Barnwell County’s
School Calendar
2016-2017 School Year A Special Supplement to The People-Sentinel
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Sunday
Monday
1
First Day of School (Public Schools)
Welcome back!
Tuesday
2
D19 - Administrative training
Wednesday
3
D29 - Student registration, 8 am - noon
Thursday
4
D29 - Student registration, 3 - 7 pm
Friday
5
D29 - New & 2nd year teacher orientation, 8 am
Saturday
6
BES - Middle Grades Conference BES - Open Registration - Freshman Orientation, - District opener, 7 BHS 8 D45 3 pm teachers return
9
10
D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
BES, BPS - T/A, Shadows return to work
Meet & Greet, 11BES, 6-7 p.m.
- District Opening / 12 D29 Vendor Fair
13
BPS - Meet & Greet, 5-7 p.m. D19 - Open House and registration, noon - 7 pm D29 - Student registration, 8 am - 4 pm JDA - K3 & K4 Open House, 6 - 7 pm D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
D19, D29, D45 - Teacher In-Service
14
D29, D45 - First Day 15 D19, of School for students BHS - Stable Talk
16 JDA - Parent Night, 6-7 pm 17
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm BES - School Rules and Expectations Assembly 4th & 5th - 9 am, 6th 10 am JDA - Senior Picture (retakes)
18
JDA - Students return to school
JDA - Teacher PrePlanning - PTO/YMCA Movie 19 BPS Night at Dusk; Websites/
20
Apps/Comuputer Use workshop, 6:30 pm
JDA - Teacher PrePlanning
21
- PTO Fundraiser 22 BES Kickoff, Cyberbullying
Parent Workshop 6 pm JDA - Board of Directors meeting, 6:30 pm
- Workshop during 23 BES PLC
- School pictures, 6th 24 JDA 25 JDA - K3 - 5th grades 11th grades
26
27
BHS - First Semester Open House
KEES, WEMS - MAP testing BES - Scholastic Book Fair
28
- All Sportsmanship 29 JDA Meeting, 6:30 pm, Gym
30 BES - Stable Talk, 3:05 pm 31
KEES, WEMS - MAP testing BES - Scholastic Book Fair
BES - Barnwell Elementary School BHS - Barnwell High School BPS - Barnwell Primary School GBMS - Guinyard-Butler Middle School JDA - Jefferson Davis Academy KEES - Kelly Edwards Elementary School MES - Macedonia Elementary School WEHS - Williston-Elko High School WEMS - Williston-Elko Middle School
D19 - District 19 Blackville Schools D29 - District 29 Williston Schools D45 - District 45 Barnwell Schools
for Grades K5 - 8th
September 2016 Sunday
Monday
BES - Barnwell Elementary School BHS - Barnwell High School BPS - Barnwell Primary School GBMS - Guinyard-Butler Middle School JDA - Jefferson Davis Academy KEES - Kelly Edwards Elementary School MES - Macedonia Elementary School WEHS - Williston-Elko High School WEMS - Williston-Elko Middle School
4
Labor Day
5
School Holiday All Districts Closed
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday - Pizza Hut Family 1 BES Night
D19 - District 19 Blackville Schools D29 - District 29 Williston Schools D45 - District 45 Barnwell Schools
Friday
2
KEES - Open House, 5-6:30 pm
JDA - Casual Day for all students - $2
Saturday
3
KEES, WEMS - MAP testing BES - Scholastic Book Fair
5
6
BES - McDonald’s Family Night BPS - Fundraiser begins; School Improvement Meeting, 8 am
7
BES - Mi Rancho Family Night JDA - Required faculty meeting, 2:15 pm
8 D19 - Benchmarks
D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
- Picture Day 9 BES Grandparents Lunch
10
