LHS wins film competition by showing kindness
November 20, 2018A short film created by Lexington High TV crew members Hayden S. Boozer, Josh T. Carroll, William C. Crouch, Chase A. Dadabo, Greer E. Fowler, Valerie C. Heaton, Payton…
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District scores The State’s Best Public School District
November 20, 2018
Readers of The State newspaper voted Lexington District One the Best Public School District for the fourth year running. The district also received the award in 2015, 2016 and 2017.…
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Youth Apprentices can help to build a strong workforce
November 19, 2018Representatives from business, industry and education gathered November 15 to discuss ways they can partner with Tri-County Technical College to create work-based learning and youth apprenticeship experiences that can supply…
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Saluda Shoals Park breaks ground for universally inclusive playground
November 16, 2018
Holiday Lights on the River Admission on 11/29/2018 to Support Playground Project Saluda Shoals Park will host a groundbreaking celebration on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 4 p.m. at the site…
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Spartanburg youth provides community outreach through family photographs
November 15, 2018
Jeremiah Drummond, a junior at North Greenville University, will provide free photos of families and friends who gather this Thanksgiving at the Soup Kitchen of Spartanburg, Thursday, Nov. 22, 10:30…
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Lexington District One board conducts superintendent’s performance review
November 14, 2018
On October 2, 2018, and November 13, 2018, the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees met in executive session to conduct the 2017–2018 performance evaluation of Superintendent Gregory…
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USCL Travel Study exhibit on display at Historic Springs House
November 14, 2018
“Changing Perceptions: USC Lancaster Travel Study 2018,” a USC Lancaster student and faculty group exhibit featuring works inspired by traveling together during the May 2018 travel study tour, is now…
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Clemson-based project aims to transform Southeastern feed grain industry
November 13, 2018
A concept born out of research from Clemson University’s Advanced Plant Technology(APT) Program is taking shape as a company that seeks to revolutionize regional agriculture by building a feed grain pipeline…
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Wofford recognized for study abroad participation
November 13, 2018
Meals in Morocco. Coffee in Brazil. Lunch on a street-side table in Paris. Lessons learned in Barcelona. Viewing a map of the world, one would need a lot of pins…
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One million reasons to celebrate: $1 million scholarship named for GHS cardiologist on 75th birthday
November 13, 2018The glow of 75 candles on a birthday cake may shine bright, but retired Greenville Health System cardiologist Ed Lominack learned at his surprise birthday party recently that he’d actually…
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Hammond School bridges new and primitive technology with ‘Early Technology Week’
November 13, 2018Weeklong program explores technology in its earliest forms with hands-on experience in the creation and development of early-human skills. Hammond, an independent school offering students pre-kindergarten through grade 12 a…
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Hammond School bridges new and primitive technology with ‘Early Technology Week’
November 13, 2018
Weeklong program explores technology in its earliest forms with hands-on experience in the creation and development of early-human skills. Hammond, an independent school offering students pre-kindergarten through grade 12 a…
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Midlands Technical College named 2019 “Best College for Veterans” by Military Times
November 12, 2018
Military Times selected Midlands Technical College (MTC) as a Military Times “Best College for Veterans” for 2019. MTC is the only two-year college in South Carolina to receive this designation. “We honor our…
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SC State research aims to reduce health risks for rural SC farmers
November 12, 2018
SC State’s Speech Pathology and Audiology Program is conducting an extensive research project that seeks to educate rural farmers in South Carolina about the risks that are associated with loud…
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Business, education leader named to Clemson corporate partnerships and strategic initiatives post
November 9, 2018
A Greenville business and education leader whose experience ranges from economic development to higher education has been named an assistant vice president for the Clemson University Office of Corporate Partnerships and…
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The Hammond School Innovation Center
November 8, 2018
The Innovation Center at Hammond School, opened at the start of academic year 2018-2019, represents the culmination of a process where Hammond leadership and administrators worked with Hammond faculty and…
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UofSC announces presidential search committee members
November 7, 2018
The University of South Carolina announced Wednesday the members of a search committee charged with recommending candidates to replace President Harris Pastides, who will retire as president this summer after…
