Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold their second Magnet Fair on Thursday, January 6 giving families in the district an opportunity to explore offerings at several of its schools. More than a hundred people attended the first Magnet Fair of the year last month. The event is scheduled to takeContinue Reading
Isaac Archer Case, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Roger Case of Irmo, South Carolina, was awarded a Master of Engineering from the University of South Carolina on Monday, December 15, 2021. Case’ degree is in Biomedical Engineering. Case graduates with a 3.95 gpa.Continue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five educator Ali Hendrick was recognized with an AP Human Geography Distinguished Teaching Award by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE). The AP Human Geography Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes excellence in geography teaching for the AP Human Geography course and is given out annually. NCGE recognizesContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold its 2022 Teacher Recruitment Event on January 8 to give educators seeking employment in the district an opportunity to talk one-on-one with administrators. The virtual recruitment event will provide live video chat features for candidates, live chat rooms with current teachers in the districtContinue Reading
Students devouring books? That was the scene when East Point Academy third grade teacher, Ms. Lester, held a “Book Tasting” in the school’s cafeteria complete with chef’s hats, custom menus, and yummy literary fun. Students got to “taste” three different genres, and review these using one-to-five stars supported by writtenContinue Reading
This week, students at Irmo, Dutch Fork, Chapin, and Spring Hill High Schools had the opportunity to meet with Midshipman 2/C Colin Creighton to discuss the process and requirements for admission to the US Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, MD. As the undergraduate college of the country’s naval service, theContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is launching a new initiative to teach students about school bus safety. “We realized that because of the pandemic many students have never ridden a school bus and many have very few hours riding on a school bus,” said School District Five Transportation Coordinator Wil Williams.Continue Reading
Members of the InvenTeam from the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) placed first at the Annual Pumpkin Chunkin’ competition and Fall into Science Festival on November 13. Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) hosts the annual event. InvenTeam members present atContinue Reading
Mckenzie Grace Smith is an active energetic student a 3rd grader in the Escolares Academy at Harbison West Elementary. She is pictured here with a trophy she earned with her soccer team, the ICRC Cosmos Soccer Team. They went undefeated this year. Mckenzie is extremely active and helped Irmo TownContinue Reading
A Lexington-Richland School District Five educator and the current South Carolina Teacher of the Year has been selected for a prestigious statewide education policy program. Amy Carter, Chapin High School teacher and the 2022 South Carolina Teacher of the Year, is one of 8 professional and civic leaders selected toContinue Reading
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties is seeking a community member to serve a three-year term as its representative on the Richland County Board of Assessment Appeals. The primary responsibility of the Board of Assessment Appeals is to hear and rule on appeals related to property tax assessmentContinue Reading