Student Body President: Vick Singh
Student Body Vice President: Kyle Kovalchek
Student Body Events Coordinator: Katherine Haselden
Student Body Secretary: Hannah Ferrell Senior Class:
Pres: Jacob Zulanch
VP: Freddy Paige
Secretary: Tim McGraw
Senator: Meredith O’Toole Junior Class:
Pres: Mike Kastner
VP: Bri Stith Sophomore Class:
Pres: Paul McKinney
VP: Ansley Farmer Only eight seniors in the county receive this recognition. Pictured below at the Awards Ceremony are Corey, Mrs. Jennifer DeBock (His Most Inspirational Teacher) and Mrs. Judy Hendrick, St James College & Career Specialist. 
Lauren Adams, Elizabeth Bullard, Allison Bustin, Ashley Duquette, Kathryn Fellner, Jordyn Ferrell, Katherine Haselden, Savannah Johnson, Mary Lee, Victoria LoPresto, Meredith O'Toole, Cora Panos, Lottie Peterson, Tiffany Rowe, Gabrielle Schecker, Kaitlyn Welden, Hannah Widdifield, James Wright, Olivia Younan and Jacob Zulanch. Congratulations to Elizabeth Peterson for her Superior ratings in Orchestra at the Solo and Ensemble Festival. , a series of assessments and planning programs designed to help student increase their academic readiness for college. The honor of PLAN Scholar goes to those students who on their October, 2008 PLAN test attained the College Readiness Benchmark Scores on each of the four academic areas tested on PLAN—English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. These benchmark scores are early indicators of success in college and represent “a 50% probability of earning a B or higher in corresponding college courses.” The PLAN scholars below will be honored at a banquet on May 1, 2008 at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center. | Jodi Williams | Elizabeth Dixon | Isley Arruda | | Contessa Frazier | Gregory Bunker | John Sally | | Mason Sackett | Tyler Bullock | Joseph Suthers | | Morgan Goodyear | Riley Reynolds | Teresa Eaddy | | Jessie Leonard | Nathan West | Emily Fultineer | | Brandy Roberts | Connie Dao | William Panos | | Apiphany Richie | Kaylen Warren | Zachery Douglas | | Emily Hancock | Andrew McElveen | William Corbett |
were selected for the Horry-Georgetown County High School Student Juried Fine Art Exhibition at the Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum on 3100 South Ocean Boulevard. The exhibition runs from April 11-May 4, 2008. Their works were selected by three judges from hundreds of submissions from schools in Horry and Georgetown counties. The staff of SJH and art teachers Janice McBride, Beth Mitchell, and Sherry Strickland congratulate the winners. Student | Title of Art Work | Medium | Sean McKeown | Muppets in Contour | ink | Alesha Selph | Welcome Home | paper mosaic | Gabrielle Moon | Starfish Study | pen and ink | Elise Childs | Tessellation | Ink and watercolor | Tori Lo Presto | Geisha | acrylic | Tori Lo Presto | Twilight | acrylic | Nathan Turner West | Untitled | watercolor | Lucia Troutman | Untitled Tea Pot Series | clay | Hannah Farley | DavidLloyd | b&w photo | Ina Troutman | Untitled | clay | Aubrey Ortiz | Reflections and Directions | b&w photo | Dani Fraser | Phoenix | acrylic | Britney Handsel | Europe Altered | accordion book, color photo and bleached photo |
For more information about the exhibition click on this link.
