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Welcome Back!!
The Porter-Gaud campus came alive last week with the arrival of the students. The students are the lifeblood of this institution, and we took the opportunity on Tuesday to celebrate the beginning of a new year. All students from each division gathered Tuesday morning on the green for the Opening of School Ceremony. Flags representing each of the countries our students are from paraded onto the green. Student Body President Charlie Baker and Head of School DuBose Egleston, spoke to the students, Director of Communications Brink Norton sang the National Anthem and Porter-Gaud's first Poet Laureate Rachel Mitchell recited an original poem. The event has become a tradition and is one of the few times during the year that the entire student body gathers together.
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Varsity Football Gets Big Win in Augusta
The Cyclone Varsity Football Team began their 2010 season with an impressive victory over an opponent that Porter-Gaud had never beaten. A win over Augusta Christian has eluded the Cyclones in every previous contest. This year, the winless streak came to a conclusion. Hudson Worthy threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns to lead the experienced Cyclones to a season-opening road win. Worthy completed 16 of 33 passes. Charlie Baker caught five passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns. The victory comes a week after Porter-Gaud's impressive 14-0 Sertoma win over Hanahan. Porter-Gaud fell into a 7-0 hole before Worthy tied the score on a 1-yard run. Tradd Lovern gave the Cyclones the lead for good with a 28-yard field goal. Worthy also threw a TD pass to Stanton Seckinger. Tradd Lovern scored on a 45-yard interception return in the fourth quarter. Congratulations to the players and coaches on the win.
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The Fifth Graders Bond at Green River Preserve
The fifth graders started the year off with a trip to the Green River Preserve. The retreat is a magnificent 3,400 acre private wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Brevard, North Carolina.
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Getting to know you...
What better way to begin a new year than to learn interesting facts about the peers that you will be spending countless hours around. Mr. Martin’s Freshman English class got started on the first day by setting up interviews between students.
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Upper School Students Discuss Their Summer Readings
This fall marks the third year of the relatively new Porter-Gaud tradition of devoting part of the first day of school discussing summer reading in relatively small groups of integrated students from the 9th through the 12th grades A committee composed of both student and faculty bibliophiles meets in the spring to select approximately 12 titles that span both the curriculum and literary genres. From among the books on the list, students could choose Parasite Rex; a fascinating description of various parasites that infest our world; the popular contemporary novel Help; or more challenging fare, like William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. In addition to discussing the books, students also post commentaries on the P-G Summer Reading Website, an exchange designed to encourage intellectual discourse. With strong voices in choosing the overall selections, by choosing the particular book they want to read, and by leading the discussions, students essentially take responsibility for their own intellectual pursuits.
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Sertoma 2007
The annual Sertoma Classic Football game was a success this year as the Porter-Gaud Cyclones defeated the Burke Bulldogs 6-0. The spirit at the game was also fantastic and the cheerleaders came home another year with a trophy for winning second runner up in the spirit competition. Congratulations Cyclones!
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