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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

“Distinctly Christian Academic Excellence”

JULY Information packets are mailed near end of the month. AUG 10-12 Teacher In Service 13 Eagle Night—6:00 PM Gym 17 ORIENTATION—1st Day of School 18 First full day of school SEPT 7 Labor Day—NO SCHOOL 16 PROGRESS REPORTS OCT 5-9 Spirit Week 9 HOMECOMING 2015 15--21 1st Nine Weeks Test 28 PTC– NO SCHOOL 28 REPORT CARDS NOV 18 PROGRESS REPORTS 25-27 Thanksgiving– NO SCHOOL DEC 21– JAN 1 CHRISTMAS BREAK APR 1-8 EASTER BREAK 27 PTC– NO SCHOOL MAY 20 GRADUATION 26 Last Day of School

DATES TO REMEMBER

2015-2016 School Info Packets will be mailed in July! CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS

will be mailed in August!

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Thirty-four seniors walked the platform to receive their diploma, a personalized Bible, and a yellow rose to present to their family in honor of this milestone in their life. In addition to the presentation of diplomas, Garrett Coker was presented the FCS EAGLE AWARD. This award is given to the senior who displays Christian character in all areas of life.

Vol. 7 No. 3

SPRING/SUMMER

2015

A Ministry of

Florence Baptist

Temple

DVDS ARE READY! 3&4K, 5K Graduation,

Pick up in School Office

Row 1: Harmony Pyke, Miguel Velert, Abby Drummond, Carlie Skelton, Drew Welch, Rachel Player. Row 2: Marie Matthee, Austin Drummond, Garrett Coker, Han-nah Brown, Stephanie West, Peyton Johnson, Maysun Gibbs. Row 3: Hannah McInnes, Jacob Coward, Kerstin Dougherty, Matthew Cook, Dongsun Kim, David Coker. Row 4: Ethan Wisnoski, Curdin Gantenbein, Michael Cooper, Jacob Browning, John Densmore, Tyler Tisdale, Matthew Christenbury. Row 5: William Long, Andrew Brown, Caleb Harrelson, Adam Hill, Taylor Lee, Kacey Medlin, Hunter Eason, Christopher Smith.

The Class of 2015 was presented by Principal Jim Berry on Friday,

May 22nd for the 37th commencement services of Florence Christian School. The FCS High School Girls Ensemble sang an accapella ver-sion of The National Anthem and the High School Choir presented mu-sic that was a great reminder of who we are before Christ and the chal-lenge to “go” and light your world. Prior to the presentation of the diplomas, Valedictorian Tyler Tisdale and Salutatorian Austin Drummond encouraged and challenged their classmates. Tyler used a rubix cube to go through the years of high school and how it all came to this day and the challenge to move on from that point. Austin also spoke of remembering the years, thanking those who have supported them throughout the journey and now to move to the next level both spiritually and academically. Pastor Monroe then presented the President’s challenge where he focused on the importance of being prepared. “God always uses prepared peo- ple,” Monroe stated, “you have finished the first stage of your life.” He went on to encourage the graduates to never quit preparing yourself, that God cannot use a dull sword. He closed by sharing a letter he received from a middle school student, thanking him for FCS and how the school had changed her life. Never forget where you come from…

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OTHER ACTIVITIES/RECOGNITIONS:

- Sand Hills Region IV Science Fair * 4 students placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd

* 2 received honorable mention - SCISA Regional Spelling Bee * Region Winner for fourth consecutive year. * Six finalists in state competition. * Placed 2nd in the State Bee

- SC Elementary Honor Choir * Two– sixth grade students were selected to participate. - SCISA Music Festival * High School Choir—Excellent rating (Silver Medal) * Middle School Choir —Excellent rating (Silver Medal) * 18 Superior (Gold Medal) in vocal, piano and instrumental solos * 6 Excellent (Silver Medal) in vocal, piano and instrumental solos and 1 Good (Bronze Medal).

- SCISA Junior High School One-Act Play Regional Winner - SCISA Literary Meet * Seven students placed in their respective categories.

- SCISA Battle of the Books * 1st year– Lower school qualified and competed in State.

- SCISA State Debate: FCS hosted for the 2nd year.

