Today is the final day of senior portraits Monday, October 26th in the multipurpose gym. Students should have signed up here: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/9074d37c0/final-byrnes-high-senior-class-of-27 Today is your LAST OPPORTUNITY to have your portrait taken for the yearbook and for graduation for students who pre-registered. You MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT for a portrait. There is a $20 sitting fee due at booking.
📣Competition Cheer is headed to the TL Hanna Cheer Competition tomorrow, October 24th. Go get 'em Lady Rebels!!
Please see the link below for parking map, ticket instructions, and event guide There is a clear bag policy and all spectators will enter at the front of the school. Please Highlight for your fans.
1. TL Hanna is a No Pet Facility.
2. TL Hanna is a clear bag only facility with no allowance for bags that are small. They must be clear bag.
3. TL Hanna used a Weapons Detection Systems for entrance to events.
4. If students from your school plan to attend the games, they must have a school issued ID badge to enter. Anyone under the age of 18 not with one of the schools participating in the contest must be accompanied by an adult to be admitted.
📝CREATIVE FRIDAY 📝
Imagine. Create. Inspire.
🖍️Mrs. Harris’ English 2 students worked on their Rhetorical appeals posters, where they used ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade others. Abby and Ja’licia persuaded others to watch the upcoming school band performance! (Wearing their band shirts too!) 🤩
👻 Mrs. Watt’s English students worked on an “escape room” review and their haunted house Airbnb projects.
🖼️ CREATIVE FRIDAY 🖼️
Imagine. Create. Inspire.
🎨Mrs. Sloan's Art 2 Honors just completed their "Fractured Monochromatic Portraits". Students used acrylic paint to create these awesome artworks!
💃🏼 Mrs. Archie’s Dance classes worked on the Dance Showcase on Friday November 20 at 6 pm in the Fine Arts Center.
🎀 Mrs. Long’s Art Appreciation students completed Chapter 7 on the Principles of Design with their Ribbons Project.
👩🏻🎨 Mrs. Long’s Art 2 students worked hard on their Printmaking Projects!
📸 Mrs. Sheehans Art 1 classes just completed their acrylic self portraits by referencing their images in half. They then arranged the half strategically using seamless acrylic techniques to blend transitions and value temperature and contrast. Better than picture day!
We will have one more day of senior portraits on Monday, October 26th in the multipurpose gym.
Sign up here: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/9074d37c0/final-byrnes-high-senior-class-of-27
This will be your LAST OPPORTUNITY to have your portrait taken for the yearbook and for graduation.
You MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT for a portrait. There is a $20 sitting fee due at booking.
🔬Discover & Design Thursday ➗
Calculate. Experiment. Create.
📈 Dr. DeMarco’s Math students did a card matching activity to determine which graphical display best represents the described data. Students also completed any missing data on the cards.
🧬Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Kuronya’s Honors Biology students created a pedigree when provided with information on Hidaya and her family from Tanzania. They traced albinism and determined the inheritance patterns.
🪨Mrs. Demumbreum and Coach Shaw’s Environmental Science Classes collected soil samples on campus and identified the soil composition and friability through the ribboning process while they identified the layers of the soil profile.
🌎 WORLD WEDNESDAY 🌎
Speak It. Know It. Experience It.
🧳Mrs. Petit’s Spanish 3 Honors students presented a timeline of a trip to Argentina.
🖥️ Tech Tuesday 🖥️
Power Up Your Future!
🤖Mrs. Brinsons students learned about AI and Machine Learning. They worked in groups to design and test an Ozobot system which allowed them to correlate how step-by-step actions mirror script execution on a webpage.
⛳️The Lady Rebels played great at Upper State today, finishing 4th and qualifying as a team for state next week! Congratulations ladies!!!🏌️♀️
The Class AAAAA Girls Golf State Championship will be held next Monday 10/26 and Tuesday 10/27 at River Hills Golf Club in Little River, SC.
The following athletes will be part of our STATE TEAM:
Mallory Claire Davis (gr 11)
Olivia Jane Ledford (gr 11)
Nealy Katherine Pretulak (gr 9/BFA)
Ainsley Joy "AJ" Smith (gr 12)
Ivy Gray Thompson (gr 11)
Our girls golf team is coached by Coach Arthur Brooks. Additional information about the girls golf State Championship can be found here: https://schsl.org/archives/19916
We will have one more day of senior portraits on Monday, October 26th in the multipurpose gym.