http://www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org/current_museum_exhibit.htm
DELEGATES
Mary Emily Lee
Kaitlyn Welden
Hannah Widdifield
ALTERNATES
#1 – Tiffany Rowe
#2 – Kathryn Fellner
#3 – Elizabeth Peterson
THOSE WHO WERE SELECTED BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR VARIOUS REASONS:
Katherine Haselden – Delegate
Morgan Mikolajczyk and Stefanie Sotelo - Alternates
SURFSIDE
Smoking ban will aid business in the end In Surfside Beach you are not allowed to smoke in public places. Some restaurants think they will lose money because smokers will not want to come to their business. I think it could bring in more money, because more people who do not like the smell of smoke will enjoy going to a place that is smoke-free. I feel that if people have to have a cigarette while they eat, then they have a serious problem. I think this law will help tourism this summer. Tourists will enjoy going to the beach more because there will not be cigarettes all over the beach. Tourists who do not smoke will want to go to smoke-free restaurants. On the other hand, there will be people who will not like the law. There will always be people who will smoke in public places; hopefully it will be less than it used to be. Elaina Prevatte
Murrells Inlet AFFORDABILITY
Gas prices hit many aspects of economy Not everyone can afford $3.15 per gallon. People who are already struggling don't want the stress of gas prices on them too. High gas prices aren't just going to hurt people's pocket but also shipping prices of food and products and tourism. Tourists won't want to travel with gas prices so high, businesses will lose money and business and have to shut down. Gas prices are affecting food prices - it's costing more to transport food, so then businesses have to increase prices. People are losing money; it's not fair to the people who have to drive around for a living. We have to get the gas prices down. Whitney Young
Myrtle Beach BEACHES
Residents, tourists bad about littering To many people, Myrtle Beach is a beautiful safe haven, a vacation destination to get away from all the hustle and bustle of city life. But for the locals, tourist season is just another year of trash pickup and nasty beaches. When my uncle and I went for a walk on the beach with our dogs, we picked up two or three pieces of trash. Just what does it say about the locals when we litter along our own beaches? Careless littering isn't only harmful to our environment, but we have to organize beach cleanup teams to rid ourselves of it. Tourist season may be a money-maker, but what is it doing to our beaches? Stricter laws need to be enforced regarding littering on our beaches. We have to live here year round, so let's try our best to keep South Carolina clean and green. Kristina Lamonds
Garden City Beach U.S. FIRST
Illegal immigrants take work from teens For the past few years, illegal immigration has increased a lot. Due to the increase, Americans find it hard to find a job because immigrants have claimed most of them. My dad owns Whittington Paint Contracting, and there has been a decrease in the amount of work he does. My dad builds, paints and repairs houses. Most of this kind of work is given to many immigrants, which hurts my dad's business. But my dad is not the only one suffering. If we keep letting immigrants in, there could possibly not be any work available for teens who need to pay for cars, college, etc. America worries too much about immigrants. We need to help ourselves first. Sarah Whittington
Myrtle Beach ST. JAMES
Educate students on food choices Should students be forced to eat healthy? Should our schools decide this for us? St. James High School is one of the schools in our county that only offers low-calorie foods and drinks for students at break and lunch. Some examples of this would be wheat Pop Tarts, low-calorie chips and candy bars. I feel that this is not fair for the kids who do not want to eat bland-tasting foods. We should have a choice of what we want to eat and not just told that we have to eat healthy for the rest of our high school careers. Our school lunch menu and break time snacks should offer us healthy choices, but we should be able to decide what's best for us. Schools around here should be teaching students to make informed decisions. Sarah Perritt
Myrtle Beach DIET
School food limits unfair, unappealing I think that low-carb foods in our schools is wrong because the state should not push what the students should eat. At my school they don't even sell diet soda. All they sell is Coke Zero, Baked Lays and other things, which in my opinion is wrong. Some students probably go home and eat fatty things, so it's not like this new bill is working anyway, though I do see the obesity rate at our nation's schools. If the schools sell regular drinks and food, the students would probably be happier. James Dockter
Myrtle Beach He and his team just earned the school $250. Keep Recycling
Caroline Black from Socastee High School, Marisa Brennan from Carolina Forest High School, Tyler Brunell from St. James High School, Melissa Hulett from North Myrtle Beach High School and Katharine Yale from Myrtle Beach High School. The DAR Good Citizen Award recognizes the most outstanding senior from each high school who possesses good citizenship qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities. Each award is given on a merit basis including completion of a questionnaire, essay, scholastic record and a letter of recommendation. The essay topic this year was “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It.” Each DAR Good Citizen winner was awarded a special pin and a certificate. PHOTO OF DAR GOOD CITIZENS: (left to right) Caroline Black, Marisa Brennan, Tyler Brunell, Melissa Hulett, Katharine Yale 
over the weekend where we were evaluated by a panel of three judges. I am pleased to announce that the orchestra received Superior ratings from all three judges. This concludes our series of adjudicated performances.
Lawton Powell & Ali DuRant from all three judges at Concert Festival on April 3rd. A Superior rating is the highest recognition any performing ensemble can achieve.
King Candidates:
Robbie Anderson Brandon Atkinson Mikey Hall Lawton Powell Brandon Tyson
Queen Candidates:
Angie Duncan Tiara Duncan Ali DuRant Lauren Grant Sarah Jensen
Students will vote on the king and queen Prom night
Katie Glaze and Jenifer Salinari won 3rd place in Business Ethics
Evonna Smalls received Certificate for Desktop Publishing
On February 23, Thirteen students represented our school at the regional competition in Conway where they won one ballot, and a “Most Effective Witness” award for the defense went to James Raptis! The other members of the team were Morgan Mikolajczyk, Jacob Zulanch, Nick Juliano, Mike Smith, John Smith, Carly McDonald, Ashley Pate, Samantha Johnson, Alex Reynolds, Vick Singh, Caity Rand and Kourtney Howard. Great Work everyone! 
