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Dutch Fork High School
DF Baseball Team 5A South Carolina Lower State Champions!
Interim Reports Sent Home Today
Congratulations to latest Foxes to sign letters of intent!
PTO, StuCo, and Beta Club Treats for Teacher Appreciation Week
Beta Club did a little extra cleaning to teachers' classrooms -- dusting, mopping, and cleaning desks.
Congrats to Coach T's dancers on a wonderful performance and concert!
Congratulations to Band on Amazing Concert!
Listen to sample of beautiful orchestra concert.
Attention Seniors: Returning Chromebooks
SENIORS:
Seniors' chromebooks, cases and chargers will be collected at iCare May 20, 21 and 22 from 11:15 am - 1pm each day.
Seniors need to make arrangements to be at school during those times with an ID or arrange for a parent or other student to return the items. You must have an ID to be on campus.
All items must be returned at the same time (Chromebook, case and charger) or the student will be charged for the missing item(s).
See this letter for more details.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kcvx4YOzKj6jkJv0J807czPCoWyGuASHG_-bVZ_ZA0/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you to everyone who came out to support DF JROTC at their Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night!
School District Five Board of Trustees waives make-up day for May 1
IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five’s Board of Trustees has voted to forgive a day students missed on May 1, 2019 due to a teacher rally at the statehouse. The day has been waived for students, but employees who missed the day will be responsible for ensuring they make up missed work hours, per the board’s approval at the May 6 special-called board meeting.
“As we’ve said before, our focus is always on the students…and we feel our recommendation to waive the missed day for students was made with their best interests in mind,” said Dr. Christina Melton, superintendent of School District Five. “We also need to be good stewards of taxpayer resources. Staff will be responsible for making up the day by documenting worked hours on a make-up log prior to the last day of their contracts for the 2018-2019 school year. We are thankful that the board approved our recommendation.”
The district monitored leave in the days leading up to the teacher rally. After monitoring leave requests and considering unanticipated additional leave, the district made the decision to close schools on May 1.
“Despite several contingency plans, including but not limited to utilizing substitutes and staff, we could not provide the staffing needed to ensure normal school operations on that date,” Melton said. “Our focus is always on our students and their safety. It was out of an abundance of caution that we made the decision to close schools.”
By law (Section 59-1-425 of the South Carolina Code of Laws), all school days missed because of snow, extreme weather conditions, or other disruptions requiring schools to close must be made up. The law also requires school districts to designate annually at least three days within their school calendars to be used as make-up days. Those dates for School District Five already have been used for make-up days:
- Monday, October 8. Students attended school on this day, which was previously scheduled as a Staff Development/Teacher Work Day.
- Friday, March 29. Students attended school on this day, which was previously scheduled as a Teacher/Student Holiday.
- Monday, April 22. Students attended school on this day, which was previously scheduled as a Staff Development/Teacher Work Day.
By state law and Policy IC, local School Boards may waive up to three additional days by a majority vote after the district has made up three days or the appropriate number of missed hours. Prior to the May 6 vote, the School District Five Board of Trustees already had waived two days lost to inclement weather. The May 1 forgiveness is the final date the board can waive in the current academic school year.
Congratulations to Matthew Jurgensen for being named All- Region for the 2019 Golf Season.
Matthew qualified last Monday in North Charleston to compete in the STATE Tournament being played this coming Monday and Tuesday at Lexington Country Club.
Matthew was able to secure one of four spots by making an eagle on the final hole in the Lower State tournament. We wish him the best representing Dutch Fork Golf.
Dutch Fork Volleyball will have practice after school until 6pm every day next week at the middle school. Any athlete who has been approved in ArbiterAthlete is invited to attend and learn about volleyball!
National Honor Society - NHS Stoles are available for graduating seniors who have completed 50 service hours. Turn in service hours to Mrs. Thur in room 255. Email Mrs. Thur (jgthur@lexrich5.org) with questions.
Important Information About Use of Technology During AP Testing
GUIDELINES ON INTERNET USAGE DURING TESTING
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties administers several online tests for students throughout our district each spring. This year, more than 3,000 students in our district will test simultaneously from Monday, May 13th through Friday, May 24th.
