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BI-WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER ISSUE 6 - November 10, 2017

ail ann 11th grade students should have brought home a letter about the ACT and SAT tests with their

report cards earlier this week. The letter needs to be signed and returned to the school. These

students have the opportunity to take either the ACT or the SAT or opt out of taking either exam. If

the form gets misplaced, it can be located on the main page of the school website or on our school’s

Testing website. Make sure the form is returned to the school by November 20th.

PTSA Calendar Fall 2017

NOVEMBER DECEMBER 6: Report Cards 20: Half Day 15: PTSA Board Meeting, Noon 21- 1/2: Winter Holiday 22-24: Thanksgiving Holiday 29: Progress Reports

Please join us! Fall PTSA Meeting Date

You do not have to hold a board position to attend a JL Mann PTSA meeting!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. Your voice is important! Learn about volunteer opportunities, school events, and the latest Patriot news! PTSA meetings are scheduled on the third Wednesday of every month at Noon unless otherwise noted. Our next meeting is:

Wednesday, Nov 15th PTSA Board Meeting, Noon


JL Mann PTSA does not do Fundraisers!

We will not ask you to sell wrapping paper, cookie dough,

candy bars, etc!

PTSA events and programs are fully funded by memberships dues, donations to

Patriot Partners and profits from The Pantry, our school store!

What does PTSA fund?

Last year PTSA gave $40,000 back to Mann!

*Classroom Supplies

*Parent Newsletters

*Red Ribbon Week

*1st Day Packets

*Teacher Meals throughout the year

*School Beautification Projects

*Reflections

*Technology Devices

*Senior Events

*Mini Grants

*Staff Appreciation Week

*Support programs such as Magnet Programs, NewTech, & Special Needs

And much more!

What does all this mean? We need ALL of our families, including students, to

join PTSA so we can continue our great tradition of giving back to JL Mann!

We have over 1900 students at JL Mann this year. If even one person from

every family joins, we will far surpass our 1250 membership goal!

Please consider joining! The membership forms is in this week’s MailMann

edition, ON PAGE 3. Fill it out and return it with your membership dues of

$6/person to the front office!


Welcome to JL Mann PTSA Membership Form

JL Mann PTSA membership dues go toward funding classroom needs and PTSA student, parent and teacher

programs. Please take this opportunity to be a part of the strong JL Mann Tradition.

Please fill out this form and return it to JL Mann PTSA in your First Day Packets.

PTSA MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

School Year ______________________________

Mother’s (Guardian) Name _______________________________________________________

Father’s (Guardian) Name ________________________________________________________

Street Address__________________________________________________________________

City _________________________________________ Zip Code ___________________

Home Phone _____________________________ Cell Phone ____________________________

Preferred Email Address__________________________________________________________

Student 1 Name _________________________________________________ Grade ________




In addition, I would like to buy memberships for the following people (ex: grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc):

Name _________________________________________________

Name _________________________________________________

JL MANN PTSA MEMBERSHIP DUES

TOTAL # of PTSA Memberships: ______ X $6.00 = $____________

Please pay with exact cash or make checks payable to JL Mann PTSA

Attach PTSA Membership dues to this form.

Please do not include class dues or other payments with PTSA Membership – Thank you!


Red, White, and Blue

Veterans Day

Celebration

You are invited to join Interhigh Council

(student leaders from across our school district)

On Friday, November 10, 2017 for a

Red, White and Blue Veterans Day Celebration.

Help our students

Raise $200,000.00 so that

More than 500 South Carolinians

Killed or missing during the

Korean War will be

#ForgottenNoMore.

