USL 2022-2023
Leadership and Life Skills (L&L)
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General
Announcements
L&L Curriculum Map (2022-2023) - downloadable PDF
Relationship Building Questions
SC DHEC - "When Should Your Child Stay Home From School?"
Intermediate School - "Skill Wheel" - one form of evaluation - end of each quarter
Middle School - "Skill Wheel" - one form of evaluation - end of each quarter
Upper School - "Skill Wheel" - one form of evaluation - end of each quarter
8th Grade Advisory Groups --- still to be linked to US and faculty
Historic Candy company - True Treats - Harpers Ferry, VA
Thank You Notes - NY Times article "Do Thank-You Notes Still Matter?" (12/21/2022)
Thank You Notes - The Atlantic "The Surprisingly Profound Power of Thank-You Notes" (12/29/2022)
August 7 - August 13
Journalist Notes for Grace Beahm Alford - Post and Courier Photojournalist (Th., 8/11)
Link to LOTC from last year - P&C article "Tidelands Health renews prescription walk program at Brookgreen Gardens" (8/7/2022)
August 21 - August 27
Agenda for 8/24 LOTC
LOTC Prep - Quintin Washington interview with Jennifer Berry Hawes (YouTube, 30 min) - 6/6/2019
LOTC Prep - Pulitzer Center bio page for Jennifer Berry Hawes
LOTC Prep (for MS and US only) - Post and Courier home page for "Till Death Do Us Part" from 2014 - this piece won the Post and Courier the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2015
Website for iCivics - complete NewsFeed Defenders first - then explore/complete others
Link to Morning Meeting - website for Anduril - drones, drone defense, detection equipment
Community Email - Overview of After-School Clubs --- special early 1-week run of Quiz Bowl Club meetings starts today (Wed., 8/24)
Journalist Notes for Jennifer Berry Hawes - P&C Investigative Reporter (Wed., 8/24)
August 28 - September 3
Community Email - Week in Preview (8/28)
LOTC Prep - website for Euro Foods - owned by Ukrainian Maka Aptsiauri - our guest speaker
LOTC Prep - Washington Post article about Maka Aptsiauri and Euro Foods "A Ukrainian grocer in South Carolina offers immigrants a taste of solace amid growing uncertainty" (3/16/2022)
LOTC Prep - WCIV News article + video "Charleston community donates items to Ukraine" (3/5/2022)
LOTC Prep - Post and Courier restaurant review "Restaurant review: West Ashley’s Euro Foods Bakery & Cafe has warm Slavic dishes down cold " (3/10/2020)
LOTC Prep - Charleston City Paper article "Ukraine needs continued humanitarian aid, grocer says " (8/17/2022)
LOTC Prep - website for Dr. Annie Andrews for Congress - US House Seat #1
LOTC Prep - League of Women Voters - Vote411 Info Guide for South Carolina
LOTC Prep - 2020 Democratic Party Platform
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "War Brings Ukraine’s Women New Roles and New Dangers" (8/27/2022)
LOTC Prep for Wed., 8/31 - Agenda (does not have groupings)
Presentation by Maka and Anna -- Ukraine Relief Program ( 8/31/2022)
September 4 - September 10
Community Email - Week in Preview (9/6)
Printable September Calendar - print and post -- also place key dates in your planner
LOTC Prep + Link to our Lifetime Wellness Plan - The Atlantic article "To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House" (8/7/2022)
LOTC Prep - website for Coastal Expeditions - MS/US kayaking this or next week from Shem Creek to Crab Bank Island (newly renourished)
LOTC Prep - Moultrie News article "Coastal birds are returning to Crab Bank for nesting season" (4/12/2022)
LOTC Prep - pre-kayaking to Crab Bank survey for all to complete (takes 5 minutes or less)
Link to Cookie Delivering - NY Times article "The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness" (9/2/2022)
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "Kayaking: An Outdoor Adventure and a Full-Body Workout" (6/22/2022)
Olympic Gold Medalist Kayaker - Greg Barton - owner of Epic Kayaks - guest speaker at USL 2009
Agenda for 9/7 LOTC
MM Link - NASA Solar System Exploration Map
MM Link - webpage for the UK Royal Family
September 11 - September 17
Community Email - Week in Preview (9/11)
Community Email - small group to SCA Tournament of Silver Chalice (9/24) Harleyville - details and requirements
Please note for planning ahead! Special LOTCS (mainly not Wednesdays) currently on the 22-23 calendar
LOTC - Post and Courier article from 15 years ago - about purchasing land for Shem Creek Park and Docks "Town to pay $6M for land " (12/5/2007)
Community Email - Ice Skating! Details for this month's Upper School-led weekend activity (Sat., 9/17)
LOTC Prep / Distributed Practice - link to last year's Earth Year - Washington Post book review "Small farms are in trouble, but nobody seems to care" (8/28/2022)
LOTC Prep / Distributed practice - link to last year's Earth year - NY Times book review "When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors" (6/7/2022)
Link to prior guest speaker C of C Professor Adam Domby, Confederate Monuments - P&C article "Fort Jackson has more Confederate names than all but 3 military bases " (8/14/2022)
9/11 Link - NY Times interactive webpage "How Students in 12 Countries Are Taught About 9/11" (9/11/2022) ---- WILL NOT OPEN WITHOUT A SUBSCRIPTION -- SEE PDF PRINTED VERSION BELOW
PDF Version of NY Times article - what students in other countries are taught about 9/11
9/11 Link - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article "Flight 93 memorial attendees aim to foster knowledge in future generations" (9/11/2022)
Agenda for LOTC on Wed., 9/14 (some details will need to be added in the AM)
September 18 - September 24
Community Email - Week in Preview (9/19)
LOTC Recap - What did you learn? post-kayaking to Crab Bank survey for all to complete (takes 5 minutes or less)
Small Group Saturday LOTC - event page for SCA Tournament of the Silver Chalice in Harleyville
Small group Saturday LOTC - Society for Creative Anachronism "A Newcomers Guide to the SCA"
LOTC Prep - website for Middleton Place
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "Dueling Visions of the Old South" (9/9/2009)
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "In Charleston, Coming to Terms With the Past" (11/15/2016)
LOTC Prep - P&C opinion piece "Steve Bailey: Charleston’s historic plantations should be cherished, not shunned " (9/14/2020)
LOTC Prep - Washington Post article "‘These are our ancestors’: Descendants of enslaved people are shifting plantation tourism " (10/1/2021)
LOTC Prep - P&C Article "Middleton Place expands tuition assistance program, updates exhibits and tours" (5/28/2022)
LOTC Prep - Discover South Carolina YouTube Video (4 minutes) "MIddleton Place" (2012)
Ordering School Photos - Info from Rummler Photography (taking individual photos early AM on Wed., 9/21)
Info for participants - Inaugural SCISA Middle School Fall Government Conference - Statehouse (Mon., 9/19)
MM Link - This Day in History - connection to Jim Croce (singer, tragically killed at 30) - CBS News Story (7 min video) about his son today "A.J. Croce performs Jim Croce's music" (6/19/2022)
Agenda for 9/21 LOTC -- special attire + 7th-11th bring SAT prep book!
