Horse Creek Academy

🎉 PROM COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🎉 💃🕺 Hey Juniors and Seniors—Prom is NEXT Saturday, April 26th! 🎟️ Make sure you grab your tickets now using the link below, or buy them at lunch tomorrow! ✨ Ticket sales are wrapping up soon, so don’t miss out on this unforgettable night! 📅 Date: Saturday, April 26, 7-11pm at Houndslake Country Club 🎟️ Get your tickets before it’s too late! 👉 tinyurl.com/hcaprom25

🎉 It’s almost GO time, HCA Village! Have you signed up your elementary student yet for our Boosterthon Fun Run? Head to mybooster.com today to get started! 🛝 This year, every dollar raised through our fundraiser goes directly toward renovating our back playground—including a brand new play structure, relocating our current equipment to a side play area, and expanding play spaces for all students! 💛 Let’s reach our goal of $30,000 and make our playground dreams a reality—while having a ton of fun along the way!

🌎 Join Us for HCA's First Adopt-a-Highway & Campus Cleanup! 🌿 Saturday, May 10 | 9:00–11:00 AM 💛 We’re excited to launch our first big community clean-up event as part of the SC Adopt-a-Highway program—and we need your help! This is a great opportunity for families to earn service hours while making a visible difference in our Village! 🧹 Two Ways to Serve: 🚗 Roadside Cleanup Crew – For high school students and adults only 🏫 Campus Cleanup Crew – For elementary & middle school students (must be accompanied by a parent/guardian) 👉 Students may not be dropped off unless they are of driving age. Each roadside group will be supervised by an adult for safety. 🌟 Let’s work together to keep our school and community looking great! 📲 Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050448A9A828A5FF2-56322356-hcaadoptahighway

🎉 HCA’s First Annual Summer Camp – where adventure, creativity, and fun come together! ☀️ Join us for themed weeks packed with hands-on activities, exploration, and new friendships. 📅 Camp Dates: • June 16–20 • June 23–27 • July 7–11 • July 14–18 • July 21–25 🕖 Daily Hours: 7 AM – 6 PM 👀 Spaces are limited—sign up now to secure your spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCO4PKws7ctupKaAkyR2d3AIZUtS-S-TWl9dml_coUBtNc6A/viewform

🎟️ Calling all HCA Middle School families! Our Spring Formal, Fly Me to the Moon, is set for Saturady, May 3rd from 6–9 PM. This special event is for middle school students only. 🎫 Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance—no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets can be purchased online via the link below, or during lunches on Tuesdays/Thursdays starting 4/22. 📲 Buy tickets online here: https://tinyurl.com/hcaspringformal25 🌕 The evening will include music, dancing, and optional food purchases from Kono Pizza and Flanigan’s Ice Cream (not included in ticket price). Additional drinks and snacks will also be provided! 🚙 Drop-off and pickup will take place in the front parking lot. 💙 Want to help keep this a fun and affordable event? Sign up to donate snacks and drinks here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48AAA72FA6F9C34-56193666-spring

Good evening and welcome back HCA Village! Make sure to check out this week's update at https://5il.co/3dd3r Have a great week!

🌟 See you tomorrow, Village! 🌸 We hope your Spring Break brought rest, fun, and time to recharge. We’re ready to finish the year strong—with lots of fun and memorable moments ahead! 💪🎉 ❗️PS: Don't forget that this will be a short week; no school on Friday, April 18th! #WeAreTheVillage

🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉 🛝 Our HCA Elementary Fun Run fundraiser kicks off soon! We’re raising $30,000 to go towards our BIG back playground renovation and we need your help. 📅 Save the date and stay tuned for more details on how you can support our cause. 💻 Sign up online at MyBooster.com – TODAY! 🎉 Fundraiser Kickoff in school – April 23rd 👟 Event Day – May 1st (during the school day!)

