with a 10-year projection below the 14% average for all occupations. Still, consistent

demand for qualified electrical engineers keeps unemployment in check. Nearly 300,000 electrical

engineers design and test components for manufacturers, engineering firms and power plants across the

country.

5. Chemical Engineering






Chemical engineering majors make more money out of school than any other major on our list. If that's

not enough to send you running for the chem lab, consider the fact that, a few years in, the average

chemical engineer will make over $30,000 more than his friends in other fields. The work isn't easy.

Chemical engineers study chemistry, physics and biology in school. But after graduation, these engineers

stand to enjoy high five-figure salaries in labs and offices and a very low unemployment rate.

4. Treatment Therapy Professions






While physical therapists typically need a doctorate degree, respiratory, radiation and recreational

therapists make the big bucks on a B.A. alone. Recent grads start off at $60,400, one of the highest salaries

on our list. Radiation therapists, for example, stand to make $75,000, the national median for that

particular therapy field, after a few years. Treatment therapy programs generally include anatomy and

physiology courses, as well as chemistry, physics and pharmacology. Regardless of specialty, most

therapists work in hospitals or nursing homes.

3. Transportation Sciences and Technology


Unemployment rate for recent grads: N/A




Head in the clouds? Hardly a bad thing. Aeronautics and aviation technology majors can expect to earn

more than $50,000 right out of school—and as much as $90,000 midway through their careers. Most

study engineering, mechanics and aerodynamics and work for airplane manufacturers. Depending on the

program, transportation sciences can also include fields such as materials engineering and automotive-

technology management.

2. Nursing






Nursing has always made for a steady, well-paid career, but it's looking especially good as baby-boomers

age. Demand for nurses is way up, so unemployment, even among new grads, is down. Nursing majors

study a predictable list of health care subjects including anatomy, physiology and biology. While you can

score an R.N. certification after two years, nurses with bachelor's degrees generally enjoy better salaries,

earning potential and advancement opportunities than their less-educated peers.

1. Pharmacy and Pharmacology






A pharmacy major can be a bit of an investment, since most states require students to earn a post-grad

degree to work as a pharmacist. However, pharmacologists, who don’t necessarily require graduate

training, can land jobs right out of college. Public and private labs hire recent grads to research drugs and

drug interactions. But whether pharmacy undergrads go on to med school, research or some related field,

they can expect to earn big salaries fast. Pharmacists stand to make six figures working in hospitals and

stores. Both programs involve pharmacology, toxicology and ethics classes—and promise plenty of jobs

when class lets out. Even among recent grads, unemployment is a low 5.4%.

The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown

Up Yet

by Richard Knox from National Public Radio (2010)

http://www.npr.org/people/2100771/richard-knox

Neurologist Francis Jensen examining a teenage patient. Jensen decided to study the teenage

brain when her own sons became teenagers. Now Jensen lectures to teens and parents about

how teenagers' brains are different. When adolescence hit Frances Jensen's sons, she often

found herself wondering, like all parents of teenagers, "What were you thinking?"

"It's a resounding mantra of parents and teachers," says Jensen, who's a pediatric neurologist at

Children's Hospital in Boston. Like when son number one, Andrew, turned 16, dyed his hair

black with red stripes and went off to school wearing studded leather and platform shoes. And

his grades went south. "I watched my child morph into another being, and yet I knew deep

down inside it was the same Andrew," Jensen says. Suddenly her own children seemed like an

alien species.

Jensen is a Harvard expert on epilepsy, not adolescent brain development. As she coped with

her boys' sour moods and their exasperating assumption that somebody else will pick up their

dirty clothes, she decided to investigate what neuroscientists are discovering about teenagers'

brains that makes them behave that way.

Jenson’s older son Andrew

Jensen's older son Andrew Murphy, now a physics major at Wesleyan, is the reason his

mother first started studying the teenage brain. She wanted to find out what was causing his

maddening teenage behavior. Jensen's older son Andrew Murphy, now a physics major at

Wesleyan, is the reason his mother first started studying the teenage brain. She wanted to find

out what was causing his maddening teenage behavior.

