R a in bow La ke N ew s
Ac hi eve Gat o r Exc e l l e nc e
January/February 2014
Volume 4, Issue 4
Important Dates: Parent Needs Assessment
 February 27th
Junior Scholars
Award Ceremony
 March 3rd-28th
MAP Testing
 March 18-19th
PASS (Writing)
 March 20th
135th Day of
School
 March 27th
Report Cards
Vision
Unlock the full potential
of every student.
Rainbow Lake has been asked to participate in a needs assessment for school improvement created by USC Upstate. The data collected will help influence future career and guidance programming. The survey is about 20 questions and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. The parent/guardian survey can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/RECparent. We thank you for your participation in this survey.
Yearbooks
Don’t miss your chance to get a copy of “The Gator”! Purchase your yearbook for
$40 in our school’s office or visit jostensyearbook.com to purchase online. Make
sure you purchase a copy of the yearbook while they are still available!!!
PASS Snacks
With PASS testing quickly approaching (March 18th and March 19th) RLMS is starting a snack drive to ensure that all of our students have the energy they need to do
their very best. Students are provided with two drinks and two snacks each day of
testing. We have approximately 708 students, which means each day of testing we
need 1,416 snacks and drinks! If you could help provide any of the following snacks
(Granola bars, Rice Krispy snacks, cheese crackers, peanut butter crackers, etc…)
and/or individual packaged fruit juices we would greatly appreciate it.
Family Friendly Guides to South Carolina Academic Standards
Inside this issue:
6th and 7th grade
2
8th grade honor
3
Band
3
Letters from the
Governor
4
Wrestling
Orchestra
4
Chorus
5
5
A good educational system provides many tools that help children learn. Parents
and families are a big part of a child's success team because a great deal of learning
goes on outside the classroom. The information on the following site ( http://
www.scfriendlystandards.org/) can help you become familiar with what your child
is learning at school and it includes activities to reinforce and support your child's
learning, selected book titles for additional reading, and Web site addresses for
extended learning.
This website provides information for parents and families about what their children should be learning in school for the school year 2013-2014. The information
incorporates the new Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and
Literacy and Mathematics in grades K-8. The standards for Science and Social
Studies incorporate the most recent South Carolina Academic Standards for
those subjects.
The information incorporates the new Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts & Literacy and Mathematics in grades K-8. Please peruse the academic standards for your child’s grade level.
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Honor Roll Lists
6th Grade:
All A Honor Roll:
Joey Baldinelli, Hannah Black, Brianna Boling, Jack Brewster, Alyssa Bryant,
Owen Chapman, Jacob Compton, Caleb Corbitt, Tristan Dimery, Ariana
Fayyazi, Ella Gul, Morgan Harling, Kimberly Haynie, Sarah Hitchens, Kaylie
Jennings, Natalie Koller, Taylor Loehr, Sophie Lyczek, Jesse Makowski,
Victoria McAbee, Jennifer McCrary, Juana Morales, Mason Morris, Trentity
Nelson, Elizabeth Posey, Jesse Seay, Sebastian Sisk, Nylah Stover, Jacob
Sutherland, Lillian Tollison, Andrew Ukrainskiy, Elizabeth Williams, Mikayla
Williams, Morgan Wolfe, Luagntxhi Yang, and Savannah Young.
A/B Honor Roll:
Daniel Acevedo, Bailey Arena, Zhen Bear, Nick Bishop, Gracyn Brafford, Eli Byrd, Catelyn Delozier, Alex Doolittle,
Haylee Dunn, Clayton Elder, Dalton Ezell, Jessica Farrington, Tron Foster, Geoffrey Fowler, Jack Gardner, Jeffery
Gardner, Madelyn Gilliam, Jessica Grabchenko, Avery Greene, Alexis Hardin, Adam Hitchens, Andrew Hospodar,
Courtney Hudson, Rachel Huskey, Natalie Hutchins, Corey Jolley, Anna Kuydrko, Emily Lancaster, Sam Leiszler, Spencer Loving, Jacob Lusk, Kristy Maou, Esther Martynyuk, Bennett McKillop, Alyssa Mock, Blake Moore, Emilie Mullinax,
Tiziana Ortega, Micha Oslund, Viktoria Parchuk, Madison Per, Tabatha Pope, Taylor Powell, Christian Richard, Tanner
Robbins, Noah Roberts, Brittany Sanchez-Gutierrez, Payton Splawn, Hannah Squibbs, Christina Starck, Sierra Stewart,
Davis Tapp, Aaron Thomas, Nate Tipton, Hayden Turner, Erik Vishnyak, Zeke Walsh, Harrison Ward, Jared Williams,
Hannah Wood, and Sephora Xavier.
