Columbia College announces new scholarship honoring community leader Judy Davis
March 17, 2017
Columbia College announces the establishment of a scholarship for incoming, first-year students in memory of Judy Davis, Columbia businesswoman and community leader. The Judith Monastra Davis Leadership Scholarship will award…
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Columbia College announces new scholarship honoring community leader Judy Davis
March 17, 2017
Columbia College announces the establishment of a scholarship for incoming, first-year students in memory of Judy Davis, Columbia businesswoman and community leader. The Judith Monastra Davis Leadership Scholarship will award…
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Scholarly journal features LMES teacher
March 17, 2017A Lake Murray Elementary teacher’s passion for all things literacy earned her a spot in the latest edition of a statewide scholarly journal. As part of her master’s program at…
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District Five Office of Finance & Operations awarded GFOA Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
March 16, 2017Lexington-Richland School District Five’s Office of Finance and Operations has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the…
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Spring Valley High School (Discovery and Explorations) named National Magnet School of Distinction by Magnet Schools of America
March 16, 2017
Spring Valley High School has been named a National Magnet School of Distinction by Magnet Schools of America, the national association for magnet and theme-based schools. Spring Valley High School’s…
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Charleston student wins state poetry Out Loud championship
March 14, 2017The South Carolina Arts Commission announces Janae Claxton, a junior at First Baptist School in Charleston, as the 2017 South Carolina Poetry Out Loud state champion. Claxton now advances to…
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Jones’ invitation to Music for All hits the right note
March 14, 2017Music for All, one of the nation’s largest music education organizations, invited River Bluff High Student Ian Merlin Jones to perform with its 2017 Honor Band of America, a prestigious…
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Lexington Middle becomes IB World School
March 14, 2017After four years of hard work, Lexington Middle School turned the page on its journey toward improving instruction by achieving International Baccalaureate World School status. The casual observer walking the…
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PHS culinary arts cooks up eighth at state
March 14, 2017It is not an easy task to compete using only two butane burners and two 8-foot tables. Nonetheless, Pelion High’s culinary arts team brought home eighth place from the…
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PHS culinary arts cooks up eighth at state
March 14, 2017It is not an easy task to compete using only two butane burners and two 8-foot tables. Nonetheless, Pelion High’s culinary arts team brought home eighth place from the…
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Lexington Middle becomes IB World School
March 14, 2017
After four years of hard work, Lexington Middle School turned the page on its journey toward improving instruction by achieving International Baccalaureate World School status. The casual observer walking the…
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Jones’ invitation to Music for All hits the right note
March 14, 2017
Music for All, one of the nation’s largest music education organizations, invited River Bluff High Student Ian Merlin Jones to perform with its 2017 Honor Band of America, a prestigious…
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AdvancED Team recommends national district-wide accreditation
March 13, 2017During a March 8, 2017 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board received a report from an AdvancED External Review Team as…
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Two long-time Trident Tech employees promoted
March 13, 2017Two long-time Trident Technical College employees have taken on new roles at the college. Dr. Catharine Almquist has been named vice president for academic affairs. In this role, she is…
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AdvancED Team recommends national district-wide accreditation for Lexington One
March 13, 2017During a March 8, 2017 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board received a report from an AdvancED External Review Team as…
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Richland County Sheriff serves as VIP judge at regional debate tournament
March 13, 2017By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott was among seven ‘VIP judges’ for the finals in the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) District A…
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AdvancED Team recommends national district-wide accreditation for Lexington One
March 13, 2017During a March 8, 2017 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board received a report from an AdvancED External Review Team as…
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Richland County Sheriff serves as VIP judge at regional debate tournament
March 13, 2017
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott was among seven ‘VIP judges’ for the finals in the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) District A…
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Sandlapper Elementary achieves Lighthouse School status
March 10, 2017
Sandlapper Elementary has been designated a Lighthouse School, by implementing The Leader in Me process. The school was commended for achieving positive school and student outcomes as well as having…
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PTA brings two Buddy Benches to NPES
March 8, 2017Students at New Providence Elementary have two new places to meet friends thanks to the hard work of the PTA. Along with generous donors, the NPES PTA recently unveiled a…
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Schools prove — All means All
March 8, 2017Try as he might, Lexington High Student Vaj James Runkle could not stop smiling as he and his teammates came to the stage one by one to receive their athletic…
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Schools prove — All means All
March 8, 2017
Try as he might, Lexington High Student Vaj James Runkle could not stop smiling as he and his teammates came to the stage one by one to receive their athletic…
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PTA brings two Buddy Benches to NPES
March 8, 2017Students at New Providence Elementary have two new places to meet friends thanks to the hard work of the PTA. Along with generous donors, the NPES PTA recently unveiled a…
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Softdocs helps Middlesex Community College move toward goal of self-service paperless campus
March 7, 2017Etrieve Enterprise Content Management Platform to Improve Productivity Across Institution’s Bedford and Lowell, Mass. Campuses In an effort to give self-service capabilities to students and reduce paper touchpoints between offices…
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Softdocs helps Middlesex Community College move toward goal of self-service paperless campus
March 7, 2017
Etrieve Enterprise Content Management Platform to Improve Productivity Across Institution’s Bedford and Lowell, Mass. Campuses In an effort to give self-service capabilities to students and reduce paper touchpoints between offices…
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Nation’s premiere scholarship program awards Columbia, SC student $20,000 for college
March 6, 2017
Jenning Chen, an exceptional senior at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, SC, has been recognized as one of the country’s most outstanding high school leaders by the CocaCola Scholars…
