Principal's Message
We have a wonderful week here in Bobcat Country! Kindness was in abundance throughout our building and I could not have been prouder. We also celebrated Mrs. Balthazor for National School Counseling Week this week. As always, please encourage your students to keep up that kindness every day, in every way.
This week our students began to play on their new playground equipment and loved every minute of it! Even I took a turn on the swings! We are thankful to Richland One Facilities Department for providing this beautiful addition to our school. Please stay tuned for information regarding a ribbon cutting ceremony sponsored by our PTO.
On Monday for Valentines Day we ask that if your teacher has requested goodies, please do not send in homemade items. Store bought items are preferred for safety reasons.
Interims will be available on February 16th. Our monthly virtual SIC meeting will take place on Wednesday February 16th as well at 3pm.
Please remember there is no school for students on Monday, February 21st due to a Professional Development Day for staff.
Have a wonderful, safe weekend! If you will be watching, enjoy the Super Bowl!
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National School Counseling Week 2022 (#NSCW22) was this recognized this week, February 7-11, 2022, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, and event sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. In recognition of National School Counseling Week, we would like to say a special thank you to our school counselor, Elizabeth Balthazor!
Mrs. Balthazor has been our wonderful School Counselor for 23 years, with the last 16 being at A.C. Moore. In her role, she works closely with teachers, administration, and parents to support the development of students’ social/emotional growth, academic success, and career awareness. Mrs. Balthazor visits each classroom bi-weekly to teach topics related to feelings management, friendship skills, personal safety, decision making skills, conflict resolution, communication skills, positive growth mindset, self-regulation skills, and career awareness. Additionally, she dedicates time to all students for short-term individual counseling and small group counseling and teaches students the importance of being good citizens not only in our school community, but also in our larger community.
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Our Bobcats Took the Pledge!
During Kindness Week, our Bobcats dedicated extra awareness to the importance of being kind. Students were encouraged to look for opportunities to share kindness, care, and compassion with their Bobcat Community. Every Bobcat student took Bucket Filler's Pledge to show their dedication to filling the kindness buckets of others. Thank you to Mrs. Balthazor for organizing Kindness Week for our Bobcats.
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Maude E. Callen, Nurse-MidwifeBorn in 1898 in Florida, Maude Callen came to South Carolina in the 1920s to work as a nurse-midwife in the most impoverished communities in the Lowcountry. Callen operated a community clinic from her rural home, delivering hundreds of babies over the decades in addition to teaching prenatal care, administering vaccinations and training other women as midwives. The 1951 photo essay in LIFE vividly illustrated Callen's daily routines, inspiring readers to donate more than $20,000 to fund the Maude E. Callen Clinic, which opened in 1953 in Pineville. Callen retired in 1971, although the clinic operated until 1986. After retirement, she turned her attention to providing meals for senior citizens. Callen received honorary degrees from Clemson and Medical University of South Carolina. She died in 1990. | Dr. Robert E. Dawson, EENT SurgeonRobert E. Dawson graduated from Clark College with honors in 1939 and from Meharry Medical College with honors in 1943. He spent three years in residency training at Homer G. Philips in St. Louis, Missouri, as a resident in ophthalmology and ear, nose and throat surgery. Dr. Dawson moved to Durham in 1946 as the first African American EENT surgeon at Lincoln Hospital. He worked with Dr. Banks Anderson, Sr., chair of ophthalmology at Duke Hospital who provided Dr. Dawson with a year-long fellowship that enabled him to qualify for his specialty boards in EENT. For many years, Dr. Dawson taught Duke residents in his private office in Durham, at Lincoln Hospital and in the clinic and operating rooms at Duke Hospital. | Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts, Yoga InstructorDr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts is an internationally celebrated Peloton yoga teacher, and scholar who is highly regarded as a leader in a new generation of yogis who are passionate about expanding the visibility of who is commonly seen as Teacher. Chelsea has been on the cover of Yoga Journal twice and has been featured in countless media outlets that have highlighted her unique ability to articulate her love for yoga and meditation through service. Widely recognized for her work with yoga and teens, and making connections between literacy development, storytelling, and yoga, Chelsea founded Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in 2014 after receiving her doctorate in Educational Studies from Emory University. Chelsea has toured the world as global yoga ambassador for lululemon and advocated for local communities as founder of Red Clay Yoga and faculty member of Off the Mat, Into the World. An expert in slow-flow and restorative yoga, Chelsea prides herself in creating classes that leave her students with a strong sense of belonging and accomplishment. |
Maude E. Callen, Nurse-Midwife
Born in 1898 in Florida, Maude Callen came to South Carolina in the 1920s to work as a nurse-midwife in the most impoverished communities in the Lowcountry.
Callen operated a community clinic from her rural home, delivering hundreds of babies over the decades in addition to teaching prenatal care, administering vaccinations and training other women as midwives. The 1951 photo essay in LIFE vividly illustrated Callen's daily routines, inspiring readers to donate more than $20,000 to fund the Maude E. Callen Clinic, which opened in 1953 in Pineville.
