We hope you are all having a Happy Halloween! 🎃 Some of our teachers today showed us that everyone can have a good time for Halloween! 👻 be safe! 🕸️ 🕷️
Mrs. Graham's Biology class played a hot seat class tournament as a genetics review game.
On Friday, our AVID elective students traveled to the University Center in Greenville for the College 101 Workshop. They attended sessions designed to help them prepare for college and met with representatives from several schools. Some of our students were also awarded preliminary acceptance and scholarships to attend South Carolina State University. What a great opportunity for our students!
Girls Basketball Tryouts will be held Monday October 30th from 3:45-5:15 in the main gym at Byrnes. All girls trying out must have a current physical (dated after April 1 2023) to try out. Please see Coach Fowler or Coach Wyatt with any questions regarding tryouts.
Boys Basketball Tryouts will be held for JV and Varsity on Monday October 30th from 5:30-7:00 and Tuesday October 31st from 4:30-6:00 in the main gym. All boys trying out must have a current physical (dated after April 1st 2023) to try out. Please see Coach Clark, Coach Corn, or Coach Fowler with any questions regarding tryouts.
Wrestling Season will begin Monday October 30 at Byrnes High School wrestling room for Boys and Girls.
Practices will be after school Monday-Friday 4:00-6:00.
Athletes must have a physical and all documents completed on planeths in order to participate.
Any boy or girl interested in wrestling this season can reach out to the following coaches if they have more questions
Coach Pruitt
Coach Higdon
Coach Griswold
Coach Love
Coach Anderson
Coach Guerra-MS
High School
Coach Pruitt kane.pruitt@spart5.net
Coach Higdon robert.higdon@spart5.net
Coach Love matthew.love@spart5.net
9th grade campus
Coach Griswold john.griswold@spart5.net
Coach Anderson landon.anderson@spart5.net
Middle School
Coach Guerra guerrarich@gmail.com
Do you like Ice Cream? If you do, come out and support your Boys Lacrosse Team tonight at Scoops Ice Cream in the Publix Shopping Center from 5-9pm. See you at Scoops!
Byrnes High School College Application Day (CAD) is Thursday, October 19th, 2023.
Seniors who need online college application assistance are invited to one of three sessions offered (based on Lunch Assignments). Teachers have the CAD Session assignments.
Application Assistance:
Guidance & advice for applying to college
Help with online applications
Some colleges offer application fee waivers on this day
College Admissions Representatives expected to participate:
Francis Marion University
Lander University
Limestone University
Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg Methodist College
USC Columbia
USC Upstate
Winthrop University
Wofford College
How a Senior can prepare for CAD:
Bring your laptop fully charged
Know your Social Security #
Come with questions for Admissions Reps.
http://sccango.org/
Outcome: What a great day for our seniors! We had 393 applications submitted during this event. This was 89 more applications that last year. We served 187 seniors. This was 26 more students than last year.
Thank you to our Guidance Counselors for your HARD WORK answering questions & supporting these college-bound Seniors. Also to our Librarians for the hospitality. Thanks to Ms. Greenway for supporting this event (& for providing lunch!). Also thank you to our Front Office Staff & JROTC for always making Byrnes SHINE! Admissions Representatives from (9) colleges were here to guide & inspire our Seniors. (Couldn't do it without them!) And of course our Career Development Facilitators for putting all of this together!
Do you like Ice Cream? If you do, come out and support your Boys Lacrosse Team this Thursday at Scoops Ice Cream in the Publix Shopping Center from 5-9pm. See you at Scoops!
Wrestling Season will begin Monday October 30 at Byrnes High School wrestling room for Boys and Girls.
Practices will be after school Monday-Friday 4:00-6:00.
Athletes must have a physical and all documents completed on planeths in order to participate.
Any boy or girl interested in wrestling this season can reach out to the following coaches if they have more questions
Coach Pruitt
Coach Higdon
Coach Griswold
Coach Love
Coach Anderson
Coach Guerra-MS
High School
Coach Pruitt kane.pruitt@spart5.net
Coach Higdon robert.higdon@spart5.net
Coach Love matthew.love@spart5.net
9th grade campus
Coach Griswold john.griswold@spart5.net
Coach Anderson landon.anderson@spart5.net
Middle School
Coach Guerra guerrarich@gmail.com
Girls Basketball Tryouts will be held Monday October 30th from 3:45-5:15 in the main gym at Byrnes. All girls trying out must have a current physical (dated after April 1 2023) to try out. Please see Coach Fowler or Coach Wyatt with any questions regarding tryouts.
