May 19-23, 2025

Mr. David G. Johnson, Ed.S.

Principal

Marlboro County High School

951 Fayetteville Avenue Extension

Bennettsville, SC 29512

Phone: 843-479-5900

Email Address: dgjohnson@marlboro.k12.sc.us

Our vision at Marlboro County High School is to inspire curiosity, engagement, and leadership through transformative place-based education, while collaborating with all stakeholders to develop responsible citizens and lifelong learners in a global society.

Marlboro County High School in collaboration with an engaged community, is committed to ensuring that each learner achieves his/her potential in a safe, caring, academically challenging, and diverse learning environment that will develop productive citizens for a changing world.

• All classroom doors should be locked at all times.
• Do not prop open exterior doors for any reason.
• Adhere to the duty schedule.
• Cover all drill procedures for your classroom with each of your classes.
• All faculty and staff should enter through the metal detectors each morning.
• Students should not be let out of class within the FIRST OR LAST 15 minutes of class
• If students are allowed out of class, they should have a pass. DO NOT LET STUDENTS OUT OF CLASS WITHOUT A HALL PASS
• Please be visible, standing outside of your doors during class changes and transitions.

• Continue enforcing the dress code and tardy policy
• Electronic devices are prohibited during instructional time
• Lessons plans must be posted by your door
  
• Lesson agendas must be posted on your smartboards, dry erase boards, or chalkboards

Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education:

⊕ Promotes core ethical and performance values

⊕ Teaches students to understand, care about, and act upon these core values ⊕ It encompasses all aspects of the school culture.

⊕ Fosters a caring school community

⊕ Provides opportunities for moral action

⊕ Supports academic achievement

⊕ Develops intrinsic motivation

⊕ Includes whole-staff involvement

⊕ Requires positive leadership of staff and students

⊕ Involves parents and community members

⊕ Assesses results and strives to improve Character education has always been an essential part of our school’s mission.

In fact, since the founding of our nation’s public schools, character development was always an integral part of schooling along with academics. Today’s character education movement is a re-emergence of that vital mission.

Character education teaches the habits of thought and deeds that help people live and work together as families, friends, neighbors, communities, and nations. Additionally, character education is a learning process that enables students and adults in the school community to understand, care about, and act on core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue, citizenship, and responsibility for self and others. Upon such core values, we form the attitudes and actions that are the hallmark of safe, healthy, and informed communities that serve as the foundation of our society.

For the month of May we observe ALL Pillars of Character which have been observed this school year.

Compassion A feeling of wanting to help someone who is sick, hungry, in trouble, etc., sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

Citizenship Being a member of and supporting one's community and country.

Courage Doing the right thing in the face of difficulty and following your conscience instead of the crowd.

Honesty Telling the truth, admitting wrongdoing. Being trustworthy and acting with integrity.

Kindness

Perseverance Pursuing worthy objectives with determination and patience while exhibiting fortitude when confronted with failure.

Respect Showing high regard for authority, other people, self, and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated. Understanding that all people have value as human beings

Last week, nearly 30 students embarked on a four-day trip to Atlanta, Georgia. During their visit, they explored popular attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Zoo Atlanta, the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, Main Event Entertainment Center, and the Lenox Square Mall. Each day, students enjoyed lunch and dinner at restaurants that were unique and unfamiliar to the Pee Dee area—and, for some, even outside their experience of South Carolina. The trip was filled with exciting adventures, delicious food, and unforgettable moments shared with friends.

A special thank you goes to Mrs. Brown-Cassidy, Mrs. Irby-Williams, and Mr. Rattley for serving as chaperones and helping make the trip a success.

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Attendance Recovery (Media Center) 7:30-8:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
• Lesson Plans are due to department chairs by 8 AM
• Instructional Walkthroughs and ADEPT Observations

• Senior Final Exams
• Band Signing Day 2:30 PM (Media Center)

May19-21, 2025: Bulldog Band Spring Drills Part I

• Attendance Recovery (Media Center) 7:30-8:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

• Instructional Walkthroughs and ADEPT Observations
• Admin/Counselors/Attendance meeting 9:30 AM
• Senior Success Walk 8:30 AM-1 PM
• Senior Make-up Exams

• Attendance Recovery (Media Center) 7:30-8:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

• Instructional Walkthroughs and ADEPT Observations
• Senior Breakfast/Interview Day 9-10:30 AM
• Faculty Meeting @ 3:45 PM (Media Center)

• Attendance Recovery (Media Center) 7:30-8:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
• Instructional Walkthroughs and ADEPT Observations

• Senior Awards/CTE Completers Ceremony @ 10 AM
• Underclassmen Exams (1st & 3rd blocks)

• Attendance Recovery (Media Center) 7:30-8:30 AM
• Instructional Walkthroughs and ADEPT Observations
• Senior Lock-in 10 AM-2 PM
• Underclassmen Exams (2nd & 4th blocks)

• Saturday School 8:30 AM-1:30 PM

Principal Johnson

• Memorial Day-No School

• Underclassmen make-up exams
• All Q4 grades due

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

• End of the year Underclassmen Field Day

Thursday, May 29, 2025

• Graduation Practice @ 8:15 AM
• Early Dismissal for students
• Teacher Cadet "Passing The Torch Ceremony" @ 2 PM C124

Friday, May 30, 2025

• Graduation Practice @ 8: 15 AM
• Early Dismissal for students
• End of the year faculty luncheon

Saturday, May 31, 2025

• MCHS Graduation 8:00 AM

________________________________________________________________________________________________ June 2, 2025

• Teacher Workday

June 3, 2025

• Professional Development Day
• District's End of the Year celebration (Lindsay Park)