Parent Newsletter # 27 Hanna Girls’ Tennis Team Brings ... · resume on Friday, Nov 22, at 4:00 PM in Room 803. Correction on Football Article In the Independent Mail article quoted

Nov 12, 2013 Parent Newsletter # 27

Hanna Girls’ Tennis Team Brings State

Championship Trophy Home to

Hanna

Seniors Natalie Ivey, Anna Rice, and Ivey Welborn accept the 2013 S.C.

AAAA State Championship Girls’ Tennis trophy in Cayce, S.C. on Saturday. The

Hanna team defeated Dutch Fork 5-1 to prove they are the state’s best!

Look at those smiles! Congrats to Coach Spencer for his hard work with the girls

and former Coach Sandy Thompson who coached some of the girls prior to her

retirement. It was a joy to be there with them for this special moment.

T.L. Hanna Tennis Team

Lauren Anderson

Adelaide Bradford

Claire Counts

Corbin Dorsey

Natalie Ivey

Victoria Kellogg

Bailey Klein

Katherine Loudermilk

Lauren McGregor

Kristen Reynolds

Anna Rice

Summer Robinson

Brianna Stephens

Donna Tran

Ivey Welborn

Coach Rob Spencer

Coach Elizabeth McKenzie

Eyes welled up with tears on this one. We are so proud of them!

They received State Championship medals and t-shirts, as well as the trophy.

The Tennis Team got a surprise send off to the State Championship with

a pep rally in front of the school! All of the students who participated in

this hated missing class on Friday afternoon, but they did it anyway – for

the team .

Hanna Defeats Westside for Second

Time This Season

Darien Rencher gains yardage against Westside Jackson Williamson, TLH QB, throws

Friday night. The Jackets beat Westside for the during third quarter (picture courtesy

second time this season, 37-7 of Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent

Mail).

Led by sophomore running back Darien Rencher, Hanna football completed the

season with their second straight win by defeating Westside 37-7 on a chilly night at

District Five Stadium. Rencher had 144 yards and 2 TDs on 15 carries and added 40

yards on 6 catches to pace the Jackets. Hanna has now defeated Westside in 11 of

the last 12 games between the teams.

Cross Country Has Fastest Average at

State Championship Meet

The T. L. Hanna boys had their fastest ever average time at the state championship

meet to finish 6th in class 4A. In the final "all-classification" ranking, TLH was ranked

9th when one includes every team in the state. Another highlight for us was senior

Samuel Whatley being named to the Shrine Bowl Run team, these are seniors from

all classifications who are chosen from their times at the state championship to take

part in a "relay" race bringing the game ball to the stadium for the Shrine Bowl

football game.

We are very proud of how the boys and girls trained and competed throughout the

season. Congratulations to Coach Frank Grand and other coaching staff members --

Coach Andrew King at Glenview and Coach Brent Jackson at McCants for having the

boys and girls ready to run their best at the most important time of the year!

T. L. Hanna Scores “Excellent” on

State Report Card

South Carolina’s annual state education report cards were announced last week, and

we are proud to announce that both T. L. Hanna and Anderson School District Five

did well. Both school districts and schools in South Carolina are ranked in two

categories – one category measures overall performance using graduation rates,

attendance, test scores, and enrollment in AP courses (TLH was rated “Excellent” in

the category) and the other category tracks student growth from the previous school

year (Hanna rated “Excellent” in this category as well). Districts receive scores from

“excellent” to “at risk.” Anderson School District Five is rated as “Good,” with the

high school graduation rate being an area of concern in recent years. The graduation

rate did improve this year. Complete data for the state are available at

http://ed.sc.gov/data/report-cards/ .

Lassiter Wins District Essay Contest

Both TLH and Westside competed in the 2013 Family Excellence Essay Contest. The

topic this year was selected because it was the fifty-year anniversary of Martin Luther

King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The topic was “When I dream of a better

future….” Essays were evaluated by a panel of educators from a local middle

schools, high schools, and colleges. The district winner was announced at the TLH vs.

