February 2015 - Broome High School

The Principal’s Voice
Message to Parents
Voice
Recognizing that schools are not immune to
natural and man-made hazards, Spartanburg
School District Three and Broome High School
have emergency plans for the safety and wellbeing of students and staff. These safety plans
include provisions for school lockdowns, for
sheltering in place, and for evacuation to off-site
shelters where parents may be asked to pick up
their children in the event of a crisis situation. We
certainly hope that these procedures are seldom
needed. Should they become necessary, however,
the cooperation of parents and the community will
be of utmost importance to ensure security and
the unhampered efforts of emergency responders.
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In the case of a school lockdown, parents and
other citizens are urged not to come to the school
until the lockdown has been lifted. Opening the
school during a lockdown would breach security
and could potentially endanger everyone in the
building. Should an emergency response be called
for, unobstructed access to the campus is very
important, as response time can be a critical
factor. In the case of an extended lockdown,
media will be asked to communicate the situation
and keep the public informed. District officials
will communicate with parents through our
telephone alert system.
In case of evacuation to an alternate location,
district officials and the media will announce the
site for parents to reunite safely with their
children. Students will be released only to
authorized persons specified in student records.
To assure that students are properly accounted
for, an orderly system for reunification will be
established. Parent cooperation, understanding,
and patience will help to make this process
successful.
The safety of your
children is a priority
for us, as it is with you.
With your help, we will
do everything possible
to keep our school a
safe
and
healthy
“home away from
home.”
Principal’s Voice
National Letters of Intent
Fishing Team
Scholarship Information
Wrestling
Valentine’s Winners
Emergency Weather Procedures
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During severe weather conditions such as
thunderstorms, lightning, and tornado warnings,
students are brought into the building from
outside activities and held inside until conditions
are safe. Should dangerous weather
conditions exist at the time of school dismissal,
students may be sheltered inside until outside
conditions are deemed safe. Parents who have
arrived at the school to pick up their children may
wait in their cars until students are dismissed, or
they may park in the designated area and enter the
school to pick up their children.
Broome High School
381 Cherry Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307
National Letters of
Intent
Three Broome high school student
athletes signed National Letters of
Intent to further their academic and
athletic careers on Wednesday
afternoon in the District three
Community Auditorium. The event was
covered by local newspaper reporters.
Desmond Anderson will play Football and run
Track at Middle Tennessee State. Desmond ran for
over 2100 yards this year to set new Broome High
School rushing records in single season and career
yards as well as scoring. Anderson was selected to
the North South All Star football game this fall. In
track, Desmond has been All-Region multiple times
and been All-State twice. In his junior year, he won
the State Long Jump as he set a new Broome School
record in that event. He had the top performance of
the year in the long jump and has also set his goal to
set a new state record in the long jump.
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Alex Mathis has decided to continue her soccer
career at Limestone in Gaffney SC. Alex is the
career scoring leader at Broome HS with her senior
season left this spring. She is a 3 time All-Region
selection and made the All-State team last season.
Mathis is also considering running track for the
Saints. She is a 6 time All-Region selection in Cross
Country, earning All-State honors twice. In track,
she also is a multiple All-Region selection and last
year was All-State in the 800 meters, an event in
which she was State Runner-up.
Bavuier Jackson will be heading to
Limestone as well to play football and run track
for the Saints. Jackson is a 2 time All-Region
selection and this past season was selected to
the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team that
defeated the Shrine Bowl team from North
Carolina. Jackson is also a 3 time All-Region
and All-State selection in Track. He is the
Broome record holder in the Discus and has
been the State Champion in that event 2 times.
He had the top discus performance in the
entire state last season and is expected to
challenge the state record this spring.
Broome High School
381 Cherry Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Fishing Team
Congratulations to our bass fishing
team. They won first place at the
Union High School invitational
that took place on Lake Monticello.
Hunter Buice caught the biggest
fish and he and Joshua Lawson
were the first place boat. Second
place boat went to Devin Fuller and
Austin Maynor.