MM link - The Atlantic article "A Gnarly New Theory About Saturn’s Rings" (9/19/2022)
MM link - documentary series for older MS and US -- PBS' "The U.S. and the Holocaust" (September 2022)
Slideshow for Middleton Place LOTC (9/21)
September 25 - October 1
Community Email - Week in Preview (9/25)
MM Resource - PBS Learning Media "All About the Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah"
LOTC Prep - website for USDA - Agriculture Research Service - Vegetable Laboratory in West Ashley
LOTC Prep - website for Clemson Coastal Research Center
LOTC Prep - SC Now Magazine - features our host = Dr. Brian Ward"Clemson researcher to lead group driving revival of Southern heirloom crops " (5/2021)
LOTC Prep - Clemson Coastal Research Center - Employee page for Sierra Zardus (USL grad! 2010)
LOTC Prep - Clemson News -- includes embedded videos - "Clemson’s Coastal REC working to foster sustainability for Lowcountry farmers" (7/2022)
LOTC Prep - page of science topics and links you'll encounter at the USDA/Clemson Vegetable Lab - compiled by Kathy Kent (Suzette's mom -- a business analyst about farming, crops)
Speaker Prep - official Town of Mount Pleasant website for Council Member G.M. Whitley
Speaker Prep - website for Lattice Climbers - skills for young adults (company that G.M. Whitley helps to lead)
LOTC Prep - website for Euro Foods
LOTC Prep - website for Bombay Bazaar Indian Restaurant and Grocery Store
LOTC Prep - website for Pollo Loko (Peruvian) restaurant
Follow up for Josh Draper's Job Shadow at the Aquarium -- got to join a Turtle release today (Tues., 9/27)
Agenda for 9/28 LOTC -- please remember $ for lunches
Community Email - open until 12:15 on Th., 9/29 with caveats (OPTIONAL)
Zoom link for Morning Meeting 7:30-8:20 --- Thursday and Friday (9/29 + 9/30)
October 2 - October 8
October calendar (rough draft) - print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/2) & October calendar (rough draft)
Speaker Prep - Nancy Mace (Republican) - re-election website for US House Rep. #1
Speaker Prep - official Congressional website for US House #1 Rep. Nancy Mace (Republican))
Speaker Prep - NBC News Meet the Press YouTube video (8 min) "Full Mace: ‘There’s A Lot Of Pressure On Republicans’ To Have An Impeachment Vote On President Biden" (9/25/2022)
Speaker Prep - Republican Party website "About Our Party" page
Journalists' notes for US Rep. Nancy Mace (Republican) (Tues., 10/4) - Jamal and Lila
LOTC Prep - website for Hospice of Charleston
LOTC Prep - website National Institute of Health - National Insitute on Aging -- includes embedded video - " End of Life What Are Palliative Care and Hospice Care?"
Speaker Prep - website for C of C Communications Professor Dr. Jenna Abetz
Speaker Prep - bio page for Dr. Jenna Abetz at Positively People (family business succession planning firm) -- explore the website some
Speaker Prep - Arkansas State University website "What Is Interpersonal Communication?"
Speaker Prep - article focusing on Dr. Abetz's research on family communication - MedicineNet "'Boomerang Kids': When an Adult Child Moves Back Home" (6/2/2021)
Agenda for 10/5
Khan Academy - Official PSAT/SAT Practice Program
MM Link - The Atlantic photo essay "2022 Nature Conservancy Photo Winners"
Speaker Resource - Hospice Care presentation by Rachel Pineda-Stokes (Wed., 10/5)
Journalists' notes for hospice speaker - Rachel Pineda-Stokes (Wed., 10/5) - Riley, Colin, and Dougie
Speaker resource - C of C Communication Professor Dr. Jenna Abetz - presentation (10-6-2022)
Journalists' notes for C of C Communications professor - Dr. Jenna Abetz - (Th., 10/6) - Max T, Declan, and Evie
MM and Water Year and Hurricane Ian link - P&C article "Loads of sea stars, jellies and other small marine species wash ashore after Hurricane Ian" (10/6/2022)
Community Email - University School - seeking food and 2-3 more volunteer families for this Saturday's (10/8) distribution (8:00-10:00 AM)
Fat Bear Week - explore.org live webcams of bears eating salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park in Alaska
Fat Bear Week - NY Times article "The Humble Origins of the ‘Fattest Tournament on Earth’" (10/6/2022)
Fat Bear Week 2022 - Meet the Bears of Fat Bear Week
Fat Bear Week - Voting Page and Bracket
Fat Bear Week - YouTube video (6 min) - Meet the Contenders of Fat Bear Week 2022 (with a catchy theme song!)
October 9 - October 15
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/9) and updated October calendar
Community Email - "Guest Speakers 101" - including pics and presentations from two this week (10/7)
Updated October calendar!
Link to Spring 2022 Dallas-Oklahoma Upper School Trip - Conde Nast Traveler article "Where to Eat, Stay, and Play in Burgeoning Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma" (10/6/2022)
MM Link - NPR article "Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you" (10/10/2022)
MM Link - world map of indigenous peoples - Native Land Digital
Link to earlier LOTCs / Distributed Practice - P&C editorial "Editorial: Stono Rebellion isn’t a happy part of SC history, but it’s worth remembering" (8/25/2022)
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th - website for Coastal Expeditions Bulls Island Adventure
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th Bulls Island - P&C article "Camping and bow-hunting for deer scheduled for Bulls Island " (9/18/2022)
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th Bulls Island - P&C Article "LIVES ON THE SEA: Remote Bull’s Island hunt a strong tradition " (12/2011)
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th Bulls Island - P&C editorial "Make Room for Red Wolves" (11/14/2018)
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th Bulls Island - USA Today article "Wild islands in the Carolinas" (10/12/2017)
Upper School-led Activity - Saturday, 10/15 - Outdoor Games at Palmetto Islands County Park (2-4 PM)
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th - waiver for Bulls Island adventure
LOTC Prep for 3rd-6th - guidelines to prepare for Bulls Island adventure
Agenda for 10/12 LOTC Day
Community Email - lots happening the next few days! (10/13)
October 16 - October 22
Updated October calendar
Community Email - Week in Preview + updated October calendar (10/16)
Groupings for special Tuesday's Faculty-led Lunches
LOTC Prep - lesson plan and background - Dance Theatre of Harlem
LOTC Prep - website for Dance Theatre of Harlem
LOTC Prep - website for the International African American Museum (opens in January 2023, we are charter members and went to the groundbreaking in 2019!)
