The Weekly Update #4

For anyone attending home varsity football games, please be advised that DF students and families must park and enter on the home side and park in our student parking lot. There will be no option to walk back and forth to the visitor side during home games. Band concessions will be available on the home side in the grass area at the bottom of the stands. Fans should be seated during the game and should keep walkways and stairways clear at all times.

EVENT SAFETY REMINDER: Lexington-Richland School District Five is committed to the safety of everyone who attends our district events. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the steps we take to ensure event safety for students, staff, and the community. Thank you for your cooperation. We will see you at the game!

• Clear Bag Requirement
• Student Supervision: All students 8th grade or younger are required to attend games with parents or guardians.
• Tickets: Admission will be charged throughout the duration of games.
• Metal Detectors: The district has implemented metal detectors to screen all spectators, beginning with varsity football games at Chapin High School, Dutch Fork High School and Irmo High School International School for the Arts.
• Safety Officials: We partner with law enforcement and event staff to ensure spectator safety for the duration of the event. School Resource Officers also will travel with teams at away games.

As the classes of Astronomy continue to study a myriad of cosmic topics, they

took a quick detour last week to watch a live space launch from Russia with two

Russian Cosmonauts and one American Astronaut. Later that night many of them

went out into the night sky and observed ISS (International Space Station) as it

passed over Irmo, noting that the three men they saw earlier from the launch

were now on the ISS. Several students were able to capture it on video using

their cell phones. They then presented the video to the class the next day.

Pictured here is the 7B class performing a demonstration that involved reasons

why Mercury and Venus do not eclipse the Earth.

Dr. Maggi's 3D Design 1 and 2 have finished their Pop Art letter sculptures.

Dutch Fork Softball will have their interest meeting on September 25th! We will meet in room

235 at the high school from 4:00-4:15. If you have any questions please contact :

helkins@lexrich5.org

Students are invited to join National Honor Society if they are a junior or senior with a GPA of 4.0 or higher. Applications for eligible juniors and seniors were sent to students' school email on Monday, September 9th. The initial application forms are due to Mrs. Thur (via Google Forms) by October 7th at 8 am. Please email Jessica Thur (jgthur@lexrich5.org) with questions.

Are you preparing for a high school entrance exam? Let us help. DFHS offers free sessions, and no sign-up is needed. For a complete calendar of session dates as well as many resources, join our Google Classroom using the code in the flyer below. We hope to see you soon!

Missed the interest meeting but still want to go?! Spots are still available!

ENROLL HERE before spots fill up!

Our Charleston Wrap fundraiser kicks off September 25 th -October

25th! Our fundraising goal is $1,000. With over 2,500 gift ideas there is

something for everyone on your holiday gift list which means your

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The second order of senior t-shirts is in! If you ordered a senior t-shirt or senior decal and have not yet picked it up, please come by Room 351 before or after school. Please be sure to have your ID.

Please email Mrs. Erin Rivers (earivers@lexrich5.org) if you have any questions. Thanks!

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