South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016
H. 4272
STATUS INFORMATION
House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.M.Smith, Weeks, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A.Brown, R.L.Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A.Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S.McLeod, W.J.McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow
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Introduced in the House on May 27, 2015
Adopted by the House on May 27, 2015
Summary: Alice Drive Middle School
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
5/27/2015HouseIntroduced and adopted (House Journalpage31)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
5/27/2015
AHOUSE RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ALICE DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SUMTER COUNTY AND TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR BEING ACCREDITED AS A SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH SCHOOL.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Alice Drive Middle School was named a nationally accredited Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) school on May 22,2015; and
Whereas, the certification came through AdvancED, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts onsite external reviews of PreK12 schools and school systems; and
Whereas, in the middle of May, the school hosted a team of external reviewers to evaluate the quality of the STEM program, which recognized Alice Drive Middle School as the twelfth school in the nation to earn this accreditation, the only middle school in the State, and now a national model to follow; and
Whereas, the STEM program commenced at Alice Drivein the fall of 2012 as a twentyfirst century pilot school in partnership with the South Carolina Math and Science Coalition; and
Whereas, withintwo years, all students were receiving a quality STEM education as normative in the six STEM core competencies: critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and teamwork, information literacy, appreciation for diversity, and metacognition or learning to learn; and
Whereas, students work in collaborative groups for projects,such asdesigning rollercoasters with simple, everyday materials to learn about force and motion or studentled discussions to develop creative solutions for acoastalregion erosion issue; and
Whereas, certification began with selfassessment in the fall of 2014 to measurethe school’s performance level for the STEM indicators: outreach activities, interdisciplinary and problembased learning, educator collaboration, inquirybased teaching, selfdirected learning experiences, technology, partnerships, extended learningday opportunities, STEM literacy measurements, and STEM profession learning; and
Whereas, faculty and staff members collaborated to substantiate the selfassessment through documents specific to STEM practices and submitted the information to STEM certification reviewers in a “STEMlike”presentationformat through a digital portfolio; and
Whereas, written narratives describedthe STEM education success, challenges, and future plans to improve the program and were submitted for review; and
Whereas, two STEM certification reviewers visited the school for two days and reviewed the school’s evidence, conducted twentysix classroom observations, interviewed sixtyeight school stakeholders affiliated with STEM, and deliberated during the onsite review; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives commends Alice Drive Middle School for successfully permeating the overall school culture with STEM education,resulting in significant advances in collaborative, inquirybased, and studentcentered teaching and learning. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
Thatthe South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution recognizes and honorsAlice Drive Middle School in Sumter County andcongratulates the students, faculty, and administrators for being accredited as a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math school.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided toPrincipal Jeannie Pressley.
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