. Both ensembles received a Superior rating at the SC Music Educators Association’s Solo and Ensemble Festival this past Saturday in Mount Pleasant. Students had to sing a prepared piece for a judge who rates the performance. A Superior is the highest rating one can receive, with the second highest rating being an Excellent. Following is a list of additional ensembles and soloists who performed and their ratings:
Ladies Trio – Superior (Allison Phlegar, Apiphany Richie, and Brandy Robertson)
Ladies Duet – Excellent (Katherine Haselden and Kori Miller)
Jeannette Biggerstaff – Superior in the Advanced Division
Kayla Byrnes – Superior in the Advanced Division
Jamie Cross – Superior
Kori Miller – Superior
Katherine Haselden - Superior
Kendra Castillo - Superior
Allison Phlegar – Superior
Raney Alston – Excellent
Terrance Piette – Excellent
Courtney Inman – Excellent
Christine Mangnall – Excellent Members of the Saint James Chorale – Jane Gray Roper, Kori Miller, Kendra Castillo, Katherine Haselden, Kayla Byrnes, Jeannette Biggerstaff Performing Members of Bel Canto – Katie Kernan, Apiphany Richie, Allison Phlegar, Rachel Willard, Raney Alston, Brandy Robertson, Jeannette Biggerstaff, Jamie Cross, Indonesia Myer, Hannah Owens, Britni Cavalieri Congratulations to all of these students for doing such a wonderful job and for representing SJHS so well once again.
Cafeteria Staff
For the past 2 years SJHS has received 100 or 99 on all inspections. That is an A rating in the Cafeteria by DEHC.
They will be moving up to the State level in March, and Nationals in June.
Tonya Holtscheiter & Rachel Pavelek - 1st Place in Web Development
Zach Kerr, Jenifer Salinari, and Katie Glaze - 1st Place in Business Ethics
Evonna Smalls & Brittany Trappier - 3rd Place in Desktop Publishing
Brittany Helms & Megan Conley - 4th Place in Desktop Publishing
Nalleli Castillo - Certificate in Public Speaking
A great job by all of the students who participated . Only the best musicians across the state are selected for this honor and Elizabeth, a junior, has added this accomplishment to a long list of achievements in the orchestra program. Great job! Alexander Pons - Oboe
Robbie Anderson - Trumpet
Sara Powell - Flute alternate These students earned their participation through competitive auditions among the top student musicians across South Carolina. Congratulations, again on this outstanding achievement. These students will travel to Furman University in April for the All-State Band Clinic. Sara Powell
Alex Muller
Alexander Pons
Billy Panos
Zachary Douglas
Jeffery Vahey
Colleen Healy
Ramie Melton
Elizabeth Martel
Robbie Anderson
Justin Masters
Meredith O'Toole - alternate
Taylor Matthews - alternate
Desiree Walters - alternate Special congratulations to the following students for ranking 1st in the Region: Alexander Pons - 1st chair Oboe
Ramie Melton - 1st chair Bass Clarinet The following students have earned an callback audition for the South Carolina All-State Band: Sara Powell
Alexander Pons
Billy Panos
Zachary Douglas
Jeffery Vahey
Colleen Healy
Ramie Melton
Elizabeth Martel
Robbie Anderson
Meredith O'Toole
Taylor Matthews The All-Region Band Clinic will be held at Socastee High School on February 22 & 23. All-State Callback Auditions will take place at Lexington High School on January 26, 2008. We want to with the very best of luck to our students as they work to advance to the state level. Desiree Walters - FL
Sara Powell - FL
Axl Pons - OB
Meredith O'Toole - OB
Colleen Healy - CL
Billy Panos - CL
Bevin Robinson - CL
Ramie Melton - BCL
Elizabeth Martel - BCL
Emily Cundiff - AS
Cora Panos - TS
Robbie Anderson - TP
Zach Douglas - TP
Nick Juliano - TP
Josh Burnette - TP
Kayeigh Gustafson - HN
Justin Masters - TBN
Mason Sackett - TU
Jeff Vahey - TU
Caleb Hackler - TU Axl Pons - 1st Chair Oboe
Robbie Anderson - 1st Chair Trumpet
Mason Sackett - 1st Chair Tuba Elizabeth Peterson, 11th grade
Marissa Grey, 11th grade
Tiffany Rowe, 11th grade