Callen retired in 1971, although the clinic operated until 1986. After retirement, she turned her attention to providing meals for senior citizens. Callen received honorary degrees from Clemson and Medical University of South Carolina. She died in 1990.
Dr. Robert E. Dawson, EENT Surgeon
Robert E. Dawson graduated from Clark College with honors in 1939 and from Meharry Medical College with honors in 1943. He spent three years in residency training at Homer G. Philips in St. Louis, Missouri, as a resident in ophthalmology and ear, nose and throat surgery.
Dr. Dawson moved to Durham in 1946 as the first African American EENT surgeon at Lincoln Hospital. He worked with Dr. Banks Anderson, Sr., chair of ophthalmology at Duke Hospital who provided Dr. Dawson with a year-long fellowship that enabled him to qualify for his specialty boards in EENT. For many years, Dr. Dawson taught Duke residents in his private office in Durham, at Lincoln Hospital and in the clinic and operating rooms at Duke Hospital.
Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts, Yoga Instructor
Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts is an internationally celebrated Peloton yoga teacher, and scholar who is highly regarded as a leader in a new generation of yogis who are passionate about expanding the visibility of who is commonly seen as Teacher.
Chelsea has been on the cover of Yoga Journal twice and has been featured in countless media outlets that have highlighted her unique ability to articulate her love for yoga and meditation through service. Widely recognized for her work with yoga and teens, and making connections between literacy development, storytelling, and yoga, Chelsea founded Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in 2014 after receiving her doctorate in Educational Studies from Emory University.
Chelsea has toured the world as global yoga ambassador for lululemon and advocated for local communities as founder of Red Clay Yoga and faculty member of Off the Mat, Into the World. An expert in slow-flow and restorative yoga, Chelsea prides herself in creating classes that leave her students with a strong sense of belonging and accomplishment.
Dr. Benjamin Carson, Neurosurgeon
Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, and is considered a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Carson became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in 1984 at age 33, then the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States. At retirement, he was professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Carson's achievements include participating in the first reported separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. Although surgically a success, the twins continued to suffer neurologic/medical complications. Additional accomplishments include performing the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and revitalizing hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He wrote over 100 neurosurgical publications and has has received numerous honors for his neurosurgery work, including more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees and numerous national merit citations. In 2001, he was named by CNN and Time magazine as one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists and was selected by the Library of Congress as one of 89 "Living Legends" on its 200th anniversary. In 2008, Carson was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2010, he was elected into the National Academy of Medicine. He was the subject of the 2009 TV film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, and has also written or co-written six bestselling books. Dr. Carson retired from medicine in 2013.
Major Della Raney Jackson, Army Nurse
Della H. Raney was born on January 10, 1912 in Suffolk, Virginia and was a graduate of Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing (1937). She was the first African-American nurse to answer the call for nurses World War II. She entered service at Fort Bragg in April 1941 and was later transferred to Tuskegee Army Flying School in March 1942. Lieutenant Rainey was the first African-American nurse to be promoted to the rank of chief nurse and the first to be in charge of an army hospital. She received her doctorate from Columbia University
Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta, Surgeon
Augusta was born to free African-American parents in Norfolk, Virginia. At that time he began to learn to read while working as a barber although it was illegal to do so in Virginia at that time. Augusta applied to study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania but was refused admission. Although he faced institutionalized racism in his career, inadequate preparation was cited. Nevertheless, he took private instruction from someone on the faculty. Determined to become a physician, he enrolled at Trinity College of the University of Toronto in 1850 where he conducted business as a druggist and chemist. Six years later he received a degree in medicine.
Augusta went to Washington, D.C., wrote Abraham Lincoln offering his services as a surgeon and was given a Presidential commission in the Union Army in October 1862. On April 4, 1863, he received a major’s commission as surgeon for African-American troops. This made him the United States Army’s first African-American physician in the Union Army and its highest-ranking African-American officer at the time. Augusta returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. He was attending surgeon to the Smallpox Hospital in Washington in 1870. He also served on the staff of the local Freedmen’s Hospital and was placed in charge of the hospital in 1863.
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Congratulations to Nurse Jennifer Robinson...Our 22-23 Classified Employee of the Year!
The A.C. Moore family would like to congratulate Mrs. Jennifer Robinson for being selected to represent our school as the 22-23 Classified Employee of the Year! Mrs. Robinson was selected by her colleagues for not only her commitment to the health and safety of the students and families at A.C. Moore, but for also being an advocate for students' access to health care services and her dedication to the improving the learning potential of all Bobcats in the building!
Mrs. Robinson has been a School Nurse for nearly 10 years and she truly loves what she does! Mrs. Robinson states, "School nursing is unique. I am a community health nurse who works in a school setting. The #1 goal of a School Nurse is to keep students in the classroom learning in order to advance academic success, with the understanding that healthy children learn better! School Nurses bridge health care and education in a variety of ways, including care coordination, health promotion, and patient advocacy. We also work to ensure that schools are compliant with the guidelines issued by state and local health officials".
Mrs. Robinson is always willing to assist with children's health-related needs. She is available and has been an active part of the learning community at A.C. Moore for the past 2 years. When she is not working she enjoys spending time with her daughters and her husband.
