An initiative to improve student achievement by making laptop technology available to every elementary school student in the state is expanding this month with the addition of 12 schools. More...
Richland One honored 144 high- achieving seniors at the district's 2009 Academic All- Stars Recognition Banquet, Tuesday, April 21 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. More...
Samuel Harman Stormer (left), a tenth grade student at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, interned in Congressman Joe Wilson's (right) office at our nation's capitol during Heathwood's Winterum period. More...
Blythewood Middle School hosted "Strengthening Our Bonds," a mother- daughter communication workshop, on Saturday, April 18, conducted by Girls Incorporated of Greater Columbia. More...
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School traveled from Columbia to the Walt Disney World Resort on April 2- 4, for the fifth annual Festival Disney, competitHivigeh mlaunsdi ec r fsestival. More...
Francis Marion University presented academic awards to outstanding students during a ceremony recently in the McNair Science Building's Chapman Auditorium on campus. Emily Anne Brandenburg of Columbia received the Dr. Jesse A. Coles Jr. Award. More...
Blythewood Middle School had 32 students to meet the criteria for the 2008- 2009 Seventh Grade Duke University Talent Search. Eligibility for participation in the talent search is an honor requiring exceptional academic ability. More...
Contributed by Covenant Classical Christian School
Many Columbians were treated to a showing of Thornton Wilder's Our Town April 16, 17, and 18, by Covenant Classical Christian School located in Forest Acres. This Pulitzer Prize winning play is a common production among high schools. More...
Elise Porter, a graduating senior homeschooler with S.C. Association of Independent Home SCcohluomolbsi,a aSntadr a writer for the , has been named one of approximately 560 semifinalists in the 2009 Presidential Scholars Program. More...
Employees of The National Bank of South Carolina participated across the state, April 21, in the American Bankers Association Teach a Child to Save Day. The goal of this nationwide initiative is to bring financial education to one million students. More...
Elizabeth McKee Baker has been selected to receive an educational grant in the amount of $800 per semester for her undergraduate studies at Winthrop University. The Strom Thurmond Foundation with assets of approximately $2. More...