Over Spring Break our Stratford Winter Guard competed at the CWEA Championships! This is the culminating event of their winter guard season that began in November.
With the help of Mr. Swetckie and teachers and staff at College Park middle school, the guard was able to have an actual rehearsal space for the entire season! This can be the hardest thing for these groups as they perform in gyms, and it can be hard to get into a space like that during their season! Thank you to Dr. Burnette and our Stratford Athletics for allowing some time in our own gym as they prepared for Championships!
The students managed to have a breakout season as this is the first time Stratford has competed in the winter season since 2016.
During the season the guard was awarded 1st place at their premiere performance at Colleton County. Their score also awarded them a promotion from the Scholastic Regional A class to the Scholastic AAA class.
Their 2nd contest they placed 3rd in their class at River Bluff.
Their 3rd contest they placed 1st in their class at Indian Land.
We are proud of their performance at CWEA Championships where they placed 3rd and were awarded the Bronze Medal for this year! Congratulations to our Winter Guard students!
Spring has sprung! BCSD Spring Break runs April 1-5. All students return to school on April 8.
Stratford HOSA attended the 46th annual SC HOSA State Leadership Conference last Wednesday- Friday. Stratford was well represented with over 31 competitors. These students put in extra hours studying and practicing skills, creating presentations, and competing against some of the best schools in the state.
Here are some of the highlights and the results:
Medical Innovations: Kealie Ferro-Smith and Grace Lemonds placed 3rd
Certified Nursing Assistant: Alice Gandy placed top 5 and Chloe Depozo and Bhrissa De Souza placed top 20
Forensics: Deanna Broadwater and Joelle Thorsell – Top 20
Health Career Display: Juan Pablo Ledesmo Moreno and Andrea Perez Saucedo- Top 20
This year Stratford Theatre Performing Knights went to the South Carolina Speech and Theatre Association High School Competition for the first time. We brought 11 students, 1 placing good, 2 placing excellent, and 8 placing superior and moved into the finals. From there we placed overall in the competition in these categories:
1st place- Comedic Musical Theatre Solo: Sofi Unsworth
2nd place- Musical Theatre Duet: Tyler Goodhall & Sofi Unsworth
2nd place- Dramatic Duet Scene: Tyler Goodhall & Mia Stone
3rd Audition Monologues: Chloe Errigo
We also won the Newcomer Award, earning us a free spot in next year's competition.
Don't forget to come to our upcoming production of Grease, April 12-13 and April 19-20.
Get some pizza AND support Stratford Renaissance!!
Our Stratford High School Chamber Orchestra performed in the 2024 South Carolina Orchestra Division Concert Performance Assessment at Lucy Beckham High School last Thursday (03/14). We made SHS Orchestra history--- Receiving a score of Superior with Distinction! This is the highest honor that can be given to a performing group, where ALL adjudicators unanimously rated our performance as Superior.
We always feel lucky to teach our incredible students! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Monday, March 25th all juniors will take the WIN career assessment. Please be on time and bring with you a charged Chromebook.
School Day SAT is Wednesday, March 20th. If you signed up to take the SAT during the school day with your counselor please see the room assignments posted outside Mr. Faulks Office on the main hallway for your testing locations. Please remember to be on time and have a charged Chromebook for testing.
Mr. Buck and Mrs. McCombs took 22 Real TV students to the SIPA Regional competition and convention last weekend in Columbia and took home several awards.
Best Overall, Anne Withers & Maggie Parker (they only had about 12 hours to complete a news package about the presidential election from start to finish – not an easy task but they killed it!)
Best Visuals:
1st place Human Interest - Jaylen Yom (pkg on Jayden Moreno)
1st place Promos - Jaylen Yom, Ashton Parker, Aubry Collins (Chess Club)
2nd place Promos - Kylee Arroyo (Theater Performing Knights)
2nd place Anchor - Serenity Pearson
2nd Place Reporter - Kelsey Goings
2nd place Sports Coverage - Anne Withers (pkg on SHS 40 Years of Sports)
2nd place Videography - Anne Withers (Marching Band community show)
2nd place NATS package - Gracin Greene (pkg on Miracle League)
3rd place NATS package - Sierra Soriano (pkg on Noah Nichols)
A NATS package is one where there is no voiceover, only interviews and natural sound from the broll, or video to tell the story.
Come on out to Stratford! We are here until 2PM! Be entered for prizes when you show us that you completed the Parent Climate Survey. Need help completing the survey? We can help with that too!
Our school social workers do a tremendous job supporting our students! The pearls of wisdom they provide to our school communities are invaluable. Be sure to thank a school social worker this week for the difference they make in BCSD! #SSWWeek2024 #makingapositivedifference
Happy Friday! We wanted to give a special shout out to Claire Ansell, the owner of Business Powerhouse and business consultant specialist, for coming to speak to our students. Claire's visit, which took place on Monday, February 26th, was truly inspiring for all who attended.
During the session, Claire led an engaging discussion centered around the theme of career readiness through identifying one's unique abilities or "superpowers." Her insights provided invaluable guidance to our students, empowering them to recognize and leverage their strengths as they embark on their professional journeys.
Juniors and Seniors: Mark your calendars!! Stay tuned for more information!
Surf's up with school breakfast! Did you know next week is National School Breakfast Week? For eating school breakfast, students will be entered to win daily and grand prizes from our child nutrition services team. #makingapositivedifference
Having trouble with Rooms? Join us at Westview Middle next Tuesday, February 27, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to have your questions answered and connection issues resolved by Rooms experts!
Stratford DECA members competed this past week (Feb. 15 - 17) at the State Career Development Conference in North Charleston, SC. Our students competed in written and individual events.
This conference was the largest in SC DECA history with over 2,220 students in attendance and our Knights were #AllIn! All of the students that competed were finalists in their events this year!
Johnson & Wales University Scholarship Winner:
Tammy Le, $1000 renewable scholarship
Our DECA Glass recipients:
Business Finance Series - Grady Redmond, 1st Place (Eligible to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA in April)
Integrated Marketing Campaign for Service - Tami Le, 3rd Place
Our top 10 finalists:
Accounting Applications - Deanna Broadwater
Automotive Services Marketing - Darius Dash
Marketing Communications Series - Dylan Le
Our top 16 finalist:
Principles of Finance - Joe "Hudson" Stewart
Advisors Chrystal Bryant and Tara Stevens are so proud of how well our students did this year! Also, a huge thank you to our own Cristine Burnette and Jessica Galati for helping judge events during the conference!
Reminder: BCSD schools and offices are closed tomorrow, February 19, in honor of Presidents' Day.
Help support both our Stratford Renaissance program as well as one of the newest businesses in Goose creek. Friday 2/16 from 4:30-7:30pm.
This past Saturday 6 of our Mu Alpha Theta students competed at the annual College of Charleston Math Meet. This meet is an extremely rigorous competition with tough competitors from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama, and we were the only public school from the Lowcountry. Alexander Johnson, Nathaniel Johnson, Mitchell Lord, and Anthony Guadagno competed in a Physics Brainstorm team test, and they won 3rd place! A big thank you to their physics teachers, Mr. Hawthorne & Dr. Greene. And Aeisha Smith and Kaylin Byrn completed the challenging all-day sprint KenKen puzzle.
