Scott's Branch Middle High School

We had an great week of teaching and learning at the Branch this week! Parents we kindly ask that you remind students to be on time for class, pay attention, and be actively engaged in their learning so that they will be prepared for upcoming testing throughout the school year.

High school students and parents EOC testing for English 2, US History, and Biology will be here in just a few weeks. It is imperative that students are working diligently during these classes and reviewing their notes in their ISN notebooks. Students can also utilize Progress Learning study plans and assignments to help you review material. Students if you need help please reach out to your teachers to stay during his/her office hours.

Rise up, Eagle Nation, and meet the expectation!

Dr. Tyrone Cummings, Ed. D.

Principal

Get ready for a night of family fun!

Join us on Thursday, October 30, 2025, for our Annual Fall Festival filled with:
🎯 Games & Activities 🍔 Food 🚗 Trunk or Treat🎤 Entertainment
🎉 & so much more!

Bring your family and friends — let’s make this year’s festival the best one yet!
Please spread the word!

Teachers have office hours once a week after school for an hour. Students are encouraged utilize these opportunities to get extra help or to make-up or retake assignments.

Students can:

• get extra help
• make-up missed assignments
• retake assignments (5 assignments per subject each nine weeks can be retaken, except benchmarks).

Students we kindly ask that you let your teacher(s) know when you plan to stay for office hours so that he/she can have any materials prepared for you.

🦅Attention all Eagles 🦅

Be prepared for school each day by:

- Charging your device each night before going to bed.

- Making sure to bring your device to school every day.

Students in middle school see Ms. Brown for academic enrichment time to work in Exact Path. In case of technological issues, Ms. Brown and Mrs. Butler, our school social worker, collaborate together by providing students with social emotional learning writing prompts. This week students responded by writing about their safe spaces. Mrs. Butler read all the students responses and chose the best of the best. Students received a treat and Eagle bucks for their great writing. Way to go Eagles!!

In Mr. Twumasi's 9th grade geometry class this week students worked on determining the congruency of right triangles. Michael Wells demonstrated his understanding of the lesson objectives to the class.

🎉This week we are proud to spotlight b-team volleyball players, Jenesis Ford, Ariana Brantley, Makaylyn China, and Trayiona Maxfield.🎉 These students were selected to represent SBMHS on the district All Stars volleyball team.

🎉🦅Congratulations, Jenesis, Ariana, Makaylyn, and Trayion! We are so proud to have you on our team! Keep up the excellent work representing the Eagles!!🎉 🦅

🎉🥳📚 Bingo Challenge Winner 🎉🥳📚

Thank you to all the students who participated in September's reading bingo challenge. I hope everyone enjoyed the books they read and had fun playing bingo. The winner of our September bingo challenge was Amiyrah Richardson! Congratualtions, Amiyrah!!! Thanks so much for sticking with the challenge and reading! We look forward to seeing more students participate in future reading challenges in the library.

If anyone is interested in October's book scavenger hunt challenge, please stop by the media center to pick up the information sheet.

October's Genre of the Month is:

👻Horror 👻

A horror story is written to frighten people. The setting is usually scary and dark, and the characters are often unnatural, such as witches, vampires, ghosts, monsters, or zombies.

Happy Reading, Eagles!!

Ashley Davis, LMIS

Library Media Specialist

National School Bus Safety Week | October 20–24, 2025

We’re rolling into National School Bus Safety Week by celebrating our amazing CCSD bus drivers and transportation team who keep our students safe every single day!

Join the fun and show your spirit all week long:

🔴Monday: Red for Rail Safety🔴

👭Tuesday: Twin Day or School Shirt💙💛

🧡Wednesday: Orange for Unity🧡

🤠Thursday: Western / Rep Your High School🏤

💓Friday: “Pink Out” for Breast Cancer Awareness💓

A huge THANK YOU to Mr. John Hilton, Director of Transportation, and the entire CCSD Transportation Team for your dedication, care, and commitment to safety! 🖤💛💙

Scott’s Branch would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. Lucas Carlton, representative for Jostens Rhodes Graduation Services, for visiting our Juniors and Seniors today.

Mr. Carlton shared information about ordering graduation items for Seniors and class rings for Juniors. Students took home information packages.

Scott’s Branch would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. Kip Altman from the SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, for visiting our 8th and 9th graders today. Mr. Kip Altman shared valuable information about the programs available at the Governor’s School. We are proud of our students for representing the Eagle’s Nest with excellence—showing interest, asking questions, and gaining knowledge to help shape their future success.

The Salvation Army will be hosting a Coat Drive for families in need across Clarendon, Sumter, and Lee counties.

📅 Dates: November 3 & November 6, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Location: 16 Kendrick Street Sumter, SC 29150

To sign up or learn more, please call (803) 775-9336.
Help us spread warmth and kindness this season! ❤️

Our Eagles traveled to Bethune-Bowman High School this past Saturday and left victorious on their Homecoming Night with a 69–16 win! 🎉

Congratulations to our resilient football team for continuing to make headlines this season with their hard work, teamwork, and determination.

Let’s cheer them on as they hit the road again this week to face Baptist Hill High School for Game #8!