Sign up here: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/9074d37c0/final-byrnes-high-senior-class-of-27
This will be your LAST OPPORTUNITY to have your portrait taken for the yearbook and for graduation.
You MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT for a portrait. There is a $20 sitting fee due at booking.
🖥️ Tech Tuesday 🖥️
Power Up Your Future!
🎥 Mr. Warren’s Broadcasting Interns were hard at work running things at Fridays night’s game on Nixon Field.
🏆Congratulations to these Region Champs!! The Lady Rebels came in #1 today and will play for Upper state next Monday at Greer Country Club.
Four Lady Rebels made Too 10 to make All Region today:
AJ Smith
Nealy Pretulak
Olivia Ledford
Mallory Davis
Today's tournament lead scorer: AJ Smith.
Congratulations, Lady Rebels!!
🏃 MOVE MONDAY 🏃
Move. Lead. Conquer.
🏋️♂️Coach Cross’s Fitness and Toning Classes hit the weight room today.
🐟 Coach Higdon’s Outdoor Adventure Class headed to Lake Cooley today for fishing! 🎣
The Winterguard interest meeting for all parents and students will take place on October 29th at 7:30PM in the band room! This meeting is designed for both new and returning members to go over the calendar, member fees, and answer any questions!! We hope to see you there!! GO RRCG!!! 💙❤️
Attention Students and Parents:
💳 Order your yearbooks and senior ads here: jostens.com https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1042745/James-F-Byrnes-High-School/
💸 Yearbooks were $70 but the price increase on September 5th.
🗓️ Senior ads start at $50. Prices increased October 3rd.
⚠️ Ad sales END January 15th.
📸 Picture day for sophomores & juniors was September 29th.
MAKEUP picture day for sophomores & juniors is October 20th.
🤵♂️ MAKEUP Senior Portraits were October 6th & 7th at Byrnes.
🏫 Sign up for an ON-CAMPUS appointment here.: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/fbd08e2c8/byrnes-high-senior-class-of-27-makeup-portraits
📍 If you can't get an on-campus appointment, sign up for a STUDIO appointment here.: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/58147e26a/class-of-27-senior-portrait-appointment-in-studio/event_dates/289915
NOTE: The studio is in Greer.
⚠️ These are the last opportunities to have your portrait taken for the yearbook AND displayed at graduation.
9️⃣ BFA picture day is October 22nd. (MAKEUP BFA picture day is November 6th. )
What a great Homecoming Week! There have been so many activities for our students to participate in and one of those is our Food Drive!
🥫Our students raised 4,000 canned food items for Middle Tyger Community Center's Food Bank! 💙
🥫 Leadership Byrnes won the class food drive collection contest.
🥫Congratulations to Beta Club for taking 1st place with their “Campbell’s Soup” sculpture!
Other amazing sculptures included:
🏈 Mrs. Springer’s class: “Nixon Field”
🛻ROTC: “Lil Red Pumpkin Truck”
🌳 Leadership Byrnes: “Castle de Leadership in the Enchanted Forest of Sir Byrnes”
🥁Art Department: “Mini Macy’s”
Check out their sculptures! Thank you to everyone who supported our school and community food pantry!!
Today is the day! You can still come out and register and support the Runnin' Rebels at The Runnin’ Rebel Golf Tournament. At River Falls in Duncan today! Registration will take place today too!!
🖼️ CREATIVE FRIDAY 🖼️
Imagine. Create. Inspire.
🎨 Mrs. Sheehan's Art 1 students are working with acrylic paints using dry brush techniques for transitional blending. This a true test in patience, skill, and color theory. They cannot wait to show off the final split portrait results!
The Runnin’ Rebel Golf Tournament will be held October 10th at River Falls in Duncan. Contact Layne.Fowler@spart5.net to register. Registration will also take place on October 10.
🔬Discover & Design Thursday ➗
Calculate. Experiment. Create.
🚨🚑🚒🚓Mrs. Demumbreum’s Forensics Science class hosted Greenville County 911 Operator, Byrnes Alumni, Kelsey Hendrix. She spoke about job requirements and a day in the life of a 911 operator. She answered student questions and provided insight into the various responsibilities of first responders involved in 911 calls.
🧮 The Rebel Math Team competed in their first Math Madness competition Monday afternoon. The competition runs asynchronously, so there are no results, yet!
Dr. Hedgpeth's Statistical Modeling students worked hard on a Correlation Treasure Hunt today.
⌛️Mrs. Gilmore’s Math students did a “Precalculus Throw Back” to review and prepare for Q2.
