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DUI crash gives Lexington High School boost in SC State Basketball Championship

DUI crash gives Lexington High School boost in SC State Basketball Championship

The Lexington boys basketball team beat the Goose Creek powerhouse 72-61 in order to make the State 4A finals for the first time in 10 years. The game was played in Charleston, SC which meant a road trip for the... (Continue reading)

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South Carolina Department of Education to host dropout prevention summit

South Carolina Department of Education to host dropout prevention summit

Nationwide, nearly one in three U.S. high school students drops out before graduating. Approximately 1.2 million students drop out each year—7,000 every school day, one every 26 seconds. Not all students learn in the same way, and not all struggling students need... (Continue reading)

Irmo high school gets new principal

Irmo high school gets new principal

Rob Weinkle, currently principal of a high school in Asheville, North Carolina, has been named the new principal of Irmo High School, effective July 1. Weinkle will succeed current principal Eddie Walker, who is retiring this school year. Weinkle has served as... (Continue reading)

Columbia math teacher helps redefine the art of teaching

Columbia math teacher helps redefine the art of teaching

The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Fellows, who teach science and mathematics in high schools across 31 states and are impacting 14,000 students in the 2009-2010 academic year alone, are redefining teaching by bringing a new level... (Continue reading)

School board selects new Columbia, SC principal for District 5

School board selects new Columbia, SC principal for District 5

Starting on July 1, Irmo High School, outside of Columbia, SC, will have a new principal. The District 5 school board agreed to hire Rob Weinkle for the job. Weinkle is currently the Roberson High School Principal in Asheville, NC. Weinkle... (Continue reading)

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Robots bring local youths to USC

Robots bring local youths to USC

DailyGameock.com is reporting the following: Optimus Prime has nothing on these kids. Two robotics teams from Richland School District One, a combination of Dreher High School and Lower Richland High School and a team from W.J. Keenan High School, came... (Continue reading)

Clemson University and South Carolina Department of Education announce new partnership, initiatives

Clemson University and South Carolina Department of Education announce new partnership, initiatives

Clemson University and the South Carolina Department of Education Thursday announced a major gift of Upstate forestland and cash to support a new partnership aimed at providing unique professional development opportunities for teachers to renew their enthusiasm for the teaching... (Continue reading)

Clemson’s Youth Learning Institute selects students for leadership program

Clemson's Youth Learning Institute selects students for leadership program

A select group of rising seventh-graders in Manning not only will brave the transition from elementary to junior high school this fall; they will serve as leaders in their school. The nine students from Manning Elementary attended the Clarendon County Preteen... (Continue reading)

SC art students sought for 2010 Picasso Project

SC art students sought for 2010 Picasso Project

Tuesday December 15th, 2009 through Friday February 5th, 2010: The Children’s Trust of South Carolina invites South Carolina students in grades six through 12 to participate in The Picasso Project student art competition, open to all public, private and home schools... (Continue reading)

University of South Carolina jumps 28 spots on Kiplinger’s 2009 “Best Values in Public Colleges”

University of South Carolina jumps 28 spots on Kiplinger's 2009

The University of South Carolina jumped 28 spots to rank No. 32 among the nation’s public universities that “deliver strong academics at affordable prices” for in-state students, according to Kiplinger’s 2009 – 10 “Best Values in Public Colleges.” The ranking appears... (Continue reading)

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