Lower School Lab
May 20, 2011 • Josh Bucci
Filed under Classroom News, Top Stories, Uncategorized
All through out the year, Mrs. Melissa Hinton, high school biology teacher, has visited the lower school students to work on science labs and conduct cool experiments. When asked about working with the lower school Mrs. Melissa said, “I loved... Read more »
Rising Seniors Wonder
May 19, 2011 • Joey Shieder
Filed under Classroom News, News
Rising seniors have planned their senior schedules and are right around the corner from the best year of their lives. Sports, Activities, College, Class fundraisers are all on their mind, but not college courses. The seniors have the opportunity to take a very rigorous... Read more »
Middle School Exploring
May 19, 2011 • Joey Shieder
Filed under Classroom News, News, Top Stories
5th Grade stands in front of a Ripley's Aquarium exhibit Middle school students are not the easiest people to teach, but they are easy to entertain. Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, and Myrtle Beach were all destinations for middle school field trips. ... Read more »
Geography Bee
May 19, 2011
Filed under Classroom News
It’s that time again; students are chosen to display their knowledge about geography. The participants were picked by an interview question by their teacher and a test. The participants in high school are Abbie West, Kayln Knupp, Connor Quattlebaum, Jason Lumis, Elizabeth Johnston,... Read more »
Getting a Little More Sleep
May 19, 2011 • Brandon Bair
Filed under Classroom News
What’s the difference between 8:00 and 8:15? Nothing but a tardy or an absent, and at the beginning of the year if you had too many of each it was a 20 dollar bill and an hour of detention. Homeroom is pointless, and Dorchester Academy needs to just do away with it. Junior... Read more »
A Lot You Didn’t Know About World War II
May 12, 2011 • T.J. Rogers
Filed under Classroom News, Top Stories
During the week of April 11, 2011, the high school participated in a cumulative unit of World War II. Art and technology were the main focuses of the unit. “The most interesting thing I learned all week was the food rationing,” junior Grande Fender said. He was interested... Read more »
No More AP?
March 14, 2011
Filed under Classroom News, Uncategorized
Some schools around the nation, including South Carolina, are debating the topic of whether or not to take Advanced Placement (AP) out of the high school curriculum. Dorchester Academy is not yet thinking about such actions, but could be in the future. Senior Emily Hardee said,... Read more »
Economic Lessons
March 14, 2011 • Joey Shieder
Filed under Classroom News, Student Life, Top Stories
On Tuesday morning February 15, 2011, the business math class went on a brief field trip to the local Reid’s grocery store. Although they did not go for food, they were given the opportunity to learn valuable life lessons with their purchases. The objective was to compare... Read more »
Getting Google
January 21, 2011 • Josh Bucci
Filed under Classroom News
Some teachers at Dorchester Academy have started using Google Documents to help with planning. “Google Docs could help students from forgetting papers and assignments because they can type something on Google Docs at home and pull it up at school to... Read more »
