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Students awarded for poster creativity
Four Kershaw County School District students won a regional title in the Santee-Lynches 2012 Poetry and Poster Contest. The theme of this year's contest was "Inspiring Careers: Honoring History."
KCSD sports survey: Middle school girls like soccer most
An athletic interest survey conducted by the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) as part of a voluntary resolution with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) reveals that middle school girls are most interested in playing soccer.
Sheheen concludes state board of education term
Rose Sheheen has spent her life in education and supporting educators. Sheheen taught elementary and middle school and SEAGUL for eight years and was a principal at Blaney Elementary School for 14 years before becoming a district-level employee in Kershaw County. Despite her long-term stint as a school and district administrator, Sheheen always thought of herself as a teacher even, she said, if it was the "boss-teacher or the chief-teacher." ...
KCSD develops arts strategic plan
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) has developed and adopted a brand new strategic plan enabling students to "explore, discover, express, create and succeed" through the exploration of the arts. KCSD administrators and a committee of arts-affiliated community members have worked for several months to develop the "Strategic Plan for the Arts" through the year 2018.
New school board members sworn in
Kershaw County School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan swore in new and returning Kershaw County Board of School Trustees at its first meeting of the year Tuesday morning. With the help of various family members, Derrick Proctor, Louis Clyburn, Ron Blackmon, Mara Horton Jones and Matt Irick swore to preserving and protecting the Constitution of the state of South Carolina and the United States, ...
Feature photo: Reading Celebration Day
Students at North Central Middle School (NCMS) don renaissance hats on Reading Celebration Day, a focus on making reading more pleasurable rather than for just passing a test. Through a grant from International Paper Company, NCMS selected eight of 20 S.C. Junior Book Award Nominee books. The students wearing the hats are (seated, left to right) Lily Crosby, Megan Mizer, Olivia Walsh, Savannah Rabon, Rebecca Greenway, Breanna Bowen, Hannah Parker, Casey Gibson, Branna Thomas, ...
Former CMS site to be reassessed
The old Camden Middle School will be listed for sale in few weeks after a minor beautification process and a reassessment of its value. Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) Director of Operations Billy Smith said as soon as the property dries out they will bring in dirt and plant grass to beautify the property. Demolition of the old school that used to sit on ...
New school trustees ready to go to work
Two of three new Kershaw County school board trustees are looking forward to their first meeting on Jan. 8 and already have some priorities in mind. Life-long Kershaw County resident Louis Clyburn says he has always had a passion for the community and is thankful for the public and the local media's support throughout his campaign. Clyburn is a former DuPont employee who will take Seat No. 5, ...
Montessory donates to animal shelter
(The following information was provided by the Montessori School of Camden.) At a time now, more than ever, we appreciate and realize how precious children and their teachers of our community are. With the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary and the holidays around the corner, we can all use a little hope -- and thanks to the Montessori School of Camden and their inspirational children and teachers, there is hope for us ...
Camden grad student earns fuel cell grant
A former Camden High School (CHS) student is celebrating $25,000 in funding through the Fuel Cell Collaborative, a partnership between the University of South Carolina (USC) and the city of Columbia.
Lending a helping hand
The North Central Middle School Junior Beta Club sponsored a shoe box drive for Samaritan's Purse. The students collected 51 shoe boxes that were then sent to Boone, N.C. before they are delivered to other countries. The students shown in the picture from top left to right are Chance Mangum, Caroline Dixon, Troy Radden, Jordan Sweetenburg, Callie Wooten and Harrison Radden. Second row-Colin Anderson, Abbigale Outlaw, Lakeyana Jordan, Caroline Anderson. In the bottom row are ...
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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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