Updates / Changes / Special Announcements
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SJHS Teacher of the Year
Congratulations  Emily Scheffler on being selected St. James High School 2023 - 2024 Teacher of the Year.

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Yearbook Information
Purchase Your Yearbook $80 until Jan, 1, 2024; then $90/ Books available until sold out -- School Code 10312
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There will be an interest meeting for the 2024 MISS ST. JAMES PAGEANT on Wednesday, December 6 in room B-187 at 3:25 p.m.  Anyone interested in participating in this event should attend. We will be discussing practice dates, theme, and competition categories.
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Class of 2025 Ring Ceremony
Attention Juniors!
The Ring Ceremony for the Class of 2025 will be on Monday, December 11th at 6pm in the auditorium.  Any Junior who ordered from Herff Jones and has paid in full by December 11th will receive their ring at the ceremony. Herff Jones mailed postcards and sent emails with balance due and ceremony details before Thanksgiving to all students who placed ring orders.   Students who have rings from other sources are also invited to attend.  Please reach out to Ms. Schmaus by email at tschmaus@horrycountyschools.net  if you would like to participate or have questions about the ceremony.
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Achievements
See our Student Achievements Page

DECA Regional Competition
The SJH DECA Chapter competed in our 1st competition of the year! These ladies did an amazing job …many of them are new to DECA this year! Please congratulate them if you see them in class or the halls! Next stop…SC DECA State Competition!
Lauren Steele – 1^st Place Marketing Communications Series
Joelie Propst – 1^st Place Entrepreneurship
Marina Santos – 1^st Place Entrepreneurship
Tabitha Hogge – 3^rd Place Restaurant & Food Service Management Series
Marley McLaurin – Finalist Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series
Gloria Saucillo-Bethea – Finalist Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series
Regan Williams – Finalist Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series
Destiny McKinnon – Business Finance Series
Brooke Mann – Finalist Entrepreneurship
Jahnya Brown – Entrepreneurship
Emory Rabon – Finalist Retail Merchandising Series
Samantha Whyland – Finalist Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series
Jocelyn Anthony - Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series

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VFW Voice of Democracy Contest & Teacher of the Year
Please congratulate Chuck Capps for winning the VFW Post 10420 Teacher of the Year.  He won $150.  He will now compete at the District level.
Haylee Miller took 2^nd place in the Essay contest and will take home $100.
Merritt Jeter was an Honorable Mention and will receive $35.
They will be recognized on Sat, 9 Dec at 2 pm at the VFW post.
This contest was open to all the High Schools in Horry County.
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Guidance

Scholarship Link
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The Myrtle Beach Lions Club is hosting their annual Student Speakers Contest at Pine Lakes Country Club at 6:00 PM on January 4th, 2024. This year's speech topic will be "For a Better World, What would you change".

Dinner will be served at 6 PM and family, coaches, parents, etc. are welcome to attend. Speeches will begin at 7 PM. Each participant will receive a $25 participant award and the winner will receive a $100 award. 9th through 12th graders are welcome to participate.

Please stop by the Guidance Office for additional details and a participant registration form.  Participant Forms are due to Ms. Wood in Guidance by Thursday, December 14^th. 
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Juniors, if you are interested in the telecommunications field after graduation please come sign up in guidance.
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Clubs
See Clubs & Extra-Curricular Link for Club Meeting days & times
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E-Sports Interest Meeting
There will be an e-Sports team interest meeting on Wednesday, December 13th after school in Mr. Williams classroom, E-239. 
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Athletics -- Results

Wrestling Results
The JV wrestling team traveled to Carolina forest to wrestle a tri match last night  and the team lost  to Carolina Forest  but then defeated Aynor. The JV team will travel to Conway next Monday. 

Varsity wrestling wrestles at Aynor wed. and will host the Shark duals this Saturday.
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JV Boys Basketball
Congratulations to our Boys JV team after defeating Myrtle Beach 27-22 last night.  Your Sharks are now 4-1 this year.  Varsity plays tonight at home vs Myrtle Beach and JV will resume play Thursday at home vs Waccamaw. 
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This Week In Sports

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Athletics Announcements

Track Conditioning
Track Conditioning will be held December 5th through the 14th.  This will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 4:00 until 5:15 at the Track.  To attend, you must have an approved Physical on file in Big Teams.
Link for Physical form:   https://studentcentral.bigteams.com 

Middle School Students:  
The Activity Bus Form must be completed at SJM's front office if you intend to ride it to the High School.  Email your coach below when your physical is completed so we may give final approval.  
Scheuer (Boys Coach) jscheuer@horrycountyschools.net
McSorley (Girls Coach) kmcsorley@horrycountyschools.net    
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Boys Soccer
Spring sports are just around the corner.  Students interested in trying out for the Varsity and Junior Varsity  Boys Soccer teams need to join Coach Carr's " Remind" group by downloading the App and joining class code @bad3kb3.   Pre-season conditioning & training will begin in January 2024 following the HCS winter break.  Students must be approved for Athletic Pre-participation through the Big teams.tool (accessed at  https://studentcentral.bigteams.com )    The actual try out dates will take place after Jan 26th.  Dates and times will be confirmed and announced at school and through Remind.  Coach Carr can be communicated with through Remind messaging and is preferred this way.

Coach Carr can also be reached at raphaelmcarr@gmail.com or at 843.360.9895
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November 27 - December 2
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2023 2024 HCS Physical Forms

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JROTC
Do you have American Flags that need to be retired? Well, you are in luck, Cadet Sean Bowker has completed his Eagle Scout project and his flag retirement drop-off box is now fully operational. It sits in the foyer of the school and our JROTC program will help monitor it for the future. So bring your frayed, ripped, color-faded flags to school so they can be retired properly. We will be holding a Flag Retirement Ceremony in 2^nd Semester.
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The SJH DECA Chapter is raffling a Christmas gift basket ($50 value), tickets are available during all four lunches this week in Five Points for $3 each.
The basket is also on display if you would like to see all the goodies you could win!
Raffle winner will be announced during announcements on Monday 12/11.

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Support The Ronald McDonald Houses of the Carolinas

SJH DECA Pop Tab Contest
The 1^st block class that collects the most pop tabs by December 15^th will win a pancake breakfast prepared by the SJH DECA Chapter.
(SC DECA is a proud supporter of The Ronald McDonald Houses of the Carolinas. All DECA chapters in South Carolina participate by collecting pop tabs.) 

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