- Stable Talk Meets; 16 BHS Interim Reports
17
Grades are due by 3 pm JDA - Make-up pictures, K3-11th
No School School Holiday
11
KEES - Grandparents Day lunches with students
- PTO/SIC 5:30-6 pm 12 BES 13 Literacy Extravaganza/
Patriot Day
14
BES - Interim Reports JDA - Chapel D19 - Progress reports
Open House 6-7 pm D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
- School Board 15 D45 meeting
JDA - Grandparents Luncheon
D29 - Interim Reports
National Grandparents Day 18
- Masters of 19 BES Multiplication Practice #1
20
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
D29, D45 - Early 21D19, Release of students,
JDA - Mid-term reports; Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30 pm
25
26
BES - Masters of Multiplication Practice #2
27 BES - Stable Talk, 3:05 pm 28
Collaborative Planning Day
- Teacher of the Year 22 D29 23 Banquet, 7 pm, Williston First Baptist Church
29 BES - Clubs
30
24
31
October 2016 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
BES - PTO/SIC 5:30 pm Masters of Multiplication Practice #3
- School improvement 4 BPS meeting 8 am
5
- Pizza Hut Family 6 BES Night
- Duty-free lunch for 7 BPS teachers
8
JDA - Casual Day for all students - $2
BPS - Fall Book Fair
9
- Masters of 10 BES Multiplication Challenge #1 11
12
JDA - Chapel D19 - Benchmarks
19
BHS, JDA - PSAT
D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
13 BES - Fall Carnival
D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
- Exams, Periods 14 BHS 3&4
15
Columbus Day National School Lunch Week
16
D29, D45 - 1st 17 D19, Quarter ends
BHS - Exams, Periods 1 & 2 JDA - Board of Directors meeting, 6:30 pm
- PTO Fundraiser 18 BPS begins
BPS - Parent D19, D29, D45 - Parent 20 BHS, Conferences, 3-7 pm; Pick 21 Conferences,
up 1st Q Report Cards BPS - Awards Day JDA - End of 9 Weeks D19 - Parent/Teacher conferences - all schools, 3 - 7 pm
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
22
In-service Day BHS, BPS - Parent Conferences, 8 am - noon; Pick up 1st Q Report Cards JDA - Students 1/2 day
BES, BPS - Benchmark Testing
23
24
- Stable Talk, 3:05 25 BES pm
JDA - Report cards on Parent Renweb
26
- Fall Carnival’ 27 BPS Standards/Homework Workshop
28
BES - Awards Day 4th - 8:15 am, 5th - 9 am, 6th - 10 am
Red Ribbon Week BES - Benchmark Testing BES - Barrier Island BPS - PTO Trunk or Treat
30
31
D19 - Report cards
JDA - Halloween Carnival
JDA - NO SCHOOL D19 - Parent Night
29
23-25
November 2016 Sunday
Thanksgiving Holiday All Schools Closed
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- School Improvement 1 BPS meeting, 8 am
- Required faculty 2 JDA meeting, 2:15 pm
Thursday - Pizza Hut Family 3 BES Night
Friday
4
BES - Masters of Multiplication Celebration JDA - Casual Day/all students - $2
Saturday
5 D19 - SAT
BPS - PTO Canned Food Drive BES - Barrier Island
6
7
BES - PTO/SIC, 5:30 pm
8
9
Election Day
BES - Mi Rancho Family Night
- School Board 10 D45 meeting, 7 pm
11
- Interim Reports; 17 BHS Stable Talk meets
D29 - Interim Reports 18 D19, 19 WEMS- Career Day
D45 - Veterans Day program
No School
12
BPS - Miss Cool Colt Pageant, 10 am
BPS - PTO Canned Food Drive BES - Benchmark Data meetings
13
- Board of Directors 14 JDA meeting, 6:30 pm D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