Elementary School Quiz Bowl - Notes for State Championship (Mon., 10/17)
Middle School Quiz Bowl - Notes for State Championship (Tues., 10/18)
High School Quiz Bowl - Notes for State Championship (Wed., 10/19)
Quiz Bowl - competition site map
On-campus work on Wed., 10/19 - Election Day prep - Charleston County General Election webpage for sample ballots -- click Mount Pleasant 7,8,9 (this is where USL is)
Agenda for 10/19 LOTC
Activity to do together - watch PBS LearningMedia video (10 min) " History of U.S. Voting Rights"
Speaker Prep - website for US Navy's USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier (CVN77)
Speaker Prep - website for Green Party in America - hosting Patricia Mickel, Green candidate for S.C. Secretary of Education
Speaker Prep - from Illustrate to Education (YouTube video 6 min) "What is the Green Party?"
Speaker Prep - Captain Nery was Commanding Officer of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 “Magicians” in San Diego
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (6 min) Helicopter Marine Strike Squadron HSM-35 footage of their various roles and missions
Presentation by Captain Greg Nery - Navy and more
Notes from journalists from presentation by Captain Greg Nery (Frank, Waverly, and Max)
Notes from journalists about presentation by Green Party State Superintendent of Education candidate Patricia Mickel - Audrey Slaughter, Mina Rugg, Killian, and Stella
October 23 - October 29
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/23)
Speaker Prep - faculty page for Citadel Political Science Professor and Department Chair Dr. DuBose Kapeluck
Speaker Prep - Live5News video "SC Senate redistricting meeting coming to North Charleston" (8/10/2021)
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (2 min) "Citadel Professor Awarded Fulbright) (6/4/2012)
LOTC Prep - home page for the South Carolina Ports Authority - Wando Welch Terminal
LOTC Prep - Mt. Pleasant government bio for Town Council Member Gary Santos (also Inchcape Shipping Services employee)
LOTC Prep - website for Inchcape Shipping Services
LOTC Prep - P&C article "SC weighs options for interchange that’s critical to the Port of Charleston" (7/26/2022)
LOTC prep - website for Charleston Port and Seafarers' Society
Speaker Prep - campaign website for Libertarian Governor and Lt. Governor candidates (Jessica Ethridge is for Lt.G.)
Speaker Prep - website for the Libertarian Party
Community Email - Elections update & reminder that early in-person voting began this morning in all 3 Lowcountry counties (Mon., 10/24)
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Commentary: The Citadel marks a century along the Ashley, still intertwined with Charleston" (9/21/2022)
Agenda for 10/26 LOTC
LOTC Prep - P&C editorial "Editorial: SC ports, labor union must find a way to make full use of Leatherman terminal " (10/26/2022)
Speaker Prep - PPT presentation (as PDF) of Citadel Professor DuBose Kapeluck's presentation about midterm elections
Speaker Prep - website for Army Logistics
Speaker Prep - website for Maersk
October 30 - November 5
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/30) and November calendar
November calendar - rough draft - to print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Read this early! See me to help me choose and order candy! - The Atlantic article "Foreign Candy Puts American Candy to Shame" (8/31/022)
L&L Media Literacy Tips - Washington Post article "Detecting impostor content on social media and other news literacy lessons" (9/25/2022)
Speaker Prep - Libertarian - Illustrate to Educate (YouTube video 6 min) - Libertarian Party
Zoom link for guest speaker - 1:30 PM on Wed., 11/2 - Jessica Ethridge, Libertarian candidate for Lt. Governor
Agenda for Wed., 11/2
November 6 - November 12
Community Email - Week in Preview (11/6)
Google Forms link for parents and grandparents to sign up and help with Election Day Exit Polling LOTC (approx 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM)
Election Day Prep - Charleston City Paper article "Across Charleston County, students run a serious exit poll" (11/6/2012)
Election Day Prep - WCBD video "Lowcountry students sign up to work as poll workers on Election Day" (11/2/2020)
Election Day Prep - P&C article that looks at our exit polling program "Mount Pleasant should listen to voters on strong-mayor government" (11/2/2016)
Election Day Prep - P&C article "Student exit pollsters saw the election unfold up close " (11/9/2016)
Election Day Prep - P&C article "SC starts 12 days of early voting on Monday. What you need to know." (10/23/2022)
Election Day Prep - resource for voters (based on the ballot for where you live) - VOTE411 from the League of Women Voters
Election Day Prep - P&C opinion piece by the Charleston County Director of Elections, Isaac Cramer "Commentary: Making sure your vote counts is a year-round job" (11/6/2022)
Election Day Prep - The Atlantic article and photo essay "Ken Burns Tells America’s History Through Six Photographs" (11/6/2022)
Election Day Prep - Agenda and Groupings (as of 1:00 PM on Mon., 11/7)
Election Day Prep - Flyer - Explaining Exit Polling (for us to know and for us to share as a flyer on Election Day)
Election Day Prep - Guidelines for Exit Polling
Election Day Prep - exit poll for Mount Pleasant precincts
Election Day Prep - exit poll for Charleston County precincts (not Mount Pleasant)
Election Day Prep - exit poll for Daniel Island precincts
MS Excel Template for compiling exit polling results
Schedule for Wed., 11/9
YALLFest - website
YALLFest - website for guest author Cinda Chima - speaking to grades 6-12, 10:30-11:30 AM Fri., 11/11 -- fantasy YA author of Children of Ragnarok and the Shattered Realms series
YALLFest - website for guest author Lio Min - speaking to grades 8/9-12, 1:00-2:00 PM Fri., 11/11 -- uthor of Beating Heart Baby
Julie Chave (alum parent of Bailey) - off-campus lunch for a small group - resource about Norwegian Matpakke! (11 min YouTube video) "The Norwegian art of the packed lunch, Matpakke - Most Boring Lunch in the world - Ever?"
