Principal: Macky Norton

Assistant Principal: Rodney Marcum

• Vision- The School District of Marlboro County will partner with families, businesses, and communities to develop the next generation of responsible citizens, lifelong learners, and global leaders.

• Mission-The mission of the Marlboro County School District is to educate and enable all students to achieve their highest potential.

Jacob Evers wins Regional Spelling Bee!

Defeats last year's champion, heads to D.C. in May

This year’s Regional Spelling Bee was held February 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm in the Chapman Auditorium of Francis Marion University. Out of the 31 participants, 4 were from Marlboro County: Kalia Thomas of Clio, Jacob Evers of McColl, Rasheed Miller of School of Discovery, and Antonia Wooten of Wallace. After 18 rounds, Jacob Evers won the Pee Dee Regional Spelling Bee.

Jacob received a Samuel Louis Sugarman award of a $100 savings bond, a $20 gift card from Amazon, a one-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam – Webster for his winnings.

Jacob, age 13, is the son of Darryl and Rae Evers and attends McColl Elementary/Middle School as a 7^th grader. He is the Student Council President, a SPICE student, active in school sports and a member of the Carolina Cobras traveling baseball team.

Our own, Jacob Evers, will now compete against roughly 300 participants for 50 seats in the final round which will be televised on ESPN. He will travel to Washington, DC to attend the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 27^th – June 2^nd.

Several fundraisers will be planned to help Jacob and his family enjoy this memorable experience. Mr. Jacob Evers is very proud to be representing MEMS and the Marlboro County School District. Please join us in congratulating this hard working student!

Spelling Bee

McColl Elementary/Middle School hosted a school-wide Spelling Bee on December 5th for middle level students. ELA teachers conducted “Mini-Bees” in the classroom to determine two winners from each class to participate in the school Spelling Bee.

Mrs. Debbie Ray organized the Bee which included setting up the library, inviting guests, and preparing the students. Mrs. Gretchen Carlson (Media Specialist), Hazel King, Suellen Arnett were judges for the Bee. Mrs. Judy Sanders (3^rd Grade Teacher) volunteered to be the caller for the Bee. Amy Good (Director of Bands) and Gretchen Carlson volunteered to be responsible for sound and video.

MEMS had 48 students eligible and 45 participants competing the day of the Bee. The Bee went through 37 rounds before Jacob Evers (7^th grade) was declared the overall winner of the school-wide Bee. Breanna Jackson (6^th grade) came in second place. Grade Level winners received a medal and the winner received medals and a plaque.

Winners:

5^th Jamear Pegues

6^th Breanna Jackson

7^th Jacob Evers

8^th Austin Smith

McColl Middle School would like to thank the students for their participation in the Bee and those that supported them. Special “thank-yous” go to Mr. Marcum for providing gifts to special guests and medals to the winners and Mrs. Leah Williams for taking pictures for our yearbook and website.

Alphabet Parade

After previewing all the letters of the alphabet, Kindergarten classes of McColl School celebrated the 26 letters by singing the “Alphabet Song” and enjoying a parade! The students made a hat band featured with their favorite letter in the alphabet and then put it on their own top hats. The students sang their song and showed off their hats to many of their fellow McColl School students and staff.

During the school year, the kindergarten children will make various hat bands to celebrate a specific unit that the grade has studied.

Over 150 Students at McColl Elementary/Middle attended Read Cafe' Friday, September 16th. These students were rewarded for meeting their individual Accelerated Reading goal. Students enjoyed refreshments, board games, and Wii games. Happy Reading!

In order to observe the tenth anniversary of the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001, McColl Elementary/Middle School designed a memorial that included participation from parents, students, staff, faculty, and administration.

Members of the MEMS football team helped design and set up a large American flag after school on Wednesday, September 7th. Over 200 sheets of white paper listing the names of all victims represented the white stripes and “stars” of our flag. Students (during lunch or recess) signed their name beside a victim to silently honor and remember that tragic day.

The students had two days to sign the list of all most 3,000 names. MEMS had a goal to have the memorial complete by Friday, September 9^th, 2011. However, by 3:05 on Thursday (September 8^th) the wall was filled! MEMS still encourages everyone to continue to sign even though our goal was met. Every signature means that a person is remembered.

Back to School Bash

Parents and students enjoyed an evening of music, refreshments, and information. Special thanks to Ms. York, parent coordinator!