🌸☀️ Happy Spring Break, Village! 🏖️⛳️ Whether you're heading to the beach, catching the excitement of The Masters, or just enjoying some well-earned rest—we hope your week is full of sunshine and smiles. Relax, recharge, and we’ll see you soon! 💙

🎬✨ Lights, Camera, VICTORY! ✨🎬 Horse Creek Media is once again making headlines—this time with a season full of awards, accolades, and even an Emmy nomination for HCA Today! 🏆📺 Our incredible team of student journalists has received Exemplary Ratings from both the Southern Interscholastic Press Association (SIPA) and the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association (SCSPA)—and that’s just the beginning! This year’s honors include: 🥇 BEST IN STATE BROADCAST – the highest honor in SC for student media! 🏅 Nominated for an Emmy – yes, you read that right! 🥈 Human Interest – Eryn Fox, Evan Fulmer, Abigail Turner 🥈 PSA – Eryn Fox, Kaylee Hooker 🥈 Sports Story – Evan Fulmer, Wyatt Berube 🥈 Videography – Wyatt Berube 🥈 Best Anchor – Eryn Fox 🥈 Feature Story – Eryn Fox, Evan Fulmer 🥈 Man on the Street – Abigail Turner, Wyatt Berube 🥈 News Story – Eryn Fox, Wyatt Berube, Abigail Turner 🥈 Short Film – Ava Alvanos These awards reflect the drive, talent, and heart our student journalists bring to every story they tell. Their voices matter—and they’re being heard loud and clear across the state and beyond. 🎤📰🎥 👏 Special thanks to our incredible staff advisors who guide and inspire this award-winning team every day. And to our loyal viewers and supporters, thank you for believing in the power of student media. 💛🖤 We are HCA. We are storytellers. We are the Village.

🎉 Village Volunteer Raffle – 3rd Quarter Winners! 🎉 No joke—this announcement is 100% real, even if it is April 1st! 😉 We’re thrilled to celebrate the amazing families who logged volunteer hours and donations during Quarter 3. Your service helps make Horse Creek Academy the vibrant, connected Village we’re proud to call home. 💛 👏 Let’s give a big round of applause to our 3rd Quarter Village Volunteer Raffle Winners: 🥇 1st Prize ($100 Village Shoppe Gift Card): Dale Fisher 🥈 2nd Prize ($75 Village Shoppe Gift Card): Rebecca Shaw 🥉 3rd Prize ($50 Village Shoppe Gift Card): Amanda Setters 🛍️ Winners can pick up their gift cards in the Middle/High Front Office between 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. 💡 Don’t forget: the final raffle of the year is coming in just a few months! Keep logging your volunteer hours and donations—your impact matters, and every entry counts. 👋Ready to add your hours/donations now? Head to https://forms.office.com/r/a1jrPR3uz6

👋 It's weekly update time! Check it all out at https://5il.co/3c2xd 👀 (Spoiler Alert: End of Year Programs/Events are posted in it!)

🚨 Weather Alert: All After-School Events Cancelled 🚨 ⛈️ Due to projected severe weather in our area, as reported by the National Weather Service out of Columbia, SC, ALL after-school events and activities are cancelled today for the safety of our students and staff. This includes: ❌ After Care ❌ Athletic practices & games ❌ Clubs ❌ Play practice ❌ All other after-school activities 👉 All students must be picked up in the regular car line at their normal dismissal times. Thank you for your understanding as we work to keep our HCA Village safe. Stay weather aware and take care! 💛 Read full release at https://5il.co/3c145

🎨 A huge thank you to Art Nook Aiken for joining us on campus this past Friday, March 28th! ✨ They spent time with Mrs. Winn’s kindergarten class, helping our young learners bring their fairy tales unit to life through creativity and color. Each student created their very own masterpiece — and the joy on their faces said it all! 🖌️ We’re so grateful for community partners like Art Nook Aiken who help us inspire imagination and celebrate the arts at HCA. 💙 #WeAreTheVillage #HCACreates