Speaker Prep - Kaitlin Jordan - Charleston County Public Educator - ABC News 4 Story "Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center receives 142 applications for 47 vacancies" (9/1/2022)
Post and Courier - official Election Day photo - Ms. Rawls' group with Charleston Mayor Tecklenburg
Guest Speaker Resource - Charleston County Emergency Division - presentation on 911 and water rescues - Kaitlin Jordan 11-9-2022
Community Email - open on Fri., 11/11 - and special notes for the next few days
Water Year Link - NY Times article and videos "Sometimes This Octopus Is So Mad It Just Wants to Throw Something" (11/9/2022)
November 13 - November 19
Community Email - Week in Preview (11/13)
Info for IS and MS participants in Wednesday's (11/16) SCISA Fall State Chess Tournament in Sumter
For Participants in SCISA Fall State Chess Tournaments - Rules and Notes
LOTC Prep - Trident United Way's Days of Caring -- Friday, November 18
LOTC Prep - Our Day of Caring Video 2021!
LOTC Prep - Google Form for adults/parents to sign up to help with the Day of Caring on Fri., 11/18
LOTC Prep - website for Windwood Farm Family Services
LOTC Prep - * One of Two - Additional Waiver for Windwood Farm Participants - please complete before Fri., 11/18
LOTC Prep - * Two of Two - Additional Waiver for Windwood Farm Participants - please complete before Fri., 11/18
LOTC Prep - REQUIRED - Day of Caring Waiver - please print, complete, sign (have parents sign if under 18), and return
Community Email - Day of Caring Update - Bring Waiver back by Wed., 11/16 // extra food needed
Agenda for 11/16, Wednesday
FINAL -- Day of Caring Groupings and Info
Community Email - Groupings and Info for Day of Caring /// extra food needed (11/16)
November 20 - November 26
Link to Thanksgiving - NY Times article "Turkeys Will Be More Expensive Than Ever This Thanksgiving, and Harder to Get" (10/24/2022)
Annual Thanksgiving Tradition - PBS Nature episode (58 min.) "My Life as a Turkey" (2011)
Annual Thanksgiving Tradition - PBS Nature page for My Life as a Turkey -- lots of links and resources about the episode
First Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments -- upload sorted averages (Due no later than Tuesday, November 22))
First Quarter - This is a sample reflection on her Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments by Sarah Hand for the Third Quarter of 2009-2010 (6th grader) -- graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and now grad student at Carnegie-Mellon
First Quarter - This is a sample reflection on her Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments by Sophie Mauerhan for the First Quarter of 2012-2013 (8th grader) - graduated from College of Charleston in Spring
First Quarter - Explanation of Skill Wheels and Evaluations - First Quarter File Not completed: Explanation of Skill Wheels and Evaluations (helpful for all, written to MS skill wheel)
November 27 - December 3
Community Email - Week in Preview (11/27) and December Calendar
Community Email - USL - seeking drivers for Wed., 11/30 LOTC to Mepkin Abbey's Creche Festival
December calendar - please print and post -- at USL, students place key dates in their planner
Link to MS Virginia Trip 2022 - CBS News video (2 min) "Jamestown shores up seawall to fight flood threat" (11/26/2022)
LOTC Prep - MS - resources from National Geographic for the special program with Alize Carrere on adaptation - connected to special program at Gaillard Center on Tues., 11/29
LOTC Prep - MS - page for Adaptation on personal website for Alize Carrere - connected to special program at Gaillard Center on Tues., 11/29
LOTC Prep - University of Hawaii Manoa - Department of Anthropology - explanation page for Environmental Anthropology
LOTC Prep - website for Mepkin Abbey (Explore all!) -- we are attending the Creche Festival on 11/30
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "Old Latin Mass Finds New American Audience, Despite Pope’s Disapproval" (11/15/2022)
LOTC Prep and Link to earlier LOTCS - P&C article "Berkeley taps into battlefields, boating and butterflies to boost budding tourism business" (11/4/2022)
Agenda and notes for optional US Chicago Trip (12/1-12/4)
US optional Chicago Trip Prep - Smithsonian Channel Aerial Cities Chicago video (50+ minutes)
Community Email - details on the annual Secret Yeti program (gifts due by Tues., 12/13)
Good chance of rain today at Mepkin Abbey --- Agenda posted here!
December 4 - December 10
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Former BMW exec hopes to transform learning at College of Charleston" (5/4/2022)
Speaker Prep - Opinion piece by Knudt Flor, former BMW exec "Commentary: Running BMW taught me engineers need a liberal arts background" (10/4/2022)
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (3 min) "BMW's Knudt Flor on the future: Autonomous cars will require a more specialized skilled labor force" (2017)
Speaker Prep - YouTube (34 min) comprehensive virtual tour "BMW Manufacturing | BMW Plant Spartanburg South Carolina"
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (11 min) "BMW X7 Production, Spartanburg"
Speaker Prep - narrated video about the BMW X7 -YouTube video (4 min)
LOTC Prep - IS - Guide to Charleston Stage production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Dock Street Theatre
LOTC Prep - for some on Wed., 12/7 - info page for Patriots Point's Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony (we sent a small group each year before COVID)
LOTC Prep - notes for students attending the Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony at Patriots Point (Wed., 12/7)
Details for IS LOTC - "Best Christmas Pageant Ever" at Dock Street Theatre - Th., 12/8 AM
Details - Sat., 12/10 (noon-3:00 PM) USL - E-Gaming Center Upper School-led Activity (w/Major and Ronan)
December 11 - December 17
Community Email - Week in Preview (12/11)
Details for Mon., 12/12 special MS/US LOTC to Fort Johnson - DNR (Oysters and Vessel program)
Prep and Overview of SCDNR Fort Johnson LOTC for MS and US -- Mon., 12/12
Scholastic Art and Writing Competition - webpage for the South Carolina (Southeast) Region - explore to learn more and talk to Sara Peck -- all grades 7-12 will participate
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website by the University of Georgia's Department of Religion - "Why Study Religion"
Winter Exploration of Faiths - Pew Research Center - Religious Landscape Survey of the USA (cool interactive map to explore overall and for each state)
Winter Exploration of Faiths - Pew Research Center - topics related to religion research
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep - website for Synagogue Emanu-El (a Conservative Judaism synagogue)
Winter Exploration of Faiths - Early Judaism (Parts I and II) - Khan Academy (two 7-minute videos)
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep - one of Charleston's Holocaust survivors, Joe Engel - P&C article - died 11/2022 service at Emanu-El "Charleston’s Joe Engel, a Holocaust survivor who spread hope message in SC, dies at 95" (11/27/2022)
