PHS Agricultural Mechanics Team Wins Honors

I want to extend a huge congratulations to Mr. Woody and his Agricultural Mechanics team for earning the title of runner-up at this past weekend's South Carolina State FFA Agricultural Mechanization Competition held at Clemson University. The team has been practicing hard this year and it is an honor well deserved. This is the first time that Pendleton has competed in this competition in recent history. Team members include Phillip Leaf, Carter Stone, Caleb Grubbs and Jacob Davis.

HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION

Pendleton High School was well represented in Charleston, SC on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 through Friday, March 14 at the HOSA State Leadership Conference and Competition. Eleven students competed in health care and medical-related events. The following students competed:

Hannah Bowen- Medical Terminology

Junior Ortiz-Medical Terminology

Darnell Austin- Human Growth and Development

Tara Hamilton- Pharmacology

Randa Finney- Pathophysiology

Emily Claypool- Healthy Lifestyles

Madison Ladines- Medical Photography

Emma Trotter- Persuasive Speaking

Michaela Loar- Dental Terminology

Nick Hix- Human Growth and Development

Each of these students did an amazing job. For most of them, it was their first time participating in the state competition. Comprehensive schools and career centers from all over the state were present with over 1350 students competing in 57 events. Five of our students qualified for the National HOSA competition by placing in the top three in their event. Tara Hamilton-3rd place, Randa Finney-2nd place, Emily Claypool- 2nd place, Michaela Loar-2nd place, and Nick Hix-1st place.

Pendleton High School also took home the award for the highest percentage of HOSA membership growth in the state for our chapter at 51%, as well as an award for “The 100’s Club” for having over 100 registered HOSA members.

At our State banquet on Thursday night, each chapter’s Outstanding HOSA Member was recognized. Our Outstanding Member was Randa Finney, a senior who is enrolled in our CNA program this year and worked with the Sports Medicine Work-Based program – working with the PHS Bulldog football team this year.

The qualifying students will attend the National HOSA competition in Orlando, FL in late June. We are so excited to see this program grow, as well as the enthusiasm of our students and support of our school and the Anderson 4 School District. Congratulations to these students for a job well done and for the IMPECABLE behavior on this trip, representing our district at the highest level.

Congratulations is also extended to our outstanding HOSA teachers, Debbie Teusch and Rhonda for the amazing job they do with our students!

4K Registration

Anderson School District 4 is gearing up for the 2014-2015 school year by holding our 4K registration. We designated Wednesday, March 6, 2014 as our kick-off for registration. Nearly 100 parents showed up to register their child. We will continue to accept registrations throughout the year, however, we will screen the potential students on April 3-4, 2014 and begin the placement process.

SC Textbook Caravan

The South Carolina Textbook Caravan is being held today in Clemson, South Carolina. It is exciting to see the resources available to teachers, particularly digital resources. One of the companies shared this video as an introduction. It sets the stage for the work ahead.
Click here to see the video.

AOP Business & Industry Summit

Pendleton High School CATE Completers
attend the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Business & Industry Summit

Montessori Meets Technology

Pendleton Elementary School
Elementary Montessori Class

All PHS Juniors to Take the ACT this Spring

Anderson School District Four’s Graduate 2024 plan is a system-wide approach to engaging all learners in every opportunity for success. One goal is to ensure that every graduate is college and career ready. Towards that end, we have implemented successful at-risk programs to increase our graduation rate and decrease the dropout rate. These include support courses for English language arts, math, high school transition, and online learning. Personalized strategies are in place to increase student participation and performance on college and career assessments such as SAT, ACT, and WorkKeys.

During the 2013-14 school year, we will offer additional opportunities for practice and tutoring. In April of 2014, Pendleton High School will administer ACT to all high school juniors. This opportunity to take the ACT during the school day at no cost is part of a comprehensive district strategy to ensure college and career readiness for every student and increase the number of students pursuing post-secondary education. Students will have the opportunity to have their ACT scores sent to colleges and universities of their choice. This will also provide the district with feedback to align high school instruction in English, reading, math, and science to better prepare students during their senior year for college coursework.

As a part of the SC Work Ready Communities collaborative, we are also pleased to offer Pendleton High School students the opportunity for free training and assessment for work ready credentials with WorkKeys. WorkKeys assessments measure employability skills that are required across multiple industries and occupations. These are skills that employers feel are critical to job success. Please contact the high school guidance counselors for additional information.