🎉 HCA DECA is on a roll 🎉 🤩 Our DECA chapter has been named one of only TWO schools in South Carolina to receive the 2025 DECA Advocacy Campaign Award! This honor celebrates our students’ incredible efforts to promote DECA and Career & Technical Education within our school and community. ✈️ And there's more—several of our DECA members are headed to Orlando, FL next month to compete at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) with 23,000+ students from around the world! 🌍💼 💙 We can't wait to see what they accomplish on the international stage! Let's give a big HCA shout out to our DECA sponsor, Mrs. Lisa Skinner, and all of our DECA members: -Sofia Akut -Wyatt Berube -Brian Broadnax -Lejhorne Brown -Wyatt Burns -Lily Cameron -Bryce Campbell -Landon Decker -Raynie Doolittle -Evan Fulmer -Zachary Groseclose -Isabella Hardee -Dominic James -Zachary James -Aiden Jenkins -Adriyanna Mack -Luisiana Martinez -Carrie McDougal -Aaron Meza -Aiyana Meza -Eli Morrison -Lucas Seigler -Lincoln Shackleton -Tristen Strother -Gunnar Tibbs -Barrett Tripp -Adalyn Wilson -Avery Wren -Brooklyn Youngblood Way to go, scholars! 💙

🎉 More big news from the HCA Village! 🎉 👏 Congratulations to Lauren Rose, a 5th grader in Mrs. Bryant's class, whose book Don’t Touch the Outlet, Megan! was named the local winner of Aiken Electric Cooperative’s 2025 Children’s Book Challenge! 🌟📚 🌴 Lauren’s story will now compete at the state level through EnlightenSC’s statewide writing contest, and we couldn’t be prouder of her creativity and voice. 💚 A special thank you to Jamacia McCray, Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Aiken Electric, who surprised Lauren’s class with the exciting news and celebrated alongside Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Rose, Dr. Taylor, Mrs. Goodwin, and our 4th/5th grade GT students! 💡 Lauren success is a shining example of how student voices can spark learning—and light the way for others.

📚🐭 Did your child participate in the Read-a-thon? Don’t forget — today is the LAST DAY to spend those hard-earned Rat Bucks in the Read-a-thon Store! 🎉 🛍️ Head to your reader’s dashboard to shop before it closes, and be sure to check your email for reminders from Read-a-thon (they've sent a lot!) Let’s celebrate our readers and their efforts — happy shopping! 🧡📖

👑🏇🏻 We’re still glowing from the incredible success of this weekend’s Miss Horse Creek Pageant! ✨ To our incredible contestants: thank you for showing up with such grace, courage, and joy. You lit up the stage and gave us all a reason to cheer! 💐And to our families and audience—you brought the energy, the love, and the support. Thank you for helping make the night so memorable for our participants. 💙 This event reminded us—yet again—that it takes a Village, and we’re so proud of ours! 🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Titleholders: -Tiny Miss Horse Creek – Coraline Busbee -Petite Miss Horse Creek – Rowan Dabbs -Little Miss Horse Creek – Anniston Johnson -Elementary Miss Horse Creek – Harper Price -Miss 6th Grade Horse Creek – Paisley Grice -Miss 7th Grade Horse Creek – Maeline Lambert -Miss 8th Grade Horse Creek – Kadence Brock -Junior Miss Horse Creek – Lucy Taylor -Miss Freshman Horse Creek – Madison Morris -Miss Sophomore Horse Creek – Lily Cameron -Miss Junior Horse Creek – Kaylee Fulghum -Miss Senior Horse Creek – Addison Fail -Miss Horse Creek – Brooklyn Youngblood ⭐️ We also want to give a big shoutout to our volunteers, sponsors, judges, auditors, and coordinators: your dedication was on full display. From decorating and organizing to keeping things smooth behind the scenes, you made magic happen. 👑 We’re already looking forward to next year. Thank you again for helping make this event one to remember! 💐 #WeAreTheVillage #MissHorseCreek2025

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👋 IMMEDIATE OPENING: After Care Worker at HCA! 💙 Horse Creek Academy is hiring immediately for a part-time After Care Worker to support our students after school hours. 📩 Apply today and help make a difference in our Village! Interested? Email Sharon Bircmore at sbirchmore@hcacs.net