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GSSM students take first place in academic competition
November 7, 2018The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) Academic Team traveled to High Point, NC, on October 20 to compete in the High Point Central Open. The tournament…
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Trident Tech president honored at campus renaming ceremony
November 5, 2018Trident Technical College honored its longtime president during a campus renaming ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 1. This summer the college’s governing board voted to rename the college’s Main Campus in…
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Trident Tech president honored at campus renaming ceremony
November 5, 2018
Trident Technical College honored its longtime president during a campus renaming ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 1. This summer the college’s governing board voted to rename the college’s Main Campus in…
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S.C. Women’s Business Summit Nov. 16 to feature XM Radio pioneer Tiffany Norwood
November 2, 2018
Designed for women on a growth trajectory in their businesses, the event reinforces the Women’s Business Center of S.C.’s overarching goal to advance women in business in our state and…
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Pontiac Montessori students make bed rolls for homeless
October 31, 2018Montessori Magnet at Pontiac students recently presented community partner Sonoco with four bed rolls for the homeless. The bed rolls were made from more than 500 plastic shopping bags and…
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Rotarians visit Columbia College
October 31, 2018Capital Rotarians went to historic Columbia College on Oct. 31 for a tour and briefing from president Dr. Carol Moore. She outlined plans to promote entrepreneurship and workforce development, noting…
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Rotarians visit Columbia College
October 31, 2018
Capital Rotarians went to historic Columbia College on Oct. 31 for a tour and briefing from president Dr. Carol Moore. She outlined plans to promote entrepreneurship and workforce development, noting…
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Greenville Technical College establishes partnership delivering relevant job skills at the Greenville County Detention Center
October 30, 2018
Greenville Technical College has established a partnership with the Greenville County Detention Center to deliver training to incarcerated individuals so that when they are released, they have marketable job skills.…
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Furman expands Joseph Vaughn scholarship to support more SC African American students
October 30, 2018
The Furman University Board of Trustees announced today that it has endorsed expanding a scholarship fund that honors the memory of the late Joseph Vaughn, the university’s first African-American student.…
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Southeast Center for Photography partners with The South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University
October 30, 2018Southeast Center for Photography is pleased to announce its newly established association with The South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. The Department of Art & Design at…
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James Hunter receives FM Rogers Leadership Award at Greenville Technical College
October 30, 2018Presenting the F.M. Rogers Leadership Award to James Hunter are (left to right) Layne Austin and Shannon Cole, daughters of the late F.M. Rogers. James Hunter, a recent graduate of…
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Mullikin family builds children’s library in the Republic of Fiji
October 30, 2018By W. Thomas Smith Jr. CAMDEN, S.C. – The children and teachers of WENDY HOUSE, the primary kindergarten in the Village of Toga, Republic of Fiji, now have a…
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Education and business leaders push for accountable education through passage of Amendment 1
October 30, 2018In a rare showing of bipartisan support, Republican State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman and former Democratic Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum joined a chorus of business leaders and local officials to…
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Mullikin family builds children’s library in the Republic of Fiji
October 30, 2018
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. CAMDEN, S.C. – The children and teachers of WENDY HOUSE, the primary kindergarten in the Village of Toga, Republic of Fiji, now have a…
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High School Teams Receive Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam™ Grant for Invention Projects
October 29, 201815 Student Teams Nationwide Awarded up to $10K in Grants to Address Local Problems The Lemelson-MIT Program announced the 2018–2019 InvenTeams, 15 teams of high school students nationwide, each receiving up…
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Richland Two Institute of Innovation team receives Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant
October 29, 2018
A Richland Two Institute of Innovation (R2i2) class is one of 15 student teams from across the country to be named a 2018–2019 InvenTeam by the Lemelson-MIT Program. Teams receive…
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Wando’s yearbook staff earns Best Yearbook in the State