This helped our team come away
with a first place win. We will be
going to the state tournament at
the end of March. Good job guys.
Converse College
Junior Scholar
Attention Junior
Females... Converse
College in
Spartanburg is
announcing the Junior Awards
Scholar for the 2014-2015 school
year. Any junior female with a
100/1000 on the PSAT/SAT or a 21
composite score on the ACT and a
3.0 GPA qualifies for this
scholarship. See Mrs. Davis in
Guidance for details...
Erskine College
Fellow Award
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Attention Juniors!
Erskine College
would like to announce their
Erskine Fellow program to
juniors who are in the top 15%
of their class and have a
qualifying test score. Erskine
College is a private college in
Due West, South Carolina that
is known for its prestigious
academic programs. You
could receive a significant
scholarship award if selected
for this award. Please see
Mrs. Davis in Guidance for
more information.
Broome High School
381 Cherry Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Named to NorthSouth All Star
Classic
Scout Davison, 115 pound wrestler
from Broome High School is
closing in on the all-time wins
record. The record is 136 wins and
is currently held by Robbie
Cooksey, and was established from
2001-2004. Cooksey, a former
State Champion and North-South
All-Star, is currently an Assistant
Wrestling Coach at Spartanburg
High School.
Going in to the playoffs, Scout
currently has 133 wins. Scout has
been a two-time All-Region
Champion and two-time state
qualifier. Scout was named AllState last season after finishing
third at the 106 pound weight class
at the state tournament.
Just released: Scout Davison has
been named to the 2015 edition of
the North South All-Star Classic for
wrestling. The Classic features the
top 90 senior wrestlers from South
Carolina. The event will be held
March 5th-7th at North Myrtle
Beach High School.
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Scout
Davison
Davison Closes in
on School Wins
Record
Broome High School
381 Cherry Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Winners of the Valentine’s Door
Decorating Contest
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Mrs. Peeler
Mrs. Hayes
Broome High School
381 Cherry Hill Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307
ice often occurs at daybreak. When possible,
a decision will be made early - usually before
6:00 a.m. Once a decision is made, we notify
radio and TV stations, and their
announcements
are
usually
aired
immediately and during their news. The
announcement is usually repeated frequently
until the normal time for school to begin. Our
district will also use our Rapid Alert
system and new phone app to notify
parents as soon as a decision is made. Our
district will also use our webpages,
Facebook, and Twitter. Employees are
also notified by e-mail.
2014-15
SPARTANBURG
COUNTY SCHOOLS
If a decision to close schools cannot be
made by 5:30 a.m., a school opening may
be delayed for an hour or more. If a school
opening time is delayed, our staff may
not be at the schools until the
announced time. Therefore, students
may not be brought to school until the
announced opening time.
When ice or snow causes hazardous driving
conditions, the district will operate schools
only when roads are safe. School officials
begin checking road conditions in the
evening before if needed and about 4:00 a.m.
on the school day in question. Many times,
however, conditions cannot be determined
until two to three hours later because snow or
Broome High School
Statement of Non-Discrimination Spartanburg School District
Three does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, disability or age in its programs or activities and provides equal
access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The
following person(s) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding
the nondiscrimination policies: Director of Personnel and Pupil
Services 3535 Clifton Glendale Road, Glendale, SC 29346 (864)2796000
381 Cherry Hill Road
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The school district cannot guarantee the
safety of road conditions at any time. The
district administration makes the decision
whether or not to operate schools. Parents
must make the decision whether or not to
send their children to school during bad
weather conditions.
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EMERGENCY WEATHER
PROCEDURES
When the district and schools close due
to weather conditions, students and
parents are requested to help school
personnel and the local radio/TV
stations to communicate accurate
information as early and as quickly as
possible. The radio and TV station staff
are anxious to cooperate with the
schools
in
making
these
announcements.
Spartanburg, SC 29307