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MGMS robotics teams finish season in winner’s circle
March 6, 2017Students from Meadow Glen Middle School came away winners from both the regional and state FIRST LEGO League competitions. In December, MGMS’s two robotics teams placed in the regional FIRST…
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WKHS head athletic trainer receives Athletic Training Service Award
March 6, 2017LEXINGTON, SC – White Knoll High School Head Athletic Trainer Sheila C. Gordon recently added another accolade to her list of career achievements. Gordon received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s…
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MGMS robotics teams finish season in winner’s circle
March 6, 2017Students from Meadow Glen Middle School came away winners from both the regional and state FIRST LEGO League competitions. In December, MGMS’s two robotics teams placed in the regional FIRST…
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WKHS head athletic trainer receives Athletic Training Service Award
March 6, 2017
LEXINGTON, SC – White Knoll High School Head Athletic Trainer Sheila C. Gordon recently added another accolade to her list of career achievements. Gordon received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s…
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Teacher + leader = history
March 3, 2017Lexington High Mathematics Teacher Erika O. Perry spends weekdays surrounded by numbers, calculations and formulas. On the weekends, however, she enters a world of camouflage and command centers. During a…
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Teacher + leader = history
March 3, 2017
Lexington High Mathematics Teacher Erika O. Perry spends weekdays surrounded by numbers, calculations and formulas. On the weekends, however, she enters a world of camouflage and command centers. During a…
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South Carolina Law Review elects first black woman editor in chief
March 2, 2017
For the first time in its 69-year history the South Carolina Law Review has elected an African American to serve as its editor in chief. Chelsea Evans, a second-year law…
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Announcing new summer program for teens
March 1, 2017
Open House Announcing new summer program for teens led by dozens of business experts Open House to be held at NEXT Innovation Center on March 13, 2017, 5:00-7:00 p.m. GREENVILLE,…
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College of Charleston students to launch global sustainability project in Cameroon
March 1, 2017Armed with multiple business plan proposals, a microfinance loan training program, 13 iPads, soccer equipment and thousands of educational care packages, seven College of Charleston students will leave for a…
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SCASA’s Foundation for Educational Leadership hosts gala celebrating public school graduates
March 1, 2017
The South Carolina Foundation for Educational Leadership, the South Carolina Association of School Administrators’ (SCASA) non-profit arm, is hosting its inaugural gala on Friday, March 17, to celebrate distinguished public…
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SCASA’s Foundation for Educational Leadership hosts gala celebrating public school graduates
March 1, 2017
The South Carolina Foundation for Educational Leadership, the South Carolina Association of School Administrators’ (SCASA) non-profit arm, is hosting its inaugural gala on Friday, March 17, to celebrate distinguished public…
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Business classes now offered in the evening at TTC’s downtown Charleston campus
February 28, 2017
Opportunities are now available for individuals to work on an associate degree in business by taking evening classes at Trident Technical College’s Palmer Campus, located in downtown Charleston. The course…
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TTC receives grant from Bosch to support IT Career Clusters
February 27, 2017
Trident Technical College was awarded a grant of $49,872 from the Bosch Community Fund to support IT Career Clusters, a two-year project designed to develop a new Social/Digital Media Marketing…
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TTC receives grant from Bosch to support IT Career Clusters
February 27, 2017
Trident Technical College was awarded a grant of $49,872 from the Bosch Community Fund to support IT Career Clusters, a two-year project designed to develop a new Social/Digital Media Marketing…
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Blythewood Middle School again named “A School to Watch”
February 27, 2017
Blythewood Middle School has been re-designated as a 2017 School to Watch by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. The program honors the work of middle schools implementing…
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GSSM accepting applications for its GoSciTech residential summer camps
February 27, 2017
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is now accepting applications for GoSciTech, its week-long, residential, STEM camps for rising 8th – 10th graders on GSSM’s Hartsville…
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GSSM accepting applications for its GoSciTech residential summer camps
February 27, 2017
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is now accepting applications for GoSciTech, its week-long, residential, STEM camps for rising 8th – 10th graders on GSSM’s Hartsville…
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Hammond Merit Scholars Program seeks applicants
February 23, 2017
The Hammond Scholars Program seeks prospective 9th and 10th grade students outside the Hammond community who exhibit great academic promise, are in the top of their class, and are leaders…
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Couple establishes endowed scholarship for political science, business majors
February 22, 2017
A random encounter in statistics class turned into a harmonious union for Gary Gaulin ’79 and his wife, Jody Guy Gaulin ’78. The couple has established a new endowed scholarship…
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Couple establishes endowed scholarship for political science, business majors
February 22, 2017
A random encounter in statistics class turned into a harmonious union for Gary Gaulin ’79 and his wife, Jody Guy Gaulin ’78. The couple has established a new endowed scholarship…
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Students and schools across the country awarded for kindness
February 21, 201710x digital Gives 4th Place Award to Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School Student to aid Peruvian Orphanage Couponbox announced three winners today for its First Annual Kid Kindness Month…
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South Carolina General Assembly declares February 22, 2017 Harbison History Day in honor of Black History Month
February 21, 2017
In support of Black History Month, the South Carolina General Assembly passed a resolution declaring February 22, 2017, as Harbison History Day in South Carolina. Midlands Technical College pioneered the…
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First Choice member scholarship applications due March 15
February 21, 2017
First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is offering two scholarships to qualified applicants who are furthering their education or pursuing a second career in 2017. The annual First…
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First Choice member scholarship applications due March 15
February 21, 2017
First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is offering two scholarships to qualified applicants who are furthering their education or pursuing a second career in 2017. The annual First…
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