Teenage Brains Are Different

She learned that that it's not so much what teens are thinking — it's how. Jensen says scientists

used to think human brain development was pretty complete by age 10. Or as she puts it, that

"a teenage brain is just an adult brain with fewer miles on it." But it's not. To begin with, she

says, a crucial part of the brain — the frontal lobes — are not fully connected. Really.

"It's the part of the brain that says: 'Is this a good idea? What is the consequence of this action?'

"Jensen says. "It's not that they don't have a frontal lobe. And they can use it. But they're going

to access it more slowly." That's because the nerve cells that connect teenagers' frontal lobes

with the rest of their brains are sluggish. Teenagers don't have as much of the fatty coating

called myelin, or "white matter," that adults have in this area. Think of it as insulation on an

electrical wire. Nerves need myelin for nerve signals to flow freely. Spotty or thin myelin leads

to inefficient communication between one part of the brain and another.

Jensen's younger son Will Murphy is now a Harvard student. He says he learned a lot about his teenage

brain from his mother.

A Partially Connected Frontal Lobe

Jensen thinks this explains what was going on inside the brain of her younger son, Will, when

he turned 16. Like Andrew, he'd been a good student, a straight arrow, with good grades and

high SAT scores. But one morning on the way to school, he turned left in front of an

oncoming vehicle. He and the other driver were OK, but there was serious damage to the car.

"It was, uh, totaled," Will says. "Down and out. And it was about 10 minutes before morning

assembly. So most of the school passed by my wrecked car with me standing next to it." "And

lo and behold," his mother adds, "who was the other driver? It was a 21-year-old — also

probably not with a completely connected frontal lobe." Recent studies show that neural

insulation isn't complete until the mid-20s.

This also may explain why teenagers often seem so maddeningly self-centered. "You think of

them as these surly, rude, selfish people," Jensen says. "Well, actually, that's the developmental

stage they're at. They aren't yet at that place where they're thinking about — or capable,

necessarily, of thinking about the effects of their behavior on other people. That requires

insight." And insight requires — that's right — a fully connected frontal lobe.

Teen Brains Are Not Fully Connected

The brain's "white matter" enables nerve signals to flow freely between different parts of the

brain. In teenagers, the part that governs judgment is the last to be fully connected.

Source: Nature Neuroscience 2003 Credit: Elizabeth Sowell

More Vulnerable To Addiction

But that's not the only big difference in teenagers' brains. Nature made the brains of children

and adolescents excitable. Their brain chemistry is tuned to be responsive to everything in

their environment. After all, that's what makes kids learn so easily. But this can work in ways

that are not so good. Take alcohol, for example. Or nicotine, cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy ...

"Addiction has been shown to be essentially a form of 'learning,' " Jensen says. After all, if the

brain is wired to form new connections in response to the environment, and potent

psychoactive drugs suddenly enter that environment, those substances are "tapping into a

much more robust habit-forming ability that adolescents have, compared to adults." So studies

have shown that a teenager who smokes pot will still show cognitive deficits days later. An

adult who smokes the same dose will return to cognitive baseline much faster.

This bit of knowledge came in handy in Jensen's own household. "Most parents, they'll say,

'Don't drink, don't do drugs,'" says Will, son number two. "And I'm the type of kid who'd say

'why?' "When Will asked why, his mom could give him chapter and verse on drugs and teen

brains. So they would know, she says, "that if I smoke pot tonight and I have an exam in two

days' time, I'm going to do worse. It's a fact." There were other advantages to having a

neuroscientist mom, Will says. Like when he was tempted to pull an all-nighter.

"She would say, 'read it tonight and then go to sleep,'" he says. "And what she explained to me

is that it will take [what you've been reading] from your short-term memory and while you

sleep you will consolidate it. And actually you will know it better in the morning than right

before you went to sleep." It worked every time, he says. It also worked for Andrew, the

former Goth. He's now a senior at Wesleyan University, majoring in physics. "I think she's

great! I would not be where I am without her in my life!" Andrew says of his mom. For any

parent who has survived teenagers, there are no sweeter words.