- SCISSA Student Government Spring Conference * 2015 SCISSA Student Council of the Year

-TRI-M Music Honor Society * 13 students inducted for the first year. - ALL STATE CHORUS MEMBERS: * 4 students were selected

ATHLETICS

- 11 of 11 Varsity teams competed in the state playoffs - Football/Baseball Regional Champions - SCISA 2A State Runners Up -Football - SCISA 2A State Runners Up– Volleyball - SCISA State Speed & Strength Competition Runners Up - 23 All Region recipients - 2 All Region Player of the Year - 5 All State recipients - 2 WPDE SCISA Player of the Year - 2 UCA All American Cheerleading recipients - Over 160 participating athletes - 31 SCISA Scholar Athletes

The classrooms are empty, the halls quiet, and it is that time of year for reflection and evaluation of the school year. We have much to be thankful for as we had another great year in academics, athletics, and fine arts. Please take time to read over the

2014-2015 highlights below where you will see the number of bless-ings we received this year at FCS! It is now time to prepare for a new school year with much antici-pation and enthusiasm. You will be receiving information for the 2015-2016 school year in mid July. Orientation will be Monday, August 17th, this day is counted as the first day of school. But for now...enjoy your family this summer and come ready in August to begin a new school year with enthusiasm and great antici-pation for another great year! As always, I appreciate our families and the continued support from the Florence Baptist Temple.

Please continue to pray for us as we continue to push ahead to make FCS a school that is “distinctly Christian” with “academic excellence”.

ENROLLMENT: Over 625

SPIRITUAL:

- High School Chapels/ Revival - Elementary Spiritual Emphasis Chapel/Revival CAMPOUT 2015 –6th grade trip

- Kindergarten Chapels/Community Helpers

ACADEMIC:

- 19% of 1st-12th grade students made President’s List (straight A’s for the year) - 15% of 1st-12th grade students made Principal’s List (A average on all final grades) - 32% of 1st-12th grade students made Honor Roll (A/B average on all final grades) - 95 students were inducted into the National Beta Club - Senior Class—34 students * Over $2 million awarded scholarships * Palmetto Fellow scholars– Tyler Tisdale, Austin Drummond * Life Scholarships recipients * SCISA Honors recipients *Colleges students were accepted to: Bob Jones University, The Citadel, Charleston Southern University, Clemson University, Florence-Darlington Technical College, Francis Marion University, Liberty University, Winthrop University.

- 40 students received college credit - 13 Duke TIP recipients (7th grade)

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

- Middle and high school grades organized a minimum of one service project that was done outside the school. - Kindergarten and elementary students sponsored missionary service projects. - Student Government sponsored two special events and assisted in several school wide and elementary programs. - FCS Veteran’s Day recognition and gifts. - Collected non-perishable items to fill boxes of food for FBT Living Christmas Tree Food Drive. - High School choir sang for military families being deployed. - Gave over 333 inches of hair to the national organization Children with Hair Loss.

~Jim Berry

Beta Club Teacher of the Year—Amy Stone (HS Science/Physics). Beta Club Senior Award— Hunter Eason. Breakfast Optimist Club Award—Victoria Brown (11th grade); Natalie Hardy (teacher). Josten’s Heart of the Eagle—Hunter Eason (12th grade). Rotary Club Outstanding Seniors– Kacey Medlin, Austin Drummond. Jr League of Florence Leadership– Mary-Caroline Waldrop (11th gr.) Outstanding Musician Award: Hannah McInnes (12th grade); Justin Tan (6th grade). Outstanding Senior Choir Members: David Coker, Garrett Coker. Outstanding String Player: Melinda Dersch (9th grade). Outstanding High School Drama Award: Tori Hewitt (10th grade), Teil Fuller (11th grade), Andrew Wise (11th grade). Outstanding High School Debate Award: Caleb Little (9th grade). Most Improved Debater: Chandler Lawson (8th grade). Elementary Character Development Recipients: 1st grade–Daisy Carter, Joshua Davis. 2nd grade—Payton White, Shay Brown. 3rd grade—Anabel Yarborough, Willow Miksa. 4th grade—Evan Ridge-way, Mary Ryan Bell. 5th grade—Maggie Odom, Joshua McDaniel. Elementary Eagle Award—Bryson Little (6th grade). Highest Academic Achievement Award—6th grade: 1st –Bryson Little; 2nd—Jamison Giles.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015

6:00 PM FCS GYM

Come and meet our fall athletes and coaches at “Eagle Night”. Families may join the FCS Booster Club, and purchase FCS spirit wear and items that reflect school spirit! Athletic Director Scotty Keefe will present in-formation pertaining to the FCS athletic program. Fall athletes need to have a parent present. Join us for an exciting event to kick-off our fall athletics. It is a night to catch the Eagle school spirit!

