SOM Newsletter May2014

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Valedictorian

Hayden Covington

StudentAchievementNewsletter

HighSchoolEdition

1- What are your favorite subjects and why?My favorite subjects are math and science. I enjoymath because I like having a definite right and wrong

answer. I enjoy science because I like learning aboutthe environment around us and how all things are in-terrelated.2 - Tell us about any academic honors or awardsthat you have earned in the past few years.I have been a member of the National Honor Societyand nominated for student of the month several

3 - Tell us what community or extracurricular activities you have beeninvolved with during these last few years.I joined SCVCS to give me more flexibility with my schedule. Ballethas always been a large part of my life and I currently train 20 hoursa week. SCVCS has given me the opportunity to spend more timeon ballet while getting an excellent education. Throughout these lastfew years, I have been blessed with multiple opportunities to dancewith many wonderful dancers. I was able to train in New York Cityunder the instruction of Gelsey Kirkland, Bolshoi Ballet and performwith my studio, International Ballet Academy. I love performing andsome of my favorite performances include The Nutcracker, Paquita,Nayada and The Fisherman, Giselle, Hunchback of Notre Dame, andCopplia. However, I would not have these wonderful opportunitieshad I not attended a school that allowed flexibility.


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Valedictorian

Hayden Covington


HighSchoolEdition

7 - You will have the opportunity to address your graduating classnext month, but if you had the opportunity to address incoming fresh-men, what advice would you give them?The biggest piece of advice I would offer any SCVCS student, espe-

cially freshmen, is not to fall behind in your schoolwork. If you fall be-hind, the work load snowballs and becomes very difficult to manage.Secondly, attend the class connects! Attending the live class con-nects are more beneficial than listening to the recorded version.However, the class connects are an essential component to having asuccessful year at SCVCS.8 - What career do you see yourself in? What are your plans for nextyear? For the next ten years? If you could do anything, what wouldyou do?I see myself having a career in the science field. I am especially in-terested in genetics. I plan to attend Furman University next year andanticipate I will declare Biology as my major. After college, I plan onattending graduate school. If I could do anything, I would love to fig-ure out how we could change our genetics to eliminate certain diseas-es that affects us. Hopefully, we will be able to cure harmful diseases

or repair/redirect genetic defects in our DNA in the near future.9 - Do you have any regrets or anything you would change about thepast four years?I have no regrets about the past four years. For my freshmen year ofhigh school, I attended the traditional brick and mortar school. I feelthat experience at a traditional high school made me realize howlucky I was to have SCVCS as an educational option. I am so thank-ful to have joined SCVCS!


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Valedictorian

Hayden Covington


HighSchoolEdition

10 - Teachers are looking to the next generation to help bring peace,prosperity, and advancement to our nation. If you could give advice toall underclassmen as they progress through high school, what wouldit be?

The main piece of advice I would give to all underclassmen as topeace is that we all must learn how to work together, respect differ-ences and resolve conflicts in a civil manner. As to prosperity, I wouldadvise that anything you want in life you have to work hard to achieveit. This concept translates over into education as well. You are onlygoing to get out of your education as much as you put into it. I wouldencourage everyone to be motivated to learn as much as you canevery day. Even if you dont particularly enjoy a class, try to learnsomething that you can carry with you for the rest of your life becauseno one can take knowledge away from you. As to the advancementof our nation, we must be curious as individuals, we must be encour-aged to take undeveloped paths and we must be willing to think ideasthrough and come to our own conclusions. In this way, our nation willdevelop world leaders in science, technology, medicine, and math.The thing that makes our nation so great is that we have the ability to

think freely and search out truths. But if we fail to do this, the great-ness of our nation will quickly diminish.


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Salutatorian

Jonathan Edwards


HighSchoolEdition

1- What are your favorite subjects and why?

My favorite subject would have to be English. Ienjoy reading, and I also liked having the chanceto write essays where I could explain my inter-pretation of a work, instead of everything beingclear cut right or wrong.

2 - Tell us about any academic honors orawards that you have earned in the past fewyears.

I have served as both the President and Vice President of our Na-tional Honor Society. I was also a Junior Marshall for last years grad-uation.

3 - Tell us what community or extracurricular activities you have beeninvolved with during these last few years.

The last few years I have been a part of the National Honor Society. Ialso play tennis competitively, and will be playing NCAA Division 1

tennis next year for UCONN (University of Connecticut). I have a jobteaching tennis at several clubs here in the Charleston area, and I al-so have a job maintaining courts at the nearby tennis club. In regardsto community activities, I have been involved with several group pro-

jects with the National Honor Society (Food drives, book drives, tu-toring service, etc.) and I have also worked to help the promotion oftennis in the local area.


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Salutatorian

Jonathan Edwards


HighSchoolEdition

4 - You are one of the academic superlatives of your graduating class.What skills, traits, or influences do you have that led you to this point?

I don't think I have any special skills that have lead me to this point. I

have put a focus on academics, and stayed focused (for the mostpart) throughout High School. I always made it a priority to do well inschool, and I put the necessary time in to get the best grade I could.

5 - Did SCVCS contribute to your success? If so, how?

SCVCS definitely contributed to my success in multiple ways. It pro-vided a unique opportunity that focused more on understanding thelessons than completing busy work. I feel like I was able to learn a lot

at this school, and it also gave me a flexible schedule which allowedme to be one of the top 10 junior tennis players in South Carolina.

6 - If you could change education as a whole, what suggestionswould you make?

If I could change education, I would put a much heavier emphasis onlearning things that will be useful for life in the real world. I feel likestudents today are taught many unnecessary things that they will for-

get as soon as they graduate, while more important things are com-pletely neglected. For instance, too many students are not familiarwith how interest works or even how a bank operates. Students areleaving high school without understanding how finances really work,and this puts kids at a significant disadvantage in navigating the realworld.