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep - World History Encyclopedia entry for Buddhism (includes video)
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep - website for Charleston Tibetan Society (Buddhist)
Winter Exploration of Faiths - website for AME Church - page for "Our History"
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Olive Branch AME (loaned us their bus for our Stuff the Bus school supplies event in August!)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Greater Goodwill AME Church
Winter Exploration of Faiths - CBS News video (8 minutes) - "Remembering the deadly Charleston church shooting, six years later" (6/2021)
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep -- geared to MS&US - The Atlantic book review "The Reinvention of the Catholic Church" (12/11/2022)
Link to our Winter Campus Cleaning on Th., 12/15 - can make and improve culture -- in community and in countries - Voice of America article "Tidy Japanese Fans Clean Up at World Cup" (11/26/2022)
Winter Exploration of Faiths prep - NPR article and audio (8 min) "As attendance dips, churches change to stay relevant for a new wave of worshippers " (12/10/2022)
Agenda for 12/15 Winter Exploration of Faiths
December 18 - December 24
Prep related to our COVID service program since March 2020 - P&C article "Nonprofits, volunteers step up to help North Charleston’s burgeoning Hispanic population" (11/27/2022)
December 25 - December 31
Distributed Practice - link to last year's Earth Year Theme - NY Times article "Federal Government’s $20 Billion Embrace of ‘Climate Smart’ Farming" (9/26/2022)
Distributed Practice - link to MS VA trip to Richmond AND guest speaker 2020-2021 CofC's Dr. Adam Domby about Confederate Statues - Washington Post article "Richmond’s statues fell. Now these sisters aim to lift up Black history." (8/30/2022)
Distributed Practice - link to last year's Earth Year theme - The Atlantic article "America’s Lost Crops Rewrite the History of Farming" (10/1/2022)
Distributed Practice - link to Earth Year art from Charleston - NY Times article "The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met" (9/22/2022)
L&L Skills - NY Times article "How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out." (9/16/2022)
L&L Skills - NY Times article "The Next Walk You Take Could Change Your Life" (9/15/2022)
Speaker Prep - P&C opinion piece by CoC Irish Studies professor Joe Kelly "Commentary: Elizabeth II always tried to represent the better ideals of British history" (9/12/2022)
L&L Skills - NY Times article "When Teens Find Misinformation, These Teachers Are Ready" (9/8/2022)
Link to LOTC from last year - P&C article "Civil rights mural honoring Johns Island activists unveiled at Freshfields Wells Fargo" (11/4/2022)
L&L Skills - The Atlantic article "The Questions We Don’t Ask Our Families but Should" (11/15/2022)
L&L Skills - P&C article "SC’s Rosenwald schools, part of civil rights history, are pushed into spotlight" (11/1/2022)
January 1 - January 7
Handwriting lessons for us all -- faculty and students - esp. in regards to cursive - Edutopia article "Extending Penmanship Lessons Beyond Elementary School" (9/2022)
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/2)
Agenda for Wednesday, 1/4
January 8 - January 14
LOTC Prep - IAAM grand opening - P&C article "Charleston’s International African American Museum is ‘must-see’ in ’23" (10/31/2022)
Link to Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony (12/7) - P&C opinion piece "We must remember Pearl Harbor and our shared history" (12/27/2022)
Link to our COVID weekend service program (since March 2020) - P&C opinion piece by head of the Lowcountry Food Bank "As a new year approaches, let’s resolve to remember those in need" (12/28/2022)
After School Chess - Registration Form for Spring 2023
Details for Saturday's Upper-School-led Dance activity (Sat., 11/14, 1-3 PM) @ USL
Agenda for Wed., 1/11 - hosting Parris Island Marine Band and more (rough draft)
Hosted Performance Prep - website for Parris Island Marine Band - show at USL at 10 AM on Wed., 1/11
Hosted Performance Prep - NPR article "Sikh men can serve in the Marine Corps without shaving their beards, court says" (12/24/2022)
Hosted Performance Prep - US Marine Corps Hymn
Hosted Performance Prep - Wild Blue Yonder - Anthem of the US Air Force
Hosted Performance Prep - US Marine Corps - Ranks (Enlisted and Officer Tracks)
Hosted Performance Prep - Anthem of the US Army
Hosted Performance Prep - "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa (means always faithful, US Marines motto)
Hosted Performance Prep - Anchors Aweigh - US Navy song
Hosted Performance Prep - Marine Corps Band - Ceremonial Music webpage (list)
Community Email - Middle School Trip update (Georgia - Th., 2/2 to Tues., 2/7)
January 15 - January 21
January calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/16) and MLK, Jr. Holiday
Agenda for 1/18 LOTC Day
Distributed Practice Assignments -- to complete for Wed., 1/18 or at school on 1/18 -- are posted above for the week of 12/25-12/31
IS Overnight Trip Prep - website for Camp Flintlock (NC) -- May 10-12
LInk to CNN10 story about China's first population decline in 60 years -- Population Pyramid of China (can compare to others)
January 22 - January 28
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/22)
Link to last year's US Clemson trip - before UGA trip - P&C article "Clemson wildlife professor named MacArthur Fellow, first in university history" (10/12/2022)
Agenda (FINAL - updated 1/23) for US trip to University of Georgia (afternoon of Th., 1/26 to midday of Sat., 1/28)
LOTC Prep for Tues., 1/24 IS/MS special LOTC - Educational Prep document for Jazz Day with Charlton Singleton at Gaillard Center (contains several links -- give at least 60 minutes to explore)
Details for Tues., 1/24 special IS/MS LOTC -- depart 10:15, return 12:30 --Jazz Day at Gaillard Center
IS LOTC Prep - Post and Courier video tour (2 min) of H&L Asian Market
IS LOTC Prep - website for Hot Pot 999
Agenda for 1/25 LOTC
Link to last year's mini-trip -- Clemson and Ninety-Six National Historic Site (Revolutionary War) - Official NPS video "Crossroads of a Revolution"
US Mini-trip to Georgia resource - Savannah River Site - official virtual tour video
January 29 - February 4
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/30)
Community Email - Details and Prep for Tomorrow's (Tues., 1/31) special MS (and a few US) LOTC - "Secrets of the Whales" at Gaillard Center
Special LOTC Prep - for Secrets of the Whales - P&C article "Rescuers disentangle whale as SC Aquarium disentangles whale facts" (1/2023)
Special LOTC Prep (MS + a few US) - National Geographic "Secrets of the Whales" - Tues., 1/31 at Gaillard --- exploring this prep takes 30-60 minutes
February Calendar - please print, post, and place key items in your planner