Domenick LaRosa, 10th grade
Brittany Meier, 10th grade
Sydney Ramey, 9th grade
Sarah Luquis, 9th grade
Kenneth Startin, 9th grade
Jenna Helms, 9th grade
Nicole Maclin, 9th grade
Mitchell Neal, 9th grade
Carley Churchwell, 9th grade
Ashley Webb, 9th grade
while fishing in the Lions Club Sponsored Fishing Tournament on the Garden City Pier November 13, Sean caught a 5lb.8oz. Drum Fish. Click Her For Picture who won 1st place in the Sun News Fire & Life Safety essay contest. She was honored at a banquet where she received a traveling trophy. It will remain in our school until next year's contest. Check it out in the front office! Way to go Martine! I was honored and privileged to be invited to join the Veterans of our Grand Strand to Washington. With the efforts of St.James High School and the rest of the community, we were able to collect 24,000 for the veterans for their trip to their memorial. I can say that this trip was the experience of a life time. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time and I have our community, veterans, Mrs.Debock for starting the movement at St.James of helping these very deserving veterans and individuals such as Jack Platt and Lou Kreiger for being the determined incredible individuals that they are and making this happen. I believe our community has finally started to come together, young/new generations talking, appreciating and honoring the greatest generations. It's an emotional process I have gone through and a trip I will never forget. The men and women of World War II are some of the most astounding individuals I have and will ever meet and for that they will always be in my heart. There aren't enough words,medals or memorials to show the veterans our appreciation but after this trip they now know they haven't and will never be forgotten and more importantly they know our community looks up and supports them. From a new generation to the greatest generation, this trip has enabled me to open my eyes and has changed my life drastically for the better. St.James Student Body President
Jade Iglesias Click Here To View Slideshow of Trip Student Council would like to thank everyone who attended the game and cheered on the players. Overall, $1900 was raised for the March of Dimes. Way to go Sharks! We would also like to give a special WOOT WOOT to the junior and senior cheerleaders! You all did a fabulous job as you cheered and danced! Great work, gentlemen! Kori Miller and Jamie Cross were accepted into the SATB All-State Chorus;
Kayla Byrnes was accepted into the SSA All-State Chorus. Click Here To Read The Sun News Article for being accepted into the American Choral Directors’ Associations Southern Convention High School Honors Choir. They will be traveling to Louisville, Kentucky, in March to sing in the approximately 200 voice choir. They will spend three days rehearsing for the final concert performance on March 8. This is a wonderful opportunity and we are so very proud of them.
Kori Miller
Allison Phlegar
Courtney Inman
Brandy Robertson
Ashley Pate
Raney Alston
Kendra Castillo
Jamie Cross
Katherine Haselden
Kayla Byrnes
Jeannette Biggerstaff
Jessica Blanton
Max Joho
Eleven students at St. James High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams. Seven students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award: James Cox, Tiffany Fagnant, Alex Reynolds, James Sellers, Lindsay Smith, Lucas Snyder, and Grace Vahey. These students earned an average of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Adam Brunelle, Robert Harden, and Bailey Howard earned the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Bryan Huxhold qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. St. James is proud to announce our students who have achieved this outstanding award.
Special Thanks to Elisha Bullard, Katie Rogers, Caleb Phillips, Freddy Paige & Mason Sackett for assisting Mr. Randall maintaining the SJHS Website! Great Job!