15 D19 - Benchmarks
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
16
JDA - Chapel
D19, D29. D45- Collaborative Planning Day, Early release of students
American Education Week
20
21 BES - Interims
22
BES - Clubs
23
24
25
Thanksgiving D19 - Thanksgiving holiday JDA - Thanksgiving holiday
27
28
JDA - Fall sports awards, 6 pm
D19, D29, D45, JDA - Thanksgiving holiday
29 BES - Stable Talk - 3:05 pm 30 JDA - Mid-term reports
JDA - Winter sports pictures
D45 - School Board meeting - TBA
26
21
December
Christmas Holiday begins
2016
Sunday
for Public School Districts
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Pizza Hut Family 1 BES Night
BES - TBD: Winter Arts Fundraiser Band concert/chorus performance
4
BES - PTO/SIC, 5:30 pm 5 D19 - School Board
Thursday
6
BPS - School improvement meeting, 8 am
7
8
D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
Friday
Saturday
- PTO Holiday Shop 2 BPS Preview Day
3
9
- ACT 10 D19 testing
- Teddy Bear Tea 16 BPS Party for 5K
17
JDA - Casual Day/all students - $2
meeting, 7 pm
BPS - PTO Holiday Shop; Winter Book Fair
11
12
13
- Exams, 1st & 2nd 14 JDA periods, 1/2 day
BES - Clubs 15JDA - Exams, 3rd & 4th
periods, 1/2 day D19 - Benchmarks
JDA - Exams, 5th & 6th periods, 1/2 day
D19 - Semester Exams JDA - Exam Review BHS - Fall Semester EOCT
18
19
20
21
BHS - Exams, Periods 1 & BES - Stable Talk, 3:05 pm 2 (Dismiss 11:50 am) BHS - Exams, Periods 3 & 4 BPS - Holiday Program
22
23
24
Christmas Eve
D19, D29, D45 - 1/2 Day D19, D29, D45, JDA - Christmas holiday - NO SCHOOL
JDA - Christmas Holidays - NO SCHOOL
25
26
27
28
Christmas Day
29
30
31
New Year’s Eve D19, D29, D45, JDA - Christmas/Winter holiday - NO SCHOOL
2-4
January 2017 Sunday
1
New Year’s Day
Back to School
(Date varies by school)
16
MLK Day
School Holiday
Monday
2
Tuesday - Students return to 3 D19 school
JDA - Students return to school
Wednesday
Thursday
4
D29, D45 - Students return to school JDA - Required faculty meeting, 2:15 pm
- Pizza Hut family 5 BES night
- Mi Rancho family 11 BES night
- Multiplication 12 BPS Mania begins; Awards
Friday
Saturday
6
7
13
14
20
21
D19, D29, D45 - End of 2nd Quarter JDA - Casual day (all students) - $2; Report cards available on Renweb
D19- Winter holiday D29, D45 - Winter holiday - NO SCHOOL
8
9
- School 10 BPS Improvement meeting,
BES - PTO/SIC, 5:30 pm
JDA - Board of Directors meeting, 6:30 pm D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
8 am
D29, D45 - REPORT CARDS BHS - Stable Talk meets JDA - Chapel
Day; Report Cards WEMS - Awards Day D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
D19, D29, D45 - Teacher Professional Development Inservice Day
BES, BPS, WEMS - Benchmark Testing
15
16
17 D19 - Report Cards
18
19
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
MLK Day
School Holiday
22
23
BHS - 2nd Semester Open House
BES - Benchmark Testing
24
25
- PTO Wonderland - Awards Day 26 BPS 27 BES 28 Circus 4th - 8:15 am, 5th - 9 am, 6th - 10 am JDA - Students out at 11:30 am
BES - Benchmark Testing
29
30
31 BES - Stable Talk - 3:05 pm
GBMS - Guinyard-Butler Middle School JDA - Jefferson Davis Academy KEES - Kelly Edwards Elementary School MES - Macedonia Elementary School WEHS - Williston-Elko High School WEMS - Williston-Elko Middle School
