Carolina Forest Girls varsity were again successful against Loris. The Lady Panthers outscored the Lady Lions 56-24 making it the Panthers second win over the Lions this season. The second team was in for most of the game as it got out of hand in the first half. The next games for the Lady Panthers will be in the Manning Classic which is hosted on 21 December.

Loss To Learn

Yesterday, December 13 the varsity Carolina Forest Lady Panthers were defeated by the North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs. When the final buzzer sounded in North Myrtle Beach, the scoreboard read 42 to 28, however the game was much closer than the score indicated. The Panthers made multiple runs in the third quarter, but then gave up a few strings of baskets in the fourth quarter, setting the game out of hand. "The loss was disappointing," says senior Forward/ Center Marissa Simons. " However we can take positives from this loss by learning from our mistakes." The Panthers' next game will be this Friday, December 16 at Myrtle Beach. The Panthers go in with a four and two record to play the Seahawks.

Theatre

Anybody interested in being on the Tech Crew for the spring musical Les Miserables, interviews will be on Thursday December 8, 2011 at 3:30 P.M. in the Drama room. If you have any questions see Mrs. Hall. Also, if you need to pick up a interview packet see Mrs. Hall in the Drama room.

Drill Team

The weekend the NJROTC Drill Team competed against many other schools, we did very well. We got six trophies in total, we got second place for academics, and the
rest were third place. It might not have been the best but we learned something from it, and that was to work harder. We will do better at our next competition.

Fun Saturday Nights

What is your idea of a fun Saturday night? To party, hang out with friends, go out, or hang out with yourself? If your bored with your friends, come up with something creative. Last night on Nov. 12, my friends and I walked atleast seven times around the block. We were so bored that we started getting creative. We found a empty sugar free candy spray and were kicking it. We didn't get amused with the kicking. What amused us is making it a challenge to make the bottle stand up. Only one out of the three of us got it to stand twice. That was until it went into the sewer. It sounds very dumb, but it was a great way to pass time. What's the most creative thing you've done with your friends?

Agriculture at CF

The Landscaping Technology class contributes in many ways to help make this school a better place. Members of this have done things such as cutting the grass to make the school look nicer and planting many flowers and beautiful plants. So, if you just so happen to pass by a member of agriculture in any way, please thank them.

Try-Outs !

The Carolina Forest High School "Panters" having try-outs now.
The varsity girls and boys started try-outs on the October 31st- Novmber 2nd.
And the J.V. girls and boys started try-outs November 7th-9th .

When the team finally makes; they will be having their first game Home at 6:00 against Loris High School next week Thursday for the varsity girls and boys.

Varsity Cheerleading Last Competition Today

Today, Carolina Forest High School Varsy Competitive Cheerleaders competed their last competition of the year and for some their last high school cheer competition. The competed at the Lower States competition today, which determined wether or not they went on to compete at states. Though they didn't qualify to go to states, Sabrina Prince said " we know we truly did our best and even though we didnt qualify for states we still went out there and gave it our all and it definently showed because we didnt drop a single stunt, everything was solid!"If you see any of the girls be sure to tell them good job, they deserve it!

great game for rivals

Thrusday night at Carolina Forest High the panthers had played the Conway tigers. Rivals were head to head the first quarter was good the score was 13-7 Panthers were showing the Tigers who were boss at the JV game. Second quarter Carolina had got the ball and ran to the touchdown mark number 7 had thrown it to number 3 and made it. They had decided to go for a one point and made it with 1:39 left the score was 20-7. Next thing you no Conway Tigers had gotten the ball and ran to the other side and with 13.6 seconds left number 5 had made the touchdown and it was 13-20, they had went for a one point and made it so then it was 14-20. Third quarter had came and gone quick, no action there had happend between the Panthers and Tigers. Fourth quarter Panthers player number 7 with 8:17 left had passed it to 3 and scored 26-14 one point had failed. So close each one of them neck to neck rivals trying to beat eachother finally Tigers made the last touchdown of the night 1:34 left finally its tense in the stands and the make a touchdown number 5 had scored 26-20 one point made 26-21. Carolina Forest Panthers had won the game beat there rival they were happy.

