A thirst for literature

After reading the story, "Lemonade for Sale," second-graders at Lugoff Elementary School made and sold lemonade at the school. The funds generated -- $151.83 – were donated to Relay For Life. Here, second-graders Aneesa Williams and Christopher Parmely serve Samara Mok, Alexia Hopkins and Brayton Boone.

Jackson to serve as interim prinicpal at Midway

Retired school administrator Theodore Jackson was appointed by the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees Tuesday to serve as the interim principal for Midway Elementary School effective Jan. 3.

Board OKs up to $1.25 million for real estate

The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) will spend up to $1.25 million to purchase an undisclosed piece of property in order to relocate its district office.

Marketing goes silly at L-EHS

Lugoff-Elgin High School's (L-EHS) first-block marketing class has combined its T-shirt ideas with the newly popular trend, Silly-Bands. Students will be able to show school spirit with not only an awesome t-shirt, but a variety of L-EHS themed silly bands!

Fall fun at BDK

Blaney honor rolls reported

Blaney Elementary School has announced its honor rolls for the first nine-week period

Honor roll students named at Stover Middle

Leslie M. Stover Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the first nine-week period.

Peanut butter mountain

Students at the Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC) collected a whopping 907 jars of peanut butter during Red Ribbon Week in October as a part of ATEC's annual project to benefit the food bank of Christian Community Ministries. Students were asked to bring jars of peanut butter which had red either on the label or on the top. The total easily surpassed the previous high of 614 jars. Students in the protective ...

LES first-graders have a 'POW WOW Day'

Dozens of Lugoff Elementary School (LES) first-graders arrived at school dressed as Pilgrims and Native Americans Tuesday morning, all in honor of the school's annual POW WOW Day.

PTHS reports student honor rolls

First grade • All A Honor Roll- Alayna Arant, Braxton Beasley, Scyvion Boykin, Rebecca Branham, Jordan Brown, Wesley Crane, Nellie Deas, Nasir Edwards, Candler Hayes, Riley Horton, Lamariyana Houston, Lamar Keit, Aprilia Massow, Caitlyn Pandolph, Corleigh Pandolph, Jaylen Pate, Dakota Schoolfield and Levi Taylor. • A/B Honor Roll – Levis Aquilar, Jacob Bass, Kahari Brisbon, Zachary Cameron, Wyatt Cassady, Jonathan ...

Stanley to leave Midway for SCDE

The Kershaw County School Board accepted the resignation Nov. 16 of Midway Elementary School Principal Jewell Stanley effective Dec. 31. Stanley will take a position in the S.C. Department of Education's (SDE) federal and state accountability office overseeing Title I programs.

Team spirit

The Lugoff-Elgin Middle School Media Center recently became a competitive arena with students battling to see who would win Clemson or Carolina. The students – including Jonathan Lowder, Corey Bledsoe, Bobbie Schermbeck , Erin Carraway, Angela Hill and Austin Teague -- put together their team's puzzle before and after school and at lunch time. While the competition was heated and close, Carolina won by about 35 pieces.

L-EMS honor rolls reported

Sixth grade All A Honor Roll -- Chandler Barrett, William Blankenship, Makayla Bradley, Eryn Cameron, Katelyn, Elyard, Amelia Erwin, Savannah Harvey, Sophia, Holland, Chloe Horton, Dalton Jordan, Dakota Kelly, Jacob Kidd, Sidney Kull, Tyler Matthews, Austin McAvoy, Madison McKin, Sydney Miyaski, Tessa Ortiz, Tirek Pate, Williams Pryor, Sean Riester, Bryan Robinson, Caroline Rowell, Samuel Sims, Taylor Sinay, Trey Stevens, Jenna Sulzer, Katelyn Swails, Alexis Taylor, ...

Trustees approve new round of projects

With as much as $8 million remaining from bond sources, the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees unanimously approved several school construction projects during its Tuesday meeting.

A-head of the game

Landen Mills and Jakob Pressley are ready for some football! These Wateree Elementary School first-graders worked with teacher Melisa Blankenship to measure the circumference of the ball. Then, the group used the tape measure to find other objects with a similar circumference. They discovered that their heads were pretty close to the circumference of a football.

CMA graduate continues family legacy with graduation