Richland County School District One Stevenson Administra on Building 1616 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201
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Spring 2013
Richland One A Publication of Richland County School District One
What’s Inside Educating the ‘Net Generation’
Stay Connected!
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Student Achievements Pages 3-4 www.richlandone.org
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2013-14 Calendar KEY DATES
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To view the full calendar, go to www.richlandone.org and click on District Calendars.
2013 Graduation Schedule Page 4
State Champions Page 5
Upcoming Events
August 19 – First day of school for students November 27-29 – Thanksgiving break December 23-January 3 – Winter break
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2013-2014 Calendar Key Dates Back cover
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Educating The ‘Net Generation’ Richland One is helping students become new millennium learners By Debra A. Brathwaite, Ph.D. Typewriters and Wite-Out®, eight-track players and casse e recorders, and having to ask a gas staon a endant for direc ons instead of being guided to your des na on by a GPS device are relics of the past. Our students do not know that world. Our students are members of the “Net Genera on.” They carry the Internet around in their pockets and are agile at using a myriad of devices. They are indeed creators of the future. Our students live in a me where the world no longer cares how much they know but what they do with what they know. Our students live in a culture of innova on. They must learn to work collabora vely, be able to solve complex problems, be unafraid of trial and error, and change their focus from consuming to crea ng. The challenge for Richland One is how to educate our students to keep pace with the growing demands, changing landscape and global compeveness of the 21st century. We do that by believing that what our students have learned to do is more essen al than what they are born with. We also encourage curiosity so that students get in the habit of asking good ques ons and crea ng a desire to understand informa on more deeply. Fostering collabora on, which begins with listening to and learning from others, is cri cal as well. Con nued on page 2
April 14-18 – Spring break May 29 – Last day of school for students (half-day) January 21, February 17 and March 28 – Student make-up days (if needed)
2013 Summer Camps Parents, would your children enjoy an out-of-thisworld summer adventure building robots, launching model rockets or flying a jet in a flight simulator? Sign them up now for the Richland One Challenger Learning Center’s summer camps.
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