To learn more, visit

https://t.co/QG3rzmN8cS

https://t.co/QG3rzmN8cS


EXTRA-CURRICULAR Over 45 clubs offered for the 2017-2018 school year

Fine Arts Students Accomplishments 2016-2017

10 students participated in Regional Orchestra

1 student participated in All-State Orchestra

JL Mann’s Orchestra received a Superior Rating (highest rating) from the SC Music Educators Association

9 students received a Superior Rating (highest rating) in their Solo & Ensemble Contest

9 students named to the Greenville All County Honor Band

Students placed 1st and 2nd in the 3D Design Category in the 27th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit

5 Artisphere Winners

Drama presented 2 amazing plays – Almost Maine and Hairspray

1st and 3rd Place in the Fluor “Friendly” Engineering Competition - 2017

All 3 VEX Robotics Teams received bids to the state competition - 2017

1st Place win in the Region 1 Science Fair – student also won the Water Drop Award and the US Stockholm Water Prize - 2017

Youth in Government group named Premier Delegation (highest honor) – 2016

32 students had their Bills become Law at the Convention

Awarded Best Appeals Team

3 students represented Mann at the National Judicial Conference

5 students represented Mann at the Conference of National Affairs

Science Team placed 6th in South Carolina Science Olympiad Competition - 2017

Thank you to those

families who have

donated so far!

True Mann

Stephen & Robin Dunn

Dan & Debbie Johnson

Chas & Susan Key

Joseph & Patience Beraho

Brent & Emily Reeder

Scott & Kim Dunn

Bill & Kristen Nelli

Joseph & Sylvia Weber

Brian & Noel Rogers

Patrick & Sangita Shirley

Business

Partners

Massage Envy

Richey and Richey

Auntie Anne's Soft Pretzels

Patriots

Jeff, Toni & Alexander Wolf

Scott & Audrey Melzer

Jonathan & Stephanie Wright

Cathy Jones & Keith Goodall

Michelle & Mark Patterson

Greg & Anne Williams

Lisa & Paul Aiesi

Partner

Johana & Craig Haydamack

Leslie & Hubert Cook

David & Michelle Seaver

Jack & Missy Lawlor

Molly & Judson Boehmer

Tammy Jacobs

Zuleger Family

Garry Green

Scott & Kathleen Payne

Clancy Self

Soenke Family

Vani & Naveen Parmeshwar

Scott & Kristin Johnson

Steve & Rennie Newmans

Erno Family

Liz Richardson

Steve & Christi Morrison

Greg & Jean Powell

Mark & Pamela Graham

Joe & Judy Parker

Brian & Bonnie Spitzer

Lisa Mangione

Anthony & Kimberly Botzo

Paul & Theresa Sparks

Julia M Torres

The Merck Family

Dwight & Kaye Smith

Rusty & Patti Bishop

Dr. Kenneth W Meisten

Jenna & Mitch Jenkins

Mosher Family

Mark & April McClure

Steven & Carolyn Hahn

Trey & Kimberly DuBose

Friend

Valerie & Brian Cooke

Allen & Cindy McCravy

Bill & Elizabeth Rogers

Bashudev Parajuli

John Horton

John & Helen Kim

Bob Seedlock

April Wickham

Jim & Ruth Daly

Chris Buffington

Evan & Alfie Carbonell

David & Sarah Everman

Bill & Stacy Durrell

Larry & Sandra Davidson

Jerry & Kendell Hunter

Sumita Ranganathan

Sally & Tom Whitesell

Kent & Karen McLeod

Russell & Darlene Shepherd

Marie & Jonathan Gardner

Patrick & Kathy McCurdy

Misty Burgio

Suzanne Massey Schemm

David & Catherine DuBose

Shellie Manfre

Stephanie Schatteman

Tina & Bob Underwood

Small Family

Robert & Lisa Alexander

***List of donors as of October 26, 2017***



Help us to reach our goal…..

Become a Patriot Partner!

All money donated stays at

JL Mann!

Complete form on page 8.

You can turn in your form and

payment in the school office

in c/o Susan Key,

Patriot Partner Chairperson

THANK YOU for your support!

Help Us Reach Our

Patriot Partner

We are at $10,135!

$12,000


There are BIG plans in the works for this school year, and we need your help! Every donation makes a difference!