To help ensure the success of state required online testing, all video streaming access will be blocked on the district network on the following dates: May 13th - May 24th. This will include, but is not limited to videos streaming on YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, PBS, TeacherTube, BrainPop, and BrainPop Jr. The restriction will be in affect across the district for all locations and all grade levels.
Please remember that students and staff must not bypass, or attempt to circumvent, district Internet filters as that would violate the district's Internet Acceptable Use Agreement and Staff Technology policy. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to another successful year of online spring testing!
SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
Did you know you can follow our Twitter account by just visiting our School Counseling Webpage or you can follow us at DFHS_Counseling.
Scholarship Opportunities
Be sure to checkout the scholarship page on the school counselor’s webpage for a list of scholarship opportunities. https://www.lexrich5.org/Page/13142 . Scholarships are added weekly.
Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Requirements
Top 6% at the end of 10th, 11th or 12th grade and 1200 SAT or 27 ACT
OR
1400 SAT or 32 ACT and 4.0 GPA
For students with a 4.0 and who plan to take the May or June administrations of either the SAT or the ACT to qualify, you must send your scores electronically to the Commission when your register to take the test (SAT Code: 4313) & (ACT Code:6326).
If you have questions about this process, please speak with your School Counselor as soon as possible!
You MUST apply for the Palmetto Fellows scholarship through the School Counseling Department.
REQUIRED Senior Scholarship Survey
DEADLINE: MAY 10, 2019
To be included in Graduation Program
Students may still use the link to report scholarships until the end of this academic year.
2018-2019 Scholarship Data (Current Seniors)
The School Counseling Department needs your help! Scholarship awards received by graduating seniors need to be documented. The School Counseling Department needs this information to be able to celebrate your successes and to accurately report scholarship awards (academic, athletic or other) for the Class of 2019. Report ALL scholarship offers! Use this link” 2018-2019 Scholarship Survey or Go to: https://goo.gl/cHHPYA.
Please use your student Google account when adding your scholarship awards. The name and photo associated with your Google account will allow us to follow up with you if additional information is needed.
You will also be asked to upload a copy of the actual award letter or email. Please print to PDF or take a snapshot to upload.A new form must be completed for each scholarship award. If you have questions, please see your School Counselor.
SENIOR EXIT SURVEY
ALL SENIORS MUST COMPLETE THIS SURVEY!
Seniors, request your final transcript via Parchment.com. Make sure you place your request on “hold for final grades”. The college that you will be attending must have your final transcript to complete your enrollment for the Fall 2019 semester. After August 1, 2019 you will be charged a fee to send your transcript.
Seniors, request your final transcript via Parchment.com. Make sure you place your request on “hold for final grades”. The college that you will be attending must have your final transcript to complete your enrollment for the Fall 2019 semester. After August 1, 2019 you will be charged a fee to send your transcript.
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties
2019 High School Summer Program
APEX (ON-LINE)
Eligibility:
Students must have previously failed a course to be eligible for credit recovery. Participation in credit recovery will not affect a student’s GPA. Should a student wish to modify his/her GPA, he/she should repeat the full course for credit and not seek participation in the credit recovery program.
Students are eligible for a credit recovery course if they have previously taken and failed an initial credit (first attempt) course. Students must have obtained a grade of 50 or higher (50-59) in the initial credit course, or the student is not eligible for credit recovery and must retake the full course to receive credit.
Students will be required to complete an application to request placement in a Summer School Application for credit recovery course. Consent of the student’s parent/legal guardian must be obtained prior to enrollment.
When a student has shown mastery of the credit recovery material, the student will receive credit for the course. Student grades in credit recovery courses are designed to be GPA-neutral, meaning that the student’s GPA will not be affected by the student’s grade in the course. The failing grade in the initial credit course will remain on the student’s transcript. If the student passes the credit recovery course with a 60 or higher, the passing grade will be entered as “P.” If the student does not pass, the failing grade will be entered as “NP.” Neither the “P” or “NP”
grade designation will impact the student’s GPA.
Registration for all students is May 6 – June 20 at the home school.
Dutch Fork High School
Website: https://www.lexrich5.org/dfhs
Location: 1400 Old Tamah Road, Irmo, SC, USA
Phone: 803-476-3300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DutchForkHS/
Twitter: @DutchForkHS