Congratulations to Karah Barry!
Congratulations to Karah Barry, a senior captain on the Spring Valley girls’ soccer team! Karah is the 2021 recipient of the Spring Valley Viking Cup Ashley Nicole Dent Memorial Scholarship ($1,000). The Ashley Nicole Dent Memorial Scholarship is in honor of Spring Valley varsity soccer player Ashley Dent who was lost in 2006. Ever since, Ashley’s memory has been honored by the girls’ soccer program in a variety of ways, including through two memorial scholarships – one presented through the Viking Cup soccer tournament and the other to a senior on the girls’ team.
This year, due to the tournament being canceled, applicants were required to submit an essay responding to a prompt related to Ashley’s outstanding character and how their own similar character traits were positively impactful in a variety of ways. Two dozen teams had applicants, and a committee of nine individuals (five coaches from different Viking Cup participating teams and four Spring Valley teachers and administrators) selected Karah as the runaway winner. She was, in fact, the first Spring Valley player to win this scholarship. Next year, Karah will attend North Greenville University on full scholarship for academics and athletics, where she will continue her soccer career while double-majoring in Psychology and Legal Studies (pre-law).
Congratulations to Spring Valley’s Karah Barry!
HOSA State Leadership Conference Winners
Congratulations to all of the winners at the HOSA State Leadership Conference!!Of the 20 Spring Valley students who participated, 17 placed in the top five of their category. Testing was especially difficult this year, yet the students who represented Spring Valley brought back many awards! Congratulations to all of you!
Aleena Chattha – 1st place in Dental Terminology
Ridha Fatima – 1st place in Medical Spelling
Spandana Anchoori – 1st place in Clinical Specialty
Parth Patel – 1st place in Health Informatics
Taahera Islam – 1st place in Extemporaneous Writing
Shyam Ganesh Babu – 1st place in Research Poster
Aisha Siddique – 2nd place in Cultural Diversity and Disparities
Shriya Kapoor – 2nd place in Physical Therapy
Madison Han – 2nd place in Medical Math
Evelyn Plakal – 2nd place in Biomedical Laboratory Science
Shivani Patel – 3rd place Pharmacology
Sanjana Parise – 4th place in Medical Terminology
McKayla Jones – 4th place in Veterinary Science
Anna Todd – 5th place in Prepared Speaking
Humarmeet Gill – 5th place in Epidemiology
Rashi Jain – 5th place in Pathophysiology
Simran Tippabhatla – 5th place in Nutrition
Congrats again to the winners of SLC! We are so proud of all of you!!
SCASC State Conference Awards
Dual Enrollment
Vikings Sports Update
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Community Career Connections
The Community Career Connections Parent and Student Information Night will take place Tuesday, March 16th at 6:00 pm virtually. The meeting access link will be emailed to all registered parents the morning of the event. Spring Valley Career Specialist, Mrs. Wright, has partnered with Gear UP and the Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA) which will facilitate a panel discussion of various community career industry representatives featuring jobs that are in high demand.
Please see the attached flyer for more information. Please use this link to register for the meeting: https://tinyurl.com/CCCParentWorkshop If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Wright, vawright@richland2.org. We look forward to seeing you at the virtual session March 16th at 6:00 pm.
SAVE THE DATE PROM 2021
Tri-M Music Honors Society
We are excited to announce that the Tri-M Music Honors Society will be coming back to Spring Valley this year! Although we have limited time, we hope to still meet and brainstorm plans for a service project before this school year ends. If you are interested in participating in this honors society, please fill out this interest form by 7 PM on Tuesday, March 16th. Thank you! Interest form: https://forms.gle/S88yJRg27JaS1Axa9
50th Reunion for SVHS Class of 71
MARCH MADNESS: BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
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Midlands Youth Apprenticeship
Welcome to Moe’s Girls Soccer Fundraiser
Welcome to Moe’s- School Fundraiser! Order your premade Taco Kits at the link below-the Taco Kits (feeds 4-6) for $29.99, with ground beef, chicken and our FAMOUS QUESO!
You have until Tuesday, March 16 to order, with pickup after practice at Spring Valley on Wednesday, March 17. And pick up is just as easy. The kits are premade, so you just pull up and they hand you the kit. Take it home and dinner is ready.
Feed the family and help fund our school! Click HERE to pre order your kit.
Summer Employment & Work-Based Learning
MEBA has compiled a listing of business and community partners offering summer employment opportunities, internships and other work-based learning opportunities. For students needing assistance with resume writing and interview preparation, visit MEBA’s Building Your Career resource guide on the our website at https://www.mebasc.com/build-your-career/.
Join the Teacher Cadet Class of 2021/2022!
Interested in a career in the education field? Consider Teacher Cadets!
The primary goal of the Teacher Cadet Program is to encourage academically talented, high-achieving, high school students with exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills to consider teaching as a career. An important secondary goal of the Program is to develop future community leaders who will become civic advocates for public education.
This dual enrollment course is open to juniors and seniors by application only. To learn more, email Mrs. Dilley at rdilley@richland2.org and/or students may join the Google Classroom at this link.
Yearbook Senior Tributes
Senior Tributes for 2021 Yearbook – As everybody knows, the Class of 2021 has not had the senior year they all imagined. From online learning to virtual pep rallies, students have certainly not experienced the senior year they expected. However, there is still one tradition enduring the unknown circumstances of this school year. Senior tributes are one part of senior year that you can count on through photos and written sentiments. In these unpredictable times, make sure to remember and encapsulate this time in your senior’s life. Take this opportunity to recognize his or her accomplishments with a personal tribute in the 2021 edition of the Spring Valley yearbook, Saga. This yearbook is one of the few celebrations of the Class of 2021, let your student remember all the special people and happenings from high school. Personal tributes are available in a variety of sizes and prices.
Heart Health Month Continues with Key Club!
Be heart healthy with Key Club. Each week in March we will focus on ways to be heart healthy! You can join us in our efforts and make a donation to Spring Valley’s Heart Healthy Team by clicking here.
2021 STUDENT WRITING CONTEST
South Carolina high school juniors and seniors are invited to honor outstanding South Carolina African Americans by participating in Dominion Energy and the South Carolina Department of Education’s Strong Men & Women in South Carolina History student writing contest. Five (5) winning essays will be chosen. Submit your 500-word essay below by April 23, 2021 for a chance to win an Apple MacBook Air and $1,000 for your school!
Winners
- Winning students will receive an Apple MacBook Air.
- Winning students’ schools will receive an award of $1,000.
- Winning students and their school representatives MUST attend the ceremony to receive their awards.
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THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY’S
On February 25th we begin our first session of a 5-part virtual series Money Now for College. As a parent, the reality of paying for college becomes more and more real each year. Currently, the College Board reports that a “moderate” college budget for an in-state public college averaged $24,061 per year. A moderate budget at a private college averaged $47,831 per year. Yikes! We hope you will join us for our 30-minute sessions from 6-6:30 p.m. Here’s the registration link please see the flyer above.
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