We would like to welcome Assistant Band Director Mr. Harrison Thornton to our Fine Arts Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Mr. Thornton!
🏃 MOVE MONDAY 🏃
Move. Lead. Conquer.
🐶 🍪 ☄️Coach Justus’s AVID 4 students collaborated with the Life Skills Class to draw a dog, step-by-step, they shared cookies their class had baked earlier in the day and then they all went to the gym for some game time. It was a great opportunity for the AVID seniors to spend some time mentoring other students.
There will have an interest meeting for Girls Soccer Team Tuesday September 1st at 6:00 in the Byrnes High School Cafeteria.
Reminder, Girls Flag Football Tryouts begin tomorrow! Tuesday, September 1 and Thursday, September 3 at Beech Springs Middle School 4:00-5:30pm. All students must have a current physical in order to participate. Students should reach out to Coach Justus or Coach Sirovatka for more information.
We would like to welcome Mr. Kedar Peeples to our Support Staff in In-School Suspension! Coach Peeples will also be joining the Track and Field Team as an Assistant Coach for sprints and jumps. Welcome to the Rebel family Coach Peeples!
Open season for Boys Wrestling will begin Wednesday September 2. Practices will be in the wrestling room at Byrnes High School and will run 4:00-5:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of September.
Middle school athletes can ride the activity bus over for these workouts.
Anyone interested in wrestling can attend these practices. Athletes must have a current physical and all forms completed on Aribiter in order to participate. please reach out to Coach Pruitt at Kane.Pruitt@spart5.net with any questions.
✍️ CREATIVE FRIDAY✍️
Imagine. Create. Inspire.
📚Ms. Little’s English class worked on a Brochure project in the library.
👥Ms. Chandler’s English classes did a “speed dating” activity where they had to answer thematic, broader questions from The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green! Afterwards, they had to write about which of their peers’ responses stuck with them the most. They also had to rate the response from 1-5 stars (which mimics every chapter in the book of essays that they’re studying).
🤗Mrs. Cathcart’s English classes did a Romanticism scavenger hunt in a section of Jane Eyre, looking for elements of nature, individualism, imagination, and goodness in people.
💬Mrs. Harrison’s AP Literature students used Book Club Conversation Cards.
🗯️Mrs. Bailey’s English students made parts of speech posters.
🎤Mrs. Wyatt’s Yearbook students interviewed each other to practice their interview skills and strategies.
☄️Mrs. Watts’ English students played a game called The Most Ridiculous Game and they were required to use common house tools like tongs or a child’s broom to gather vocabulary clues from a ball pit full of ridiculously random items. Students then race back to the table to create matches with their team.
🎨CREATIVE FRIDAY🎨
Fine Arts Friday
Imagine. Create. Inspire.
🎨Mrs. Sheehan’s Art 1 class prepped projects about understanding the versatility and joy of watercolor.
✏️ Mrs. Long’s Art 2 Class completed their Sketch Assignments on Shading Techniques.
🖼️ Mrs. Long’s Art Appreciation Class learned about appropriation by recreating the Mona Lisa.
🤪Mrs. Chambliss’ Honors Art 3 students wrapped up their Funny Phobia projects! The goal was to change the overall emotion of the phobia.
📷 Mrs. Chambliss’ Photography class finished building pinhole cameras and has been testing out exposures.
🎻Mrs. Grant’s Chamber Orchestra worked on a professional recording. 🗡️Mr. Thorntons Colorguard class worked on new Sabre choreography. 🎺 Mr. Thornton’s Symphonic Band class worked on Fundamentals.
🎶 Mr. Gunter’s Chorus students completed a team building exercise for Bel Canto and they rehearsed We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace.
🖍️Mrs. Sloan's Art 2 class completed their first project, "Overlapping Initials". Students used color pencils to create a unique composition and worked on their color blending techniques.
The Byrnes Wrestling PE students are currently selling raffle tickets for some pretty cool prizes. The tickets are $5 each and we will have 5 winners. If you are interested in getting some tickets please find your favorite Rebels wrestler for details and to purchase tickets.
Ethics Bowl will have an interest meeting today during FLEX in room 2145.
Reminder, Girls Flag Football Tryouts are NEXT week! Tuesday, September 1 and Thursday, September 3 at Beech Springs Middle School 4:00-5:30pm. All students must have a current physical in order to participate. Students should reach out to Coach Justus or Coach Sirovatka for more information.
🟦Rebel Nation make those preparation for tonight and be prepared to SHOW UP for our Rebels at Dorman! Info below.
Come out and support the Rebels tonight @ Dorman.
🏈Varsity: General Admission: $8 - Cash or Credit at the Gate
🏈Available Online: https://gofan.co/app/school/SC620
🏈Gates Open at 6:00pm
🏈Kickoff at 7:30pm
Visitor information for the Dorman Campus including Clear Bag Policy and parking can be found at the link below.
https://sites.google.com/spart6.org/dormanhomeevents/football https://sites.google.com/spart6.org/dormanhomeevents/football
We would like to welcome Dr. Emily Parker to our Science Department! Welcome to the Rebel family Dr. Parker!
🟦Rebels, last week's game against Independence High School was interrupted ⚡️ but ALL of our Rebels were able to shine!! ✨Enjoy the throwback to last friday night as you make plans for TOMORROW'S game against the Cavaliers!
Come out and support the Rebels tomorrow night @ Dorman.
🏈Varsity: General Admission: $8 - Cash or Credit at the Gate
🏈Available Online: https://gofan.co/app/school/SC620
🏈Gates Open at 6:00pm
🏈Kickoff at 7:30pm
Visitor information for the Dorman Campus including Clear Bag Policy.
https://sites.google.com/spart6.org/dormanhomeevents/football https://sites.google.com/spart6.org/dormanhomeevents/football
The PSAT will be administered at Byrnes High School on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and is open to students in 10th and 11th grades.
The PSAT is free for all Byrnes High School 10th-grade students. Byrnes 11th-grade students are also encouraged to participate and may register for a $15 fee. Homeschooled students are welcome to participate and will also pay a $15 registration fee.
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 18, 2026
Students interested in taking the PSAT should be sure to register by the deadline. Sign up using the Google Form provided on the Byrnes website.
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!