Westside football game last Friday night. Lara Lassiter from TLH was the district

winner. Congratulations, Lara!

http://ed.sc.gov/data/report-cards

The Outdoor Dream Foundation

Recognizes TLH Fishing Team

The TLH Fishing Team received special recognition and a plaque from the Outdoor

Dream Foundation for their dedication and support of the organization that “grants

outdoor adventures to children who have been diagnosed with terminal or life-

threatening illnesses.” The plaque reads,

Presented to the

T. L. Hanna Fishing Team

In Appreciation For Your

Dedication and Support of

THE OUTDOOR DREAM FOUNDATION

Coach Andrew Ray

Grant Alexander Owen Fielding

Kami Carr Lindsay Johnson

Noah Caulder Jacob Koch

Josh Chapman Sam Pierce

Jackson Collins Jarrett Snipes

Chris Vita

2013

Thanks to All Veterans, Including our

Very Own!

Of course, words can never express the appreciation we have to all veterans who

serve our country now and in the past. We would like to extend our appreciation

to the veterans we have right here on the TLH faculty for their service to the USA as

well. Thank you to following teachers who served in the military:

Kevin Benson who served in the Air Force during the first Gulf War

(Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, & Provide Comfort).

George Jackson who served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam

War;

Robert Koziar who served in the United States Air Force during the first and

second Gulf Wars;

Dan Sheridan who served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam

War;

BMC Leon Smith who served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam

War;

LC Randy Smith who served in the United States Navy during Vietnam,

Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Libyan Line of Death

TLH Band Performs in Veteran’s Day

Parade

The TLH Marching Band represented Hanna well at Anderson’s

Annual Veteran’s Day Parade.

National Honor Society to Stuff

Stockings

NHS members should begin bringing stocking stuffers to Mrs. Hungerford in Room

306 ASAP! The group will stuff stockings after school on Thursday, December 5, in

Mrs. Hungerford’s room. The next meeting is November 21 during homeroom.

School Picture Proofs

Student individual school picture proofs that were taken during registration days

before school started and make-up picture days (those that will appear in the

yearbook) were hand-delivered to students last week and this week.

Parents/students may order packages of these pictures if they wish. Students should

turn in these proofs and/or orders to a box in the front office or to Room 219 (Mrs.

Cochran), by Friday, November 15th.

Japanese Culture Club

The Japanese Culture Club Meeting on November 15 is cancelled. Club activities will

resume on Friday, Nov 22, at 4:00 PM in Room 803.

Correction on Football Article

In the Independent Mail article quoted in the last newsletter, it mistakenly identified

a player as Bryan Miller when it was Whit Miller who caught the pass. Congrats,

Whit.

JV Girls’ Basketball Tryouts

JV Girls Basketball Tryouts are this week until Thursday at 3:50 pm in the Auxiliary

Gym. They need to see Mrs. Crowe if they want to play but do not have a physical

yet.

by Chris Jordan

http://alphamom.com/parenting/toddler-parenting/toddlers-and-teens-more-alike-than-different/

As parents we often talk about the difficult stages of child rearing as if we are headed

into battle. We strap on our metaphorical armor, brace ourselves with all the

knowledge and wisdom from other parents, and then most often we discover that

the battles we are prepared to fight are not the ones in which we end up fighting,

after all. Personally, I didn’t think the Terrible Twos lived up to the hype. But three?

Whoa, that one blindsided me. More than once. Because the battles leave you with

amnesia. You can’t remember what your previous child did two years ago.

But I am not sure that there is any stage that parents fear more than the teen years. I

think that it is in part because we can all still clearly remember our own poor choices

and cringe at some of the things that we did. Since I am in the thick of the teen years

right now I can tell you, yes, it lives up to its hype. Yes, it does. Luckily the bad

things are punctuated by good things, which serve as a reminder of why you didn’t

sell them to the circus when you had the chance. Because I am here to tell you, even

the circus doesn’t want to buy mouthy teens.

I will admit that this fact ran through my head this morning when I was driving in

the car with my 17-year-old son. I said, “For crying out loud! I have kept you alive

for 17 years. Don’t blow it now and make me regret it!”

But don’t fear, it turns out parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers, and you’ve

already done that. (Successfully, probably.) But, let me show you the similarities:

1: Most of what you do seems to center around protecting them from themselves.

2: Half of what they say is completely incoherent.

3: You wonder ALL THE TIME just what is going on inside their heads.