7th Grade:
All A Honor Roll:
Amber Amaker, Matthew Benfield, Trevor Bertha, Connor Bloomfield, Avery Bruce, Robbie Chumley, Claudia Comer,
Eli Ewing, Brian Foster, Madelyn Henderson, Thomas Hutchins, Georgia Jenkins, Zoe Johnson, Kaiya Lytle, Bryson
Mitchell, David Moore, Dianna Moua, Rebecca Peden, Zachary Plummer, Jessica Reason, Trinity Roberts, Kylee Russell,
Katelin Sellers, Sierra Staton, Brooke Stevens, Ally Stockman, Mallory Tutterrow, and Taylor Wilson.
A/B Honor Roll:
Juliya Aleksik, Brendyn Allen, Sereniti Austin, Nick Bailey, Kaylee Bishop, McKayla Blackwell, Colt Blanton, Kalyn
Borgnis, Cameron Bowyer, Andrew Brown, Davis Brown, Cole Cable, Megan Caudell, Megan Caudell, Luke Connor,
Emily Cook, Nicholas Crowe, Reid Elliott, Julia Fricks, Marlee Gardner, Kamiya Glenn, James Goar, Mya Graham, Zach
Green, Mark Grigorchuk, Jeremy Hall, Brianna Hammett, Alexis Harris, Aniston Hoffman, Carson Horne, MacKenzie
Huckabee, Roman Komlov, Rome Kosiorek, Anna Kulbitskaya, Steward Lee, Valerie Lek, Haley LeMaster, Julia Leso,
Spencer Loehr, Wilson Long, Amanda Mancuso, Rylee Marshall, Destiny Martin, Katie Martin, Sarah Martin, Hailey
McAbee, Angel McJunkin, Josh Means, Brandon Mercado, Heaven Miller, Daisi Mok, McKenzie Morris, Eric Moua, Jerry
Nava, Candace Newman, Savanna Nodine, Rachel Peden, Caden Peeler, Kayla Petty, Brisa Pintado-Perez, London Porter, Alex Poteat, Morgan Prioleau, Dawson Putman, Kaley Quinn, Angelika Reznichenko, Ethan Rice, Tristen Roach,
Micah Robinson, Elijah Roe, Paul Salva, Marisandy Santiago-Cedillo, Emmie Seay, Alexis Smoak, Halie Squibbs, Zoey
Stewart, Nyssa Tessnear, McKenzie Tharpe, Brinley Waldrop, Elizabeth Walter, Mattie Walters, Lindsay Wentz, Hannah Woodward, and Mikayla Worley.
“Our mission is to prepare our students for tomorrow’s world by providing
effective and innovative practices in a safe and supportive environment.”
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Honor Roll Lists
8th Grade
All A Honor Roll:
Toni Allison, Ludmila Grabchenko, Natalie Hazzard, Angela Karasev, Svetlana Kichuk, Elizabeth Lewis, William Lo,
Jonathan Martz, Dillon McAbee, John Moore, Julia Nichols, Savannah Rice, Madeline Ryan, Rantha Sat, Luke Skory,
Emily Tibbetts, Katherine Tran, and Antony Ukrainskiy.
