Education

The honors keep rolling in for Airport High track and field star Jayla Jamison. The rising sophomore has been named the girls’ South Carolina Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards in high school athletics. The award—recognizing not only athletic excellence but academic achievement and exemplary character— comes on the heels of […]

Richland Northeast High School broadcast students took home three Student Production awards June 8 when they traveled to Atlanta to attend the Southeast Emmy Student Production awards at SCAD. They competed against over 500 entries from more than 35 schools from across the southeast. Only two high schools in South Carolina were even nominated. Breize Brown and Yasmin Lee won […]

The American Legion Auxiliary’s Palmetto Girls State program announced Faith Robertson as the elected Attorney General of its 73rd session on June 13. Robertson is the daughter of Annabelle Robertson and a rising senior at Heathwood Hall. She was selected to attend the week-long leadership and citizenship program based on her leadership skills and involvement in her school and community. […]

Ethena Lighty will have help attending the University of South Carolina this fall, thanks to her selection as a Jimmy Rane Foundation scholar. Lighty is among 39 students selected to receive a scholarship from the foundation this year. She will major in media design. “This scholarship is playing a vital role in my college plans as well as economic future,” […]

Lexington Two has announced the 2019-20 winners of Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year for the district’s schools. This year’s recipients include: Airport High— Teacher of the Year, Vicki Stilwell; Support Staff of the Year, Merry Nichols Brookland- Cayce High—Teacher of the Year, Ryan Van Omen; Support Staff of the Year, Anita Brown Busbee Creative Arts […]

Hammond, an independent school offering students pre-kindergarten through grade 12 a thoughtfully developed academic experience, announced Cherie Herring, Hammond’s lower school music teacher, was the keynote speaker and presenter at the Music EDnet Daytime conference in Melbourne, Australia about effective integration of technology in music education. Herring was invited to speak after she won the 2018 Mike Kovins TIME Teacher […]

It runs in the family. Lower Richland High School senior Zhariah Walker, like two other members of her family, has achieved 12 years of perfect attendance. Inspired by their achievements, Zhariah follows in the footsteps of her mother and older brother Jamal in attaining this goal. “The bar was set high, and I was determined to reach it,” she said. […]

Eight Richland One high school students received enough college credit to be awarded a General College Studies Certificates from Midlands Tech. Pictured at top (l-r) are Lower Richland High School students Chanelle Nelson, Zhariah Walker, Aerial Thomas, and Aaron Jackson. At bottom (l-r) are Eau Claire High School students Precious Breeland, Amauria Covington, Angel Gohel, and Amber Spencer.