D19 - District 19 Blackville Schools D29 - District 29 Williston Schools D45 - District 45 Barnwell Schools
SPORTS
20
February 2017 Sunday
Monday
President’s Day Holiday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday - Pizza Hut family 2 BES night
Friday
Saturday
- Grades due 3 pm 3 BES BPS - Duty-free lunch for
4
10
11
16
17 JDA - Mid-term reports
18
23
- African-American 24 WEMS Heritage Program, 2 pm
BPS - Multiplication Mania ends teachers JDA - Casual day (all students) D19 - Benchmarks - $2
Groundhog Day 5
- PTO/SIC/ Poetry 6 BES Alive 5:30 pm
Masters of Multiplication Practice #1 BPS - New 3K (Montessori), 4K & 5K registration begins
- School Improvement 7 BPS 8 meeting, 8 am
BES - Interim Reports
- Clubs 9 BES D19 - Progress Reports D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
BES - Benchmark Data Meetings
12
- Masters of 13 BES Multiplication Practice #2
- Interim Reports; 14 BHS Stable Talk meets
D29 - Interim Reports JDA - Board of Directors meeting, 6:30 pm D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
19
20
D19, D29, D45 Collaborative Planning Day, Early release of students JDA - Chapel
- Masters of 21 BES 22 Multiplication Practice #3 D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
President’s Day No School 26
15
BPS - Spring Book Fair
- Masters of BES - 1st Semester 27 BES Multiplication Challenge #2 28 Benchmark Medal Ceremony
BES - Scholastic Book Fair
25
Newspapers In Education Week March 6 - 10
17
March
2017
Sunday
Monday
St. Patrick’s Day Tuesday
Wednesday
1
JDA - Required faculty meeting, 2:15 pm
Thursday - Pizza Hut family 2 BES night
Friday
Saturday
- Casual day (all 3 JDA students) - $2
4
- Masters of 10 BES Multiplication Dance
11 D19 - SAT
- Grades due by 17 D45 3 pm
18
BPS - Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration; Literacy Night & Literacy at Home Workshop
BES - Scholastic Book Fair
5
- PTO/SIC 6 BES SS Night (Living Hisotry &
- School Improvement 7 BPS 8 meeting, 8 am
BES - Mi Rancho family night JDA - Chapel
Multicultural)
9
D19 - Benchmarks
D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
Newspapers In Education Week KEES, WEMS - MAP Testing BES - Scholastic Book Fair
12
- School Board 13 D19 meeting, 7 pm
- Exams, Periods 14 BHS 3&4
15
D19, D29, D45 - End of 3rd Quarter BHS - Exams, Periods 1 & 2
16
St. Patrick’s Day
KEES, WEMS - MAP Testing BES, BPS - Benchmark Testing JDA - Stanford Testing
19
20
Spring begins
- School Board 21 D29 meeting, 7 pm
22
D19 - REPORT CARDS
D45 - pick up Report - Parent Conferences 23 D45 24 D29, Cards 3-7 pm
REPORT CARDS BPS - Awards Day; Montessori 3K Lottery Drawing D19, D29 - Parent Conferences, 3-7 pm WEMS - Awards Day
JDA - Board of Directors meeting
D19, D29, D45 - Parent Conferences 8 am - noon; Inservice Day
JDA - Make-up Stanford Testing BES, BPS, WEMS - Benchmark Testing
26
27
- Awards Day: 28 BES 4th - 8:15 am, 5th - 9 am, 6th - 10 am Stable Talk, 3:05 pm
BES - Benchmark Testing
29
30
31
25
22
April
2017
Sunday
Earth Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
BES - PTO/SIC, 5:30 pm
- School Improvement 4 BPS meeting, 8 am
5
JDA - Cap & Gown pictures - K3, K4, K5, 12th grade
- Clubs 6 BES Pizza Hut family night
7 JDA -NO SCHOOL
8
14
15
JDA -Junior/Senior prom
BPS - PTO Canned Food Drive BES - Benchmark Data Meetings