TLH 2013-2014 Registration Days

DATE EVENT INFORMATION

Aug 6 (Tu) Senior and Junior

Registration Day

Arrive by first letter in your first name: (A-F)

8:30 – 10:00; (G-L) 10:00 – 11:30; (M-R)

1:00 – 2:30; (S-Z) 2:30 – 4:00

Aug 7 (W) Sophomore Registration

Day with Band Members

and Football Players as

well

All Band and Football players should come

first thing in the morning. Sophomores

should follow this schedule: Arrive by first

letter in your first name: (A-F) 8:30 – 10:00;

(G-L) 10:00 – 11:30; (M-R) 1:00 – 2:30; (S-Z)

2:30 – 4:00

Aug 8 (Th) Freshman Registration

Day


8:30 – 10:00; (G-L) 10:00 – 11:30; (M-R)

1:00 – 2:30; (S-Z) 2:30 – 4:00

Aug 16 (F) Make-up Registration

Day (for students who

could not come on

previous days)


8:30 – 10:00; (G-L) 10:00 – 11:30; (M-R)

1:00 – 2:30; (S-Z) 2:30 – 4:00

Back to School Fees 2013-2014 FEES COST NOTE

Materials $18.00 Required (pay in mall area).

Anderson University & Clemson

University

Classes

$375.00

Required (if enrolled in

AU/CU course). CU requires

a $25 preregistration fee to

enroll. Both institutions

charge for books and

parking (if class is taken on

campus). AU fees are paid

at AU; Clemson fees are paid

at TLH.

TriCounty Technical College Classes $468.00

Required (if enrolled in

TCTC course). They also

charge for books/parking

School-Time Accident Insurance* $32.00 Optional (paid directly to

insurance company)

Full-Time Accident Insurance* $146.00 Optional (paid directly to

insurance company)

Dental Insurance $8.00 Optional (paid directly to

insurance company)

Athletic Insurance $44.00

Required if participating in

athletics (paid directly to the

coach of each sport)

Required of cheerleaders as

well

Physical Ed. Uniforms $15.00 Required (if enrolled in any

type of PE class)

Identification Badges Free

Required to be on campus;

Additional badges $5/one

day temporary badges $1

(purchased in I.D. Room)

Parking Decals $12.00

Required to park a vehicle

on campus (paid at

designated table in mall).

Alive at 25 Training $35.00

Required training to park a

car on campus. Must have

training verification to apply

for parking decal.

Senior Diploma Covers $15.00 Required for all Seniors (paid

on registration days)

Course Fee – Art $10.00 Required if student takes Art

Course Fee – Engineering $10.00 Required if student takes

Engineering

Course Fee – English Lab $2.00 Required if student takes

English

Student Lunch $2.00 Reduced Price - .40

Chic-fil-a Lunch $3.50 Sandwiches, Nuggets, Wraps

Papa John’s Lunch $1.75 Per slice

Alive at 25 Training Required

Alive at 25 is a S.C. Safety Council driver safety program that is required of all

students who park a car on our campus. Students who have taken it before at TLH

are not required to take it again. It is taught by law enforcement officers who have

first-hand knowledge of the dangers of driving. Students can register online at

http://www.scaliveat25.org or by phone 1-800-733-6185. The cost is $35. The

dates available for this year are listed below. Classes do fill up quickly, so register as

soon as possible. TLH does not register students for this class. Registration must be

done online or by phone.

DATE TIME

Aug 10 (Sa) 9 am – 1 pm

Sept 7 (Sa) 9 am – 1 pm

Oct 16 (W) 12:30 pm – 5 pm

Nov 16 (Sa) 9 am – 1 pm

Dec 14 (Sa) 9 am – 1 pm

Jan 29 (W) 12:30 pm – 5 pm

Feb 15 (Sa) 9 am – 1 pm

March 12 (W) 12:30 pm – 5 pm

TLH 2013-2014 Calendar

DATE EVENT INFORMATION

Aug 6 (Tu) Senior and Junior

Registration Day

8-12 and 1-4

Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12 and 1:30 – 4:30

Aug 7 (W) Sophomore (and

Football Team /Band)

8-12 and 1-4

http://www.scaliveat25.org/

Registration Day

Full Band Rehearsal 1:30 – 4:30; From 9 am – Noon, all band

students should attend the band registration

day in the TLH mall

Aug 8 (Th) Freshman Registration

Day

8-12 and 1-4

Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12 and 1:30 – 4:30

Aug 9 (F) Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12; Cookout from 1 pm – 4 pm