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Salutatorian

Jonathan Edwards


HighSchoolEdition

7 - You will have the opportunity to address your graduating classnext month, but if you had the opportunity to address incoming fresh-men, what advice would you give them?

The main advice I would give to incoming freshman would be to writeout a schedule each week. Physically writing down the assignmentsfor all of my courses each week on a dry erase board really helpedme stay on track and get everything done. SCVCS provides a uniqueopportunity to learn the material, but be careful because it is also eas-ier to procrastinate in an online school environment.

8 - What career do you see yourself in? What are your plans for next

year? For the next ten years? If you could do anything, what wouldyou do?

At the moment I see myself working in the marketing department of asports company after college. I know this coming year I will be attend-ing college at UCONN and majoring in marketing. I do not have a re-ally good view of where I will be ten years from now, however. Thereare just too many things that could change in that time period.

If I could do anything for a living, I would probably continue teachingtennis. I really enjoy being on the court, and I feel like this would be afun job to have.


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Salutatorian

Jonathan Edwards


HighSchoolEdition

9 - Do you have an regrets or anything you would change about thepast four years?

I can not think of any major regrets that I have over the past four

years.

10 - Teachers are looking to the next generation to help bring peace,prosperity, and advancement to our nation. If you could give advice toall underclassmen as they progress through high school, what wouldit be?

The only advice I can give is that you really do reap what you sow. Ifyou want to achieve something, you have to put in the time and make

the sacrifices to make it happen. You can't expect anything to behanded to you, but it is right there for the taking if you are willing to goout and get it. Never underestimate the power of a strong work ethic.At the end of the day, the person who is willing to work the hardest isgoing to be more successful in achieving his or her goals.


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Student of the Month/Most Improved

Student of the Month

April 2014


HighSchoolEdition

SOM

Terrick P.

SCVCS 10th Grader

Terrick is a great student. Heworks hard in class and always

lets me know if he cannotmake it. He turns in his workand he asks questions if hedoes not understand some-thing. Keep up the great work,Terrick!

Ms. Blanton

Robert is a great student, he

comes to class prepared tolearn. He always participatesand tries very hard. He hasdone a great job shows hisclassmates a leader in theclassroom.

Mr. Davis

MISOM

Robert M.

SCVCS 10th Grader


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Student of the Month Nominees

April 2014


HighSchoolEdition

A. Young Advisor Ashlyn W.

Bledsoe Advisor Carly B.

Harrill Advisor Annalise M.

Spicer Electives/Other Michael B.

Walker Advisor Audrianna K.

Covert Personal Finance Taylor B.

Covert Digital Arts Alena P.

Covert Computer Literacy Simon K.

Howze Design & Editing Anisah W.

Howze Marketing II Alexandria S.

Howze Personal Finance Kristen C.

Nyland Entrepreneurship 2 Nadylie W.

Nyland Computer Literacy Megan S.

PattersonComputer LiteracyBlock Brittany S.

Patterson Computer Literacy Emily L.

Patterson Game Design Kerry S.

Patterson Web Design Carmen C.

Benton Electives/Other Elizabeth W.

Betris Spanish 1 Thomas G.

Betris Spanish 2 Nicholas B.

Betris Spanish 3 Alison S.

Blanton Reading Terrick P.

Davis Math Kristen C.

DeWalk Physical Education Isaiah F.

Richardson Health Brittany S.

Wheeler Music Appreciation Lydia F.

White Electives/Other Kristen C.

Witbeck Life Skills John F.

Brewer English IV Jordan P.

Brewer English IV Block Celine H.

Brewer Honors English IV William W.

Brewer AP English Literature Kristina M.

D'Annunzio English 202B Ian S.

D'Annunzio English 204B Macie S.

Knoerr English102 Luisa O.

Ray English II Thomas G.

Sasser Honors English 104 Samantha M.

Sasser English 102 BLOCK Mia S.

Sasser AP Lang & Comp Megan S.

Smoak English 302 Alina M.Smoak English 302 Block Cassandra S.

Carroll Math Tech I Brianna I.

Crocker Math Brantley T.

Dowling Math Tech 1 Block James C.

Genco Geometry Samuel R.

Genco Honors Geometry Sofia M.

Langford Precalculus Aleisha G.

Langford Prob and Stats Curran C.

Reed Algebra 1 Stanley M.

Sherbert Geometry Tech Block Samuel F.

Sherbert Geometry Tech Michael M.

Willis Algebra II Rebecca B.

Boyd Biology Ainslie N.

Boyd Applied Bio I Block Zachary S.

Brown Biology Elizabeth M.

Hatcher Honors Chemistry Hannah G.

Hatcher Chemistry Dennis R.

Hatcher Chemistry-Block Brittany O.

Hawkins Forensic Science Aaron C.

Lauricella Applied Biology 1 Benjamin A.

Lauricella CP Biology Luisa O.Lauricella Honors Biology Joshua B.

Morris Physical Science Justin D.

Morris Physics Caleb M.

Smith Earth Science Hannah L.

Smith Block Earth Science John W.

Forrest US History Darian Y.

Mayfield Geography Kes J.

Pennington Government Abigail H.

Pennington Anthropology Eric M.


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Most Improved Studentof the Month Nominees

April 2014


HighSchoolEdition

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Most Nominated Students

Spring Semester 2014


HighSchoolEdition

SOM

Carly B.

SCVCS 10th Grader

SOM

Kristen C.

SCVCS 10th Grader

MISOM

Stephen C.

SCVCS 10th Grader

MISOM

Kyle C.

SCVCS 10th Grader

SOM Newsletter May2014

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