August
Wednesday, August 13th - Open House - 7th & 8th Grade only
Thursday, August 14th - Open House - 6th Grade & NEW students only
Monday, August 18th - First Day of School!
Friday, August 22nd - All schedule change requests must be submitted no later than the 5th day of school.
Week of August 25th - 29th - An email will be sent to all parents/guardians from Ms. LaPier with a link to sign up
their 8th grade student to take the PSAT/NMSQT on October 15th at TOMS
Week of August 25th - September 5th - School Counseling Team visits 6th Grade Advisory Classes
September
Monday, September 1st - No School - Labor Day
Tuesday, September 2nd & Wednesday, September 3rd - Mrs. Beale visit students taking high school credit courses. A letter will be sent home to parents/guardians about taking high school credit courses in middle school and should be returned to the front office.
Tuesday, September 9th @ 4:30pm (upstairs orange collaboration space) - Mrs. Beale @ staff will be presenting 'The Middle School Accelerated Program of Study' to parents/guardians.
Friday, September 12th - Deadline for CogAT (Cognitive Ability Test) Referral
Week of September 8th - 19th - School Counseling Team visits 7th Grade Advisory Classes
Monday, September 15th - Deadline for students to sign up to take the PSAT/NMSQT at TOMS on October 15th
Wednesday, September 17th - End Date for Quarter 1 Interim Report
October
October - 6th Grade 'Goal Setting' Presentation shown to students in Advisory
Tuesday, October 6th - CogAT Testing begins!
Monday, October 13th - No School - Columbus Day
Tuesday, October 14th - No School Students - Teacher Workday
Wednesday, October 15th - PSAT/NMSQT for students who signed up by deadline
Monday, October 20th - 6th Grade 'Goal Setting' Presentation emailed to parents/guardians with info about scheduling a Goal Setting meeting with caseload counselor
Wednesday, October 22nd - End of Quarter 1 (45 Days)
TBD - PSAT Score Reports distributed to students. An email was sent to parents/guardians (as well as students) with information on how to understand the score report and how to create a College Board account.
November
November - 7th Grade 'Goal Setting' Presentation shown to students in Advisory
Monday, November 10th - 7th Grade 'Goal Setting' Presentation emailed to parents/guardians with info about scheduling a Goal Setting meeting with caseload counselor
Thursday, November 13th - 6th & 7th Grade Career Fair at TOMS!
November 10th- 20th - Pre-IGP Presentation 'The Transition to High School & Beyond' shown to 8th Grade students in Advisory/1st Academic
Monday, November 17th - Pre-IGP Presentation 'The Transition to High School & Beyond' emailed to parents/guardians (contact #1 & contact #2 in PowerSchool) by Caseload Counselor.
Monday, November 17th - Early College High School Open House
Thursday, November 20th - Scholars Academy High School Open House
Friday, November 21st - End Date for Quarter 2 Interim Reports
November 24th - November 28th - No School - Thanksgiving Break
December
Tuesday, December 2nd - (2:35pm) Early College High School (ECHS) and (1:45pm) Scholars Academy (SA) will be visiting to talk to eligible students about their programs
Tuesday, December 9th - Scholars Academy High School Open House
Week of December 15th - 19th - Students will watch the presentation '9th Grade Scheduling' during Advisory
Friday, December 19th - Caseload Counselors will send an email to contact #1 and #2 of 8th grade students containing a presentation called '9th Grade Scheduling' and link to the 9th-grade course selection google form. Students and parent(s)/guardian(s) should work together to select courses. Deadline: Friday, January 23rd
Monday, December 22nd - Friday, January 2nd - No School - Holiday Break
January
Tuesday, January 13th - Scholars Academy High School Open House
Wednesday, January 14th - Socastee High School's IB Program Open House
TBD January 14th OR 15th- 8th-grade field trip to the Myrtle Beach Convention Center for the P2PSC Career Expo!
Thursday, January 16th - End of Quarter 2 (88 Days)
Thursday, January 22nd - Applications open on the high school options website for Program Schools (ECHS, SAHS, and IB Program at SHS or AHS)
Thursday, January 22nd - Early College High School Open House
Friday, January 23rd - Deadline to submit 9th-grade course requests
(email sent to contact #1 and #2 in PowerSchool on Friday, December 19th).
Wednesday, January 21st - Semester 2 Discovery Courses begin. Quarter 3 Begins.
Tuesday, January 27th - CFHS Open House
February
Wednesday, February 4th - Socastee High School's IB Program Open House
Tuesday, February 10th - Early College High School Open House
Monday, February 16th - No School - President's Day
Tuesday, February 17th - No School Students - Teacher Workday
Thursday, February 19th - Applications close for Program Schools
Monday, February 23rd - End Date for Quarter 3 Interim Report
TBD - 6th Grade Dance (3:45pm - 5:30pm)
March
Wednesday, March 24th - End of Quarter 3 (135 Days)
April
Friday, April 3rd - Friday, April 10th - No School - Spring Break
- An email will be sent by Mrs. Goodman to students with information about the summer virtual high school credit courses for high school credit (FLEX Program).
May
Monday, May 4th - End Date for Quarter 4 Interim Report
TBA - Registration opens for summer virtual high school credit courses (FLEX Program)
Tuesday, May 12th - SC Ready - Math
Thursday, May 14th - SC Ready - Science AND Geometry final exam
TBD - 8th Grade Dance
Friday, May 15th - English 1 final exam
Monday, May 18th - SC Ready - Writing
Wednesday, May 20th - SC Ready - Reading (Section A)
Thursday, May 21st - SC Ready - Reading (Section B)
Monday, May 25th - No School - Memorial Day
TBA - Field Day
June
Tuesday, June 2nd - 8th Grade Awards / Promotion Ceremony
Group 1 - 9:30am (doors open at 8:45 am)
(students in the following Advisory classes: Evans, Graham/Brady, Shriver, Boone, Lentz, McKever, Merolle, Phelps, Shupe, Steele, Varcadipane)
Group 2 - 1:30pm (doors open at 12:45pm)
(Students in the following Advisory classes: Ashby, Frazzini, Gombos, Grant, Nguyen, Pierson, Samon, Shankle, Streater
Wednesday, June 3rd - 9:30am - 7th Grade Awards Program
Thursday, June 4th - 9:30am - 6th Grade Awards Program
Thursday, June 4th - End of Quarter 4 (180 Days)
TBA - Deadline to register for summer virtual high school credit courses (FLEX Program).