Aug 10 (Sa) Alive at 25 Driver

Training

9 am – 1 pm; Register at


Aug 12 (M) Sting Night Annual TLH Athletic Booster Club

Fundraiser – 4:30; Jacket Rally in Main Gym

at 7:00 pm; Students participating should

wear clothing with TLH Yellow Jacket logo

Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12; No afternoon rehearsal; 6:00 pm

attend Sting Night

Aug 14 (W) Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12; No afternoon rehearsal

Aug 15 (Th) Full Band Rehearsal 9 – 12; No afternoon rehearsal

Aug 16 (F) Make-up Registration

Day

Aug 19 (M) First Day of School

Aug 23 (F) Varsity Football TLH @ North Augusta @ 7:30 pm

ACT Registration

Deadline for 9/21 ACT

Register at www.actstudent.org

Aug 24 (Sa) Cross Country WNC Invitational Meet @ Hendersonville,

NC

ACT Later Registration

Deadline Window for

9/21 ACT

August 24- September 6

Swimming @ Greenville

Aug 28 (W) Swimming @ Greenwood

Aug 29 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Westside @ 6:30 pm

Freshman Football TLH @ Westside @ 5:30 pm

Aug 30 (F) First Pep Rally 3:00 pm in Main Gym

Varsity Football TLH vs. Westside @ 7:30 pm @ TLH

Sept 2 (M) Labor Day Holiday

Sept 3 (Tu) Girls’ Tennis @ Laurens @ 5:00 pm

Sept 5 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Wren @ 7 pm

Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Easley @ 5:00 pm

Swimming @ Mann

Sept 6 (F) Varsity Football TLH vs. Wren @ TLH @ 7:30 pm

SAT Registration

Deadline for 10/5 SAT

Register at http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

Sept 7 (Sa) Cross Country Eye Opener Meet @ Spartanburg, SC

Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Mini Band Camp

Sept 10 (Tu) Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Mann @ 5:00 pm

Sept 11 (W) Cross Country Get to Know You Meet @ Anderson Civic

Center

Sept 12 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Mauldin @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH @ Mauldin @ 5:30 pm

Girls’ Tennis @ Greenwood @ 5:00 pm

Sept 13 (F) Varsity Football TLH vs. Mauldin @ TLH @ 7:30 pm –

Youth/Official Visit Night

Sept 14 (Sa) Cross Country Coaches’ Classic @ Columbia, SC

Swimming @ Fike, Clemson University

Band – Anderson County

Exhibition

@ Westside

Sept 17 (Tu) Constitution Day

Senior Parent Night 6:30 pm in Lecture Hall

Girls’ Tennis @ Hillcrest @ 5:00 pm

Sept 19 (Th) Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Woodmont @ 5:00 pm

Swimming @Woodmont

Sept 20 (F) SAT Late Registration



Sept 21 (Sa) Cross Country Schlotzsky’s Invitational @ Anderson Civic

Center



ACT Test @ Westside

Swimming @ Riverside

Band Contest Pendleton

Sept 24 (Tu) Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Westside @4:30 pm

Sept 26 (Th) Compass Testing College Readiness Test

JV Football TLH vs. Mann @ TLH @ 7:00 pm

Freshman Football TLH vs. Mann @ TLH @ 5:30 pm

Girls’ Tennis @ Mann @ 5:00 pm

Sept 27 (F) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

Varsity Football @ J. L. Mann @ 7:30 pm

ACT Registration



Sept 28 (Sa) Cross Country Cavalier Classic @ Dorman High School

Swimming Region Meet @ Greenville

ACT Late Registration

Deadline Window for

10/26 ACT

September 28 – October 11; Register at

www.actstudent.org

Band Contest @ Midland Valley

Oct 1 (Tu) Girls’ Tennis @ Easley @ 5:00 pm

Oct 3 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Easley @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH @ Easley @ 5:30 pm

Girls’ Tennis @TLH vs. Laurens @ 5:00 pm

SAT Registration



Oct 4 (F) Varsity Football TLH vs. Easley @ TLH @ 7:30 pm --

Homecoming

Oct 5 (Sa) Swimming State Meet @ USC in Columbia, SC

SAT @ TLH

Band Guest Performance @ Wofford College

Oct 8 (Tu) Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Greenwood @ 5:00 pm

