Burke High School

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2022 Modie Risher Ticket information

Marcelle the therapy dog came to visit campus today! Students were able to visit and cuddle with him during their lunch blocks.

Students, if you’re interested in seeing him next time he’s here, see Mr. Matthews for a permission slip!

Free COVID 19 and Flu A&B testing for staff, student, and family members of Charleston County School District are available. See the flyer for more details!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 at 6:00 PM: See the Charleston Development Academy’s production of ‘Annie,’ which will also feature a special appearance by Mayor John Tecklenburg as President Franklin D. Roosevelt! 😮🦅🎶

The performance will be held in the Burke High School Auditorium. Admission is FREE, but seats (which will fill up quickly) can be reserved here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annie-the-musical-tickets-451948318587?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb&fbclid=IwAR2709k98xtxWj_MqRumgQ7KFRZexLqOs0Rdq7yvU3gwUKIqyU5CKkG1jZo

Mayor Tecklenburg recently announced a free community event. Charleston Development Academy Public Charter School will perform “Annie the Musical” on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the Burke High School Auditorium. Reserve your spot and make your way to 244 President St. at 6 p.m. 🎭

Link is below and in our Instagram bio.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annie-the-musical-tickets-451948318587?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

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Thank you to Ms. Evans, Mr. Kemp, and the staff at Burke High School along with Be Pro Be Proud SC for inviting Cullum to attend their career exploratory day. It was another great day meeting future leaders in our community and industry! It is inspiring to see the students get excited while participating in the state-of-art, hands-on simulators with BPBPSC.

Right now, America's workforce is facing a challenge. Over 23% of the current skilled professionals are at or near retirement age. But our state's workforce isn't prepared to fill the positions our retiring workers are creating. In an effort to let our kids at Burke know about some of the many amazing opportunities available due to this demographic fact, we invited the Be Pro Be Proud Truck to come to our school on Tuesday November 29 to share some hands-on activities with the kids to spark their interest. Almost 1/3 of the students at Burke were able to participate in activities as diverse as virtual framing, driving an excavator or forklift simulator, Virtual welding and donning PPE for work in a lineman's lift bucket! It was an amazing day with life changing experiences!

Yesterday the Be Pro-Be Proud Roadshow made a stop on our campus. Scholars had the opportunity to explore various in-demand skilled professions.

Thank you to our Career Specialist Ms. Nicole Evans and CTE Department Chair Mr. Kemp for arranging this career exploratory opportunity!

Please Join us December 3rd at 4:30 pm.

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Per Mrs. Swinton’s call-out, please see the information below:

First, you're invited to attend The Preservation Society of Charleston's launch of The Black Businesses of Charleston Oral History Project to be held November 29, 2022, at 6 pm in the auditorium. Secondly, save the date, December 15, 2022, for the Annual Fine Arts Department Holiday program including the debut of the D20 P*P choir, featured elementary schools' choirs, and a 60" TV grand prize drawing.

DHEC will provide a flu vaccine clinic at Burke HS, Wednesday, December 7th at 10 a.m. Attached are forms for your information and use. If you are unable to complete the online consent forms attached, please check with your child's teacher or they may retrieve a consent form from our parenting center.

The English 2 Writing portion of the End of Course Exam (EOC) will be administered on December 8, 2022, with the remaining EOCs in January.

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https://storage.googleapis.com/pt06-1/messages/attachments/2fe2cd88c81a52f0804e66b2fef0c95d/English_Printable_Flu_Consent_Form_%25281%2529.pdf

A very Happy Thanksgiving to our Bulldog Family! We hope you all have a great day and a safe rest of your break. Some Bulldogs shared what they’re thankful for:

Ms. Valle is thankful for her new kitten that she adopted on Friday!

Mr Chowdri is thankful for Ms. Lang, Ms. VanSwol and Ms. Rich who work so unbelievably hard to make sure our scholars are gaining the math skills they need to be successful in the future. In addition, I am thankful for the support and collaborative efforts of Ms. Vinchiarello, Ms. Scully, Mr. Iverson, and Mr. Orr. I am most thankful that I have the honor and privilege of working with students who have the power and potential to accomplish great things in the classroom and in our communities.

Freshmen, Sean Willingham is thankful for his younger brother.

Mr. Orr is thankful he’s able to spend time with family in Delaware and PA.

Lastly, we’re all thankful for YOU and the constant efforts you make to build a better Burke on a daily basis!

