• Friday, 1/30 – BA’s Homecoming Basketball Games! Games begin at 4 p.m. with the JV Girls, then 5 p.m. JV Boys, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls, and 7pm Varsity Boys. The presentation of the Homecoming Court and Queen will be during halftime of the Boys Varsity Game. Please see the school website for more details: www.beaufortacademy.org.
• Friday, 1/30 – Nominations for the Beaufort Academy Athletic Hall of Fame are due. Contact Emma Roddey at 843-524-3393 or eroddey@beaufortacademy.org if you need a nomination form.
• Friday, 1/30 – Applications for the Thomas H. Horton, Jr. Scholarship to study abroad this summer are due.
• The Chilly Bean 5K & 10K and Chili Cook-off will be held on Saturday, January 31st, register now at www.chillybeanrun.com.
• Wednesday, 2/4 – Half-day for all students, dismissal at 11:30 a.m.
Students in Mrs. Patel’s sixth grade science class at Beaufort Academy celebrated the end of their unit with an edible cell party. At home, students cooked up organelles and shared the deliciousness with the class. Students voted for most creative, most disgusting & most attractive! Pictured left to right: Ansleigh Pingree, Emmy Wilson, Griffin Harley, Mason Westerfield, Emily Stevens, Alyssa Lewis, Emma Dillinger.
Congratulations to the Beaufort Academy Math Team, who competed last week at the SCISA Upper School Math Meet! The team took 2nd place overall, and individually Ben Hetherington took 4th place overall. Pictured left to right: Anna Crenshaw, Katie Gay, Breanna Meek, Ben Hetherington, Todger Davis, Joe Bhoi, Maya Dixon, Ross Walker, Molly Harrop, Michaela Russell, Stewart Trask.
Beaufort Academy students in grades 3-8 competed in the SCISA Regional Spelling Bee and did a phenomenal job. BA came in 3rd place overall, and individual top finishers included: 4th grader Ledare Pingree (1st place and is headed to the State Spelling Bee in February), 7th grader Maris Staley (3rd place), and 3rd grader Whit Suber (4th place). Pictured left to right, back: Maris Staley, Ashton Bell, Quinn Fleming, David Mathai. Front: Brock Bekemeyer, Leith Gray, Ledare Pingree, Whit Suber, Ansleigh Pingree, Thomas Hines, Emmy Wilson, Emma Grace Dinkins.
Beaufort Academy would like to thank Mitchell Brothers, Inc., Twenge & Twombley Law Firm, and ProSlab Inc. for their generous contributions of time and resources to create a brand new space for an outdoor classroom at the PreK/K building. Stay tuned as items are added to the classroom.
