This Week
March 6, 2020
Aerospace Engineering Course at West Florence High School Enhanced by the Use of New Flight Simulator
Florence 1 Schools is preparing future airline pilots and engineers through its Aerospace Engineering course offered at West Florence High School.
Students in the Aerospace Engineering class are now taking advantage of an added bonus to their classroom experience with the use of a new flight simulator recently provided to enhance hands-on concepts of the actual flight experience.
“This course is a very innovative and creative course that shows me how much fun aerospace and rocketry can be,” said Madison Korel, a student in the class. “The flight simulator helps to visibly show what is occurring when I change the variables and moving parts on the plane. Using the simulator makes me feel enlightened and smarter with the influx of knowledge that is being received from using it.”
Robotics Team Heads to Texas for World Robotics Competition
The Florence 1 Schools/Florence Career Center Technomancers 1758 were a part of a winning team at the Palmetto Regional FIRST Competition held in Myrtle Beach this past weekend.
The purpose of the regional is to give students the opportunity to develop teams to build robots that compete in games designed by the FIRST Foundation and put into practice skills and knowledge learned.
Competing against 63 teams from across the United States, the Technomancers won with teams 694 from New York and 4020 from Tennessee. As a result of this win, the Technomancers will head to Houston, Texas for the World Championship competition in April.
Technomancers Team advisers are Harry McFadden and Laura Taylor. Engineer mentors for the team are Alex Guiamet and Ken Grut of GE; Jeremy Straus of Otis; Gwendolyn Woodward of Honda of SC; Thad Smith and Will Dixon of ACS Technologies; Jonathon Moore of Aruaco; and Walter Everette, retired engineer.
In addition to Florence 1 Schools, (South Florence, West Florence, Wilson and the Florence Career Center) the Tehnomancers are supported by GE Healthcare, ABB, Otis, Hope Health, and Honda of South Carolina.
Photo (above): The Technomancers
Magnolia Mall to Offer Shopping & Music of Florence 1 Students
The month of March has been designated Music-in-Our-Schools Month and in recognition, Florence 1 music students are celebrating with live performances at Magnolia Mall which began last night, Thursday, March 5 and will culminate on Saturday March 7.
Friday at the Mall - March 6, 2020
5:00 p.m. Delmae Treble Students
5:15 p.m. Southside Middle School Dance
5:30 p.m. Savannah Grove Elementary Chorus
5:45 p.m. Southside Middle School Chorus & Blue Note
6:15 p.m. Wilson Senior High School Tiger Production
6:30 p.m. North Vista Elementary Stepping Cubs
North Vista Elementary Tigers Dance Team
North Vista Elementary Cubtones Choir
7:00 p.m. Wilson Senior High School Symphonic Banf
7:30 p.m. Williams Middle School Honor Band
Saturday at the Mall - March 7, 2020
11:00 a.m. Elementary Strings
12:00 p.m. Elementary Band
12:45 p.m. Dewey L. Carter Elementary Cub Chorus
1:00 p.m. Palmetto Youth Academy Fine Arts & Eagle Squad
1:15 p.m. Sneed Beginner Band
1:45 p.m. Sneed Middle Symphonic Band
2:15 p.m. Sneed Middle Squires
2:30 p.m. Sneed Middle Chorus
3:00 p.m. West Florence High School Jazz Band
Girl-Talk Conference Scheduled for Saturday
The event is free and open to girls ages 13 to 18. Conference topics include becoming a leader and staying focused. Wilson High School student Myla Rahman is hosting the conference.
Expert on Proper Use of Technology with Young Children to Provide Workshops
"Children spend so many hours with technology at home, in school, in libraries - everywhere," she says. "I want to understand how media and technology influence child development and how technology can be used best to support learning."
View the link below for complete details of workshops which will be available on March 9, 10, and 11.
Watch TV!
In case you missed it, you can see Florence 1's Vocal Star Program airing on Spectrum's Local Access Channel at 5:00 p.m. It will run daily at 5:00 p.m. through March 19. Check it out!
All City Orchestra Concert - Thursday, March 12
Conductor for the junior all-city orchestra is Olivia Price of Alston Middle School, Dorchester School District Two. Conductor for the senior all-city orchestra is Erik Hines of Sumter High School, Sumter School District.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Sparks is North-South All Star
March Madness
Adult Education
Sign Language
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