AHS Art Department Celebrates Fall With Family Fun Night

Click on the following link to check out the AHS Art Department's flyer: "ArtOber"  This is a family fun night for infants through students in the 8th grade on Thursday, October 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Aynor High School. There will be games, food, entertainment and a costume contest. The AHS Choral Department will also perform "Thriller" beginning at 6 p.m. Guests will also have an opportunity to view and buy artwork from AHS student artists.

Advanced Placement (AP) Art Students Show Talent

 Sherry Flowers, AHS Art teacher, is proud of her AP Art students. Their work will gain the attention of onlookers from across the State of South Carolina at the SC State Fair in Columbia. AHS students have submitted their work for competition at the Fair. The Advanced Art students and the AHS National Art Honor Society students will travel to Columbia on October 20 to visit the Fair and view their work along with the work of other students from around the state.

AHS Teachers Collaborate For Best Practices

Aynor High School conducted a Learning Strategies Collaboration Session on September 30th to provide data driven instruction in restructuring our current learning model. Learning strategies teachers Matt Burke, Vicky Williamson, and Caelyn DiSanti participated. District learning specialists Olga Toggas, Leslie Huggins, and Judy Edwards in addition to Aynor High School's curriculum specialist Kelly Johnson helped lead the session. Special Education Program Specialist Jean Morgan was also in attendance. Teachers analyzed student data and discussed individual students' needs to help drive instruction. The follow-up session is scheduled for October 13th from 1:00-3:30.

AHS "Stomps Out" Bullies

October 3, 2011 was National Anti-Bullying and Cyberbullying day and Aynor High School was in full support. World Day of Bullying Prevention, an awareness initiative of STOMP Out Bullying™, is held on the first Monday of every October. It is the day that Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention are heard around the world as kids and adults alike wear a Blue Shirt in solidarity to STOMP Out Bullying™. AHS faculty, staff and students all joined together to present a clear statement: bullying of any kind at Aynor High School is not acceptable. Some of the information provided by http://www.stompoutbullying.org/index.php

Parent-Teacher Conferences, Interim Pickup & Senior College Information

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Monday, September 26, 2011 from 4-7pm.  Interim reports can also be picked up during this time. Parents will be able to pick up the interim from their child's first block teacher.  If your child has a coach first block, then they can pick up the interim report in the foyer at the front office. Students whose parents cannot make it to parent-teacher conference night will be able to pick up their interim reports the next day at school.

Attention Seniors and Parents of Seniors!  You are invited to come to the Media Center Lab, Rm. J103, during parent/teacher conferences on Monday, September 26 from 4 to 7 pm.  Computers will be set up and guidance counselors will be available to help you with information about colleges and the college process.  Please come with your questions so we can help make this process less stressful for you and your child.