October 20- Royal Fun Run Event

October 23-27- Red Ribbon Week https://www.redribbon.org/theme

October 27- Half Day for Students (Dismissal at 11:15) 

October 30- Report Cards Distributed this Week

Bus Tracking Code MRM7 

Diversity and Inclusion Focus 

• Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month

• October 18- Unity Day-Bully Prevention-Wear and share ORANGE to send a visible message that no child or adult should ever experience bullying. 

Helpful Links:

• Attendance Q&A Brochure for Parents | En Español

• 2023-2024 Academic Calendar (NEW)-Please review this calendar as you make vacation/travel plans during the 23-24 school year. 

• Buist Academy Parent Resource Site/ Buist Academy Sitio de Recursos para los Padres 

• Buist Academy Foundation (Parent-School Organization/Rent the Royal Rock Information) https://www.buistacademyfoundation.org/the-royal-rock

• October GT Newsletter

Congratulations to Buist Academy for receiving Excellent overall ratings on both their elementary and middle school SC School Report Cards. 

Buist Academy has the highest Academic Achievement rating of all CCSD elementary and middle schools. 



Buist Academy's elementary and middle schools are Ranked #1 in the State of SC for Academic Achievement.

Excellent

65 out of 100 (Elementary)

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.

Excellent

76 out of 100 (Middle School)

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

We look forward to celebrating with our students very soon!! 

SC Report Cards

SC Elementary Rankings

SC Middle School Rankings

The Buist Academy Foundation has kicked off the largest fundraising campaign of the year. The fundraising concludes with students participating in the Buist Academy Royal Fun Run on Friday, October 20. 

The event will be held at Tiedemann Park, where students will run/dance/walk, take a class photo, and enjoy Kona Ice provided by the Buist Foundation. We are all excited to show our school spirit.

The school-wide fundraising goal is $50,000!

The Royal Fun Run will be held during school hours (9 am - 12 pm) on October 20th and every child can participate. 

Please see the schedule below:

○ 9:00 - 9:50 am 3rd & 4th grades

○ 10:00 -10:50 am 5th & 6th grades

○ 11:00- 11:50 am 7th & 8th grades

The address of your child’s personal fundraising webpage can be found by going to WWW.BUIST.MYFUNRUN.COM.  Click “Donate to Participant,” then enter your child’s first or last name.

Go to WWW.BUIST.MYFUNRUN.COM FOR MORE INFO AND UPDATES!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 

We had a wonderful first club day for this year. Thanks to all who have donated to our clubs to make the program possible. We will continue to add items throughout the year as needed.

Click here to see some of our clubs.

Buist Academy Monthly Parenting/Family Engagement:

Teaching Kids to Deal with Conflict/Cómo enseñar a los niños a lidiar con los conflictos

Teaching Kids About Boundaries/Cómo enseñar límites a los niños

Please remind students to check lost and found daily. We have many lost items for Quarter 1 that need to be found. Parents are welcome to check lost and found before and after school. These items will be donated on Friday, November 10. 

Basketball Tryouts for 5th-8th Grades

Thank you to all those who indicated interest in coaching and/or their child playing in a winter or spring sport. We will hold basketball evaluations/tryouts for Grades 5-8 the week of October 23. The dates are below and students must attend both dates (where applicable). If you haven't heard from the coach for the team yet, please reach out to let him/her know your child is interested. 

Grade 5-8 Basketball Tryouts - Week of Oct 23 - Buist Gym

Grade 5 Boys: Contact: Jason Cusati: djjay0131@gmail.com

10/25 3:00-4:30

10/26 3:00-4:30

Grade 5 Girls:  Contact Anton Vander Zee: vanderzeeal@cofc.edu

Grade 6 Boys:  Contact: Gina Mullen: mullen.gina@gmail.com

10/23  5:00-6:15

10/24  5:00-6:15

Grade 6 Girls: Contact: Catherine Fairfield: catfairfield@gmail.com

10/26  4:30-5:45 

Grade 7 Boys: Contact Jimmy Bailey:  jbailey@southernfirst.com

10/23  6:15-7:30

10/25  4:30-5:45

Grade 7 Girls: Contact: Bill Moore: billmoore55@gmail.com

10/23 3:00-4:30

10/24 3:00-4:30

Grade 8 Boys: Contact: Bob Podolsky: podolskyr@cofc.edu

10/24 6:15-7:30

10/26 6:00-7:15

Grade 8 Girls: There was not enough interest to form a team.

As a Reminder, this week is Grade 3 & 4 Tryouts

3rd grade Girls: Contact Jennifer Berwick berwicksmiles@gmail.com

Wednesday 10/18 3:00-4:15

Thursday 10/19 4:45-6:00

3rd grade Boys: Contact Jason Cusati, djjay0131@gmail.com

Tuesday 10/17: 4:45-6:00

Wednesday 10/18: 3:00-4:15

4th grade Girls: Contact Anton VanderZee: vanderzeeal@cofc.edu

Monday 10/16: 3:00-4:15

Thursday 10/19: 4:45-6:00

4th grade Boys: Contact Ben D'Allesandro: Bendallesandro@gmail.com

Monday 10/16: 3:00-4:15

Tuesday 10/17: 4:45-6:00

Congratulations to the 8th 8th-grade girls' Volleyball teams and the Boys' volleyball team on making the playoffs.  

Please consider coming out to support our volleyball teams this week.  

• The 8th grade Blue team plays Tuesday, 10/17, at 6:30 p.m. at Bees Landing Recreation Center. 

• The 8th grade White team plays Wednesday, 10/18, at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Town Hall gym.   

• The boys' team plays on Wednesday, 10/18, at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Town Hall gym, with the finals being played immediately after at 7:30 p.m. 

•  Should our Lady Knights advance to the finals, those games will be held on Thursday, 10/19, at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Town Hall gym.