Theatre

Tickets for the Show Choir show "Rockin Country" are $7.00 if you call and order them, and $10.00 at the door. The number to call for tickets is (843)-236-7997.

Theatre

Anybody interested in seeing the Carolina Forest High School Show Choir's Fall show "Rockin Country" please call (843)-326-7997 for tickets. "Rockin Country" will be preformed on Novemeber 3, 2011, November 5, 2011, and November 6, 2011.

Do you love to read ?
Do you like to work with computer ?
Jion us and help design the Panther Picks Webpage and Reading bulletin board
Let everyone know what YOU are reading .
If you like any of the above you should consider joinig the Media Club .
There will be alot of activity for you to participate in so go ahead and show your support for the Media club and show your PANTHER SPIRIT.

Theren will be Movie Night in the Media Center on Febuary 21 , March 20 and Apr 17. So please come and attend and show your support

Mystery Dinner

There will be a Mystery Dinner , it will be held in the Media Center on December Refreshments and Treats will be served , The time would be from 3:30 - 4 :30 pm

What a close game

JV football played thursday night at Carolina Forest High at 6:30, they had played Sumter High School. It was a good game everyone says but it was so close the final score was 26-20 Carolina Forest panthers had lost and they got beat by the Gamecocks. In the first quarter there was only two touchdowns made both by Carolina Forest. The first one was made by 25 with 7:35 left the score was 6-0 and then they went for a one point and they had made it so then it was 7-0. After that with 2:24 left by player 21 made a touch down and then the score was 13-0, went for a one pointer again and made it once again 14-0. So far Carolina Forest was in the lead and was taking controll of the ball. Second quarter came and went with Carolina Forest making another touchdown with 4:44 left in the game 20-0 two point conversion failed. After they think they had this in the bag they should have thought again. Sumter finally gets the ball goes up feild with it to the touchdown mark and scores the first time it's 13-2- then next thing you know out of the middle of nowhere they tie the score 20-20. The buzzer went off final quarter came and went Sumter scored another touchdown and made the score uneven 26-20.

Substitute Assignment

I took the AP quiz and it was fairly easy, I just got confused on a few questions. I didn't get the chance to do it in class so i took it after school, i hope that isn't a problem.

AP Test Questions

I did about as well as I though I would do on this test. I got messed up on some of the technical and slight variation questions. I couldn't get the newsroom excercises to work.

CFHS Spirit Week

The spirit week for Carolina Forest High School was very interesting. I was attending a different school last year and spirit week then was very lame. People who actually participated looked awesome and some only did little things. Those who did black eyes for Injury Thursday looked realistic. It was tons of fun and neat. I hope to see much more fun things for next year. Lets go Panthers!!!

Online Quiz

I took the ten question quiz and got 100%. Fairly easy if you look at the questions and the positions they are in. Others were okay, but guessed and still got.

The Quiz

This quiz was a couple of trick questions, and it confused me. I didn't do to good on it because I was thinking of the notes we took and it went agaisnt all of them in a way. So I didn't do to good on the quiz, but I know what I need to work on now.

homework

I thought i did better but i really didn't. Some of those questions were really tricky. So be carful and read them slow.

Monday, While I am gone

Hello Young Journalists!

I have been staying out of your way on the blog, but since I am going to be out of class today, I wanted to leave you a few e-assignments for those of you who will be in class (those on the field trip will get credit for being excellently behaved young journalists in Columbia). You must complete the questions and the reading that the nice substitute gives you as well.

Follow this links, and complete the AP Style Quiz and the Newsroom 101 exercises (don't worry if you do poorly, but I think you will do better than you believe)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ap-style-quiz-tests-your-editing-smarts/2011/07/28/gIQASfckfI_story.html

http://www.newsroom101.com/newsroom101/NR_exercises/newsroom001.htm


Then write a blog post about your performance (you don't have to mention your score, just talk about whether you did as well as you though you would or not).

Happy editing.

Mrs H

JV Cheerleaders Improving Their Scores

Last night JV Cheerleaders competed at Waccamaw High School. They competed against two other schools and got second place again, almost beating Waccamaw. Their scores from last Saturday improved also, before it was 181/300 and yesterday it was 217/300. They're hoping next Saturday they'll get first in their competition at Conway High School. Come out and show your support!