2015 Athletic Dates to Note:

FCS ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT ~ October 2 HOMECOMING 2015~ October 9

Thank you Booster Club Members and FCS supporters for all of your hard work and

continued support this year!

Thank you to our 2014-2015 Corporate Sponsors: Anderson Brothers Bank First Reliance Bank Palmetto Wellness McDonald’s AXA Financial Services Walkup Electric Chick-Fil-A Weichert Realtors JayMac Lockertags Dominos Finance of America Mortgage

A great way to end the school year….

students, teachers, and parents all got involved in a variety of activities and friendly competition be-tween classes. Thank you Coach Roeder for a great line up of games that all enjoyed. The sen-iors and students government reps were on board, leading games and making sure the students were

having fun. The event concluded with the unraveling of the Extreme Book It chains with each class crossing over the field with their class chain. The chains represented all the min-utes students read above their regular Book It re-quirements. The school ended up with over 100,000 minutes of reading!

JUNE 22-25 6:30-8:30 PM Entering 5K-6TH GRADE

FREE—661-4325

Chris Edwards

FBT Youth Pastor

JULY 20-24 @ River Oaks Retreat Rising 7th –2015 Graduates

$200 by 7/6 then $230—661-4320

Amy Giles

FBT Children’s

Ministry Director

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Over 150 athletes were

recognized at the Winter/Spring Athletic Awards on

May 13th in the church auditorium for their participation. The athletic programs included cheerleading, basketball, girls’ soft-ball, baseball, soccer, golf and track. Coaches from each sport gave a summary of the team’s season and concluded by presenting their respective specialty awards.

Coach Keefe closed the awards by presenting the Christian Character Award to the male and female ath-lete who displayed Christian character on and off the field or court. 2015 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AWARD Kacey Medlin Garrett Coker

FLORENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

ATHLETIC

HIGHLIGHTS

Row 1: Kerstin Dougherty, Kacey Medlin (Basketball). Row 2: Hunter Eason, Chris Smith, Austin Drummond, Drew Welch (Baseball). Row 3: William Long (Baseball), Michael Cooper (Basketball), Christian Stone (Soccer), Adam Hill (Basketball, Baseball). Row 4: Nick Livingston, Alex Strawn (Soccer). Not pictured: Alex James (Basketball), Tori Alexander (Softball), John Densmore, Clay Dougherty (Golf).

HSSR 2014-15 ALL-STATE RECIPIENTS BASKETBALL: Kerstin Dougherty, Kacey Medlin, Michael Cooper, Alex James. SCISA PLAYER OF THE YEAR/ALL SCISA TEAM BASKETBALL: Kacey Medlin SCISA REGION MVP BASKETBALL: Kacey Medlin BASEBALL: Chris Smith NORTH-SOUTH ALL STAR BASKETBALL: Kerstin Dougherty GEORGIA-SOUTH CAROLINA ALL STAR BASKETBALL: Kacey Medlin, Michael Cooper SCISA NORTH/SOUTH ALL-STAR BASKETBALL: Kerstin Dougherty UCA ALL AMERICAN-CHEERLEADING Abby Drummond, Teil Fuller

fbt.org

Be looking for

details this fall!

Congratulations to Coaches Scotty Keefe and

Chad Strawn for receiving the SCISA Region III 2A Baseball and Soccer

Coach of the Year!

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Mrs. Langnecker’s Class Mrs. Nesbit’s Class The youngest FCS graduates of 2015 received their diplo-

mas for their academic achievement of completing Kindergarten on the morning of Friday, May 22nd. Family and friends assem-bled in the FCS gym to watch the 5K students present a pro-gram that highlighted various academic subjects they had learned during the school year.

