This Week
May 24, 2019
The School Foundation (TSF) Awards Over $145,000 to F1S
STEM Bus Receives $50,000 Funding from TSF
The STEM bus is a state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile classroom designed by STEM U, LLC. It is a mobile STEM classroom that will be scheduled at every Florence 1 school multiple times during the school year. The inside of the bus will consist of advanced interactive technology that provides students with immersive interactive technology.
Each zone will provide students with opportunities to explore and solve real-world problems while providing exposure to STEM-specific careers and local industry challenges. Students from every school in Florence 1 will have time with the STEM bus. The project will allow elementary and middle school students an opportunity to begin exploring STEM careers while giving high school students a chance to expand their curriculum in a specific STEM field. Teachers will also be able to explore how to use STEM concepts in their classes. School visitations will be set up on a rotation basis. Also during the school year, demonstrations for local business and industry leaders will be provided in order to familiarize them with STEM educational opportunities offered in Florence 1 Schools from kindergarten through grade twelve.
TSF Grant Recipients for 2019-20
F1 Schools STEM Bus (State-of-the-Art, Customed Designed Mobile Classroom) $50,000
Chris Rogers
Startsmart School Readiness Initiative Count 5 Continues $33,501.32
Dr. Floyd Creech
Savannah Grove Elementary School - Code to the Future (Computer Immersion) $ 20,000
Dr. Hayley Taylor, David Copeland, Jr., and Cherisse Thayer (pictured)
REACH - Google Expeditions for Elementary Learners $14,886.29
Brittany Smith, Suzette Watson, Robin Dantzler, Melanie McMillan & Dora Mitropoulos
Adult Education (VOICES) $14,203.23
Carol Hill
Keep Calm & Carry On $12,822.96
Jennifer Danford,
Briggs Elementary, Timrod, Greenwood, Dewey L. Carter, Wallace Gregg
Female Students Invited to Explore Non-Traditional Career Opportunities
Florence Chamber Seeks Emerging Leaders
The Emerging Leaders Summer Institute is a program designed to generate professional training and development, mentorship, community engagement and recruitment opportunities.
The purpose is to identify, develop and empower Emerging Leaders, specifically minorities, small business owners and innovative professionals poised to move into the next level of community and business leadership. Program dates include June 11, June 12, June 17, July 24 and August 7.
For more information, call Less Echols of the Florence Chamber of Commerce at 843-665-0515.
South Florence Literary & Art Magazine Staff to Debut Ursa Minor
The South Florence Ursa Minor staff will recognize students with art and written submissions which have been accepted into the school’s literary and art magazine. Student writers will present their original poems from the magazine on Thursday, May 28 at 6:00 p.m. at Lula's Coffee Co.
Students with work accepted will receive a complimentary copy of the magazine, which is funded by the South Florence Association of Parents, Teachers, and Students, and by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Please join the Ursa Minor staff to celebrate students’ creativity and powerful voices.
This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
2016 South Florence Grad McKnight-Allen Competes Nationally
NAACP Honors Students
Students honored at the 4th Annual Highway to Higher Education Program include:
front row, left to right, Kiana Wolfe, Wilson High; Alex Reid, Wilson High; Alexis Carroway, South Florence; Akira Johnson, South Florence, and Dr. Richard O'Malley.
Second row, left to right, Jerry Keith, President, NAACP; Kala Jenkins, Wilson High; Emily SantiAnna, Wilson High: Ebony Hunter, West Florence; Jaila Davis, Wilson High
Third Row, left to right: Jordyn Parnell, West Florence; Deasia Rush, West Florence; Micheal Mason, Jr., South Florence; Darrin Davis, South Florence; Taylor Jones, South Florence; Jarrod Woodland, West Florence. Not pictured is Alexis Dale, West Florence.
Click on the video linked below to learn more about this year's Highway to Higher Education honorees.
Athletes of the Year to be Announced This Week
This year Florence 1 Schools will hold its Male and Female Athlete of the Year ceremonies with student nominees representing each of the three high school on Saturday, May 25.
Each high school nominated one male and one female athlete, and a committee of local sports editors and directors will select the overall winners which will be announced at the Florence Country Club.
Nominees are South Florence’s Micheal Mason and Saphire Campbell; West Florence's Cooper Wallace, Hannah D. Skipper, p*; and Wilson’s Kiahshia Jones, Nicholas Jacobs.
p* posthumously
Tiger L.E.A.D. Society Appreciation Program
Photo: Back row: Left to right: Ky Whaley, Damauri Smith, Jamarie Garris, Vershawn Hanner, Travion Ross, and Charles Cooper and Sam Fryer (Adviser).
Front row: Left to right: Glynn Willis, Jarrod Deas, Darryl Page, Rev. Calvin Robinson, Coach Richard Cue (Adviser), Tirek "Uncle Buddah Ratt" Robinson , Robert LeMaster, Dr. Allie E. Brooks, Jr., and Rev. Waymond Mumford.
Commencement Exercises for the Three High Schools Announced
Florence 1 Schools announces that commencement exercises for all three high schools will be held at the Florence Center: South Florence, at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5; West Florence at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6; and Wilson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 7.
Summer Camps 2019
Did You Know?
Gone are the days of propeller planes! Florence Airport now has American Airlines jet service.