Education

Eau Claire marching band invited to perform in 2025 National Independence Day Parade


Eau Claire High School’s No Half Steppin’ Marching Band has been invited to perform in the 2025 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. The event, which is the official Independence Day parade of the United States, will be held July 4, 2025. The No Half Steppin’ Band was one of two high school bands in South Carolina nominated by […]

Richland Two has 10 National Merit Scholarship finalists


Ten seniors in Richland School District Two are closer to their goal of earning National Merit Scholarships. Zachary J. Burnett and Eva D. Pendleton of Blythewood High School; and Sanvi V. Divekar, Jackson L. Dowey, Shrihan Ganesh Babu, Abagail B. Greer, Emma K. Hook, Jisoo Lee, Ava J. Phelps, and Iraine Y. Taine of Spring Valley High School have been […]

School News Briefs

Richland One’s Aerospace Festival, hosted by the district’s BLAST (Building Lasting Aerospace and STEM Trajectories) magnet program, will be held at W.A. Perry Middle School, 2600 Barhamville Road, Saturday, March 23, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Lexington-Richland School District Five has announced its science fair winners, including Elementary School Level—Math/Engineering, first place, Breccan Barber (Harbison West Elementary); Earth/Environmental, first place, Amalia Tuggy, […]

NASA GLOBE Goes to Camp to be presented March 24


The “NASA GLOBE Goes to Camp” presentation will be held Sunday, March 24, noon, at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 605 Polo Road. Amy Ellisor—senior outreach coordinator for the NASA GLOBE Goes to Camp Project—will be speaking about this exciting program. The public is invited to attend. GLOBE—an acronym for Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment— is an international […]

Student Spotlight

Brothers’ books help students find their voice

Jacob and Jeremiah Spigner have always enjoyed writing, whether it’s for fun or for a class assignment, but the brothers never thought they would be authors at young ages. When they saw their books were published, they couldn’t believe it. “I shed a little tear. To see your work for the first time, it’s something so surreal. I reminisce on […]

School News Briefs

Lexington-Richland School District Five held its second annual First Jobs Signing Day Thursday, February 29. The district hired 17 students to work in jobs in the student nutrition department, clerical positions, as well jobs in the custodial department. Among the participants, 11 are seniors who will be receiving their First Jobs graduation cords, signifying their achievement and readiness for the […]

Richland One opens second round of applications for magnet choice programs


Richland One is accepting applications for students to enroll in magnet choice programs with spots still available for the 2024-2025 school year. The application deadline is April 30. Parents will be notified by May 31 if students are selected for the magnet choice program of their choice. Richland One’s magnet choice programs offer unique learning experiences for students in prekindergarten […]

SCVCS student chosen for Aim High Flight Academy


Jack Stapleton, an 11th grade student at the South Carolina Virtual Charter School (SCVCS), has been selected as one of 170 students nationwide to participate in the prestigious Aim High Flight Academy (AHFA). The program, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, aims to inspire and develop the next generation of aviation leaders. Stapleton secured a coveted slot and a full […]

Watkins-Nance STEM consultant named Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year


Watkins-Nance Elementary School STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) consultant Stephanie Long has been named the 2024 Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year by the South Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

School News Briefs

National Beta members from Chapin High School and Dutch Fork High School were announced as winners of the following competitions in the South Carolina Senior Division at the Beta State Convention in Myrtle Beach—Agriscience 11th Grade, second place, Olivia Meihofer (Dutch Fork); Biomedical Health Science 11th Grade, first place, Aamina Azhar (Dutch Fork); Biomedical Health Science 10th Grade, first place, […]


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