9
- Evening with the 10 BES Arts, 5-7 pm
11 D19 - Benchmarks
12
JDA - Chapel, Spring pictures (K3-5th)
JDA - Board of Directors meeting
- Grades due by 13 BES 3 pm
6th grade Career Day BHS - Prom JDA - Mid-term grades, Spring pictures (6th-11th) D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
D19, D29, D45,JDA Spring Holiday NO SCHOOL
BPS - PTO Canned Food Drive
16
17
Easter Sunday 23
D29 - School Board
18 meeting, 7 pm
20
21
22
D19, D29, D45, JDA - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
24
- Interim Reports 25 BES Stable Talk, 5:30 pm
D19 - Progress Reports
30
19
26
D29 - Interim Reports
- 3rd Quarter 27 BES Benchmark Medal
28
29
Ceremony BHS - Interim Reports; Stable Talk meets
Arbor Day
14
May
2017
Sunday
Mother’s Day
Monday
1
May Day
Tuesday
2
BPS - School Improvement meeting, 8 am
Wednesday
3
Thursday - Pizza Hut Family 4 BES Night
Friday - Duty-free lunch for 5 BPS teachers
Saturday
6
JDA - Field Day (1st - 8th grades)
BES - PTO / Mighty Mustangs, 5:50 pm BPS - May Day Festival & Art Show; Healthy Minds & Bodies Workshop
JDA - Spiritual Emphasis
BPS - Benchmark Testing Teacher Appreciation Week
7
- Board of Directors 8 JDA meeting
- Mi Rancho Family 9 BHS - AP Calculus AB Exam 10 BES Night
- School Board meet11D45 12 BES - Lunch with Moms ing, 7 pm
13
D19 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
BPS - BOGO Book Fair BPS - Benchmark Testing; BOGO Book Fair
14
Mother’s Day
- School Board 15 BHS - Senior Awards Night 16 D29 meeting, 7 pm
17
JDA - Spring Sports Awards, 6 pm
- Last Day for K318 JDA K4, graduation - 6 pm
- Lunch with Dads 19 BES Grades due by 3 pm
20
BHS - Undercalassmen Awards; Senior Exams, Periods 3 & 4 JDA - Last Day for K5, graduation - 6 pm; Academic Awards 12:05 pm (7th - 12th grade)
JDA - Senior Exams BPS - Benchmark Testing BHS - Spring Semester EOCT BES - Scholastic BOGO Book Fair
21
BHS, WEHS, JDA Baccalaureate
22
BHS - Senior Exams, Periods 1 & 2
23
BES - Field Day
BHHS - Senior Exams
24
D19, D29, D45 - 1/2 Day for students BES - 6th grade Graduation/ Awards Day BPS - Awards Day
BHHS - Underclassmen Exams
JDA - Teacher
JDA - Exams
28
29
Memorial Day
25
D19, D29, D45 - 1/2 Day for students; REPORT CARDS BES - Awards Day - 4th - 8:15 am, 5th - 9:15 am BHS - Exams, Periods 3 & 4 Dismiss 11:50 am WEMS - 8th Grade Honors Program, 9 am
30
31
NO SCHOOL D19, D29, D45 - Teacher In-Service
D29, D45 - end of 4th 27 26 D19, quarter
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BHS - Periods 1 & 2 - Dismiss 11:50 am; GRADUATION BPS - Report Cards issued JDA - Graduation practice, 1 pm; GRADUATION, 7 pm D19 - 1/2 Day of School; ‘ BHHS - GRADUATION WEHS - Awards Day, Workdays 9 am
GBMS - Guinyard-Butler Middle School JDA - Jefferson Davis Academy KEES - Kelly Edwards Elementary School MES - Macedonia Elementary School WEHS - Williston-Elko High School WEMS - Williston-Elko Middle School
WEHS GRADUATION,10 am (if rain delay, 2 pm)
D19 - District 19 Blackville Schools D29 - District 29 Williston Schools D45 - District 45 Barnwell Schools
June Sunday
21
2017
First Day of Summer
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
4
11
BHS - FINAL report 5D29, cards
6
7
- School Board 12 D19 meeting, 7 pm
13
14
8
