Early Dismissal
Wednesday, February 8 is a half-day for Richland
One elementary and middle school students.
'Hearts Hop' Family
Dance
On February 9 kindergarten students at Meadowfield
Elementary get to show their parents a
few smooth moves on the dance floor at
the Hearts Hop Family Dance. From 5:30
- 6:30 p.m. students in kindergarten through
second grade will dance with their parents
in the school cafeteria. From 6:45 - 7:45
p.m. students in third through fifth grade
take over the dance floor with their moms
and dads.
Challenger Center Celebrates 10 Years
of Inspiring a New Generation of Space Explorers
On February 9, Richland One’s Challenger
Learning Center for Space Science Education
celebrates 10 years of inspiring a new generation
of explorers. The festivities, which start
at 10:00 a.m., will include appearances by
several special guests: Grace Corrigan, the
mother of Christa McAuliffe, who was the
first teacher to fly in space; family members
of the late astronaut and Lake City native
Dr. Ron McNair; and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Spann
Watson, an original Tuskegee Airman. McAuliffe,
a New Hampshire social studies teacher, and
McNair were killed in the Challenger space
shuttle explosion in 1986. Challenger Learning
Centers were established as memorials to
the seven-member shuttle crew. Richland One
is home to South Carolina’s only Challenger
Learning Center.
Stevenson Music Scholarship/Applications
being accepted
Richland One's Partners In Education Foundation
is accepting applications for The 2006 Dr.
John R. Stevenson Music Scholarship. The
$1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a Richland
One high-school senior who plans to pursue
post-secondary study in music. Applications
and recommendation forms may be downloaded
from the district's Web site at www.richlandone.org;
click on the Partners In Education link.
The application deadline is March 31.
Media with inquiries about Tip Sheet items
are asked to call Edith Caudle in the Office
of Communications at 231-7504.