4: They won’t be able to tell you.

5: You will have their hearing tested, completely certain in your belief that they are

deaf or have suffered a devastating hearing loss from listening to their music so loud.

Why do you think this? Because you will say something to them and then they will

go and do the very thing that you just told them not to do.

6: You will spend nights lying awake, worrying. (The only difference is that when

they are toddlers you probably know exactly where they are at that moment you

are worrying).

7: You will be concerned about their eating habits. (Don’t worry. All those times

when you thought as toddlers they weren’t eating enough, they make up for that

during the teen years. Only now you’ll be concerned with the junk food.)

8: They go through more changes of clothing per day than you thought was

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possible.

9: They scatter their stuff everywhere in the house.

10: They don’t know how to pick up after themselves and can never find that one

thing that they must absolutely have right at that moment.

11: They want to do everything themselves, except for when they want you to do it.

12: They have crazy sleep habits that make no sense.

13: They do not understand the concept of going to bed early.

14: They have tantrums that are at times so irrational you will laugh.

15: They don’t want to hold your hand to cross the street or in the case of the

teenagers walk within 20 feet of you.

16: If you think something sounds like fun, they won’t.

17: They dress themselves in outfits you think look like they were put together by a

crazy lunatic. (Only with teenagers you sometimes hope they aren’t really a crazy

lunatic).

18: They will never want to be friends with the kids who you actually like.

The one plus to having teenagers is that you can see the light at the end of the

tunnel. You have glimpses of all the hard work coming to fruition. You are able to

see the adults they will become. You have the knowledge that it is finally going to

end. Well, unless you still have younger kids at home, then you only have the

knowledge that it does eventually end. Something I am not so sure I believed when I

had a two year old and wondered how much the circus would pay.

TLH 2013-2014 Calendar

Nov 13 (W) Student Government

Meeting

After school in Room 802

Nov 15 (F) Orchestra Regions

Weekend

@Anderson University

PowderPuff Games Beginning at 5:30 pm

School Picture Proofs

Due

To Front Office or to Room 219

Nov 16 (Sa) Alive at 25 Driver

Training

9 am – 1 pm; Register at

http://www.scaliveat25.org/

Orchestra Regions

Weekend

@ Anderson University

Fishing Team Dorman Fishing Tourney

Nov 19 (Tu) Cross Country Banquet Mall @ 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Nov 21 (Th) NHS Meeting During HR

Nov 22 (F) SAT Late Registration

Deadline 12/7 SAT

Register at http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

Interact Fundraiser

Turkey Pickup

4-6 pm

Japanese Culture Club

Meeting

@ 4:00 pm in Room 803

Nov 27 (W) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 28 (Th) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 29 (F) Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 2 (M) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

BHP @ TLH @ 6:00/7:30 pm

JSA Meeting During Homeroom in Room 205

Dec 4 (W) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

Crescent @ TLH @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 5 (Th) NHS Meeting Stocking Stuffing in Room 306

Dec 6 (F) Boys/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

Wren @ TLH @6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 7 (Sa) SAT Not given at TLH

Dec 8 (Su) Anderson Christmas

Parade for Band

@ 3:00 pm

Dec 9 (M) Fishing Team Meeting Lecture Hall

Dec 10 (Tu) Orchestra Concert @ Glenview @ 7 pm

Boys’/Girls’ Varsity @ BHP @ 6:00/7:30 pm


Basketball

Dec 11 (W) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ Crescent @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 12 (Th) Evening Band Christmas

Concert

Dec 13 (F) Morning Band Christmas

Concert

Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ Wren @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 14 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Fishing Team Club

Tourney

Details TBA

Dec 17 (Tu) Exams Blocks 1, 2 (A Day)


Basketball

@ Easley @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 18 (W) Exams Blocks 1, 2 (B Day)

Dec 19 (Th) Exams Blocks 3,4 (A Day)

Southwood Orchestra

Concert

@ Boulevard Baptist Church (with choir)

Dec 20 (F) Exams Blocks 3, 4 (B Day)


Basketball

@ Woodmont @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Dec 23 (M) Winter Break