D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
15
Friday
Saturday
2
3 D19 - SAT
9
10 D19 - ACT
16
17
Flag Day 18
19
20
21
22
23
29
30
Summer Begins
Father’s Day
25
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
26
27
28
24
July Sunday
2
4 2017
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
6
7
8
12
13
14
15
19
20
21
D45 - Last Day for 220-day contract employees D45 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
Independence Day 9
- School Board 10 D19 meeting, 7 pm
11
16
17
18
23
24
25
30
31
D29 - School Board meeting, 7 pm
26
27
28
22
29
Barnwell County School Directory Barnwell 45
Barnwell 45 School District
770 Hagood Ave. | Barnwell, S.C. 29812 | (803) 541-1300 www.barnwell45.org Superintendent: Jay Grissom | jgrissom@barnwell45.k12.sc.us Admin. assistant: Jaci Bearden | jbearden@barnwell45.k12.sc.us
Barnwell Primary School
Grades K-3 | (803) 541-1321 Principal: Donna Selvey | dselvey@barnwell45.k12.sc.us
Barnwell Elementary School
Grades 4-6 | (803) 541-1285 Principal: Dr. Carolyn Anderson | canderson@barnwell45.k12.sc.us
Guinyard-Butler Middle
Barnwell 29
Williston School District 29
12255 Main St. | Williston, S.C. 29853 | (803) 266-7878 www.williston.k12.sc.us Superintendent: Dr. Missoura Ashe | mashe@williston.k12.sc.us Admin. assistant: Debbie McNeil | dmcneil@williston.k12.sc.us
Kelly Edwards Elementary
Grades K4-5 | (803) 266-3737 Principal: Nakeisha Baxley | nbaxley@williston.k12.sc.us
Williston-Elko Middle
Grades 6-8 | (803) 266-3430 Principal: Greg Sweet | gsweet@williston.k12.sc.us
Williston-Elko High
Grades 9-12 | (803) 266-3110 Principal: Alison Brady | abrady@williston.k12.sc.us
BCCC
Barnwell County Career Center
Grades 7-8 | (803) 541-1370 5214 Reynolds Rd. | Blackville, S.C. 29817 | (803) 259-5512 Principal: Dr. Jessica Brabham-James | jbrabham@barnwell45.k12.sc.us www.bccc.k12.sc.us Director: Sam McKay | sammckay@bccc.k12.sc.us
Barnwell High
Grades 9-12 | (803) 541-1390 Principal: Franklin McCormack | fmccormack@barnwell45.k12.sc.us
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
BARNWELL 19
5061 Hilda Road | Blackville, S.C. 29817 www.jeffersondavisacademy.info Head of School: Dr. Walter Banks | wbanks@jeffersondavisacademy.info (803) 284-2476 upper school | (803) 284-2017 grammar school
Blackville-Hilda School District 19
297 Pascallas St. | Blackville, S.C. 29817 | (803) 284-5605 www.barnwell19.k12.sc.us Superintendent: Dr. Shawn Johnson |shawn.johnsoon@barnwell19.net Admin. assistant: Yvonne Birt | yvonne.birt@barnwell19.net
Macedonia Elementary
Grades pre K-5 | (803) 284-5800 Principal: Teresa Reid | teresa.reid@barnwell19.net
Blackville-Hilda Middle School
Grades 6-8 | (803) 284-5900 Principal: Michael Beasley | mike.beasley@barnwell19.net
Blackville-Hilda High Grades 9-12 | (803) 284-5700 Principal: Vacant
Jefferson Davis Academy
Barnwell Academy
P.O. Box 338 | Barnwell, SC 29812 www.barnwellacademy.org (803) 259-4465
Barnwell Christian
5675 S.C. 70 | Blackville, S.C. 29817 Director: Andrew Korver | (803) 259-2100
Calvary Fellowship Mennonite
2436 Healing Springs Road | Blackville, S.C. 29817 Director: Ken Kanagy | (803) 284-2876
IHS Christian School
222 Noble St. | Williston, S.C. 29853 Director: Joanna Ashba | (803) 266-7372
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