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C.A. Johnson High School biology teacher Chanda Jefferson has been selected by Harvard University to be a speaker at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology in Snowbird, Utah, July 9-13.

Lower Richland High School Principal Dr. Kelvin Wymbs was selected as the recipient of the Outstanding High Schools That Work (HSTW) Principal Award by the Southern Regional Education Board.

Alcyon Smalls of C.A. Johnson High School has been named the 2015 Career Specialist of the Year by the S.C. Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technology Education.

Ashlynn Wittchow, an English teacher at Hand Middle School, has been selected to participate in the summer graduate program at the Oxford University campus of the Bread Loaf School of English.

Kirstin Bullington, a science and engineering teacher at W.J. Keenan High School, will travel to Japan in June as a participant in the Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

Teachers at Burnside Elementary School display paintings they created during an “Unwind and Design” session they enjoyed. The painting lesson was a gift to honor them during Teacher Appreciation Week.

Teachers at Burnside Elementary School display paintings they created during an “Unwind and Design” session they enjoyed. The painting lesson was a gift to honor them during Teacher Appreciation Week.

Dreher High School choral director Walter Graham has received the Marjorie Stands-Wallace Music Educator Award.

Columbia High School special education teacher Angenitta Bounds was awarded the 2015 Financial Educator of the Year award by Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union.

A.C. Moore Elementary School Principal Dr. Chantelle Baker recently was honored as Richland County’s Conservation Principal of the Year by the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District.

Margarita Martin, a social studies teacher at Olympia Learning Center, has been selected to participate in a European study-tour in June.










(L–r) Richland One bus drivers Phyllis Lemon, Ray Robinson, Earlene Scott, Lovey Murray, Dorothy Bland, Marlyn Thomas, and Dorothy Wright, as well as the nearly 300 other bus drivers and aides who safely transport students to school each day, were honored during the recent Bus Driver Appreciation Week.

(L–r) Richland One bus drivers Phyllis Lemon, Ray Robinson, Earlene Scott, Lovey Murray, Dorothy Bland, Marlyn Thomas, and Dorothy Wright, as well as the nearly 300 other bus drivers and aides who safely transport students to school each day, were honored during the recent Bus Driver Appreciation Week.

Ashlynn Wittchow

Ashlynn Wittchow

Kirstin Bullington

Kirstin Bullington

Walter Graham

Walter Graham

Angenitta Bounds

Angenitta Bounds

Dr. Chantelle Baker

Dr. Chantelle Baker

Margarita Martin

Margarita Martin

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