The class of 39 kindergarteners are ready to begin their jour-ney in primary school where they will continue to build relation-ships, learn new things, develop their God-given talents, and grow in the knowledge of the Lord through chapel and service to others. Following the program, the young graduates celebrated their accomplishment at a reception with their classmates and family.

Congratulations to 5K teacher Amber Nesbit! She received

the SCISA 2015 Lower School Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Nesbit was one of 3,000 teachers in the SCISA schools. She also re-ceived the honor of FCS Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015 . Mrs. Nesbit loves teaching and not only focuses on the academics but also on ministering to her students and their families outside the classroom.

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The following teachers have reached a milestone in their service of teaching at

Florence Christian School. We gratefully appreciate their years of

service and ministry.

Cindy Arwood Lynn Miles Jennifer Caudill Amy Norris

30 years 20 years 10 years 10 years

Building a great foundation begins in preschool…

OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE in 3K-5K! Who do you know that is looking for the right place for their children or grandchildren to begin building that solid educational foundation?

Call 662-0454 to schedule a personal tour.

The 3K and 4K students ended their year with an attentive audi-

ence of family and friends watching as the preschoolers presented their year end program on Thursday, May 21st in the gym. The young students sang songs, recited scripture verses and phrases and warmed the room up with big smiles. It was a heart warming presentation as the children showcased their talents with a great deal of energy! The 4K included the singing the National An-them in their program and sang it quite well!

Optimist Awards:

5 Star Teacher -Natalie

Hardy, Junior-Victoria Brown

Rotary Club Outstanding Seniors:

Kacey Medlin, Austin Drummond

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The 6th grade class, 30 parents, and

6 FCS staff members traveled to Ohio and Kentucky for the annual FCS CAMPOUT to the Creation Museum! Two chartered buses carrying a total of 89 passengers left at 2AM on April 29th for the annual three day CAMP OUT adventure. It was an exciting three days that included taking in a Cincinnati REDS game, a lunch cruise on a riverboat down the Ohio river, and our annual overnight in the Creation Museum. Not only was the days event packed with fun, but it was also a time of digging into God’s Word in a historical view of creation. Thank you to all the parents who served as chaperones...you made the trip an even greater success! Plans for CAMP OUT ‘16 are underway...so get ready rising 6th graders….it’s your turn to prepare to see!!!

DATES FOR CAMPOUT ‘16

MAY 4-6, 2016!

This is the fifth year FCS students and parents have participated in this special chapel which is sponsored by the FCS Student Gov-ernment. Over the five years, the school has donated over 1300 inches of hair from 103 participants. There is also a number of par-ticipants who have given multiple times.

The students at FCS held

our annual Children with Hair-loss Chapel Monday, May 4th in the gym. Over 500 stu-dents, faculty and parents watched as 16 students and

a mother participated in the school-wide chapel. There was also one teacher and two students who had recently cut their hair. They donated it to be mailed in with the day’s donation. Several local stylists donated hair that had been collected in their salons. Twelve local stylists, led by Barbi Lee from the Salon, gave their time to make the service project possible. FCS sent over 333 inches of hair to Children with Hairloss.

Michelle Johnson, the student government advisor and organ-izer of the event said, “It is amazing to see children and teens getting excited about helping others. This service project is very close to our hearts; we hope that it will continue to grow in the future.”

Congratulations to 5K teacher Amber Nesbit! She received

the SCISA 2015 Lower School Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Nesbit was one of 3,000 teachers in the SCISA schools. She also re-ceived the honor of FCS Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015 . Mrs. Nesbit loves teaching and not only focuses on the academics but also on ministering to her students and their families outside the classroom.

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The following teachers have reached a milestone in their service of teaching at

Florence Christian School. We gratefully appreciate their years of

service and ministry.

Cindy Arwood Lynn Miles Jennifer Caudill Amy Norris

30 years 20 years 10 years 10 years

Building a great foundation begins in preschool…

OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE in 3K-5K! Who do you know that is looking for the right place for their children or grandchildren to begin building that solid educational foundation?

Call 662-0454 to schedule a personal tour.