Carolina Forest High School's varsity cheerleading squad rises to the top. Over the weekend varsity cheerleaders competed at Waccamaw High School's Warrior Cheer Classic, they really pulled together as a team and showed off all of their hard work and dedication. They ended up coming in third place behin Conway High ( 2nd place) and James Island (1st place). Though they know they could do better since they didnt score first, they did exceed the teams personal best score so far this year by 33 points. GO PANTHERS!

Varsity Cheerleading Competition

a rough night at JV football

Last night at Carolina Foret there was a JV football game and we played South Florence. The game did not turn out so good last night. The final score was 42-7. We lost but we tryedd are hardest. I spoke to Ishmel and he said "that they tryed there hardest he did to but they will do much better next time and he knows ther will be a win,"

Media Club holding Tryouts for Forest Fire Skits

On October 16 , which falls on a Tuesday . Their will be tryouts for skits , if you would like to tryout meet at the Media Center . This cause will be help in promoting books. If you need more imformation you can see Annie LaSalle which is the president of the Media club

NROTC Upcoming Drill Meet

The NROTC Drill Team has been working like crazy to do good at our drill meets. Our next drill meet is Nov. 5 at Conway High School. Zachary Norris and the other commanding officers, along with the staff, have been working super hard! They've been doing their best to make us the best. We are doing these drill meets because we want to be known. We want to make them proud, so wish us luck!

Texting Teenagers

When most teenagers are at school, they tend to text. They will text all day if they know they are good at hiding their phones. This event accures everyday until they are caught. Some will get their phones back and still tend to text. What they are not taking into account is that this affects how you learn, the information you need, and your grades. Others who actually care, will pay attention and not text. Parents do not help if they just give you some speech and give you your phone back. If the student wants to graduate, then pay attention. If they don't, then what are you doing in school? Don't stop other students' learning for a teacher to catch you and get yourself into trouble. PUT THE PHONE AWAY! I once heard, "If there's a switch on it, it must be turned OFF". Have some respect for not only yourself and put the phone away. Save your brain!

The JV game is cancelled

The game tonight at Carolina Forest that was supposed to: take place at 6:30 will not be taking place. It is cancelled because of the rain. I know there will be a game Thursday the 20 against Sumter.

Upcoming Varsity Cheerleading Competition

This Saturday, October 15th, 2011 Carolina Forest High School Varsity Cheerleading Team will be competing for the second time this season. This competition will be held at Waccamaw High School in the big gym from 2pm to 5pm. This is their chance to show the judges what they are capable of by performing their competition routine, which consists of tumbling, stunting, a cheer, and a dance, they will also have the opportunity to show off their skills in the individual stunting, tumbling, and jumping competitions afterwards. Please come out and support our varsity cheerleaders!

JV Cheerleading Competitions

Over the weekend JV Cheerleaders competed at Aynor High School. They tried their hardest and didn't do too bad; they won second place which isn't too shabby for their first ever competition. Next Saturday they will be competing at Waccamaw High School, the Saturday after that at Conway High and that following Saturday will be at Carolina Forest. Come out and support theses ladies as they work hard and impress the judges.

Student Council Announcements

Tomorrow, October 7, Carolina Forest High's Student Council will be hosting a tailgating party, at 5:30 p.m. in the Panther Stadium parking lot. There will be festivities, food, and even a parade, all in preparing for the homecoming football game afterwards.
Some other breaking news has also came in: as of Monday, October 10, Mrs. Rue will be stepping down as the leader of Student Council, and in Mrs. Hucks will be taking her place.

Theatre

If you are interested in seeing the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" you can buy your tickets online now at http://www.cfhsshows.com/. Tickets are $12.00, and the shows are on Friday, November 18,2011 and Saturday, November 19, 2011.

JV Cheerleading Practice

JV Cheerleaders are practicing every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m in the gym. Their coach, Julie Kleman, is doing a great job keeping the ladies on task. They're making sure they stay fit and ready for our JV football games so they can get the crowd ready to lead our men to victory.

no JV football

I'm letting everyone know that there will be no JV football game Thursday the 6 th. We will be returning to the feilds the 13 th.