IS Newsletter - 1/30/2023 Edition
MS Trip to Georgia and Upstate SC -- Agenda and Notes
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Emory University
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Morehouse College
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
MS Georgia Trip Prep - King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
MS Georgia Trip Prep - The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Newell Brands (Sharpies and Expo Markers)
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Delta Flight Museum
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Savannah River Site Museum
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Plant Vogtle - Units 3 & 4 will be America's first new nuclear units built in over 30 years
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (Macon)
MS Georgia Trip Prep - The Tubman Museum (Macon)
MS Georgia Trip Prep - BMW Plant Spartanburg (12 + olders are doing the 2-hour comprehensive factory tour)
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Georgia Aquarium
MS Georgia Trip - Smithsonian Channel - Aerial America series - video (45 minutes) - "Georgia"
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Savannah River Site (SRS) Virtual Tour - 40 min. video
MS Georgia Trip Prep - Choice possibilities for books -- will be assigned one of your choices to read and be the expert of
MS Georgia Trip Prep - link to Delta Flight Museum and Boeing plant in Charleston - NY Times article "The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory" (1/31/2023)
Agenda for 2/1 LOTC Day
February 5 - February 11
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/6)
Info about Middle School Local Quiz Bowl League - starts 2/16 - in-person, weekly, through 3/21, on a Tuesday or Thursday each week
Middle School Local Quiz Bowl League - rules for in-person competition with buzzers
MM resource - Travel Advisory page for US citizens - from the US Embassy in Israel (Jerusalem)
MM resource - Travel Advisory page for US citizens - from the US Embassy in Canada (Ottawa) -- Upper School will visit in March
Link to Nat Geo Secrets of the Whales at the Gaillard - NY Times article "The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging" (2/1/2023)
The First School House Rock video - (3 min) "Three is a Magic Number"
LOTC details (2/8) - MS - critical post-trip work - IS/US Fort Johnson (Estuary Animals & Salt Marsh)
Link to MS Trip Nuclear Day - The Atlantic article "The Real Obstacle to Nuclear Power It’s not environmentalists—it’s the nuclear-power industry itself." (2/7/2023)
Link to MS Trip Nuclear Day - P&C article "What is next for the SC nuclear plant criminal investigation?" (12/6/2020)
Link to MS Trip Nuclear Day - P&C article "3 years later: How the fallout from SC’s $9 billion nuclear fiasco continues (7/31/2020)
IS/US link before SCDNR Estuary Animals and more LOTC on Wed.,2/8 ---- PRE-TRIP SURVEY
February 12 - February 18
Community Email - week in preview (2/13) -- SEWE is Friday!
From the Week Jr (2/3/2023 issue) - How to Study for a Test & How to Take Notes
Let Jason Kreutner know by 8 AM on Tues., 2/14 - Special PM Opportunity for Faculty and Upper School students - tour American College of Building Arts - 6-8 PM on Mon., 2/20
Prep for Wednesday's virtual guest speaker - Rochester Institute of Technology student, Jolie Crunelle - Ted-Ed video (5 min) "Why do we harvest horseshoe crab blood?"
Prep for Wednesday's guest speaker - Post and Courier article "SC officials may privately allow lab company to harvest horseshoe crabs in off-limits zone" (3/29/2022)
Prep for Wednesday's virtual guest speaker - Rochester Institute of Technology student, Jolie Crunelle - exploring harvesting of horseshoe crab blood - website for RIT
LOTC Prep - website for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
LOTC Prep - P&C article "SEWE at 40: How the event, and Charleston, grew together as a destination" (2/13/2022)
LOTC Prep - SEWE YouTube video (3 min) "What is SEWE?"
LOTC Prep - website for our friends at the Center for Birds of Prey -- we'll all watch their flight demonstration at 11 AM at Marion Square (check out their main video -- we are featured in it!)
LOTC Prep - SEWE YouTube video (2 min) "SEWE 2022 Recap"
Reading for Wed., 2/15 - P&C article "Nikki Haley, from outsider to insider on path from Bamberg to maybe the White House" (2/1/2023)
IS Newsletter - issue 2/13/2023
Agenda for 2/14 LOTC Day
LOTC Prep - SEWE Agenda and Groups
February 19 - February 25
Community Email - week in preview (2/20) & SEWE slideshow
Special Evening Opportunity for US and Faculty -- touring the American College of Building Arts (Mon., 2/20) 6:00-8:00 PM - info sheet attached
Special Evening Opportunity - website for the American College of Building Arts
Second Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments -- upload sorted averages (Due - Wednesday, 2/22) -- you can find sample written reflections above, week of Nov. 20-26
Link to last week's presentation by Jolie Crunelle from RIT - NY Time opinion essay ""When the Horseshoe Crabs Are Gone, We’ll Be in Trouble"" (2/16/2023)
Slideshow for SEWE 2023
Agenda for Wed., 2/22
Link to MS Georgia Trip - NY Times guest essay by Carter biographer "Jimmy Carter’s Presidency Was Not What You Think" (2/20/2023)
Link to MS Georgia Trip - P&C article "SC historian spotlights Harriet Tubman’s successes while battling seizures" (2/14/2023)
Link to air year and tour of Charleston Airport - P&C article "Charleston airport a $4.5B ‘economic pillar’ of SC, study says" (2/20/2023)
Link to this year's tour of SPA Wando Welch Terminal - P&C article " SC holds its title as nation’s top car, tire exporter " (2/19/2023)
Link to MS Georgia Trip - P&C article "Georgia nuclear plant again delayed at cost of $200M more " (2/16/2023)
February 26 - March 4
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/26) & Slideshow (Peek into a Week)!
IS Special LOTC - Prep - guide for "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" at the Gaillard Center - Mon., 2/27 at 10:30 AM
"Peek into a Week" - Late-February Memories
Community Email - Upcoming Stanford Testing in March - Preview for Parents - Schedules for 3/1 & 3/8
Link to CHS4Ukraine and more - P&C article "How Charleston’s Ukrainians find community in time of war" (2/24/2023)
Agenda and Stanford Testing Schedule for Wed., 3/1
Link to Jonas and Jakob, study of power, environment, SC, etc. -- P&C article "Despite politics, SC sharing in record growth of America’s offshore wind market" (2/26/2023)
Link to US Navy, renaming, and more - P&C article "Navy renames warship honoring Confederate victory for Black Civil War hero Robert Smalls" (2/28/2023)
Notes for SCISA Literary Meet - 7:00 AM arrival time (Fri., 3/3
March 5 - March 11
Email to Teachers (and you can read also!) -- Notes and Assistance - with the Upper School in Canada next week
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/6) - Good morning from Canada!