The 3K and 4K students ended their year with an attentive audi-

ence of family and friends watching as the preschoolers presented their year end program on Thursday, May 21st in the gym. The young students sang songs, recited scripture verses and phrases and warmed the room up with big smiles. It was a heart warming presentation as the children showcased their talents with a great deal of energy! The 4K included the singing the National An-them in their program and sang it quite well!

Optimist Awards:

5 Star Teacher -Natalie

Hardy, Junior-Victoria Brown

Rotary Club Outstanding Seniors:

Kacey Medlin, Austin Drummond

1A~ Daisy Carter, Anna Kate Huggins, Zion Mack, Owen Starr. 1B~ Kailee Boggs, Zoe Dowse Brennan Gifford, Allison Kirkland, Susanna Lee, Aiden Rodgers. 2A~ Matthew Bell, Izzi Caudill, Dylan Fredrick, Bennett Matthews, Ansley Miller, Aadyn Perterson, Miranda Plummer, Kirah Rush. 2B~ Ally Crew, Ashley Law, Pierce Matthews, Anna Maria Roulston, Rachael Springs. 3A~ Ava Ardis, Ben Bank-son, Lilah Granger, Pierson Gray, Hanna Griffith, Landon Hardy, Joshua Munn, Caroline Owens, Gracelynn Parks, Christopher Rish-mawi Anna Reagan Rodriguez, Elizabeth Smith, Luke Windham, Anabel Yarborough. 3B~ Chelsea Andrews, Gavin Belin, Jameson Berry, Bradley Brown, Riley Hatfield, Caleb Howell, Dakota Lawson, Connor Lee, Charleston Evan Shriver, Addison Singleton, Logan Young. 4A~ Mary Margaret Sterling. 4B~ Abhi Cheedeepudi, Lau-ren Hucks, Madison Munn. 5A~ Cade Ardis. 6A ~ Grace Buie, Emily Eason, Bryson Little, Kaia Thomson. 6B~ Jamison Giles. 6C~ Grace Owens, Kylie Stewart. 7th~ Caroline Carter, Stephanie Dersch, Corley Keefe, Luke Lewis, Katelyn Munn, Landen Poston, Cole Pro-cik, Alexander Rishmawi, George Rishmawi, Bailee Sawyer, Madi-son Smith, Lauren Taylor, Lane Ward. 8th~ Janalyn Berry, Zoe Cau-then, Natalie Dehlinger, Chandler Lawson, Delaney Snipes, Madison Stewart, Morgan Warner. 9th~ Melinda Dersch, Caleb Little, Emily Strawn, Ashlyn Wood, Nicholas Wood. 10th~ Victoria Brown, Sa-vannah Gaymon, Grace Lyles, Taylor Peake, Madyson Revell. 11th~ Adam Hill, Jane Jang, Chaewon Kim, Madison Stanley, Mary-Caroline Waldrop. 12th~ Hannah Brown, Abby Drummond, Austin Drummond, Caleb Harrelson, Carlie Skelton, Tyler Tisdale, Stepha-nie West.

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9th~ Katherine Brown, Breana Butler, Clay Dougherty, David Doyle, Ethan Goodale, Caroline Hall, Jade Harrison, Mary Keith Hill, Heather Jeffords, Hannah Kennedy, Jackson Odom, Leah Phiri, Victoria Rogers, Jacob Roscoe. 10th~ Nicholas Baker, Kristen Ev-ans, Lindsay Gibbs, Hallie Ham, Austin Hyman, Georgie Kelley, Caroline McClam, Sarah Medlin, Bryan Michaux, Lance Rogers, Hailey Rowell, Isaac Smith, Connor Williams. 11th~ Drew Berry, Bryce Broach, Hannah Bunch, Kayla Butler, Teil Fuller, Dylan Jones, Nicholas Livingston, Wayne McAlister, Faith Park, Grace Park, Victor Rowell, Jared Sterling, Thomas Sullivan, Madison Warner, Chris White. 12th~ Matthew Christenbury, David Coker, Garrett Coker, Kerstin Dougherty, Hunter Eason, Curdin Gantenbein, Peyton John-son, William Long, Hannah McInnes, Kacey Medlin, Rachel Player, Chris Smith, Drew Welch.

