<p>Good afternoon!</p><p>This web site will allow you to keep up with what’s going on at Palmetto. Each week Palmetto Middle School is going to post a weekly update on this page. This site will keep you informed of upcoming events, trips, dates, projects, and holidays. Please ask around to see if other parents are checking this web page for the updates.</p><p>Upcoming Events and Dates:</p><p> BETA Club meeting is September 13th after school.</p><p> 8th Grade Pirate Day is September 15th.</p><p> Progress Reports go home on September 16th.</p><p> Monday, September 26th, Staff Development Day Students do not report to school.</p><p> Palmetto’s Finest hours are due on October 19th.</p><p>PSAT Announcement Parents of students taking the PSAT, permission forms and money are due on or before Thursday, September 22nd. </p><p>Important Information from our PTSO 1. The PTSO will be holding a school T-shirt design contest for the students beginning September 12th. The cost is $1.00 to submit a T-shirt design. See Mrs. Sanders or Mrs. Roulette for an entry form at lunch in the PTSO portable. The contest will end on October 1st at the end of the school day. The students will then be able to vote on the top 3 chosen designs at lunch. The winner will have their logo featured on our school shirts this year. The word "Palmetto", the mustang mascot, the horseshoe logo or a combination of these three must be represented. It's the student's chance to be involved in deciding what type of T-shirt they'd like to wear! Enter the design contest and then vote for your favorite! We will be selling the winning shirt design sometime before December. (We need Mr. Brooks' telephone number to be sure about the date. Michelle didn't give it to us. Could you tell us how to go about ordering from him and give us a number to reach him at? Thanks!) </p><p>2. The PTSO will be starting after school snack sales by the end of September. "Mustang Munchies" will be on sale from 3:00-3:45 p.m. after school. Everything is $1.50 or less. We have drinks, snack foods, candy, healthy snacks and gum; no gum inside the school building or spat out in the school yard, we have trash cans people! We will also be serving cappuccinos for $1.50. Join us for a refreshing treat before Cross Country or Football practice! JUST A NOTE: Mr. Knight will not allow us to provide "Mustang Munchies" if the trash from your snacks or gum is found on the school grounds. You must dispose of your trash properly in a trash can!</p><p>If we have any other announcements to add we will email you from [email protected] , [email protected] or [email protected] . Thank you very much for helping us keep parents, students and teachers linked to us!</p><p>Jamye Sanders and Lou Ann Roulette Co-Presidents of the PTSO</p><p>Strings Update: If you have any questions, please email [email protected]</p><p>Palmetto Strings Spirit Week begins Tuesday, September 13!</p><p>Each day students are asked to show their spirit to earn MUSTANG BUCKS. On Friday, September 16, the strings room will be transformed in to the MUSTANG STAR LANES! Students can use their MUSTANG BUCKS to purchase healthy snacks while we "Bowl our way to All-County Victory" </p><p> Tuesday wear your crazy socks to "stomp" on the competition  Wednesday wear your favorite team shirt to "Team up” against those other middle school string players"  Thursday wear your favorite Palmetto Mustang shirt to "Show you school Pride"  Friday will be our chance to show off our bowling skills as well as our "bowing" skills :)</p><p>All-County Auditions are Tuesday, September 20th at McCants Middle School. Please check with your strings student for their specific audition time. All-County is a string orchestra for 7th and 8th grade students only.</p><p>Seventh Grade Trip Camp Greenville Outdoor Adventure Camp Greenville (Above Cesar’s Head) March 5-7 or March 7-9 Check out the Website: http://www.campgreenville.org/environmental_education.php Cost of Trip: $135.00 This includes transportation on district activity buses, cabin lodging for 2 nights and 3 days, 6 meals, and 7 hands-on learning activities (hiking Rainbow Falls, Wilderness Skills, and the Zipline). A deposit needs to be given or money can be paid in full by September 30. Installment dates are listed below. Please give all payments to your science teacher.