Agenda and Stanford Testing Schedule for Wed., 3/8 ---------- Upper School will be in Canada
Early Planning! - Local MS Quiz Bowl League - at COK-SM (Tu., 3/7) - please reply about participation
US Canada Trip - YouTube video (11 min) "VIARAIL from Toronto to Montreal (Economy Class) and 10 tips!"
US Canada Trip - website for Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City
US Canada Trip - Menu for our dinner at Le Bistro Sam at Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City
US Canada Trip - Tips, Recommendations and Insights from Ayden's parents -- both grew up in Canada
Final - Canada Agenda (as of 3/3)
Email about Canada Trip from Fri. afternoon - Big News & Updates - & be at airport 4:30 AM tomorrow (Sat., 3/4)!
Community Email - Notes for Next Few Days (3/10) and March Calendar
March 12 - March 18
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/12)
March Calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your agenda
Schedule and Notes - Annual Personal Health Symposium with MUSC Physicians (Tues., 3/14) --- will run along side normal classes
Special IS LOTC - Prep and education guide - Charlotte's Web at Dock Street Theatre on Th., 3/16 at 9:30 AM
Speaker Prep - Fri., 3/17 during MM - Mary Jo Romeo - Communications/Public Speaking Expert and Coach
Prep for National Latin Exam Students -- Administration on Wed., 3/15 -- National Latin Exam website and practice test app
For Quiz Bowl players and those who want to improve - Popular Science article "5 ways to get better at trivia, according to a Jeopardy! contestant" (2/19/2023)
Spring Celebration - weblink to page on our website for Raffle Tickets (to share) and Online Auction
Statistics Lesson / Introduction link - The Atlantic article "The Statistics That Come Out of Nowhere" (3/12/2023)
Agenda for 3/15
Details for IS LOTC to "Charlotte's Web" (Th., 3/16 AM) -- have space for a few more adults!
March 19 - March 25
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/19) -- Spring Celebration this Saturday (Noon-2:00!)
Updated March Calendar - please print, post, and place key items in your planner
Link to SEWE - P&C article "Another successful SEWE: signs point to strong kickoff to visitor season" (2/26/2023)
Water Year Link - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - Seaweed Aquaculture page of their website, includes videos
Water Year Link - website for Charleston-based Water Missions
Water Year Link - Charleston Water System - Water Treatment Process (page and videos)
Water Year Link - Mount Pleasant Waterworks - "Where Does Your Water Come From"
Water Year Link - Santee Cooper - Regional Water System (most of us get our drinking water from Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie)
Local MS Quiz Bowl League - End of Season Tournament at Moultrie (Tu., 3/21)
Notes for participants - SCISA High School State Math Meet (Wed., 3/22)
Notes for participants - SCISA Middle School State Math Meet (Th., 3/23)
Agenda for 3/22
Community Email - State Champions! SCISA High School Math Meet!
Community Email - Champions - State Middle School Math Meet! (8th Championship in 10 years)
March 26 - April 1
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/26) + updated calendars
April calendar - please print, post, and place key items in your planner
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare link - NY Times article "Rare Coin, Minted by Brutus to Mark Caesar’s Death, Is Returned to Greece" (3/22/2023)
Notes for Participants in Elementary & Middle School SCISA State Spring Chess Tournament - Weldon Auditorium in Manning (Wed., 3/29)
Agenda for 3/29
Community Email - Mentor Night Tomorrow - Ice cream sundaes and babysitting (for adults going to Handcraft Kitchen during Mentor Night)
April 2 - April 8
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/2) & April Calendar -- please arrive by 7:30 AM on Wed., 4/5 for Congaree NP LOTC
German classes - special dinner event at Nick's German Kitchen (Tues., 4/4)
LOTC Prep - website for Congaree National Park
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Congaree National Park closing several days this month for hunt to remove destructive wild hogs " (10/14/2022)
LOTC Prep - WLTX news article "Synchronous Fireflies light up the night sky in Congaree National Park" (5/25/2022)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Lottery opens next week for chance to see firefly show at Congaree National Park" (4/1/2023)
LOTC Prep - report on feral pigs in Congaree National Park
LOTC Prep - USC faculty page for our Congaree tour guide - Dr. John Grego, Emeritus Professor of Statistics & President, Friends of the Congaree Swamp
LOTC Prep - website for Friends of the Congaree Swamp
LOTC Prep - SCETV documentary -- 45 minutes total, in 9 parts - "Roots in the River: The Story of Congaree National Park" (2008)
Prep for Hosted Performance - The Plantation Singers - Th., 4/6 from 10-11 AM
Religion Link - CBS News video (5 min) "Passover, Easter and Ramadan all fall together in 2022"
Religion Link (and we went to Central Mosque in 12/2021) - P&C article "Ramadan calls attention to peace, forgiveness at Charleston area mosques" (4/2/2023)
Special Schedule and Groups for Th., 4/6 Plantation Singers performance (10-11 AM)
Agenda for Congaree National Park LOTC (4/5)
Community Email - Congaree National Park - pics and two videos from today!
Link to German Classes' dinner at Nick's German Kitchen this week - "Schnitzel" by The Von Trapp Singers (3 min video)
April 9 - April 15
Water Year and Capt. Greg Nery presentation link - 60 Minutes video "Is the Navy ready? How the U.S. is preparing amid a naval buildup in China" (3/19/2023)
Water Year and Captain Greg Nery link - The Atlantic "The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over" (3/13/2023)
"Build Your Own College Rankings" Tool from NY Times -- for US L&L
College Counseling resource from Don Burkard - Common App Step-by-Step Guide
College Counseling Resource from Don Burkard - FAFSA Step-by-Step Guide
College Counseling Resource from Don Burkard - S.C. Scholarship Directory
April 16 - April 22
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/16) & Young Explorers' Camp Info & Registration (7/24-7/28)
Updated April Calendar - Advisory groups, please check your students' planners (and use yours as a model) for placing key items in it -- and posting it in a public spot at home!
