Please make sure you send a nice message to your teachers thanking them for everything they do!
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| Kim Dunbar Ed.S, M.S., CDF Executive Director, SCWS "We have made it to our last full month of the traditional school year for 2021-2022. Remember to reach out to your counselors, teachers, and other support staff if you have questions or need help. As always, check your email, student dashboard, and calendar daily for information about testing and other important events. I'm so proud of what you all have accomplished and I hope you are too. Let's finish this year strong." | Ebone' Adams, Ed.S Principal, SCWS "Congratulations to our seniors who are finishing up their final year of high school! We are so proud of you and we wish you all the best as you venture off to new heights in life. We appreciate your determination, commitment and your hard work. These attributes will get you far in life. Be fearless, be respectful, be kind and authentic!" |
"We have made it to our last full month of the traditional school year for 2021-2022. Remember to reach out to your counselors, teachers, and other support staff if you have questions or need help. As always, check your email, student dashboard, and calendar daily for information about testing and other important events. I'm so proud of what you all have accomplished and I hope you are too. Let's finish this year strong."
"Congratulations to our seniors who are finishing up their final year of high school! We are so proud of you and we wish you all the best as you venture off to new heights in life. We appreciate your determination, commitment and your hard work. These attributes will get you far in life. Be fearless, be respectful, be kind and authentic!"
Dual Enrollment
Are you an 11th or 12th grader looking to earn college credit while in high school?
- We are excited to announce a new partnership with the University of South Carolina Union (USC Union), which will allow SCWS students to complete an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree online by the time they graduate from high school. Read more about the partnership and how to sign up here: https://bit.ly/SCWSUnion
The 2022 Fighting Words Poetry Contest is now open!
How can we use poetry to respond to current events, uplift underreported
stories, and make connections between global issues and our local and
personal contexts? Students are invited to explore these possibilities and make
their voices heard in their entries to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest.
Deadline: Sunday, May 15, 2022, 11:59pm EDT.
K-12 students anywhere in the world are welcome to enter. Winners will receive
cash prizes up to $300 and publication on the Pulitzer Center website. Check
out last year's winning entries here!
Judges will have reading fluency in Spanish and English. For the first time this
year, you can access a Spanish-language portal for the poetry contest.
Interested in attending the College of Charleston? Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors check out their STEM 360, a pre-college summer program!
Celebrating Black Writers
NCTE, in partnership with The Center for Black Literature (CBL) at Medgar Evers
College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, invites high school and
college students of all ages to participate in a writing contest titled Celebrating Black
Writers: Voices Calling for Activism and Social Justice. Submissions in the genres of
fiction, prose, and essay are welcome. Learn more about the submission guidelines.
The writing contest celebrates the Center for Black Literature’s 20th Anniversary
Jubilee: Honoring Our Legacy and Celebrating the Black Literary Arts and the
National Council of Teachers of English’s annual National Day on Writing.
All students currently enrolled in secondary/high school or college, including community
college, are encouraged to participate by writing and submitting their own essays, prose,
or fiction.
Students have the opportunity to receive the following:
● High school students (includes juniors and seniors): first place $3,000; second
place $1,500
● College students (includes community, comprehensive, and senior colleges):
first place $4,000; second place $2,000
The application deadline is Monday, May 23, 2022. Please contact
NCTEAwards@ncte.org with any questions.
Christina L'Etoile, Student Resource Coordinator
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love spending time with my daughters, my boyfriend, and my animals. I love to run, listen to music, and binge on good mystery shows.
Tell a little bit about your background.
I have my master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Boston. I have years of experience working as a social worker, school counselor, graduation coach, and mental health clinician.
What do you do at SCWS and what do you enjoy most about your role?
I am the Student Resource Coordinator for the school. What I enjoy most is being able to meet students and their families, and assist with connecting them to local resources they are in need of.
What do you want the students to know about you?
I am available if they or their family is in need! Call or text me and I will respond.
Some of the services I provide include:
• Assessing your student’s overall well being, including any potential mental health needs.
• Communication and consultation with you and your family, your student’s teachers, and other supportive services for monitoring your student’s progress.
• Identifying barriers that may be hindering your student’s education and/or connecting you and your family with community resources to ensure basic needs like food, shelter, and clothing are being met.
• Providing trauma informed individual and group counseling services.
• Providing monthly life skills groups.
• Psycho-education for parents and teachers.
Contact: CLETOILE@scwhitmoreschool.org (803) 216-1721 (call or text) CLICK HERE FOR REFERRAL FORM!
Resources: COMMUNITY RESOURCES FIND A COUNSELOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCIES
Click here to watch a video from Ms. L’Etoile.
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| My Family. | Our Dogs, Jaxx, and Abby. |
My Family.
Our Dogs, Jaxx, and Abby.
How to Access the New SCWS Library!
Attention, students! We are proud to announce the launch of the brand new SCWS library! This library is completely free and completely virtual and offers hundreds of e-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, and texts in Spanish.
See this flyer for information on how to download the Sora app and access the SCWS library titles. See also Dr. White's video on how to use the app once it's downloaded.
Please contact Dr. White at jwhite@scwhitmoreschool.org with any questions or concerns. Happy reading!
