March 13: District One's Vocal Star

Florence One will begin its search for the best vocalist in the district through a district wide competition for students in grades 4-12 called “District One’s Vocal Star”. 

The event will be held at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 13 at 6:00 PM. The March 13^th competition is a ticketed event. Ticket sales will begin at the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center Box Office in February.

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District One’s Vocal Star competition will give a cash prize of $500 plus recording studio opportunities. Monetary prizes for 2^nd and 3^rd place will be $100 and $50.  Awards will also be given for special division winners plus an award for singer/songwriters.

Applicants must be enrolled in good standing at a Florence School District One School to be eligible for all awards.

FSD1 Students to Showcase Monthly Exhibits at the Art Trail

The Art Trail Gallery has offered space for student exhibitions from Florence School District One.  The exhibits will change monthly with different schools featured each month.  

The initial exhibit features paintings from students at Southside Middle school.  The students studied the work of Jacob Lawrence and created their own images based on his work.  There will be an opening reception for students and parents this Friday, Oct. 3, 5:30 to 7:30 at the gallery, 185 W. Evans St.  The reception will be held in conjunction with the opening of the Pink Exhibit.  More information can be found at the Art Trail Gallery website (http://art-trail-gallery.com/) .

2014 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Winners

The 2014 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Award Winners 

All-City Orchestra Concert Slated for March 11 at West Florence High School

Florence School District One will showcase its orchestra programs with the annual All-City Orchestra Concert. The All City Orchestra event features middle and high schools strings students in a concert held on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Florence High School auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

The first performance of the evening will be a string orchestra performance by middle school orchestra students from Sneed, Southside, and Williams with guest conductor Barrett Jackson of Florence.

The second performance will follow which will be a second-year orchestra performance by middle school strings students from Sneed, Southside, and Williams with guest conductor Sarah Fitzgerald of Charleston, SC.

The third and final performance of the evening will be a string orchestra presentation by high schools students from West Florence, South Florence, and Wilson High schools. The guest conductor for the orchestra is Matthew Peebles of Charleston, SC. The Florence School District One Young Artist Winner, Worth Lewallen of West Florence High School, will also be featured in the high school orchestra performing the first movement of the violin concerto, No. 2 by Joseph Haydn.

Florence One strings teachers are Mark Jackson, South Florence; Rhonda Lee, West Florence; and Ramonta Lee, Wilson.

For more information, call Laura Greenway at 673-1134.

November 1st: Deadline for Horizons Programs with FSD1

Florence School District One is looking for 

gifted and talented visual art students to participate in the Horizons Programs

Horizons is a visual arts program which serves 4th, 5th and 6th graders, with Horizons (2) serving 7th and 8th graders. The programs will offer intensive creative thinking activities in studio art settings.

Parents who wish to nominate students for these programs may obtain the nomination forms from the elementary or middle schools or from the Florence School District One Office. Art teachers are currently nominating students for both programs. Nominations will close on November 1st.

Screening procedures for Horizons and Horizons (2) will follow a process approved by the South Carolina Department of Education. To participate, students must show responsibility and maturity, as well as talent in completing a portfolio to present to the school art teacher and a district screening committee.

Guidelines for preparation of the portfolio can be obtained from school art teachers or Laura McFadden at Florence School District One Office. Portfolios are due in January for Horizons and February for Horizons (2); individual student interviews will be conducted in March of 2014.

The programs are held eighteen days (18) during the summer at Briggs Elementary School. Dates of the 2013 program are June 9 – July 1, 2014. Approximately sixty-five (65) students will be selected for Horizons and twenty-five (25) students will be selected to participate in Horizons 2. Students must be available to attend all eighteen days with no absences.

For more information, call Laura McFadden at 843-673-1135.