God Bless You, Lauren Elizabeth Swan

Lauren Elizabeth Swann - SCMS 8th Grade Student

Lauren Elizabeth Swann, 13, of Charleston went home to be with Jesus Sunday, December 23, 2012  at Cabell Huntington Hospital ER.
She was a member of Ivydale Baptist Church, where she was saved and baptized, and was an 8^th grade student at South Charleston Middle School.    Lauren was known for her long dark hair, her big blue eyes, and a very caring and giving spirit which was demonstrated by her last act of being an organ donor.
She is survived by her family, whom she dearly loved, Mother and stepfather, Kelly and Bobby Barron; father and stepmother, Jeff and Chrisse Swann; brothers, Landon and Bryson Swann; stepsister and brother, Jasmine and Jacob Bartholomew; grandparents, Delbert and Paulette Huffman, John and Sharon Barron, Greg and Marci Swann and Ronnie and Carol Robinson; great grandparents, Paul and Doris Hudson, Elizabeth “Libby” Huffman and Lewis and Nancy Swann; uncles and aunts, Tony (Johna) Huffman, Scott (Missy) Swann, Chris (Jamie) Swann, Josh (Cara) Swann, John (Alice) Barron, Sondi (Brad) Sutton, Nicky Hutchinson and Sarah Goheen.  Honorary Uncle Al James; cousins Luke and Olivia Huffman, Ty and Hailey Swann, Jacob Barron and Ashly Hardin; and special friend, Hailey Lemon.
Service will be 1:00 pm Friday, December 28, 2012 at Oakwood Baptist Church, 855 Oakwood Road, Charleston, with Pastor Basil Hudson officiating.  Burial will follow in French Cemetery on Berry Hills Drive in Charleston.  Family and Friends will gather from 6 to 8 pm Thursday evening at the church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Lauren Swann Memorial Fund, c/o Ivydale Baptist Church, 1859 Middle Fork Drive, Charleston, WV 25314.

Working Hard to Catch Up!!

This has been an extremely trying year. With the internet being down and our server crashing four times, the students are far, far behind. They are working hard to catch up. However, we have a long way to go. No matter how far behind we are, we are still learning new things.

Merry Christmas!!

Sure hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a wonderful time off!!!!

Server Crashed Four Times in Two Months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From October 18, 2012 until December 12, 2012, our server crashed four times. All information was lost each time. It has been the worst year for technology problems since I started teaching at SCMS. My Globaloria class has suffered tremendously!!!

State Internet Problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The state has experienced internet problems since the beginning of the school. Hopefully, they  fixed the problem right before Christmas. We have only had nine (9) days this year without some form of internet and/or system problems.

         

Happy Thanksgiving

Hopefully, everyone has had a great holiday vacation and is ready to get back to work and finish their flash files.

Major Computer Problems

Our server crashed on 10/18/12. The new computer technician tried to rebuild it alone. We have had major computer issues every since. Students have not been able to log in, students' files were lost, no internet access, students have no folders to save to, etc. 

I was able to speak to the director over computer systems and explained all the issues. She sent in two computer technicians to assess the situation. As a result, starting Monday, the 26th, they are going to rebuild our entire network. Hopefully, after this coming week, we will be totally up and running with no major issues.