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Freshman and Sophomore Student Led Conferences
Conferences are Monday, Jan. 23, and Thursday, Jan. 26, from 3:00 - 6:00 pm.  All first and second year students will be discussing their first semester grades and accomplishments while setting goals for the spring.

ECH Accepting Applications for 2012-13 Freshman Class
Think college is not for you? Think again! ECH is seeking highly motivated students from the academic middle who want to earn college credits while earning a high school diploma.  Applications will be accepted through Friday, January 27. 
2012-13 Application 

January Newsletter
Check out our 1st Semester Honor and Merit Rolls, the talent show, a new financial literacy package for seniors, our students of the month, and more.  January ECHo

Dance Honorees Earn Donations of $506 for their Favorite Charities
Through a Penny War, couples from each advisory vied for the honor or being named king/queen or prince/princess of the dance.  Couples got to choose their favorite charity and then earned money towards a donation.  For the freshman class Nick Papas and Julasia Lee will donate approximately $100 to the Susan B. Komen Foundation.  Sophomores Charlie Huggins and Vicky Phillips will donate approximately $300 to St. Jude Children's Hospital.  Juniors Timmy Vereen and Isabelle Walker will donate $76 to Shepherd's Table, and seniors Darius Robinson and Yartiza Tinoco will make a $31 donation to Street Reach.

ECHS Students Showcase Talent at Sixth Annual Talent Show
Noah Johnson took top honors in the talent show held on Friday, Jan. 13 with his renditions of Michael Jackson's dance performances.  Other performers included Alex Hoyt, Tre'Dessa Smalls-Gore, Sarah Mason, Elijah Handy, Telvin Armour, Ben Flo, Nichol Oliver, Ally Conary, Cheyenne Mallery, and Katherine Mack. 

December Issue of ECHo 
Catch up on all the latest ECH news to include teacher and the students of the month, service projects, upcoming events, and more.  Read the ECHo.
 

2011 State Report Card Issued
View our Report Card.

ECHS Students Sweep Awards for Firefighters Essay
The Horry-Georgetown Fire Chief's Association sponsored an art and essay contest for students in Horry and Georgetown counties. The theme was "Keep Your Family Fire Safe." Out of the many different schools with essay submissions, Early College students placed first, second, and third in the high school division. Kathena Sanders placed first. Her essay was titled "House Fire!" Sarah Lenwai placed second, and Becca Hill placed third. The students were honored at a dinner hosted at Inlet Affairs Banquet hall in Murrells Inlet. The students received individual awards, and the school proudly gets to house the traveling trophy for the year.

Samantha Lohr Named 2012 ECHS Teacher of the Year
Students, parents, and teachers participated in the selection of the 2012
Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to our Ms. Lohr on being selected.  A graduate of both Socastee High and Coastal Carolina University, Ms. Lohr teaches Civics and AVID and co-sponsors the Mock Trial team and our Girls Club.  She engages students in service to the community through Habitat for Humanity, Fostering Hope, Myrtle Beach Feed the Hunger, and others.  Ms. Lohr is in her fifth year as a teacher at ECHS where the social studies department was recently named "Program of the Year" by the SC Council for the Social Studies.  In 2011, her students were recognized as the high school Project Citizen winner for the state.

ECH Dance Team Selected 
The ECH Dance Team performs at the Dancing with the Horry County Stars competition.  This year's dance team was selected after two days of practice and a day of auditions to perform a hip hop routine as part of the entertainment for this year's event.  Hip hop instructor, Josh Romero, will work with Matya Wooden, Jessie Terpening, Reanne Wolffe, Laura Gilbert, Colby Catsoulis, Megan Doutt, Katherine Dwulet, Dionne Romanski, Jordan Magyar, Chelsea Osborn, Deantre Campbell, and Sarah Lenwai.  The Stars competition is Saturday, November 19th. 

ECH Students Participate in Beach Sweep 2011
Students from Mrs. Carter's Biology classes joined together with other community volunteers across Horry County to clean the waterways on Saturday, Sept. 17.  Fifteen biology students along with several parents, brothers and sisters worked at Myrtle Beach State Park for the annual Beach Sweep. The group collected all sorts of garbage from cigarette butts and recyclables to clothing and personal items.  The students kept their data on special collection cards that the State Park puts into a database.  This helps the park rangers track trends in the amount and types of garbage so they can study the effects on the ecosystem here. 

ECH Seeking Mentors
Do you have an hour a week to serve as a mentor for an Early College student? Complete an application on www.horrycountybe2.com. For more information, call 843.457.8774.

For more information, contact Joan Grimmett, Principal, HCS Early College High School at (843) 349-7102 or e-mail jgrimmett@horrycountyschools.net.

Click here for a printed brochure for students (pdf file)

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