Harbison West Elementary School hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate new upgrades to the school playgrounds. Both the kindergarten and elementary playground received new sun canopies and new play equipment was installed for the kindergarten recess area. “Recess is an important part of the school day where kids can interactContinue Reading
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties is offering a Virtual Community Forum to present information and receive input about the proposed bond referendum. Superintendent Dr. Akil E. Ross, Sr., will present the options to be considered by the Board of Trustees and will answer questions from attendees. TheContinue Reading
Over two dozen students from the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) competed in the South Carolina Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference in March. Students representing engineering disciplines, digital art and media production, machine tool, as well as the architecture program placed in all of their respective competitions. TheContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five teacher, Amy Medlock-Greene, has been selected from a national pool of applicants as one of thirty-six participants for Session I of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program “As Freedom Grows: Legacy of Early African American & the Gullah-Geechee People,” being held from July 10-16,Continue Reading
Seven Oaks Elementary School MEDIA Magnet has received a $2,968.00 Arts Teacher Support (ATS) grant from the South Carolina Art Commission. The ATC grant is to support innovation in arts classrooms by helping arts teachers acquire supplies, materials, professional development, and tools/expertise. Angela McBride and Crista Bendenbaugh wrote and collaboratedContinue Reading
Students receive report cards each quarter, as well as interim report cards in the middle of each quarter. A student’s report card provides a numeric score of competency in each subject area and is often considered a predictor of future success. However, a student’s report card does not describe whetherContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named finalists for its 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: Robin Amick, a Dutch Fork High School Engineering teacher; Sara Kimberlin, a Chapin High School English teacher; and Elisa Westfall, a CrossRoads Intermediate School English teacher. Amick has served at Dutch ForkContinue Reading
Seven Oaks Elementary School MEDIA Magnet Teacher Leslie Jones and student Ky’mani Mercer have been named the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce Teacher and Student of the Month for March. “Leslie Jones is not only a third-grade teacher at Seven Oaks Elementary, but she is also our Teacher of the Year,” SevenContinue Reading
By Dr. Akil Ross The African proverb, It takes a village to raise a child, is often used to reiterate how vital the community is to the successful raising of a child. I have heard this proverb hundreds of times but I never thought about who makes up the village.Continue Reading
Kendall Smith, a biomedical science student at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) and also a student at Spring Hill High School, won first place at the South Carolina HOSA-Future Health Professionals state competition in the area of Sports Medicine. She received the award during the 2022 HOSAContinue Reading
The Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise had the honor of hosting and recognizing the Chapin-area Teachers of the Year. Pictured are ( Front Row ) Diana Penning – Spring Hill High School, Sarah Dukes – Chapin Middle School, Sam Werts – Chapin Elementary, Ashley Zeigler – Lake Murray Elementary, MariaContinue Reading