Stratford High

Stratford was named a Renaissance Platinum School of Distinction! This means that Stratford has worked to incorporate culture and climate building initiatives covering multiple categories such as promoting graduation, celebrating educators and students, and building partnerships with the larger community. Stratford's Renaissance Team of Students and Staffulty will be recognized in July at the Jostens Renaissance Global Conference! See all 2024 Jostens Renaissance Schools of Distinction here: https://www.jostensrenaissance.com/2024-schools-of-distinction/

Please see this updated Student Parking Info!

At last night's board meeting, we were recognized for our Beta Club's South Carolina Senior Beta Convention first place wins. Congratulations again to the following students: Hailey Bryant, Grady Redmond and our group for Musicology.

We are excited to celebrate our Class of 2024 today!!

Chromebook collection for students in 9th - 11th grade will occur this week. Students should return their Chromebook, charger, and library card to the Media Center as soon as they have finished their exams. The following fees with be assessed if items are not returned. Chromebook - $150 Charger - $20 Library Card - $3 Any device not returned by Thursday, May 30th will be disabled. Students taking virtual classes over the summer should come to the Media Center on Thursday, May 30th to fill out the paperwork to keep their device over the summer. If this paperwork is not filled out, the device will be disabled. Questions, please contact our Media Center.

All Berkeley County School District graduation ceremonies are streamed live at https://www.bcsdschools.net/live.

As a way of continuing to promote child nutrition and adding to the many celebrations capping the end of the school year, Berkeley County School District’s Office of Child Nutrition Services will launch a special giveaway next week (May 20–24) that will offer some big prizes. Elementary, middle and high school students eating lunch and/or breakfast next week will be entered into a drawing for prizes that include, but are not limited to: *iPads *Wireless earbuds/headphones *Underwater cameras *Projectors *Action cameras *Bluetooth speakers Students will receive one entry into the drawing for each meal they eat. Winners will be drawn at random, and those who eat multiple meals will obviously have an increased chance of winning.

Senior Grad Walk Information!

A little bit of rain certainly did not dampen the festivities this morning as Stratford High students and staff ventured outside to cheer on the boys soccer team as they boarded the bus to leave for the state championship! The bus left in style with vehicles from Goose Creek's police department and the fire department providing an escort off the campus. Stratford High Knights will face off against the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets at 3 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Columbia. The team is led by Coach Jessie Stament.

Stratford Soccer is going to the State Championship for the first time in school history. The Knights beat Ashley Ridge in Overtime with a huge goal by Vinny Teixeira. The Knights will take on Upper State Champ Fort Mill at approximately 3 pm at Memorial Stadium in Columbia on Friday May 10.

This weekend (May 3rd & May 4th) our SHS Orchestra participated in the South Carolina Solo & Ensemble competition hosted at Ft. Dorchester High School. Out of 18 events, we received the following ratings: 2 Superior with Distinction (Perfect scores! The first time ever for our orchestra program) 15 Superiors 16 Excellent -------------------------------------------------- Also, Saturday, April 20th, our entire SHS Orchestra participated in the Berkeley County School District Jazz Performance Assessment hosted at Sangaree Middle School. We made history—The only Strings groups that performed at this jazz event and the first time for our orchestra program receiving the following ratings: SHS Chamber Orchestra: Superior SHS Combined Honors & Chamber Orchestra: Superior

This past Thursday, our Stratford Beta members donated hygiene items and held a packing party to support Lowcountry Period Pixies. We proudly produced 480 school and community packs, which will be distributed throughout the tri-county area. #NationalBeta #LowcountryPeriodPixies #KnightsAllIn

We invite students in an EOC course to take advantage of the boot camps that will be offerred starting on Monday, May 13!

We wanted to extend our heartfelt gratitude for the invaluable contributions of so many people to the Unified Knights Prom this past Friday. Your dedication, kindness, and enthusiasm made a significant difference in creating a memorable and inclusive experience for all of our special needs students. Your efforts went beyond just ensuring the event ran smoothly; you helped create a space where every student felt welcomed, valued, and celebrated. By assisting them on the dance floor and making sure they felt included this helped to create moments of joy and connection that they will cherish for a lifetime. A HUGE THANK YOU to all of the Renaissance students who showed just what Stratford is all about and being ALL IN!!

The 2024 YEScarolina State Business Plan Competition took place in Columbia, SC this past Friday. SHS is so proud to announce the remarkable achievements of our students. Aiyanna Gourdine, Nassir Howell, and Devon White earned spots in the semi-final rounds of the competition. Kaden Parsons earned second place, receiving $2,000 to fuel his innovative business plan for his 3D printed outlet cover design.

May the 4th be with you! BCSD Family Night with the Charleston Battery is going to be a blast!

Check out our students who took a field study trip to learn about our ecosystem along the Black River Cypress Preserve! The students learned a bunch and had a great time!

This past Friday night at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, Chase Hoppock and Jason Heusinger made Stratford history by breaking the 3200 meter school record. The previous record was set by Ross Jordan in 2013 in which he ran 9:43 for the 3200. Chase and Jason both ran side by side for the entire race and ran 9:41. This is 4:52 per mile pace. These times currently place them 9th and 10th in the 3200 in 5A. They will be racing this Friday night at Seneca High School in the Coaches Classic Elite Meet.

REMINDER: New student registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open! Visit https://www.bcsdschools.net/registration to start the online registration process.

Grease opens tonight, April 12th at 7pm! Future shows are: 2pm and 7pm on Saturday, April 13th 7PM on Friday, April 19th 2pm and 7pm on Saturday, April 20th. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online or at the door.