Please join us in congratulating Nurse Jennifer Robinson for being selected as the 22-23
Classified Employee of the Year!
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Hello A.C. Moore families!
I wanted to make you aware that Richland One has a new partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation (CDCF). The CDCF is sending people to our schools to assist with Covid-related administrative duties (contact tracing, calling parents, filing, reporting, data collection, making copies, etc.). They are employees of the CDCF and volunteers of Richland One. Our volunteer will be here from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Monday, beginning next week. Her name is Lace Redd and I have heard great things about her!
If Ms. Redd needs to contact you, she will do so from a school phone, so your caller ID will display a Richland One number. She will not have access to PowerSchool information, only names and phone numbers that I provide her with. She will be housed in an area outside of the school health clinic. Rest assured, Ms. Redd has been trained and properly vetted by the District and she will uphold the confidentiality required by her position. Please do not be hesitant to speak to her or respond to any of her Covid-related questions.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Enjoy your weekend!
Jennifer Robinson, RN
School Nurse
jennifer.robinson2@richlandone.org
803-929-3886
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Overdue Library Books
Dear Parents/Guardians:
There are still quite a few books out from last school year and the 2019-2020 school year. I know these were very exceptional years, but please make every effort to locate and return those books to the library as soon as possible. Thank you for you help in maintaining our library collection of books!
Jessica Warren, Librarian
Water Stations
Please be informed that bottled water will no longer be available to students during the day. Our school is now equipped with water bottle refilling stations! Your student should pack a reusable water bottle daily for use at the refilling stations around the building.
Carline procedures
In an effort to maintain a safe arrival/dismissal and decrease the wait time for car riders, we would like to issue the following reminders:
MORNING CAR RIDERS
- Please be courteous to the other parents in the carline...remain in your vehicle to allow for a more efficient arrival procedure.
- Pull as far forward as possible before allowing your student to exit the vehicle.
- Have students prepared to exit the vehicle with masks on and bookbags ready prior to entering the drop-off area.
- Students should exit the vehicle from the passenger side, along the sidewalk.
- Students should walk along the sidewalk to the gate at the end of the sidewalk.
- Students should not be allowed to exit the vehicle in between the parked cars.
AFTERNOON CAR RIDERS
- Please be sure your child knows his/her car number.
- Hang your car tag from your rearview mirror and be sure it is visible to the staff member on duty.
- Please be courteous to the other parents in the carline...remain in your vehicle to allow for a more efficient dismissal procedure.
- Pull forward as much as possible before allowing your student to enter the vehicle
- If your student needs assistance with buckling into a seat or seatbelt, please move forward to the end of the carline before assisting your child.
Attention: YMCA Families
Good Afternoon AC Moore YMCA Families,
I hope this note finds you all well and you’ve had a great week.
I just wanted to pass along a quick note about YMCA pick-up on a weekly basis Tuesdays-Thursdays. When arriving to the school to pick up your child or children from the YMCA program can you all please park on the side of the road instead of the bus loop? There is after school tutoring (CRP) going on during these days and by parking in the bus loops it prohibits the busses from getting in the bus loop.
Thank you so much for your understanding and please let me know if you have any questions.
Respectfully,
Matthew Taranto
Program Director
YMCA of Columbia
1447 Hampton Street
Columbia SC, 29201
(w) 803 799 9187; © 772 480 3942
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Parents, please click on the banner below to sign up to provide items for the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast dates throughout the year.
The South Carolina Department of Education and the South Carolina State Library (SCSL) have partnered with Tutor.com to address the continuing academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will span the next three years and is funded through the American Rescue Plan's Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER).
- Tutor.com is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for English and Spanish speakers.
- Connect with a tutor on various subjects, such as math, science, language arts, social studies, world languages, computer literacy, and AP courses.
- Tutor.com offers test prep assistance, skills coaching, and help with specific math and essay-writing questions.
- Unlock even more features with a Tutor.com account. Creating a Tutor.com account is optional and not required to connect with a tutor.
Visit scdiscus.org to get started. If you don't know the Discus login information, contact discusoffice@statelibrary.sc.gov.
Free Tuition for Technical Colleges in South Carolina
Good afternoon,
Below are links about a recent educational opportunity in South Carolina that may be beneficial for high school students within the district and/or parents/caregivers within your school communities interested in continuing their education. This initiative, SC Workforce Scholarships for the Future, has been designated $17 million in GEER funding for the Spring semesters. The governor is asking Congress for an additional $24 million from the American Rescue Act funds to extend the program through June 2024.
This initiative allows any adult in South Carolina the opportunity to attend one of sixteen technical colleges for free if they choose to major in a high-demand career preparation program including: construction, nursing, manufacturing, technology, hospitality/tourism, and early care and education.
Links with more information:
· South Carolina technical colleges free tuition: how it'll work | wltx.com
· McMaster: Pandemic cash for free 2-year degrees (live5news.com)
Hope this helps!
Laurann Gallitto Patel, MMFT
Lead Regional Family Engagement Liaison
Midlands Region
803-687-3460
Carolina Family Engagement Center
College of Education
University of South Carolina
820 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208