Did you know that you can DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE to funds that support

our teachers, staff and their goals for academic excellence?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION NEEDED FOR PATRIOT PARTNER DONATIONS:

School Year: _____________________________

Donor Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________

City: _________________________ Zip _____________ Phone: _____________________________

**Email: ____________________________________________________________________________

**Please PRINT CLEARLY. Your receipt will be emailed to this address.

YES! I WILL BECOME A PATRIOT PARTNER

AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT JL MANN! If you work for a matching-gifts employer, you can double your donations!

Attach your matching gift form, and we’ll take care of the paperwork!

Family Levels: Business Levels

$_____True Mann – above $250 $______ Business Patron (over $500)$$

$_____Patriot - $250 $ _____ Business Partner (up to $500)

$_____Partner - $100

$_____Friend - $50 CASH DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE!

$$Supporters at the Business Patron level may advertise their

business logo in PTSA publications

Become a Patriot Partner!

Please RETURN THIS FORM to the main office.

*DONATIONS WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN PTSA PUBLICATONS!*

Becoming a Patriot Partner means you are supporting PTSA’s efforts to raise money to buy Chromebooks and equipment for classrooms and the fine arts programs

which directly support students!

Last year JL Mann PTSA donated

over $40,000 to JL Mann!!


This Week in NewTech@Mann

Setting Back the Clock – Students this week in World History and Lit presented

their plans for how to add time to the countdown of the “doomsday clock”, a

popular internet site that indicates the threat level to our world potentially

ending due to a wide range of threats. Students practiced persuasive techniques and used them in their final

presentations to suggest existing technology that could be used to counteract the planet’s threat level in some

way. Students also paralleled the threats to Earth to the issues that Greece faced in the fall of Rome.

Stephanie Morgan’s lesson on writing for children. Giving feedback to student groups.

On the Border – Students in GeoLit took part of our short week last week to present their ideas for how countries who share a border could work out their most notable issues. Students spent a great amount of time researching their countries and their disagreements. They then set out to offer solutions based on their knowledge of how other rivaling neighbors have compromised. This is a difficult task that world lead-ers struggle with, but their solutions were very thorough and well thought out.

Students share their work with guests. Students share their work with guests.


Jefferson Awards Fall Conference – Students in our student service leadership group Students in Action took a trip to the fall conference for the Jefferson Awards at Furman University. This conference kickstarts our groups task to identify some local or global issue, find ways we could contribute to helping that issue, and then organize a plan for how they and other student organizations could help. We are very excited to see who they will be supporting and how.

Students collaborate with other schools. Students collaborate with other schools.

NewTech@Mann Student Work Spotlight – Each week we will begin featuring student work that a facilitator

has identified as being exemplary. This week Mr. Hurst wanted to acknowledge the work of a group from his

World Lit presentations mentioned previously. Michael Earl-Lyles and Elijah LeBlanc did an impressive job

presenting and showed the utmost focus and professional behavior.

“They did a great job of effectively identifying an imminent threat to the safety of the United States.

Their analysis gave insight to the development of EMP devices and how their long lasting effects could

potentially save the US from a fate similar to that of the Roman Empire.” -- Mr. Hurst


NT@M Parents – You should have received a letter from Dr. Alsip regarding student self-assessment presentations. You are invited to attend your child’s presentation, so please note the date listed in the letter. If you would like to come there is no need to let us know, just come to the front office at the day and time listed in the letter. We hope to see you there!

· Seniors will present November 28-December 8 · Juniors will present December 12-December 14 · Sophomores will present January 29-February 2 · Freshmen will present February 27-March 16

NT@M Parents of Seniors – can you believe it is time to order graduation medals? In the presentation letters

being sent home next week the parents of seniors will also receive instructions on how to order the NT@M

distinction medal for graduation. Congratulations! Please let Dr. Alsip know if you have any questions.

*Obstacle Course Gallery Walk – students in Geometry and Engineering classes finished their most recent project and had a gallery walk where students gave feedback on each other’s work. For this project, students were tasked with designing and creating a 3-D model of an obstacle course and one stunt that must use geometry and design principles from engineering.

Children’s Books Being Written – students in Ms. Nott’s Biology classes began writing and drawing their children’s books. The students are writing children’s books to help young children better understand what cancer does to the body and how it is treated.


