Good afternoon! This web site will allow you to keep up with what’s going on at Palmetto. Each week Palmetto Middle School is going to post a weekly update on this page. This site will keep you informed of upcoming events, trips, dates, projects, and holidays. Please ask around to see if other parents are checking this web page for the updates.

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Upcoming Events and Dates: • Beta Club Meeting-Monday, February 8th @ 3pm • Monday, February 15th Staff Development Day Students

do not report to school. • February 12th is the deadline for Palmetto’s Finest Field

Trip forms. • February 17th is the Palmetto’s Finest Trip Bowling and

to the Mall for lunch. • March 3rd Spring Pictures • Beta Club Meeting-Monday, March 14th @ 3pm • March 25th- Snow Make- Up Day: Students and

Teachers attend • March 28th – April 1st SPRING BREAK • Cheer Try-outs Week of April 11th-15th • Thursday, April 21st- Talent Show @7pm • May 11th- 13th 7th Grade to Camp Greenville

• May 13th- 6th Grade field trip to Medieval Times • May 26th - Palmetto High School Graduation • Monday, May 30th-Memorial Day- Students & Teachers

do not report to d • Tuesday, May 31st – 8th Grade Awards Day • Wednesday, June 1st 7th Grade Awards Day • Thursday, June 2nd 6th Grade Awards Day

Photos from around Palmetto Middle this week!

6th Grade Idiom Day!

C-Team Baseball Try-Outs The date for the try outs will be Saturday, February 6th at the baseball

stadium beginning at 10A.M. All players must have an up to date physical

form on file to be eligible for try outs. Forms can be found at

Palmettomustangs.org under the Forms tab.

Players should bring all necessary equipment to the tryout. Players will be

evaluated in all facets of the game as well as attitude and hustle. Final

selection of the team will be based on player evaluations and team needs.

The try out is closed to the public and any parent wishing to watch will have

to do so from outside the gate. If you have any questions regarding this

information please contact Coach Frazier. Matt Frazier-Varsity Head Coach frazierm@anderson1.k12.sc.us

Student Council Update: Email Mrs. Rankin at Rankinc@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions. Student Council is selling Chocolate roses next week for $2! Get them quick before they sell out!

Science Olympiad Team Science Olympiad Team travels to Newberry College this

Saturday for the State Competition. We will be competing against 27 other teams from all over South Carolina. Team

members should be out in front of the school this Saturday morning by 7:15 - the bus pulls out at 7:30.

We will return around6:00.

A Team Nic Brown

Jacob Vaughn

Michael Czwalina

Gen Bronson

Bre Smith

Emory Martin

Titus Schuch

Morgan Farmer

Jessi Brock

Michelle Centeno

Carson Reeves

Kerrigan Campbell

Levi Schwartz

Madyson Karstens

B Team Corin Barnhart

Robert Feil

Collin Johnson

Tyra Edwards

Ethan Bane

PE Update from Coach Parsons: Shout out to my A1 Gold PE students: Darcy Holcombe,

Avery Nelms, Allison McCauley, Elyse Browning and

Madison Crumley. They all met the A1 Gold standards in

all areas of the Fitness Gram!!!

Art Update from Mr. Addison Please email Mr. Addison at Addsiont@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions. Palmetto Middle Art students Carrie Hayden, Ashlyn Citrone, and

Skyler Beacham had poster artwork that placed in the TOP TEN

in the state in the recent Atlantic Institute's Poster Contest.

Final places will be announced at an awards ceremony February 20

at 2pm in Columbia. This is the top art contest in terms of

potential prizes in the State. Cash, iPads, and a free trip to

Europe/Asia for the top three. Congratulations, and good luck!

Guidance Update from Mrs. Sargent: Please email Mrs. Sargent at Sargentl@apps.anderson1.org if you have any questions. Job Shadowing: All Palmetto Middle School students are allowed

to job shadow one day between the dates of February 1st-

February 29th. It is not mandatory. If your child wishes to

participate please have him/her pick up a Job Shadowing

Information form from one of the school counselors and return it

completed. Mrs. Sargent will then approve the form and give

them further information regarding their job shadowing

experience.

Please note that students are NOT allowed to shadow teachers in

Anderson School District One.

A huge shout out to our Palmetto Partners!

C-Team Basketball Update: Please email Coach Adams at Adamsw@apps.anderson1.org or Coach Shealyc2@app.anderson1.org if you have any questions

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Coach: Chuck Shealy Kaylin Bell

Elyse Browning Mary Alice Butler Madison Crumley

Claire Ellison Joeli Hayden

Kinsey Henderson

Kalisa Johnson Angel Mabry

Owen Grace McCullough Savannah Shealy Carter Simpson

Rosalie Summerlin Mercedes Watson

Team manager: Carrie Hayden Team manager: Anna Parks Book Keeper: Christie Shealy

Boys Head Coach: Archie Adams

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

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

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

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

1/28 Wren Wren 5:30

Congratulations to our 2015 - 2016 PMMS Robotics Competition Team

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

guthriet@apps.anderson1.org

8th Grade: Jordan Masters

Nathan Turner

Camden Frailey

Drew Huff

Adam Brenneman

Breanna Smith

Bass Sims

Nicholas Sanders

Ethan Lang

Andy Brown

7th Grade: Carson Norton

Ethan Thrasher

Dawson Swaney

6th Grade: Austin Huff

Maggie Eldein

Jacob Beecher

Chorus Update from Mr. Fricks: If you have

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

Students of the Month:

Mary Kathryn Sanders

Kristy Effler

Kayda Page

Nick Barrera-Stroud

Sea Ashley

Kylee O'Donald

BETA CLUB UPDATE: Congratulations to all of our 104 new Beta members that were inducted this past Tuesday night!

Beta Officers: (Left to right :)

Mary Alice Butler- Vice President, Savannah Shealy- President,

Madison Crumley- Treasurer, Rosalie Summerlin- Historian, and

OwenGrace McCullough- Secretary

Update from our Guidance Counselors

8th Grade Students and Parents:

College Awareness Event Information

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Palmetto’s Finest Qualifications for the 4th Nine Weeks

Please email Mr. Knight at knightb@anderson1.k12.sc.us if you have any

questions.

To earn Palmetto's Finest you must meet the following criteria: 1) All grades 80's and above

2) No demerits for the nine week period

3) No more than 2 unexcused absences.

4) Complete community service hours

10 hours of service are required for the first quarter. Students simply

record the hours they volunteer, the service they provided, and have the

supervisor sign and record their phone number.

Guidelines for hours 1. Ten hours of community service is required each nine weeks.

2. No more than four (4) hours of service can be directly related to any

family member.

3. Completed service hours are due to your Homeroom teacher on the last day of the quarter. A minimum of ten hours of community service is required for each quarter of school.

Form is at the bottom of this update.