HOLY BIBLE

1A~ Whitney Freeman, Jenna Prevatte, Adrianna Rohme, Leo Sar-miento, Darlee Wallace . 1B~ Ashlyn Cade, Shaelyn Hammond, Kate Kendall, Gabe McLaughlin, Luke Robinson. 2A~ Ethan Graves, Kylie Hammond, Elise Hicks, Mason Huggins, James Mann. 2B~ Jamison Andrews, Kaleigh Bell, Hayden Byrd, Emily McElwee, Tyler Spell, Cody Wallace. 3A~ Camila Canavati, Charley Huber, Jackson McGregor, Caroline Myers, Antonio Sirmans, Logan Sweatt. 3B~ Savannah Benson, Cortland Berry, Justin Cain, Dominic De-Maro, Mason Gregg, Tanner Lewis, Willow Miksa, Madison-Grace Montrose, Madison Sellers, Carson Stone. 4A~ Gracelyn Dersch, Stephen Dowse, Jada Hunt, Monty Johnson, Taylor Jordan, Ava Roscoe, Alyssa Spurling. 4B~ Chase Feagin, Jayce McLaughlin, Caden Shiver. 5A~ Jesse Timmons. 5B~ Hilton Broach, Regan Lee. 6A~ Ryan Carraway, Emma Caudill. 6B~ Dylan Carmichael, Samuel Richardson, Adair Yarborough. 6C~ Nate Ammons, Jackson Gray, Isabelle Sarmiento, Trinity Stewart, Justin Tan. 7th~ Caleb Banks, Sarah Mixon Eaddy, Phillip Hucks, Amber Sutton. 8th~ Haylee Hucks. 9th~ Madison Bedenbaugh, Jacob Benton, Hannah Braddock, Morgan Cass, Bryce Livingston, Macy McArthur, Filipe Pollard, Shelley Rodriguez, Eden Wallace. 10th~ Ellie Arnold, Abby Buie, Tori Hewit, Preston Watson. 11th~ Jordan Creekmur, Drew Knudsen. 12th~ Harmony Pyke.

1A~ Matthew Byrd, Jacob Robinson, Paxton Tiller, Zeb Warner. 1B~ Joshua Davis, Christopher Dorrell, Hank Griffith, Jamison McDaniel, Malena McElwee, Parker Watson, William Wilson. 2A~ Caitlin Bray, Wallace Jordan, Laura Hazel Nance, Noah Taylor, Payton White. 2B~ Shay Brown, Ryan Coscetti, Emma Godwin, Brylee Joyner, Hunter Miller, Raquel Pollard. 3A~ Keifer Adams, Keaton Keels, Grace Kendall. 3B~ Chase Alban, Callie Jenkins, Cody Rogers, Madison Dellers, Victoria Smith, 4A~ Laci Coker, Kenzie Feagin, Kaitlin Fore, Orlando Hudson, John Rogers Kirven, Cameron McGee, Evan Ridgeway, Thomas Michael Smith, Bryce Turner, Joshua Turner, Peyton Watson. 4B~ Mary Ryan Bell, Harrison Brown Daniel Coates, Mary Ella Kea, Aleah Rush, Ainesis Sanchez-Reyes, Dawson Smith Robert Smith, Stephen Spann. 5A~ Ebony Austin, Emily Eaddy, Lillian Griffin, Ethan Kelly, McKenzie Montrose, Maggie Odom, Kylie Simmons, Max Warner. 5B~ Joseph Andrews, Addie Bankson, Jane Gagliardi, Michelle Hill, Kaysie Hucks, Payton Huggins, Josie Lyerly, Lindie Matthee, Joshua McDaniel, Dylan McGill, Lydia Norris, Benjamin Proctor. 6A~ Marshall Brown, Rob-bie Jordan, Macy Powell, Haleh Rush, Christian Strange. 6B~ Caro-line Garris, Annabelle Moore, Wesley Peake, Kimrey Schaffer, Mat-thew Tomlinson, Kelsey Wilkes. 6C~ Clayton Bochette, Jalynn Cade, Chloe Canavati, Melissa Crowley, Amelia Lyles, Karson Norris, Lily Sauls, Brandon Smith. 7th~ Andre’ Aikens, Tyler Aard, Graham Berry, Collin Brown, Sam Densmore, Jonas Duty, Kamari Hudson, Jamal McDuffie, Skyler Monson, Micaela Montrose, Caroline Page, Clint Parks, Braxton Shelley, Cienna Turner. 8th~ Anna Scott Ar-nold, Pressley Brangi, Jessica Butler, Madison Caudill, Graham Copes, Camryn Edwards, Zachary Edwards, Julia Hewitt, Jacob Keefe, Joshua Keefe, Claire Larrimore, Mason McCormick, Maegan Miles, Logan Sims, Jordan Snipes, Evan Tan, Griffin Walters.