October 28, 2018For the first time in Wando’s history, the high school’s yearbook, Legend, has been named the Best Yearbook in South Carolina by the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association at the…
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At-risk youth to benefit from SC State, Clemson partnership
October 26, 2018
SC State University, in partnership with Clemson University, has received a five-year, $1.28 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum…
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Cybersecurity Legal Task Force formed at University of South Carolina School of Law
October 26, 2018
Coinciding with October’s designation as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the University of South Carolina School of Law created a Cybersecurity Legal Task Force to better inform the legal profession and the public on cyber threat information…
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TransformSC bus tour takes lawmakers, business leaders, and education advocates to Florence, Sumter schools
October 26, 2018
TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, took a group of 40 policymakers, business leaders, educators, and education advocates on a tour of schools in Florence and…
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Richland Two announces first Rookie Teacher of the Block
October 26, 2018Richland School District Two, announced that Round Top Elementary school special education teacher Brett Frye is the first H&R Block Rookie Teacher of the Block. The district and the tax…
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College of Charleston implements Clear Bag Policy at all ticketed athletics events
October 25, 2018
In order to expedite entry and provide a safe and secure environment for our student-athletes, staff, fans, guests and visitors, College of Charleston Athletics has implemented a Clear Bag Policy…
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The Citadel Graduate College celebrates 50 years of educating leaders
October 25, 2018Mitchell Lee, recording sensation and Citadel alumnus to perform at anniversary tailgate Oct. 27 The Citadel Graduate College educates students in classrooms on campus and online around the world. However,…
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Atlanta-based ArtsNow awarded AAEDD Grant to fund smART Literacy! project in South Carolina schools
October 25, 2018
Charleston County School District chosen as a beneficiary of $2.27 million+ ArtsNow grant ArtsNow Learning (ArtsNow) has been selected to receive funding through the US Department of Education’s (USDOE) Assistance…
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Group facilitator Thetyka Robinson joins TCCC staff
October 25, 2018
Thetyka Robinson to lead facilitation of TCCC’s networks, consortia and project teams Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative has hired Thetyka Robinson as Director of Facilitation. Robinson is responsible for the facilitation…
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South Carolina students outperform nation on SAT and Advanced Placement examinations
October 25, 2018The College Board released national and South Carolina specific results for their SAT and Advanced Placement assessments. South Carolina students scored fifteen points above the national average on the SAT exam and exceeded…
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Career & job Fair 2019 @ SHHS
October 25, 2018Spring Hill High School Careers Pathway Magnet cordially invites you to participate with our first Career & Job Fair on Friday, January 18, 2019, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at…
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Art & Essay Contest Announcement
October 25, 2018
Every Year the Atlantic Institute has an Art & Essay contest for Middle and High School students with amazing prizes. This year’s theme is: “Building Community: The Role of Teens.” If…
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EdVenture Children’s Museum receives federal funding to address statewide educational challenges
October 25, 2018
EdVenture Children’s Museum has been awarded two federal grants totaling $397,493 from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in support of its statewide early education and youth development…
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Career & job Fair 2019 @ SHHS
October 25, 2018
Spring Hill High School Careers Pathway Magnet cordially invites you to participate with our first Career & Job Fair on Friday, January 18, 2019, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at…
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Lexington District One celebrates 30 Teachers of the Year
October 24, 2018The certified staff at each of Lexington County School District One’s 30 schools recently chose one certified teacher to represent them in the district’s 2018–2019 Teacher of the Year selection…
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Lexington District One celebrates 30 Teachers of the Year
October 24, 2018The certified staff at each of Lexington County School District One’s 30 schools recently chose one certified teacher to represent them in the district’s 2018–2019 Teacher of the Year selection…
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Charleston County School District receives Accreditation from AdvancED
October 23, 2018The Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees learned Monday afternoon that the district will receive its first-ever system-wide accreditation from AdvancED, the world’s foremost education accrediting agency. AdvancED…
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