</p><p>Due Date Payment September 30 $34.00 October 27 $34.00 November 22 $34.00 January 27 $33.00</p><p>Click here for all of the details for this field trip C-Team Volleyball Update: Please email Mrs.Cooper [email protected] or Mrs. Long at [email protected]</p><p>Date Opponent Time Venue 9/12 Seneca Wildcats 5:30 Seneca Middle School 9/13 West-Oak 5:30 Palmetto Middle Warriors School 9/19 Dacusville Gold 5:30 Dacusville Middle Wave School 9/20 Gettys Breakers 5:30 Palmetto Middle School 9/26 Liberty Eagles 5:30 Liberty Middle School 9/27 Glenview Eagles 5:30 Glenview Middle School 10/3 Powdersville 5:30 Palmetto Middle Patriots School 10/4 Robert Anderson 5:30 Robert Anderson Patriots Middle School 10/10 Wren Hurricanes 5:30 Palmetto Middle School 10/11 Edward Panthers 5:30 Edwards Middle 10/17 Lakeside Vikings 5:30 Palmetto Middle School 10/18 McCants Hornets 5:30 McCants Middle School</p><p>PE NEWS: If you have any questions, please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] or Coach Frazier at [email protected]</p><p>Physical Education t-shirts, shorts, and sweatshirts will be here on Friday, September 16. Coach Ashley will distribute these at the end of PE class on this day. Guidance News from Ms. Bishop. If you have any questions, please email [email protected] Internet and Cell Phone Safety Workshop </p><p>When: Monday, September 19th Time: 5:15-6:15 Dinner, 6:30-8:30 Presentation Where: Palmetto Middle School Auditorium Speaker: Don Cantrell, Director of Technology, South Carolina Department of Education Click here for all the details about this workshop</p><p>Guidance News from Ms. Wimberly. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]</p><p>There are openings for CLC in sixth grade for Semester one and two. If their child would like to change related classes, they can pick up a permission form in the main office. This form should be returned to Mrs. Wimberly. </p><p>Palmetto’s Finest Updates Palmetto’s Finest Cards get you in free to all C-Team HOME football games and front of the lunch line EVERYDAY!</p><p>Palmetto’s Finest Qualifications for the 1st Nine Weeks Please email Mr. Knight at [email protected] if you have any questions.</p><p>To earn Palmetto's Finest you must meet the following criteria: 1) All grades 80's and above 2) No demerits for the nine week period 3) No more than 2 unexcused absences. 4) Complete community service hours</p><p>Click here for a copy of the Community Service Hours Form </p><p>10 hours of service are required for the first quarter. Students simply record the hours they volunteer, the service they provided, and have the supervisor sign and record their phone number.</p><p>Guidelines for hours 1. Ten hours of community service is required each nine weeks. 2. No more than four (4) hours of service can be directly related to any family member. 3. Completed service hours are due to your Homeroom teacher on the last day of the quarter. A minimum of ten hours of community service is required for each quarter of school.</p><p>Library News from Mrs. Cox. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]</p><p>Library News: Congratulations to Brandon Salguero, Samantha Czwalina, Taylor Sanders and Mrs. Shockley for reading the most pages this summer. Our school totaled almost 300,000 pages! More than Wren and Powdersville!</p><p>September is Library Card Month. Show your public library card to your ELA teacher for a treat. Visit Mrs. Cox to have your picture made with your card for a bulletin board. App of the Week: Name: Rory’s Story Cube</p><p>Platform: iOS , Android , and a web-based option through </p><p>Instagram</p><p>Cost: $1.99</p><p>The popular story telling game is now an app. Shake the iPod to throw the dice. The set of nine dice have pictures on each side that inspire storytelling and creative play. This is a great app for long car rides.</p><p>C-Team Basketball Update: If you have any questions, please email [email protected]</p><p>Any 7th or 8th grade girl interested in playing basketball should see Mrs. Haley in room 349 for more information. Some September practices will be held and conditioning starts in October.</p><p>Palmetto Mustangs C-Team Football</p><p>2011 Season Schedule Date Opponent Site Time</p><p>8/31 Jamboree Home 6:00 WON 24-0</p><p>9-8 Belton Home 5:30 Won 8-0</p><p>9-15 Riverside Home 5:30</p><p>9-29 West Oak Away 5:30</p><p>10-6 Liberty Home 5:30</p><p>10-13 Walhalla Home 5:30</p><p>10-20 Starr Iva Away 5:30</p><p>10-27 Riverside Away 5:30</p><p>Head Coach: Matt Frazier Asst Coach: Weston Scroggs Asst Coach: Brandon Meares</p><p>2011 Palmetto JV Competitive Cheerleaders</p><p>2011 Palmetto Varsity Cheerleaders Cheer Competition Schedule Date Competition Location/Hosted by</p><p>September 24 8th Annual Indian Invitational Gaffney High School</p><p>October 8 Ram Upstate Invitational Hillcrest High School</p><p>October 15 Green Wave Invitational Easley High School</p><p>October 22 Dorman Cavalier Cheer Classic Dorman High School</p><p>October 29 Carolina Cheer Classic Greenville High School</p><p>November 5 Debbie Rogers Cheer Classic Colonial Life Arena, Columbia</p><p>November 9 Upper State Qualifier Dorman High School</p><p>November 19 State Cheer Competition Bi-Lo </p><p>Center, Greenville, SC</p>