Oct 10 (Th) JV Football TLH vs. Laurens @ TLH @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH vs. Laurens @ TLH @ 5:30 pm

Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Hillcrest @ 5:00 pm

Oct 11 (F) Varsity Football TLH @ Laurens @ 7:30 pm

Oct 12 (Sa) Cross Country Furman Invitational @ Greenville, SC

Band Contest Commerce, GA

Oct 15 (Tu) College Fair 9:50 – 10:50 am in TLH Mall

Girls’ Tennis @ Woodmont @ 5:00 pm

Oct 16 (W) Girls’ Tennis @ TLH vs. Christ Church @ 4:30 pm

Half Day Professional

Development for

Teachers/Early Release

Day for Students

Students Dismissal at 11:45 am

Alive at 25 Driver

Training

12:30 pm – 5:00 pm; Register at


Oct 17 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Greenwood @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH @ Greenwood @ 5:30 pm

Girls’ Tennis @ Westside @ 4:30 pm

Oct 18 (F) Varsity Football TLH vs. Greenwood @ TLH @ 7:30 pm –

Cancer Awareness Night

SAT Late Registration



Oct 19 (Sa) Cross Country Region 1-4A Meet @ Anderson Civic Center

Band Contest Upperstate @ Boiling Springs

Oct 22 (Tu) End of First Nine Weeks

HSAP Testing

HSAP Testing

Oct 23 (W) HSAP Testing

Oct 24 (Th) JV Football TLH vs. Hillcrest @ TLH @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH vs. Hillcrest @ TLH @ 5:30 pm

Oct 25 (F) Varsity Football TLH @ Hillcrest @ 7:30 pm

Oct 26 (Sa) Cross Country TriCounty Meet @ Anderson Civic Center

ACT Test @ Westside

Band Contest State @ Spring Valley

Oct 29 (Tu) College Application Day


Report Cards Issued

Oct 31 (Th) JV Football TLH @ Woodmont @ 7 pm

Freshman Football TLH @ Woodmont @ 5:30 pm

Nov 1 (F) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

Varsity Football TLH vs. Woodmont @ TLH @ 7:30 pm

Band Senior Night @ Woodmont Home Game

Nov 2 (Sa) Cross Country State Qualifying Meet @ Dorman High

School

SAT @ TLH

Nov 7 (Th) JV Football TLH vs. Westside @ TLH @ 7:00 pm

Freshman Football TLH vs. Westside @ TLH @ 5:30 pm

Nov 8 (F) Varsity Football TLH @ Westside @ 7:30 pm

SAT Registration



ACT Registration



Nov 9 (Sa) Cross Country State 4A Meet @ Columbia, SC


Deadline Window for

12/14 ACT

November 9 – 22; Register at

www.actstudent.org

Nov 16 (Sa) Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Nov 22 (F) SAT Late Registration

Deadline 12/7 SAT


Nov 27 (W) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 28 (Th) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 29 (F) Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 7 (Sa) SAT Not given at TLH

Dec 8 (Su) Anderson Christmas

Parade for Band

@ 3:00 pm

Dec 12 (Th) Evening Band Christmas

Concert

Dec 13 (F) Morning Band Christmas

Concert

Dec 14 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Dec 23 (M) Winter Break

Dec 24 (Tu) Winter Break

Dec 25 (W) Winter Break

Dec 26 (Th) Winter Break

Dec 27 (F) Winter Break

SAT Registration



Dec 30 (M) Winter Break

Dec 31 (Tu) Winter Break

Jan 1 (W) Winter Break

Jan 2 (Th) Winter Break

Jan 3 (F) Winter Break

Jan 6 (M) Students Return to

School

Jan 10 (F) SAT Late Registration



ACT Registration



Jan 11 (Sa) ACT Late Registration

Deadline Window for

2/8 ACT

January 11 – 24; Register at

www.actstudent.org

Regional All State Band

Auditions

Jan 13 (M) End of Second Nine

Weeks

Jan 18 (Sa) Band CIPA Qualifier

Jan 20 (M) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Holiday

Jan 21 (Tu) Report Cards Issued



Jan 25 (Sa) SAT @ TLH

Final All State Band

Auditions

Jan 28 (Tu) Financial Aid Workshop 6:30 pm in Lecture Hall

Jan 29 (W) Early Release

Day/Teacher Professional

Development

11:45 am

Alive at 25 Driver

Training

12:30 – 5:00 pm; Register at


Feb 7 (F) SAT Registration



Feb 8 (Sa) ACT @Westside

Feb 13-16 (F-Su) USC Band Clinic

Feb 15 (Sa) Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Feb 17 (M) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