Sophomore Alyrah Hurt showed off her artistic abilities on Saturday at the Adinkra Stamping Art Workshop hosted by the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.

Way to stay engaged Alyrah and we hope others will join you next time!

Last Gullah Geechee Language Workshop

"My English Ain't Broken I Geechee"

Link to register https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcOmsqDgiG9O5RjSe0fXLaoQ5b8Zs8o4I

On December 7th the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will be providing flu vaccines.

Check out this link for more information:https://www.ccsdschools.com//site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=16&ModuleInstanceID=1167&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=46135&PageID=25

Operation Bulldog EnCouragement allows for local community members to sponsor a teacher and provide them with encouragement and support throughout the year!

ALSO, today is Ms. Lang’s birthday! Show your love in the comments! 🎉

Are you interested in sponsoring a phenomenal teacher? Please reach via DM or comment below. 💙🤍

Please consider making a donation for the HOSA Food Drive.

Donations can be dropped at Room 503 or at the HOSA table during both lunch periods.

Join us for a Free Adinkra Stamping Art Workshop with Mixed Media Artist, Hank Herring and Gullah Hip Hop Artist, Q Smalls.

This Saturday from 11am - 2pm at the Avery Research Center. Free and Open to the Public.

Da Wada Brought Us is an Gullah Geechee Art Collection by Victoria A Smalls currently at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our October Student’s of the Month! These students went above and beyond expectations and shined in their classes last month.

We are beyond proud of each of them.

Students in Ms. Jette’s Image Editing course used Photoshop to place faculty members faces onto movie covers. Can you find the swapped face?

Comment below when you see it!!

Congratulations to Charleston County School District Art Teacher Madeline Hahn for being named Burke High School's Teacher of the Month for October! 🖼🎨✒️💙🤍🏆

We’re so proud and excited to announce our “Taco Boy” October Teacher and Staff Member of the Month!

We’re blessed to have Taco Boy sponsor our Teacher and Staff Member of the Month program offering a $50 gift card to each incredible Bulldog!

Our Teacher of the Month is Ms. Hahn! Ms. Hahn is in her second year at Burke and has done a phenomenal job building our art program as we offer AP Art this year! She was also integral in our Trunk or Treat event as our atrium was transformed!

Our Staff Member of the Month is Mr. James White. J. White is a staple here at Burke and consistently works to mentor students and support teachers. We are blessed to have him back in our building this year. Please show these Bulldogs some love!

Swipe to see why these Bulldogs were nominated as well as pictures from our Taco Boy representative.

We’d like to take a moment to honor all of those who serve(d) in our various branches of the military. We’d also like to highlight our Burke Bulldogs who have served. Thank you for all you do/did to keep our country safe.

Please share. Work is still expected to be completed as assigned for E-Learning Days.

Due to the forecast for inclement weather related to Tropical Storm Nicole, all of Charleston County School District will switch to eLearning or remote work days tomorrow, Friday, November 11, 2022. School and district buildings will be closed, except for essential personnel.

Schools families will provide students and families with additional information about the eLearning Day later this afternoon or evening.

Kaleidoscope and all other extracurricular activities and afterschool programs scheduled for Friday, November 11, 2022, are canceled.

Expanded Learning Kaleidoscope

November 11th Update: Please check Canvas and email teachers accordingly. A reminder that E-Learning Days involve completing work and learning from home.

Stay safe. 💙🤍

Weather Alert!

PLEASE READ

Due to the potential flooding from Tropical Storm Nicole, schools, programs, and offices located downtown on the peninsula of Charleston are moving to eLearning or remote work days tomorrow, Thursday, November 10, 2022. All CCSD buildings located in downtown Charleston will be closed.

The only schools that will be closed as a result of this decision are:

Buist Academy
Charleston Progressive Academy
Charleston Development Academy
James Simons Montessori School
Julian Mitchell Elementary School
Memminger Elementary School
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School
Simmons-Pinckney Middle School
Burke High School
Early College High School
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science

Your child’s teacher(s) or school will communicate plans for learning tomorrow later this evening.

Read more:
https://www.ccsdschools.com/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=488&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=46231&PageID=1

Burke High School Health Science students who are a part of HOSA (Future Health Science Professionals) student organization will be hosting it's annual HOSA week this week.

Please see the flyer for more details!

Kudos, to Mr. Clements with Communities in Schools and the staff of Doors to Dream for an engaging week of activities in recognition of Mental Health Week last week!