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A cast of over 70 students from elementary to high school age

presented the classic story “Wizard of Oz” April 23-24,2015 to a full house both nights in the FCS gym. The play was very capti-vating as the audience was drawn in with effects of the tornado and the storm, the colorful land of the Munchkins and Oz, the famous scene where the wicked witch melts and then the famous Wizard of Oz in his appearance on the screen...twice! The over-all production was very entertaining. The play was under the direction of Megan Kendall, Leslie Evans with Cindy Arwood as the piano accompianist. The evening was opened with the ad-vanced string ensemble playing a medley of songs from the play.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade winners of the last period of Book-It-

Xtreme won a trip to Columbia for the SC Read-In on April 14, 2015! An event celebrating reading and libraries created by the SC Asso-ciation of School Librarians. This year’s theme was BOOKS ON PARADE; students were encouraged to dress up as their favorite book character. FCS celebrated with an assortment of characters and Mascots including: Cocky and his Reading Express, The Clemson Tiger, The Benedict College Tiger, Olivia the Octopus, Louise the poodle, and other. Sponsor Evie Brown stated, “We had a beautiful day on the

State House steps celebrating reading, because ‘Kids Who Read Succeed!’” The winners that partici-pated where: 6th Grade- Adair Yarborough, Ariel Davis, Carson Alban, Dylan Carmichael, Jamison Giles, Kelsey Sims, Landen Seif-fert, Madelyn Duncan, Mat-

thew Tomlinson, Timothy Blue, and Wesley Peake. 5th Grade- Bryce Woodberry, Callie Hill, Joshua McDaniel, Lindie Matthee, Lydia Norris, and Michelle Hill. 4th Grade- Abhi Cheedipudi Chase Feagin, Grace Foxworth, Harrison Brown, Jake McPher-son, James Edwards, Jayce McLaughlin, Lauren Hucks, and Madison Munn.

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The 6th grade class, 30 parents, and

6 FCS staff members traveled to Ohio and Kentucky for the annual FCS CAMPOUT to the Creation Museum! Two chartered buses carrying a total of 89 passengers left at 2AM on April 29th for the annual three day CAMP OUT adventure. It was an exciting three days that included taking in a Cincinnati REDS game, a lunch cruise on a riverboat down the Ohio river, and our annual overnight in the Creation Museum. Not only was the days event packed with fun, but it was also a time of digging into God’s Word in a historical view of creation. Thank you to all the parents who served as chaperones...you made the trip an even greater success! Plans for CAMP OUT ‘16 are underway...so get ready rising 6th graders….it’s your turn to prepare to see!!!

DATES FOR CAMPOUT ‘16

MAY 4-6, 2016!

This is the fifth year FCS students and parents have participated in this special chapel which is sponsored by the FCS Student Gov-ernment. Over the five years, the school has donated over 1300 inches of hair from 103 participants. There is also a number of par-ticipants who have given multiple times.

The students at FCS held

our annual Children with Hair-loss Chapel Monday, May 4th in the gym. Over 500 stu-dents, faculty and parents watched as 16 students and

a mother participated in the school-wide chapel. There was also one teacher and two students who had recently cut their hair. They donated it to be mailed in with the day’s donation. Several local stylists donated hair that had been collected in their salons. Twelve local stylists, led by Barbi Lee from the Salon, gave their time to make the service project possible. FCS sent over 333 inches of hair to Children with Hairloss.

Michelle Johnson, the student government advisor and organ-izer of the event said, “It is amazing to see children and teens getting excited about helping others. This service project is very close to our hearts; we hope that it will continue to grow in the future.”