Dec 24 (Tu) Winter Break

Dec 25 (W) Winter Break

Dec 26 (Th) Winter Break

Dec 27 (F) Winter Break


Basketball

Hart County Classic, Hartwell, GA, Time

TBA

SAT Registration

Deadline for 1/25 SAT


Dec 28 (Sa) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball


TBA

Dec 30 (M) Winter Break


Basketball


TBA

Dec 31 (Tu) Winter Break

Jan 1 (W) Winter Break

Jan 2 (Th) Winter Break

Jan 3 (F) Winter Break

Jan 6 (M) Students Return to

School

Jan 7 (Tu) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ Hillcrest @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 10 (F) SAT Late Registration



ACT Registration

Deadline for 2/8 ACT

Register at www.actstudent.org


Basketball

@ TLH vs. Mann @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 11 (Sa) ACT Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball Late

Registration Deadline

Window for 2/8 ACT

January 11 – 24; Register at

www.actstudent.org

Regional All State Band

Auditions

All State Orchestra

Auditions

@ Lexington High School

Jan 13 (M) End of Second Nine

Weeks

Mu Alpha Theta Meeting

Jan 14 (Tu) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ TLH vs. Greenwood @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 17 (F) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ Westside @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 18 (Sa) Band CIPA Qualifier


Jan 20 (M) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Holiday

Jan 21 (Tu) Report Cards Issued


Basketball

@ Laurens @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 24 (F) Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life

Southwood Black Box Theatre @ 7 pm;

Price $8


Basketball

@ TLH vs. Easley @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 25 (Sa) SAT @ TLH

Final All State Band

Auditions

Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life

Show Date: It’s a Wonderful Life @ 7 pm;

Price $8

Jan 26 (Su) Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life

Show Date: It’s a Wonderful Life @ 3:00

pm; Price $8

Jan 27 (M) Sophomore Class Ring

Meeting with Josten’s

@10:00 am

Jan 28 (Tu) Financial Aid Workshop 6:30 pm in Lecture Hall


Basketball

@ TLH vs. Woodmont @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Jan 29 (W) Early Release

Day/Teacher Professional

Development

11:45 am

Alive at 25 Driver

Training

12:30 – 5:00 pm; Register at


Jan 31 (F) Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life


Price $8


Basketball

@ TLH vs. Hillcrest @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Feb 1 (Sa) Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life


Price $8

Feb 2 (Su) Show Date: It’s a

Wonderful Life


Price $8

Feb 4 (Tu) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ Greenwood @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Feb 5 (W) Class Ring Order Day for

Sophomores

@11:45-2:30 pm

Feb 7 (F) SAT Registration




Basketball

@ Mann @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Feb 8 (Sa) ACT @Westside

Feb 10 (M) Mu Alpha Theta Meeting

Feb 11 (Tu) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ TLH vs. Laurens @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Feb 13-16 (F-Su) USC Band Clinic

Feb 14 (F) Boys’/Girls’ Varsity

Basketball

@ TLH vs. Westside @ 6:00/7:30 pm

Feb 15 (Sa) Alive at 25 Driver

Training



Feb 17 (M) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

Feb 21 (F) SAT Late Registration



Feb 21-22 (F-

Sa)

Region Band Clinic

Feb 21-23 (F-

Su)

All State Orchestra

Weekend

@ Furman

March 7 (F) ACT Registration



March 8 (Sa) SAT @ TLH

ACT Late Registration

Deadline Window for

4/12 ACT

March 8 – 21; Register at

www.actstudent.org

All State Jazz

March 12 (W) Early Release 11:45 am



Day/Teacher Professional

Development

Alive at 25 Driver

Training

12:30 pm – 5:00 pm; Register at


March 13 (Th) Exams Blocks 3, 4 (A Day)

March 14 (F) Exams Blocks 3, 4 (B Day)

Delivery of Senior

Caps/Gowns/Supplies

and Sophomore Ring

Order Makeup Day

10:00-2:30 pm

March 14-16 (F-

Su)

All State Band

March 17 (M) Exams Blocks 1, 2 (A Day)

March 18 (Tu) Exams Blocks 1, 2 (B Day)

March 24 (M) Student Holiday/Teacher

Professional

Development

March 26 (W) Report Cards Issued

March 29-30

(Sa-Su)

