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Lessons and Carols
Porter-Gaud’s Service of Lessons and Carol has become a wonderful tradition to begin the Holiday season. Held in the Church of the Holy Communion where The Rev. Dr. Anthony Toomer Porter served as Rector when he started what would become the Porter Military Academy, the service tells the Christmas story through nine lessons. The Handbell Choir, Chamber Singers, Upper School Chorus, Quarter Pounders, Sirens and a brass quintet from the Charleston Symphony all performed music during the service, and each did a wonderful job. Under the Direction of Nick LaCasse and Hugh Knight, the service beautifully prepared the hearts and minds of those in attendance for the Advent season.
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Christmas Toy Drive Brings in Huge Numbers
The School-wide toy drive was an amazing success this year thanks to overwhelming response from the Porter-Gaud Family. We collected enough items for each child on our list to receive 3 toys for Christmas, which is roughly 1200 toys total. These toys will be distributed all over the Lowcountry and will help children in families in need have a Merry Christmas. A big “thank you” goes to Mrs. Gretchen Tate and all her service volunteers for coordinating the drive and to all the students and their parents for the generous donations.
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Middle School Choir and the Jazz Ensemble Perform Holiday Favorites
The Middle School Choir and Jazz Ensemble performed their Annual Holiday Concert last week to kick off a busy week for the Fine Arts Department. The choir, under the direction of Mr. Hugh Knight, performed several Holiday favorites. For the first time, the Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Mr. Nick LaCasse, performed together with the choir as they sang Christmas Time is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. The students did a wonderful job putting everyone in the Holiday spirit!
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The Porter-Gaud Christmas Assembly
One of everyone’s favorite Porter-Gaud Holiday traditions is the School-wide Christmas Assembly. Students from all grades pour into the Wendell Center to enjoy an afternoon of joyful singing and activities. The Jazz Ensemble supplied some music to begin the assembly followed by our resident faculty musicians John Seymour, Nick LaCasse, Hugh Knight, Todd Monsell, and Daniel Jordan. The assembly is highlighted by our very own rendition of the 12 days of Christmas, where each grade is assigned a day. The song has become a competition between the grades to see who can put the most fervor into their respective verse. As usual, Old St. Nick dropped by to say hello! Members of the Class of 2010 acted as his elves and reindeer for the day.
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Porter-Gaud takes Second Place in State Quiz Bowl Tournament
Porter-Gaud took second place in the 2009 SCISA State High School Quiz Bowl tournament in Orangeburg. The School’s team was comprised of Dane Derbyshire, Anne Cai, Tim Carnes and Hank Rudolph. Mr. Kenneth Lynch served as sponsor. The SCISA Quiz Bowl is an academic question and answer game played between two teams of four players each. A moderator asks questions and points are awarded to the team which is the first to signal and correctly answer within the time allowed. Nine teams advanced from regional competitions to compete at the state competition. SCISA Executive Director Larry Watt said, “All of the students are to be congratulated for reaching the state level in the competition. The teams, sponsors and parents have invested a lot of time and effort to make the quiz bowl possible.” Congratulations to our students and Mr. Lynch on placing second in the state!
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French Students Get Creative While Preparing for Exams
Last week, anyone walking around Porter-Gaud might have found French phrases stuck to objects all over campus. These phrases were all part of preparations for upcoming exams. Ms. Wilkie’s French classes have found creative ways to study for their semester exams. As part of their review tactics, each student created a skit, taught a lesson with activities, conducted a review game, and provided a short assessment for their classmates. Both French 2 classes also organized scavenger hunts as part of the review. Groups organized review games based on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy, and charades. Hopefully these creative methods will translate into excellent scores on semester exams!
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