Good afternoon! This is Rick Parker, Principal of Indian Land High School, calling with a Sunday Weekly Update. A Big Shout out to our Staff Members of the Year!! They are three great choices that truly model the Warrior Mindset every day!
What a beautiful weekend! I have been working in the yard and putting out pine needles! Springtime is coming and did you know about our Agriculture Greenhouse? Our FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization has it going on! Their Greenhouse is full of plants, hanging baskets, etc. If you like working in the yard or planting a garden, you need to mark your calendar to come shopping at ILHS FFA Plant Sale April 12-15! See attached pictures!
Our Building Construction Class continues to produce future Careers in the Construction field. This week they were building walls and installing electrical lighting. They have a model house in the back where they have installed drywall, a bathtub, fireplace, lighting, ductwork and more. See attached pictures!
I want to give a shoutout to our Cafeteria Managers and workers! They received a perfect 100% Grade A Rating from the health inspection, This is hard to do! When you see them, let them know how proud you are of their accomplishment! This is the second Grade A perfect score they have received!
Congratulations are in order for Ms. Girard’s Finance Team! I am delighted to let you know that one of her teams has secured SECOND PLACE in the Spring South Carolina Finance Challenge for their division. On May 16th, at Awards Day, these students will receive student/teacher checks, certificates and 1 trophy to take back to display at school! The following students from her class are your state winners: Manaswi Kolla, Manvi Tyagi, Hasini Kayam, and Sai Alluri.
Here is What’s Important Now for next week
Monday, 3/24 – Winter Sports Banquet
Tuesday, 3/25 – Report Cards go out for Grading Period R6.
Please continue to check your child’s grades in Powerschool. We are all on the same team (student, teacher, parent, counselor, administrator, coach) for your child.
· SC Climate Survey: The SC School Climate Survey: Section 59-18-900 of the Education Accountability Act requiring that annual school report cards include “evaluations of the school by parents, teachers, and students” has been extended to March 31st. We need to get over 80% of our students and staff to complete the survey and over 40% of our Parent perceptions that complete the survey. We have met the student and parent percentage but need our parents to participate. Only 48 parents so far have completed the survey. This information appears on our School Report card and provide school staff with insight to possible issues within our schools. We are working hard this year continue to improve as a team in our Academic Excellence, People Excellence, Operational Excellence, and Engagement Excellence. One parent or guardian of students enrolled in South Carolina public schools may complete one Parent and Guardian survey for each student. There is no restriction on what grade students are enrolled in for this survey; parents or guardians of students in any grade may complete the survey. I encourage you if you have not already to complete the Parent Climate Survey to do so by March 21, 2025. See attached instructions for accessing the survey.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MPuLGsx3Utb8yUOOLqOzEAS3a_SNcLsq/view
Please see the W.A.R.R.I.O.R. Mindset Accomplishments so far this 2024-25 school year. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x3P93_yyZzmEiwAJtQXaQ5OhKFKQRLv1xdHIEGX5YEw/edit?usp=sharing
· 3nd Edition “Links to the Land” March Newsletter. Check it out!
W.A.R.R.I.O.R. University Updates
March 26- Warrior University presents a night with our ILHS School Resource Officers- come here about the issues our students face and ways to help them.
3/27 & 3/28- Be Pro Be Proud- Career Event for CTE classes- U.S. Department of Employment & Workforce. Each day students will be invited to hour long workshops working with the Be Pro Mobile Workshop Tour Team to demonstrate the use of on-board simulators and communicate about available training options and career opportunities.
April 16- Warrior University will host representatives from The Renfrew Center and Red Oak Recovery. They will provide information on mental health topics and eating disorders and the services they offer.
April 30- Spring College Fair
3/24-4/4-Rising Freshmen (8th grade) student IGP’s at ILMS
· From the Testing Coordinator
o SAT - All registration is closed and students who registered for this test received a confirmation email on Thursday, March 13, with the first set of details about this SAT test on April 9. No other alterations can be made for the SAT at this time.
o WIN Career Readiness – ALL Juniors should plan to take the WIN Career Readiness Test Set on April 15 and 16. More information to come on this test set that South Carolina requires for all Juniors. This is a requirement for Career Readiness on the Profile of a High School Graduate in South Carolina. Some SENIORSwill be involved in this testing as well.
Lastly, I leave you with this quote for the week: “Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength!” Keep a W.A.R.R.I.O.R Mindset!
Have a great week!