Shark Talk

General Information

* Feb. 23 – Black History Program at 9 a.m. ET, with guest speaker Stephen Osborne. The public is invited to attend. Stephen is a graduate of Port St Joe Jr./Sr. High School, Class of 1978. He was born in Apalachicola on Sept. 11, 1960, the son of the late Charles A. Osborne and Ometa Hurd Osborne of Port St Joe.  After graduation, Stephen attended Florida A&M University as well as entered into the U.S. Army. During his tenure in the Army (20 years), he served in numerous leadership capacities here in the U.S. as well as numerous countries including Germany, Korea, France, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Botswana and Somalia, Africa.

Stephen also enrolled in the Soldiers Opportunity College (SOCAD), accumulating the credits required to complete his degree, attending the University of Maryland throughout his military career. Upon retirement from the Army in September 1999, Stephen was employed as a contractor for Systems/Network Engineer within the Department of Defense and State Department in Washington DC. He was also assigned to the Pentagon during the attacks of 9-11. After numerous years working in the Washington, D.C. area, Stephen created his own IT consulting firm, providing employees for government contracts, as well as employees with Headquarters, Bank of America and Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC where he presently resides. Stephen is married to Derial Rhodes (Fennell) Osborne of 28 years and has two sons, Stephen “Atrial” Osborne (sophomore North Carolina A&T, majoring in law) and Isaiah Charles Osborne (JM Alexander Middle School).

* 2011-2012 Yearbooks on sale now!  Reserve your copy of the combined Jr./Sr. High School yearbook, The Monument now for 25 percent off the full price.  Yearbooks can be purchased online or by contacting Coach Taylor in Room 718 for $45.  This is the first yearbook to combine all of 7^th-12th grades in several years.  Don’t miss out – Yearbook It!

Sports

*Feb. 2 – State cheerleading competition;

*Feb. 3:

Girls’ basketball district tournament semifinals, TBA;

Boys’ basketball at Bay High;

*Feb. 4:          

MAO (math) competition;

Softball Pre-Season Classic at Sneads;

Varsity only girls’ basketball district tournament, championship game, TBA;

*Feb. 7:

Boys’ basketball district tournament play-in game, TBA;

*Feb. 9:

JV softball at Bay Haven

Clubs

* Feb. 7:

Jr. SWAT Club meeting;

National Honor Society;

*Feb. 9:

Jr. Executive Board Meeting