Boys Basketball Tryouts will be held for JV and Varsity on Monday October 30th from 5:30-7:00 and Tuesday October 31st from 4:30-6:00 in the main gym. All boys trying out must have a current physical (dated after April 1st 2023) to try out. Please see Coach Clark, Coach Corn, or Coach Fowler with any questions regarding tryouts.
Reminder for those who pre-registered to take the PSAT-- today is the day!
The Rebel Regiment placed 2nd in class 4A at the Bands of America in Conway today in their preliminary performance. They preform again at 9:15 for their finals performance. Stay tuned!
Congratulations to our Varsity and JV Competition Cheer Teams! Varsity won 1st place & JV won 2nd place at the Palmetto Power Invitational! 📣🥇🥈📣
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Spanish Teachers of Byrnes declared today Hispanic Heritage Day. Many students dressed to represent a Spanish speaking country or Hispanic culture.
Our Spanish teachers say:
¡Muchas gracias!
Ms. Thompson hosted a Gilded Age dinner party with her Social Studies students today.
Good luck to our Byrnes High School swim team today in their big Region meet! 🏊🏊♀️ Swim fast, Rebels! 💙 #YellR
Today, our district hosted our first half-day/Early Release Day for professional development for this school year. All BHS staff participated in WICOR to Increase Rigor sessions. Learning objectives included: -Clarify understandings of what RIGOR is and what it is not. -Discover how writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading, and digital learning can contribute to the RIGOR of a learning experience. -Select appropriate WICOR strategies to increase the RIGOR of a lesson. Our AVID team worked hard to prepare this professional development! Special thanks to our Staff Leaders: Group 1: Modern Language, English, science, math, and social studies teachers led by Mrs Kamesha Gilmore and Dr Donna Grant/Ms Martin and Mr Pachter. Group 2: PE, JROTC, Driver's Ed, Fine Arts, CTE, and MLP led by Mrs Sarah Justus/Mr Segarra and Mr Enloe Group 3: EOC teachers, AP teachers, and Special Education teachers/paraprofessionals led by Mrs Sabrina Brackett/Mrs Bronson and Mrs Greenway
Congratulations to our James F. Byrnes High School Distinguished Teacher of Literacy for 2023, Mrs. Lea Elizabeth Harrison.
Mrs Harrison teaches both English 3 and 4 Honors at BHS.
She leads English activities in her classroom that are engaging to her students and relevant!
She consistently goes above and beyond to create an English classroom where students can succeed.
Mrs Harrison was surprised by the administrative team with a certificate and a beautiful fall mum, as she represented BHS in an interview for the district-level Teacher of Literacy yesterday, October 3.
Congratulations, Mrs Harrison! We are so proud of you!!
How appropriate that we post this just as the last custodian of the day locks up the building for the night! It has long been said that we cannot do what we do with and for our students without YOU! We would like to extend our appreciation to our custodial staff today and everyday!
We are thankful for: Lizzy, Bernard, Ray, Henry, Chrisandra, Maritza, Mitch, Christine, B.J., Gayle, Mike, Dean, Jamika, Wendy, Johnny Mae, Ann and Tammy!
We APPRECIATE YOU!!
Free Art Friday was BACK on Friday last week!
Students and staff should be on the lookout throughout the day on the last Friday of every month this semester (after first period) for free art throughout the school. If you are new to free art, The Free Art Movement is an international movement where artists leave their art around public spaces for others to remove and keep.
We have made some art clubs during flex for a variety of interested students of all levels to create some themed art every month to be placed around the school the last Friday of every month! The art will be 'hidden' throughout the school for staff and students to pick up, take with you and enjoy!
If it's got a 'Free Art Friday' tag, it's YOURS!
Each month the students will pick a theme to base their artwork. September's theme was favorite cartoon characters or superheroes and October's theme is fall-related. Follow last month's finds @byrneshighart on Instagram!