A/B Honor Roll 8th Grade:
Mikell Adams, Cameron Anderson, Reilly Arena, Angelina Artemenko, Parker
Bailey, Zachary Bambach, Ellie Bernard, Brooklyn Bivens, Andrew Borgnis, Maria Boutin, Sarah Bower, Kinsley Brannon, Dylan Brannon, Malachi Brooks, Kaleigh Brown, John David Bushong, Kayla Caldwell, Emily Carter, Chris Coffield,
Levi Cromer, Colin Cumbo, Daniel Dawson, Rachel DiStefano, Jesse Doty,
Maegan Easler, Abigail Finley, Caleb George, Taylor Gibson, Avery Goff,
Amber Gosnell, Cole Hair, Krisila Hammett, Sarah , Nicole Hardin, Katlyn
Harris, Hunter Hawkins, Jack Hennessy, Seth Hewitt, Tanner Hicks, Grace
Hunter, Peyton Hunter, Nalayna Hyatt, Chandler Jackson-Hardy, Hannah Joyce,
Faith Kraus, Daniel Kudryko, Alina Kuzmich, Matthew Kyle, Kristina Lashchuk,
David Leon-Osorio, Courtney Long, Yolanda Lopez, Precious Lor, Jessica
Lutzyk, Ruslan Matev, Nicholas McFalls, Lauren McHugh, Morgan McHugh, Brooke McKinney, Cody Miller, Madison Morris, Kristen Moser, Brooke Nanna, Hannah Oglesby, Jared Phillips, Matthew Painter, Carly Poteat, Trey
Poteat, Shannon Ratchford, Abigail Searcey, Adam Seay, Sara Sheffield, Natalie Stoliarchuk, Alexius Teamer, Elizabeth Thompson, November Varnum, Margie Velazquez, Nataliya Vykhovanets, Autumn Walker, Hannah Wall,
Kalin Washington, Kaytlinn Will, Noah Wright, Yoko Yang, and Julianna Yeatts.
Band
Congratulations to Rainbow Lake Middle School student, Jonathan
Martz, an eighth grader who was selected to participate in the South
Carolina Region One Junior Honors Band. Jonathan will play the tuba
in the South Carolina Region One Clinic and Concert at Furman University.
Beliefs
In pursuit of this vision, we hereby believe:
All students can learn.
Education is everyone’s responsibility.
All people are entitled to a safe and supportive environment .
Everyone is unique and has value .
Individuals must be prepared for a global society.
Learning is a life-long process.
Decisions must be based on what is best for all students.
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Letters from the Governor
Four students at Rainbow Lake
Middle School recently received letters from Governor
Nikki Haley. The letters came
as responses to problemsolution letters authored by students and sent to the Governor
on the topic of litter in South
Carolina. Eighth graders November Varnum, Ruslan Matev,
Natalie Hazzard, and Rachel
DiStefano each received a letter
from Governor Haley in response to their specific concerns
about the litter problem in our
state and the solutions they recommended. In her responses, Governor Haley encouraged students to continue to use their voices to promote positive change. The students were very pleased the Governor chose to
correspond with them and felt they were rewarded for their efforts on this research and letter writing assignment. Mark Painter, the students’ English teacher said, “All of the students were diligent in their work and
produced such wonderful writings. I was very proud that Governor Haley had the opportunity to see some
of their work. Four additional students including Kayla Caldwell, Noah Fowler, Cole Hair, and Luke Skory
sent their letters to Governor Haley and look forward to receiving responses as well.”
RLM Letters from Governor Haley- (Pictured from left to right) November Varnum, Ruslan
Matev, Natalie Hazzard, and Rachel DiStefano.
Wrestling
Three Rainbow Lake Middle
School wrestlers recently placed
first, second, and third place in
the Spartanburg County Tournament, which was held on January 11, 2014. Josh Wilson
placed first in the 154 weight
class. Bobby McDade placed
second in the 138 weight class,
and Eli Webb placed third in the
117 weight class.
Josh Wilson – 1st , Bobby McDade – 2nd, and Eli Webb – 3rd.
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Orchestra
On February 1, 2014, five orchestra students
from Rainbow Lake Middle School, including
Sarah Bower, Avery Goff, Emilie Mullinax,
Aaliyah Rose, and Grace Seay, attended the
American Strings Teacher Association
(ASTA) Violin and Viola Clinic at Converse
College. These student musicians attended
various workshops and performances
throughout the day and at the conclusion of
the day, students performed a recital concert
that featured all levels of musicianship- beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
(Pictured from left to right) Avery Goff,
Sarah Bower, and Aaliyah Rose
Chorus
Additionally, on the weekend of February 1, 2014, Rainbow Lake Middle School's chorus was well represented in the Spartanburg Sings Concert, which was held at Broome High School. A total of twenty outstanding
vocalists from Rainbow Lake Middle School were chosen to participate in Spartanburg Sings.
Front: Liz Klingensmith, Sheyanne Clary, Dylan Leister, and Bailee Elrod
Middle: Alex Poteat, Grace Spencer, Taylor Gibson, Brittany Long, Eli Ewing, Mya Graham, and Abigail Threatt
Back: Hannah Bailey, Emily Tibbetts, Zach Bambach, Ashley Worley, Zachary Cromer, Jesse Seay, Elizabeth Williams, Hannah
Yang, and Alexis Smoak