Archive By Section - Education
KCSD won't make up two snow days
The Kershaw County Board of School Trustees has voted to accept the state's forgiveness of two inclement weather days. According to the updated calendar, May 26-27 will be half-days for students. May 27 will also be the last day for students.
Team Doby's Mill
Doby's Mill Elementary School hosted a mini Relay for Life on a recent half-day of school. Students who brought in $1 to support finding a cure for cancer were allowed to wear a hat all day and walk on the school's fitness trail during their Related Arts period. Participants include Rebecca Thrall's third-grade class, with Tech Lab teacher Amanda Raper. More than $400 was raised for Relay for Life through this event.
Junior Beta
Forty-four Lugoff Elementary School fifth-graders were inducted into the National Junior Beta Club. These students were selected based on the high academic achievement they obtained in the classroom and on standardized tests during the fourth grade year in school. The mission of the Junior Beta Club is to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. Lugoff Elementary's officers are the following: Justin Dorton, president; Natalie ...
A hometown feel
When Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan asked North Central High School (NCHS) Principal Worth Thomasson if he knew of any former Bethune High School teachers, Thomasson didn't really think anything out of the ordinary.
Junior prospectors
Midway Elementary School third-graders including Ana Lucena and Jeffry Moody learned about properties of rocks and minerals and how to use those properties (like hardness, color, shape, luster) to identify them as part of a science unit of study. The students were treated to a mobile mining experience to cap their study when Diamond Del's Gem Mining Adventure visited the school. Each student was given a tray which they rinsed and searched for rocks and minerals, taking ...
Weighing in
It looked like all fun and games as Melissa Smith's third-graders bounced from station to station weighing themselves, book bags, books, and jackets, but Wateree Elementary students Wade McIntyre, Davis Turbyfill, Logan Butler, and Gauge Peavy were actually learning about weight and scales from student teacher Christen Pruett.
Honor rolls announced at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School
Lugoff-Elgin Middle School has reported its third-week honor rolls. Sixth grade All A Honor Roll -- Eryn Cameron, Elliott Campbell, Katelyn Elyard, Amelia Erwin, Savannah Harvey, Chloe Horton, Dalton Jordan, Jacob Kidd, Sidney Kull, Austin McAvoy, Madison McKim, Tessa Ortiz, Katilyn Pickle, William Pryor, Sean Riester, Bryan Robinson, Caroline Rowell, Taylor Sinay, Raymond Steven, Jenna Sulzer, Katelyn Swails, Laura Tautkus, Sarah Thompson and Charles Thrall. All A/B Honor Roll -- ...
TSA honor students recognized
A number of Kershaw County students earned academic recognitions at Thomas Sumter Academy.
School menus -- April 11-15, 2011
The following are menus for Kershaw County schools for the week of April 11-15:
Adult ed director, two principals leaving
Two Kershaw County School District (KCSD) principals and a district administrator will not return to the school district next year.
School budget not out of woods yet
The Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) 2011-12 budget is "much more favorable than expected."
ATEC LPN program to end
The licensed practical nursing (LPN) program at the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) Applied Technical Education Campus (ATEC) will close its doors in favor of Central Carolina Technical College (CCTC) offering first-year LPN classes at the east Camden campus.
Applications accepted for McClester scholarship
Applications will be accepted through May 5 for the 2011 Thomas E. McClester Scholarship Award, given by Camden First United Methodist Church.
Articles by Section - Education
The steel bear
Boyd Parker (first photo, center, in "flame" welding hood), a student at Central Carolina Technical College's (CCTC) Camden campus, welds portions of a steel bear as David Karrell (left, in black and yellow hood) of CCTC's Sumter campus assists. For their efforts, Parker, Karrell and their other classmates won first place at an annual "welding rodeo" held at CCTC's Camden campus near I-20 in April. Camden instructor Shawn Hankins said CCTC has ...
Trustees split in favor of substitute teacher contract
Kelly Services will provide contract substitute teachers to the Kershaw County School District (KCSD). However, the vote to do so was split, 5-4, among members of the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees at their meeting Tuesday.
S.C. Secretary of State visits North Central Middle
S.C. Secretary of State Mark Hammond gave North Central Middle School (NCMS) students an overview of his position within the state of South Carolina.
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