Fun Friday! Students in Ms. Ridenhour and Ms. Marianiello’s Earth Science and Human Geography class visited Caw Caw Interpretive Center today. They discussed the ecosystem of the nature and wildlife preserve, which is currently being restored after a long history of use as a rice plantation and hunting grounds. They also assessed the salinity of water samples taken from the marshes and went into the lab to get a closer look at some of the plant and animal life in the water.

On December 7th the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will be providing flu vaccines.

Check out this link for more information:https://www.ccsdschools.com//site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=16&ModuleInstanceID=1167&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=46135&PageID=25

Class of 2023 parents and guardians!! TOMORROW is your moment to help your student be fully prepared for college!

Submitting your FAFSA is critical to receive financial aid and begin your college journey.

Please see the information in the graphic for more information.

Ms. Lang's Probability and Statistics Honors class used scatter plots to estimate how many rubber bands Barbie needed to safely bungee jump from the bridge over the atrium.

**No Barbie's were hurt in the making of this activity

We’re still reminiscing on last week’s Trunk or Treat. We hope you all had a safe, sweet, and successful Halloween weekend.

Thank you to everyone who came out to Trunk or Treat last Wednesday.

We estimate 300-500 people visited our courtyard. We’re so proud of our community for showing up and supporting.

Thank you:
Mr. McDonald
Charleston Police Department

Harold’s Cabin

Charleston Fire Department

Social Studies (Ms. Marianiello)
Media Center (Mr. Matthews)

Math (Ms. Lang and Mr. Chowdri)
CTE (Ms. Jette)
Robotics (Mr. Kemp)
Culinary (Chef Brinson)
Foreign Language (Ms. Leon)
Cheer (Coach Brown)
Fine Arts (Ms. Hahn)

Ms. Thompson with games
Ms. Scully with Pumpkin Painting
CHS BLM ()
Mr. AJ Davis
ELA (Ms. Walczak and Ms. Keene)
Student Government (Dr. Ryan)
Boeing STEAM Program

Teacher Cadets (Ms. Joseph)
SIC/PTSA (Ms. Rouse, Ms. German)
Mitchell Elementary
Murray Mortuary
Coastal Climbing

Teach For America- SC

Trident United Way

Simmons Pinckney Middle School

Gamma Zeta

Charleston Progressive Academy
District 20 P*P
Parent Advocate, Ms. Vandyke
Friends of Gadsden Creek
HOSA
Doors to Dream

BHS Band
Science Department (Mr. Poretto)
Mr. Cameron Orr
Miracle’s Tasty Express

Sisterz Stand

Chucktown Seafood

Kona Ice


…along with countless others including students who made this entire event possible.

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A tremendous thank you to the Exchange Club of Charleston for awarding us with a grant that will allow students at Burke High School to participate in weekly programming focused on goal setting, decision making, and other valuable life skills. 🎉✨

Burke site coordinator, Clinton McPherson, will also teach students leadership skills and the importance of giving back to the community – core values that align with the Exchange Club's mission.

Team members, Rachelle Hall and Michelle Bornfleth, as well as board member Mark Fell attended the annual grantee celebration on our behalf.

Grateful to the organizations who help us surround students with a community of support! 🤝✨

Throwback Tuesday:

Our Homecoming Festivities were amazing! Kudos to our Activities Director Mr. Micah Brown, the Homecoming Planning Committee, and Mr. Linard McCloud and his staff for an outstanding event.

Check out some photos from our 2022 Homecoming pep rally, parade, and Homecoming game. A special THANK YOU to all that participated and made it a successful homecoming. We had over 40 participants sign up for this years Homecoming Parade.

Also we would like to congratulate our 2022 Homecoming Court!!! We look forward to seeing you all next year.

Yesterday Principal Swinton thought she was attending an impromptu faculty meeting but Burke High School Faculty and Staff (Staffaulty) wanted to take a moment to recognize our Principal in honor of National Principals Month. Principal Cheryl Swinton received a standing ovation and a few small gifts as a token of appreciation for her visionary leadership and tireless pursuit of success for each scholar enrolled at Burke High School.

We are thankful and appreciative of our leader!

Parents and Guardians,
Quarter 1 report cards were printed out and sent home with students today. Please check those grades and comments! Reach out to your student’s counselor if you did not get a report card emailed or sent home.

Thanks! 🎓