At State SIC Conference 
Burgess Elementary fifth grade students Kendall Securro, Ajay Patel, and Carson Ward presented an overview of their Healthy Food Choices program at the SC School Improvement Council Legislative Conference on February 23rd in Columbia.
The boys, accompanied to the conference by their parents and several SIC members, received a standing ovation following their presentation. That afternoon, Kendall, Ajay, and Carson visited the state house and presented a copy of their plan to Senator Ray Cleary. Senator Cleary recognized them from the senate floor and gave a brief overviewof their plan to the senators. The Healthy Food Choices program at Burgess Elementary Schoolis supported by the Student Council, SIC, and Georgetown Hospital System.
Click to learn how our students are leading in service.
Archery Tournament
Congratulations to Riverlee Weaver, Colbie Vaughn, Dylan Johnson, Savannah Futrell, and Kodi Woodle who scored high enough at the school tournament to qualified for the Tate Archery Tournament!
We are proud of you!
Celebrity Rockin’ Readers
Three of our local television celebrities:
Ed Piotrowski, chief meteorologist
WPDE TV 15; Nicole Boone, anchor
WBTW TV 13 and Cecil Chandler, feature reporter WBTW TV 13
were Rockin’ Readers with our students on Tuesday, February 2nd, and they were wonderful! We still
need parent and community volunteers to read with students. If you are interested, please call Brianne Miller at (843) 650-4600
 Top Ten Finalist
Congratulations to Jennifer Crawford
who has been named a top ten
semi-finalist for the Horry County
Schools Teacher of the Year.
Good luck Mrs. Crawford!
Change For Sea Turtles
Service Learning Project
The Change for Sea Turtles Service project has begun. Kindergarten students.
Please bring in your change!
Burgess wins Horry County Schools Service Learning Award.
Click to learn more!
First Grade, Kindergarten and Child Development
Registration April 12-18. Click here to learn more.
Compass Odyssey
Horry County Schools Compass Learning Odyssey Program can be accessed from home, at your local public library, or anywhere there is an internet connection. To access the program from the district’s home page, select the STUDENTS menu and then select RESOURCES. On the left sidebar, select Compass Learning Odyssey. The first time you access the program, be sure to select “System Requirements” from the Compass Learning Odyssey login page. The system check will verify that your workstation meets the requirements of the program.
***Students should know their username and password if they have been assigned access at school.***
PTO Needs You!
Are you interested in serving on the PTO Board for the 2010-2011 school year? We need you! E-mail Molly Muldoon at mmuldoon@horrycountyschools.net.
Spelling Bee Winners
Congratulations to Winter Widdifield, spelling bee champion, and to Nolan Fuss, runner-up! Winter will represent Burgess Elementary at the Regional Spelling Bee this spring. Classroom winners who participated in the school bee were Brandi Back, Anajee Dixon, Christian Franks, Nolan Fuss, Mackenzie Gardner, Sarah Hilliard, Brittany Howard, Dylan Howell, Savannah Johnson, Callie Moss, Kendall Securro, and Winter Widdifield.
Youth Leadership Award
Chris Young was selected as Burgess Elementary School’s Youth Leadership Award Winner for 2009-2010. Chris selected his fifth grade teacher, Mr. Ron Satterley, as his most influential teacher. Chris and Mr. Satterley will be featured in an upcoming edition of The Sun News.
Student Healthy Food Choices
Student Council representatives Kendall Securro, Carson Ward, and Ajay Patel have developed a project to improve student healthy food choices at lunch. The project is designed to help kids recognize and make healthy food choices, to help kids recognize problems unhealthy eating can cause and to provide prizes for kids to help them make healthy choices. Beginning on November 30th and going through May 28th, Student Council representatives will be tracking the food choices of fourth and fifth grade students during lunch time. Those students who are making healthy choices will be rewarded with great prizes provided by Georgetown Hospital Systems. Fourth and fifth grade students are encouraged to make the BEST Healthy Food Choices!
Rockin' Reader
 Rockin’ Reader is a national literacy initiative developed by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Now in its second year, Cracker Barrel has established partnerships with elementary schools in 29 states to establish a comfortable reading space in each school for volunteers to read with school children. Burgess Elementary School is one of eleven schools in South Carolina and the only school in Horry County to be selected for a partnership. Cracker Barrel has provided us with two double rocking chairs, a barrel bookshelf, and a collection of children’s books. Now all we need is you! Do you have a few hours to donate during the school year to read with a child? Information will be coming home soon providing addition information and asking for volunteers. Our goal is 500 hours for the school year– please help us by reading with a child!
 Burgesss Elementary is a
Palmetto Gold/Silver
Showcase School!
Click here to learn more.
William Burgess Award Winner
 Congratulations to Karsten Kenley, who was awarded the very first William Burgess Award at the Fifth Grade Award Ceremony on June 3rd. This prestigious honor is given to a student who shows outstanding leadership skills in and out of the classroom, exemplifies lifeskills in daily choices, is a positive role model for peers, is actively involved in service activities, takes initiative to go above and beyond and has positive interactions with students and adults. This is the highest honor awarded to a student at Burgess Elementary School.
The award is named after William Burgess, for whom our community is named. Mr. Burgess was a highly loved and respected man and was known as a person of integrity, honor, and compassion. He was commissioned U.S. Postmaster of Marlow, S.C. in 1887 and commissioned U.S. Postmaster of Burgess, SC in 1906. When William Burgess was first commissioned postmaster in this area, the official geographic name became Burgess and included the 25 square mile area then served by the post office.
2009-2010 PTO Officers:
Mollie Muldoon, President
Laurie Hickman, Vice President
Dawn Back, Treasurer
Linda Refling, Secretary
Susan King, Fundraising Chairperson
Tonya Caddle, Hospitality Chairperson
Burgess Elementary School Summary Report is now online! Click here. Congratulations  Cindy Dawsey!
Top 5 Finalist,
Horry County Schools'
Teacher of the Year!
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