Link to Congaree - NY Times opinion piece "‘Why Do "Still Have Lightning Bugs? Ours Are All Gone.’" (4/17/2023)
Spring Service Day (Wed., 4/19) Agenda and Groupings
Spring Service Day Prep - Fresh Future Farm
Spring Service Day Prep - Lowcountry Food Bank
Spring Service Day Prep - Neighbors Together
Spring Service Day Prep - Lowcountry Orphan Relief
Spring Service Day Prep - Pinehurst Elementary School in North Charleston
Spring Service Day Prep - Bee City Zoo (taking some of Pinehurst's 5th graders for our traditional buddy-buddy field trip)
Community Email - New Date/Time - Details for Upper-School-led Movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Sun., 4/23, 2-4 PM)
Link to Evaluating Photos -- The Atlantic - Photo Editor Alan Taylor - "Photos of the Week: Stork Nesting, Kart Crash, Frosty Blossoms" (4/7/2023)
Community Email - USL - Coming to Fantastic Mr. Fox tomorrow? (Sun., 4/23 from 2:00-4:00 PM)
April 23 - April 29
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/23) & World Languages' Day this Wed., 4/26 + Annual Talent Show this Fri., 4/28
Agenda for World Languages' Day - Wed., 4/26
Notes about Food (esp. labeling) for World Languages' Day (Wed., 4/26)
Special Small LOTC Opportunity - contact Jason Kreutner! - DigSouth Tech Conference at C of C (we've been going since it was launched!) - Thursday, April 27
MM Resource - NY Times interactive article "Polly Wants a Video Chat" (4/21/2023)
Reminder - what is effective learning/studying (distributed practice + practice testing) - NY Times article "There Are Better Ways to Study That Will Last You a Lifetime" (4/21/2023)
Link to MS Trip and tour of Morehouse College - Washington Post article "At many HBCUs, just 1 in 3 students are men. Here’s why that matters." (4/23/2023)
Notes for Participants - Dig South Tech Summit - Th., 4/27 at C of C
MM Link - Yahoo news website "Rare Asperitas Clouds spotted over New Hampshire" (4/23/2023)
Community Email - Pizza & Salad Dinner and Talent Show (Friday, 4/28)
April 30 - May 6
Community Email - Week in Preview and May Calendar (5/1)
May calendar - please print, post publicly, and add special dates to your personal planner
Community Email - Tomorrow! Notes for USL's 8th Grade Graduation (Wed., 5/3)
Link to coming 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War - P&C article "Berkeley battlefields brought to life on eve of 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War" (4/18/2023)
Link to coming 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution - P&C article "Remains of Revolutionary War fighters honored at Camden battlefield" (4/21/2023)
Third Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments (Due Fri., 5/5)
May 7 - May 13
Community Email - Week in Preview (5/7) & IS to Camp Flintlock in North Carolina (5/10-5/12)
Morning Meeting Link - P&C article "US Sen. Tim Scott teases ‘major announcement’ May 22 during Charleston town hall meeting" (5/1/2023)
Morning Meeting link - Post and Courier / ProPublica article by Jennifer Berry Hawes " How South Carolina ended up with an all-male Supreme Court " (4/28/2023)
Water year link - P&C article "Can the sustainable food movement support SC commercial fishermen and fish they catch?" (4/29/2023)
LOTC Prep - website for Mount Pleasant Waterworks - some MS/US will explore Waste Water Treatment Plant on Rifle Range
LOTC Prep - waiver to print, complete, and return for trip to MPW Waste Water Treatment plant on Rifle Range Road
LOTC Prep - website for Water Mission - MS/US wil tour
LOTC Prep - P&C article - "The history of human waste in Charleston’s waters runs deep" (5/5/2023)
LOTC Prep - website for the Charleston Waterkeeper (based at Shem Creek by Coastal Expeditions)
Interest form for Top Golf activity on Sat., 5/13 (led by Josh and Ben) - please complete and submit - helps them plan better
LOTC Prep - P&C interactive article " ‘The dirty hidden little secret of the coast’ Amid growth and lax rules, a menace beneath lawns threatens SC waterways, health" (5/7/2023)
Agenda for 5/10 LOTC
May 14 - May 20
Community Email - Week in Preview (5/14) & Special Time Frame & Notes for Friday's Parris Island LOTC (5/19) -- updated May calenda
Updated May Calendar (as of 5/13)
LOTC Prep - Parris Island - Official Waiver - all participants (student and adult) must print, sign, and return - we have to submit all completed waivers when we arrive
LOTC Prep - from Parris Island - please read (Jason Kreutner will sign and submit one copy on our behalf) - "Rules of the Road"
LOTC Prep - Washington Post opinion piece "The all-volunteer force turns 50 — and faces its worst crisis yet" (2/13/2023)
LOTC Prep - website for US Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina
LOTC Prep - Reconstruction Era history near Parris Island - P&C article "West Point cadets visit Beaufort to learn about 1st South Volunteers, Civil War history" (3/12/2023)
LOTC Prep - U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) - National Security Snapshot: Fast Facts -- DOD Active-Duty Recruitment and Retention Challenges (March 2023)
LOTC Prep - GAO National Security Snapshot - Two-Page Flyer (can print) - DOD ACTIVE-DUTY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION CHALLENGES
LOTC Prep - P&C article about area surrounding Parris Island "Conflict on St. Helena is heating up. What makes this sea island worth fighting for?" (5/3/2023)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Marines ending female unit at Parris Island as co-ed training becomes the norm" (5/5/2023)
LOTC Prep - Agenda and Letter of Instruction from Parris Island Commanding General for our visit
Community Email - Sign up before Sunday for Breakfast this Monday, 5/15
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "How a Military Base’s New Name Honors a Military Spouse and Mother" (5/14/2023)
LOTC Prep - MarineParents website -- page for the week-by-week training for each recruit at Parris Island
Agenda for Wed., 5/16
Community Email - USL - Special afternoon LOTC for Middle School tomorrow (Th., 5/18)
L&L Resource - "5 Tips for Color-Coding Your Notes"
Community Email - Parris Island - Where did this trip come from!?
May 21 - May 27
Bravery Magazine - Temple Grandin issue ---- PDF - read this and then see Jason Kreutner! -- Must be before 2023
Bravery Magazine - Julia Child issue ---- PDF - read this and then see Jason Kreutner! -- Must be before 2023
October link (you can also look elsewhere and share your ideas with me)
Link to 2022 MS Trip to Virginia - NY Times article "Building a Better Colonial Williamsburg" (5/8/2023)
Community Email - Notes for Graduation (Mon., 5/22 @ 9:30 AM) and this Week
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Leadership and Life Skills (L&L)
Teacher:
Jason Kreutner
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