Winterguard/Indoor

CIPA Championships

April 1 (Tu) HSAP Testing ELA Day 1

April 2 (W) HSAP Testing ELA Day 2

April 3 (Th) HSAP Testing Math

April 4 (F) SAT Registration



HSAP Makeups

April 7 (M) HSAP Makeups


April 8 (Tu) HSAP Makeups

April 10 (Th) Evening Spring Band

Concert

April 11 (F) Morning Spring Band

Concert

April 12 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

April 14 (M) Spring Break

April 15 (Tu) Spring Break

April 16 (W) Spring Break

April 17 (Th) Spring Break

April 18 (F) Spring Break

SAT Late Registration



April 25-26 (F-

Sa)

Band Solo and Ensemble

May 1 (Th) Awards Night @ 6:30 pm in TLH mall

May 2-3 (F/Sa) Orchestra Solo and

Ensemble Festival

@ Palmetto High School

May 3 (Sa) SAT @ TLH

May 5(M) AP Chemistry Exam (am)

IB Language A: Literature

Paper 1 (am)

AP Psychology Exam

(pm)

May 6 (Tu) AP Computer Science

Exam (am)

IB Language A: Literature

Paper 2 (pm)

May 7 (W) AP Calculus Exam (am)

IB Environmental

Systems Paper 1 (am)

May 8 (Th) IB Environmental

Systems Paper 2 (pm)

AP English Exam (am)

May 9 (F) SAT Registration



ACT Registration



AP Studio Art Portfolio

Due


AP Statistics Exam (pm)

IB Biology Papers 1 & 2

(pm)

IB Language – Latin

Paper 1 (am)

May 10 (Sa) ACT Late Registration

Deadline Window for

6/14 ACT

May 10- 23; Register at www.actstudent.org

May 12 (M) AP Biology Exam (am)

AP Physics Exam (pm)

IB Biology Paper 3 (am)

IB Language – Latin

Paper 2 (pm)

US History EOC A Day


May 13 (Tu) IB Math Studies Paper 1

(pm)

IB Math (pm)

US History EOC B Day

Senior Exams Blocks 3,4 (B Day)

May 14 (W) AP US History Exam

(am)

AP European History

Exam (pm)

IB Math Studies Paper 2

(am)

IB Math Paper 2 (am)

IB History Papers 1 & 2

(pm)

Biology EOC A Day

Senior Exams Blocks 3,4 (A Day)

May 15 (Th) IB History Paper 3 (am)

Biology EOC B Day

Senior Exams Blocks 1,2 (B Day)

May 16 (F) IB ITGS Paper 1 (pm)

Algebra 1 EOC A Day

Senior Exams Blocks 1, 2 (A Day)

May 19 (M) IB ITGS Paper 2 (am)

Algebra 1 EOC B Day

TLH Orchestra Concert @ 7 pm @ Glenview Middle School

May 20 (Tu) English 1 EOC A Day

May 21 (W) IB French Papers 1 & 2

(am)

English 1 EOC B Day

May 22 (Th) Band Banquet

IB Spanish Paper 1 (pm)

EOC Makeup Tests

May 23 (F) SAT Late Registration



IB Spanish Paper 2 (am)

EOC Makeup Tests

Underclass Exams Blocks 3, 4 (B Day)

May 24 (Sa) Graduation @ Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson @ 7:00 pm

May 26 (M) Memorial Day Holiday

May 27 (Tu) Underclass Exams Blocks 3, 4 (A Day)

May 28 (W) Underclass Exams Blocks 1, 2 (B Day)

Underclass Early

Dismissal

@ 11:40 am

May 29 (Th) Underclass Exams Blocks 1, 2 (A Day)

May 30 (F) Last Day of School

End of 4th Nine Weeks

Exam Make-up Day

May 31 (Sa) Report Cards Mailed

June 2 (M) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 3 (Tu) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 4 (W) Inclement Weather

Make up Day

June 7 (Sa) SAT Not given at TLH

June 14 (Sa) ACT @ Westside

July 15 (Tu) Summer HSAP

July 16 (W) Summer HSAP

July 17 (Th) Summer HSAP

Parent Newsletter # 27 Hanna Girls’ Tennis Team Brings ... · resume on Friday, Nov 22, at 4:00 PM in Room 803. Correction on Football Article In the Independent Mail article quoted

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