Flaming Hot Lab – This week students in Mr. Ginn’s Chemistry classes visited the lab and used the flame test to determine the wavelength of light emitted by different types of metal chlorides and the de-excitation of their valence electrons. When introduced to flame, the different metal chlorides give off brilliant colors.

Grades and ECHO – All grades for first quarter should now be in PowerSchool and students are now moving into second quarter. Please take the time to watch the helpful video below to be sure you know how to interpret quarter grades in ECHO:

https://youtu.be/waXSwK7y5DE

NewTech@Mann Information Schedule – Would you like to see a NewTech@Mann class in action? Below you can find the 2017-2108 schedule for our information events and tours. We open our classes the first Tuesday of every month for anyone interested in seeing our classes in action. We also make ourselves available to answer any questions you may have about the program or ECHO.

Classroom Observations -- We open the NewTech@Mann classrooms on the first Tuesday of every month (10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) for current and prospective parents to come and see how a project-based classroom works. Your student is welcome to come with you. You do not need to call ahead, just come to the J. L. Mann front office at 10:30 a.m. on any of the following dates: December 5, February 6, March 6, April 4, and May 1. Information Nights -- We also offer several NewTech@Mann Information Nights at J. L. Mann High School for interested families. At these sessions students, staff and administrators present information about the NewTech@Mann program and answer questions. We strongly encourage you to bring your student with you.

January 30 5:30-6:30 p.m. J. L. Mann Media Center February 6 5:30-6:30 p.m. J. L. Mann Media Center February 26 5:30-6:30 p.m. J. L. Mann Media Center

https://youtu.be/waXSwK7y5DE


JL Mann Patriot Battalion

The Patriot Battalion is happy to announce the arrival of Lt. Col. James V. Davis, Ph.D. as the new Senior Army

Instructor (SAI) at JL Mann. Lt. Col. Davis comes to us with 20 years of service in the Army; including working

for the US Army Military Intelligence Branch and deployment to Desert Storm with the 82nd Airborne Division.

In addition to several years in private industry, he has served as SAI at three other high schools in SC and was a

professor of Military Science at Wofford College from 2003-2006. Please welcome Lt. Col. Davis as the newest

member of the Mann family!

Lt. Col. James Davis, Ph.D.

Patriot Battalion competed in the first Drill Meet of the season at Freedom High School in Morganton, NC

Saturday, November 28. The competition consisted of 27 schools located throughout the southeast. The

Drill Team practices before school, during school, and most recently spent most of the teacher work-day

creating and practicing their routines. The hard work and dedication of the Cadets paid off in their being

awarded six trophies as listed below:

Armed Regulation Platoon - 2nd Place

Unarmed Exhibition Squad – 3rd Place

Armed Exhibition Platoon – 2nd Place

Unarmed Expedition Platoon – 2nd Place

Armed Individual –3rd Place

Overall Exhibition -3rd Place


JL Mann Patriot Battalion

JL Mann Patriot Battalion Drill Team

under the direction of CSM Hoxit at

Freedom High Drill Meet

Cadets work toward mastery of the push up and sit up portions of the Cadet Challenge with Lt. Col. Davis

Cadet Calendar

November 10 - Veterans Day Assembly, JL Mann Gym, 10:15 November 17 - $60 payment #2 due for Leadership trip to Washington, DC November 18 – Jack Frost Drill Meet, JL Mann High School December 2 – Airport High School Drill Meet, Columbia, SC (Canceled) December 2 – Poinsettia Christmas Parade 6-7:30 December 15 - $60 payment # 3 due for Leadership trip to Washington, DC December TBD – Christmas Party Hosted by CSM and Mrs. Hoxit January 12 - $60 final payment due for Leadership trip to Washington, DC January 27 – JROTC Ball @ JL Mann February 10 – Best of the Best Drill Meet, Hickory, NC February 28-March3 – Drill and Leadership Team trip to Washington, DC (Note new date) April 14 – Army Nationals Drill Meet, Louisville, KY

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