James F. Byrnes High School

There will have an interest meeting for Girls Soccer Team Tuesday September 1st at 6:00 in the Byrnes High School Cafeteria.

There will have an interest meeting for Boys Wrestling Thursday September 3rd at 6:00 in the Byrnes High School Cafeteria. This is for any 7th-12th graders interested in learning more about our wrestling program.

⚛️Discover & Design Thursday — Calculate. Experiment. Create. 🩺Mr. Rider’s College Algebra class used modeling to estimate health care costs.   📝Ms. Sirovatka’s Algebra 1 students played a review game to prepare for their test tomorrow and also worked on their AVID one pagers as a way to review. ✖️Mrs. Shirley’s Algebra 2 class prepared for their first test on Polynomials.

⚛️Discover & Design Thursday — Calculate. Experiment. Create. .🦐Biology students in Mrs. Wright’s class, Mrs. Kuronya’s class and Dr. Parker’s class did a brine shrimp lab to show how humans are impacting the salinities of the great lake ecosystems. 🔥Mrs. Holiday’s Chemistry students completed a flame test lab to qualitatively analyze metal ions in solution to find the “unknown X” using flame colors and spectroscopy. 🍗🫛🟡🧬 Mrs. White’s AP Biology students built models of macromolecules. 🌌Mrs. Luttrells Earth Science class modeled the universe with a balloon and drew dots to represent galaxies to show expansion in the Hubble Constant Lab. 🫆Mrs. Demumbreum's Forensic Science class researched Forensic topics in the library for their upcoming presentations.

We would like to welcome Mr. Connor Munoz to our Special Education Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Mr. Munoz!

🌎 WORLD WEDNESDAY 🌎 Speak It. Know It. Experience It. #️⃣Ms. Patinella’s German students played a language comprehension game called Numbered Heads. 👥Ms. Petits Honors Spanish 3 students were job recruiters and job applicants. They rotated to interview each other in Spanish in order to find the best workplace or candidates based on their company/skills. 💬Mrs. Martin’s French students answered questions about themselves using irregular verbs. 🖍️Mrs. Greenfield’s Spanish 1 students worked on Project #1 Blackout Poetry (Portia Oculta). 🎭 Mrs. Liu’s Chinese 1 students acted out the characters they have learned. ➕Mrs. Yarmolik’s German 3 students practiced the comparative forms of adjectives by analyzing various statistical data.  🎶Mrs. Garcias Spanish 1 students worked on a project deconstructing song lyrics and turning them into poems.

We would like to welcome Dr. Becky Mathews to our Math Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Dr. Mathews!

We would like to welcome Ms. Zaray Lopez Rodriguez to our Foreign Language Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Ms. Lopez!

🏃 MOVE MONDAY 🏃
Move. Lead. Conquer. 😴 💤 Coach Justus’s Personal Health and Wellness students participated in station work about the impacts of sleep. 🏋️‍♂️Coach Higdon’s Fitness and Toning Class was in the weight room today. 🤼 Coach Pruitt’s PE3 Wrestling students were in the weight room today. 🏀 Coach Fowler’s Basketball PE 3 Class took to the court today. 🟠 Coach Digg’s PE classes played Rebel Ball. 💪🏼 Coach Cross’s Strength and Fitness class was in the weight room today.

Spirit Day/Night! Stop by Zaxby’s in Wellford tomorrow and mention the Byrnes Band when placing your order. A percentage of the order will then go to support our band. Thank you all in advance!

We would like to welcome Ms. Daisy Lawson to our Math Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Ms. Lawson!

Spirit Day/Night! Stop by Zaxby’s in Wellford on Tuesday and mention the Byrnes Band when placing your order. A percentage of the order will then go to support our band. Thank you all in advance!

Rebel Royals were Game Day ready today at school with their “School Fit” and "Game Ready"!

🎨 CREATIVE FRIDAY 🎨 Imagine. Create. Inspire. 🖍️Mrs. Long’s Art classes are finishing up their first Daily Drawing Week using mixed media! ✏️Mrs. Long’s Art 1 students worked on their colored pencil overlapping initials project! 🪡Mrs. Long’s Art Appreciation students Peer Reviewed and completed Faith Ringgold inspired quilts. 🎻Mrs. Grant’s Concert Orchestra class worked on the Star Spangled Banner and explored outdoor acoustics. 🎨Mrs. Sheehan’s Art 1 students from worked on unusual and funny sketches and ribbon doodle designs in mixed medias. 🎶 Mr. Gunter’s chorus class worked on Singing the Star Spangled Banner.

🌄Senior Sunrise🌄 The sky was showing out this morning!

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 are currently $70. The price increases September 5th.

🗓️ Senior ads start at $50. Prices increase October 3rd.

⚠️ Ad sales END January 15th.

📸 Picture day for sophomores & juniors is September 29th.
MAKEUP picture day for sophomores & juniors is October 20th.

🤵‍♂️ MAKEUP Senior Portraits are 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. )

We would like to welcome Mr. Jon Kauffman to our Math Department! Coach Kauffman will also be joining the Boys Basketball Team as Assistant Basketball Coach. Welcome to the Rebel family Coach Kauffman!

📚Our Faculty attended planning period Professional Development sessions about student-focused 🧑‍🎓 Professional Learning Communities, the Four Schools Activity 🏫 🏫 🏫 🏫 and WIDA training for our MLP students. 🎧💬📕✍️

⚛️Discover & Design Thursday — Calculate. Experiment. Create. Mrs. Graham’s Chemistry class collaborated on their Dimensional Analysis Review.