Carolina Forest Varsity Cheerleading First Competition Coming Soon

The Carolina Forest Varsity Cheerleading Squad will be competing at their first competition of the season at the " Jacket Cheer Classic." The competition will be held at Aynor High School in Aynor, S.C., on October 8th, begining at 2PM and ending around 5PM. Varsity cheerleaders will be competing against other schools Varsity squads of South Carolina.

The score was a shocker in JV football

There was a big game at Conway high school Thursday night. Against the two rivals Carolina Forest panthers and Conway tigers. It was a tight game through all off it till it was fourth quarter and the buzzer went off. In the first quarter of the game had just started and Carolina Forest had alreay made a touchdown with 7:42 left the score was 7-0. Then another touchdown for the panthers, it was a long pass by number 7. So they ended up going for a two point converstion by quarterback number 4 which made the score 15-0. Next thing you no conway scaters down the feild, number 6 the quarterback had thrown a pass to number 7 and ended up making a touchdown. So they go risky with it and take the same thing we did two point converstion made it with 2:26 left and the score now is 15-8.

Second courter nothing really takes place till 1:29 left tigers make another touchdown by the quarterback. Scores 15-16. Then third courter came around and number 6 on the tiger side made another touchdown, which brings us to 22-15 Conways in the lead. After the last quarter the panthers thought we will come back and beat them take the ball and run this feild. Well once again another touchdown by number 8 on Conways side which made the final score 28-15. Yes panthers were sad we lost but they all say will get them next time.

Landon on the football team said they played there best and worked as hard as they could. Then i talked to number 1 JP and he said the same thing but another thing he added was i thought we would have had this. It was a close game but will defeat them next time.

Band Competition Saturday

Band competition on Saturday October 1, 2011. They will be playing in the Country Invatational. The band will also be playing in the next football game on October 7, 2011 at home, Friday night.

Johann Forrest is an Orchestral Wonder

In the play "1776" that was recently performed by Carolina Forest High School, Johann Forrest played a piece called "He Plays the Violin" on his viola. He also played the role of a messenger/soldier (his part wasn't named). "I was very nervous during the first performance. During rehearsal, we [the other cast members] were often messing up lines and I just couldn't get the right sound out of my viola. After that though, everybody performed flawlessly and I am very confident of my performance." Johann is a member of the orchestra, where he is the first chair viola. This weekend, he plans to travel to Charleston where he will audition for the Senior Regional Orchestra. When asked how he felt about his coming audition he replied "I am sure that I will do well in the audition along with all of the others who are participating."

Introduction to National Honors Society

The National Honors Society will be having it's first introduction ceremony on September 30 at 9 a.m-10 a.m in the auditorium. Several classes will be invited to attend the assembly, along with the members of the National Honors Society. The ceremony is about recognizing the new members and what the National Honors Society stands for. The classes selected to attend are given a great opportunity and should take advantage of it. To figure out if your class is going, discuss it with your 1st block teacher.

show choir

Show Choir is performing "Rockin' Country 2011." On November 3rd here at the high school. The performance will begin at 7pm; prepaid tickets will be sold starting in November. If you want better seats dont wait last minute.

Teacher Profiles

I have got my list of new teachers, but no room numbers or emails? Sometimes I really wish things could just be a little more easier. Why such a difficult thing to post about? I dont know, but I really don't like it. More information on whatever I get, I am working on. I'd have a post up everyday if I could write about something interesting like "Everyday Life" or "How A Teenagers Life Works", but I'm trying.

Editing Post

Mrs. Hamelman, which post should we be editing from Monday?

Just to let you no

Hey everyone, I am trying to get are step dance team started back up again. If we can get allot of girls and I already have a sponsor to get us started. So if you would like to dance or no someone who likes to dance let me no so we can start working on routine.

JV football

Last night we had an amazing turn out at Louris high school. Carolina Forest panthers played the Louris lions. The game was in Louris and the final score was 20-0. Carolina Forest made a great impression on everyone and ended up coming in for the win. Now the team is 3-0 no games lost yet.