Feb 21 (F) SAT Late Registration



Feb 21-22 (F-

Sa)

Region Band Clinic

March 7 (F) ACT Registration



March 8 (Sa) SAT @ TLH


Deadline Window for

4/12 ACT

March 8 – 21; Register at

www.actstudent.org

All State Jazz

March 12 (W) Early Release

Day/Teacher Professional

Development

11:45 am

Alive at 25 Driver

Training

12:30 pm – 5:00 pm; Register at


March 14-16 (F-

Su)

All State Band

March 24 (M) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

March 26 (W) Report Cards Issued

March 29-30

(Sa-Su)

Winterguard/Indoor

CIPA Championships

April 1 (Tu) HSAP Testing ELA Day 1

April 2 (W) HSAP Testing ELA Day 2

April 3 (Th) HSAP Testing Math

April 4 (F) SAT Registration



HSAP Makeups

April 7 (M) HSAP Makeups

April 8 (Tu) HSAP Makeups

April 10 (Th) Evening Spring Band

Concert

April 11 (F) Morning Spring Band

Concert

April 12 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

April 14 (M) Spring Break

April 15 (Tu) Spring Break

April 16 (W) Spring Break

April 17 (Th) Spring Break

April 18 (F) Spring Break

SAT Late Registration



April 25-26 (F-

Sa)

Band Solo and Ensemble

May 3 (Sa) SAT @ TLH

May 5(M) AP Chemistry Exam (am)

IB Language and

Literature Paper 1 (am)




AP Psychology Exam

(pm)

May 6 (Tu) AP Computer Science

Exam (am)

IB Language and

Literature Paper 2 (pm)

May 7 (W) AP Calculus Exam (am)

IB Environmental

Systems Paper 1 (am)

May 8 (Th) IB Environmental

Systems Paper 2 (pm)

AP English Exam (am)

May 9 (F) SAT Registration



ACT Registration



AP Studio Art Portfolio

Due

AP Statistics Exam (pm)

IB Biology Papers 1 & 2

(pm)

IB Language – Latin

Paper 1 (am)

May 10 (Sa) ACT Late Registration

Deadline Window for

6/14 ACT

May 10- 23; Register at www.actstudent.org

May 12 (M) AP Biology Exam (am)

AP Physics Exam (pm)

IB Biology Paper 3 (am)

IB Language – Latin

Paper 2 (pm)

US History EOC A Day

May 13 (Tu) IB Math Studies Paper 1

(pm)

IB Math (pm)

US History EOC B Day

May 14 (W) AP US History Exam

(am)

AP European History

Exam (pm)

IB Math Studies Paper 2

(am)

IB Math Paper 2 (am)

IB History Papers 1 & 2

(pm)

Biology EOC A Day

May 15 (Th) Awards Night

IB History Paper 3 (am)

Biology EOC B Day

May 16 (F) IB ITGS Paper 1 (pm)

Algebra 1 EOC A Day

May 19 (M) IB ITGS Paper 2 (am)

Algebra 1 EOC B Day

May 20 (Tu) English 1 EOC A Day

May 21 (W) IB French Papers 1 & 2

(am)

English 1 EOC B Day

May 22 (Th) Band Banquet

IB Spanish Paper 1 (pm)

EOC Makeup Tests

May 23 (F) SAT Late Registration



IB Spanish Paper 2 (am)

EOC Makeup Tests

May 24 (Sa) Graduation @ Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson @ 7:00 pm

May 26 (M) Memorial Day Holiday

May 30 (F) Last Day of School

End of 4th Nine Weeks

May 31 (Sa) Report Cards Mailed

June 2 (M) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 3 (Tu) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 4 (W) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 7 (Sa) SAT Not given at TLH

June 14 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

July 15 (Tu) Summer HSAP

July 16 (W) Summer HSAP

July 17 (Th) Summer HSAP

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