Coach and Teacher @ St. James High School Student's in Mr. Randall's Web Design & Sports Marketing classes have taken over the St.James Website.The students include Rachel Dorr, Cynthia Frazier, Lindsay Baldridge, Nicole Campo, Lauren Crisp and Elisha Bullard. Congratulations Elizabeth Peterson (Grade 10) and Jeremy Colbert (Grade 12). Both of the students were selected by audition to participate in the All State Orchestra. Congratulations to Nathan Thomas who has been selected to participate in the South Carolina All-State Honor Band. Nathan is ranked #1 in the state for Senior Bass Clarinet, an honor he has held on more than one occasion. Congratulations are also in order for Ramie Melton selected as an alternate for the All-State Honor Band. Congratulations to the following Pride of St. James Band members for being selected to participate in the 2007 Carolina Honor Band on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. These students were selected via taped audition from students all over the east coast: Axl Pons - Oboe
Josh Burnette - Trumpet
Victoria Panos - Flute
Nathan Thomas - Bass Clarinet
Ramie Melton - Bass Clarinet These students will travel to UNCG in February for this clinic and performance. The following students made the all County Orchesta Elizabeth Peterson
Marissa Grey
Brandon Qualls
Tiffany Rowe
Dominick LaRosa
Brittany Meier
Jeremy Colbert
Carrie Privett The following students made the All County Chorus. Click here for pictures of the performance. Ashley Bragg
Gray Roper
Kori Miller
Kyle Orr
Jesse Deegan
Katherine Haselden
Kayla Byrnes
Jeannette Biggerstaff
Raney Alston
Kayla Aponte
Jamie Cross
Lauren Esquibel
JennyMarie Flores
Katie Kernan
Indonesia Myers
and a number of soloists went to Wando High School on Feb. 24th, to participate in the SCMEA Solo and Ensemble Festival. At this event students perform a prepared piece of standard vocal repertoire for a judge in order to receive a rating. Superior is the highest rating with Excellent being the second highest. Students are judged on their tone quality, vocal technique, expression, intonation, and several other elements. Following is a list of those who performed and their ratings:
Ensembles: St. James Chorale - Superior
Kayla Byrnes
Katherine Haselden
Jeannette Biggerstaff
Jesse Deegan
Kyle Orr
Kori Miller
Gray Roper Girls Trio - Superior
Apiphany Richie
Allison Phlegar
Nicole Springs Soloists:
Lindsay Jackson - Excellent
Apiphany Richie - Excellent
Terrance Piette - Superior
Raney Alston - Superior
Jamie Cross - Superior
Lauren Esquibel - Superior
Ariel Hasara - Superior
Allison Phlegar - Superior
Ashley Pate - Superior
Jeannette Biggerstaff - Superior
Kayla Byrnes - Superior
Katherine Haselden - Superior
Kori Miller - Superior St. James High was well represented by five ladies who went to Winthrop University, March 15-17, to participate in the South Carolina Music Educators Association's All-State Women's Chorus. In order to sing in the All-State Chorus students have to go through a very competitive audition process. They have to perform a five part piece of music, sight-sing, and compete against apx. 1600 students from all over the state. The Choral Department is very proud of Kayla Aponte, Jeannette Biggerstaff, Kayla Byrnes, Jamie Cross, and Katherine Haselden for being accepted into this prestigious chorus and for doing such a wonderful job. They had to learn a repertoire of music prior to attending the event and they joined with all of the other members of the All-State Chorus upon their arrival to Winthrop. Over the course of a couple of days they all rehearsed for apx. 17 hours. The conductor for the chorus was renowned choral director Dr. Lynn Gackle. She was truly amazing and the girls learned much from her. The weekend closed with a marvelous performance by the All-State Women's Chorus and the All-State Mixed Chorus on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Click Here for Pictures
comprised of 8-12 grade, participated in the annual adjudicated performance event - Concert Festival - in Charleston, SC March 29. They were awarded a Superior Rating by garnering 134 out of 140 points.
Click Here For More Info Music Festivals hosts competitions around the United States and participants in these festivals are high schools from all across the country.
Congratulations to the outstanding members of the SJHS Indoor Winter Guard for this national level award! for being named Region VI- AAA Athletic Director of the Year. Thank you for all you do for high school athletics in South Carolina and especially for all you do at St. James High School. Click For Pictures
St. James student Drew Falvey plays in group with celebrity Scott and Pro Elder Click For Story
May 2007 Stan Patterson
April 2007 Pamela Wright Ingram Bell
Corey Cox
Tim Corbin
Rick Weston Alternates are:
Richard Hadden Kellahan
Robert Lawton Powell
Drew Falvey
Drew Pavy
DELEGATES
Victoria Bone
Dani Fraser
Caroline Welden
ALTERNATES #1 - Kelsey Johanson
#2 - Colleen Healy
#3 - Kristin Wirdzek
THOSE WHO WERE SELECTED BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR VARIOUS REASONS:
Ramie Melton – Delegate Lindsay Baldridge and Nicole Campo - Alternates selected as St.James High School's Outstanding Senior for the Chamber of Commerce Salute to Education.
Superior Rating , 1st Place in the Women's Choir Category and... OVERALL GRAND CHAMPION.
Click For More Info comprised of 8-12 graders and two 7th graders, received a Superior Rating and First Place at the competition in Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition, of all the performing groups present (band, chorus, and orchestra) from Conneticut, New Jersey, and our state, South Carolina, we were the ONLY group to receive a Superior Rating! Click Here For More Info | 