On September 20 , 2011 First Meeting will be held at the Media Center for meets and greet . Meetings are required to meet every 3rd Tuesday . No requirements are needed meeting will start at 3:30 - 4:30

The Carolina Forest Panthers are going to Beaufort, SC today to play Battery Creek on their home feild. Carolina Forest is going into the game 2-1 and have high hopes to come out 3-1. The Panthers say they are going to beat them by playing a "high tempo game". High intensity, and all the strength they can work up to continue their winning streak. The game is at 7:30 and the Panthers are ready. GO PANTHERS

JV football

Just to let everyone know there will be no JV football game this week on Thursday the 8th. I have messaged the coaches and I will get a respnces this week on all the up to date things that are going on in that department.

homework

I need your help

Beats!

Ok, Young Journalists, your beats are listed below. By the end of this week (which means Friday before you go home), I need you to find two contacts for your beats. These should be coaches (for sports), or advisors (for clubs and honors societies) NOT STUDENTS. Please turn into me (on paper) the name of your contact, and how you will be contacting them.

Allie- JV Cheerleading
Sam- Teacher profiles
Nancy Ann- Varsity Cheerleaders
Madison- JV Football
Nick- Agriculture and Horticulture
Aisha- Media Club
Barron- Student Council
Ana- Show Choir
Stephen- Boys' Cross Country
Joey- Swim Team
Connor- Girls' Varsity Basketball
Mercedes- National Honor Society
Asha- Girls' JV Basketball
Dana- Yearbook
Sadie- JV Boys' Basketball
Nina- Volleyball
Libby- Administration
Johnny- Band
Addie- Girls' Cross Country
Daniel- Orchestra
Daiquan- Mock Trial
David S- Varsity Football
Jessie T.- Boys' Varsity Basketball
Ashley V- Theater
Logan- ROTC
Ryan- Boys' Varsity Basketball
Sara- JV Cheerleading

These are NOT switchable (sorry). I tried to accomodate everyone's wishes. You must post no fewer than 7 times between now and the end of the semster. We will go over what to write about, but this week, just get that contact information to me.

Good Luck!

Mrs. H

Band

I would like my beat to be the Carolina Forest band. I would be a good journalist for this because I used to be in band. I know what they do and how hard they work. I would make sure I know what they are doing at all times. Johnny Plump

Theater

I want my beat to be theater. I think that I could do good with this because im in the theater class and I help out a lot with backstage for plays at the school.

I would like to have theatre as my beat. I feel theatre would be an easy beat for me because I have Ms. Hall as a drama teacher and think it would be very easy for me to get information. I find theatre very interesting. I feel I would do a very good job covering theatre. I would appreciate if I could have theatre as my beat. Thank you.
-Ashley

I'll be pleased with which ever beat you assign me to.

Project Questions???

OK, who has a question about their First Amendment project? How can I help you (no, I'm not going to just give you an "A" or do it for you) :P

Mrs. H

show choir

I would like to do show choir as my beat. My reasoning for this is because ive always gone to show choir performances so i would know what i'm getting myself into. Another reason is i have background knowledge on performing so i think my experience will really pay off.

Welcome

Hello Young Jounalists!

     Welcome to Journalism 1! We will be using this blog as a way to publish your first journalistic endeavours. Before we start publishing, though, there are a few things we need to go over.

               1) Blogging is PUBLIC. Your parents, teachers, administrators, and the ENTIRE WORLD has access to what goes on here. Therefore, be professional. (No bias, no put-downs, etc)
               2) Blog often. News is only good if it is current.
               3) Blog well (use your AP style rules)

Here is your first assignment:

Every journalist is class will be given a "beat" - a specific topic or area- to cover on our blog. This could be a sports team, club, class, the administration, etc. In a post, tell me what area of school life you want to talk about, what you want to be your beat. You must defend your choice- as there will be many people trying to cover the same beat. If you have an idea for a beat that is different, tell me why I should even bother allowing you to write about it. Posts should be 4-5 sentences, and make sure you check your spelling and grammar. Posts are due by Friday, August 26th at 3:30.