Irmo High School junior Justin Hayes won the 4A 152 weight class division in the Wrestling State Championship at Dreher High School on March 6. The win was incredibly special for Hayes because he missed weight for last year’s upper state tournament and was unable to compete. “I was soContinue Reading
Irmo High School International School for the Arts and the Irmo High School Education Foundation are accepting nominations for the school’s Hall of Fame class of 2021 with a deadline of January 19. Nominees must be graduates or former faculty/staff of Irmo High School. Alumni must have graduated five yearsContinue Reading
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized Irmo High School’s Sarah Ostergaard as the South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program’s Educator of the Month for December. “Ms. Ostergaard’s credentials exemplify her outstanding experience in real world money matters, but it’s her passion for teaching personal finance that’s so impactful,”Continue Reading
Irmo High School varsity football coach Aaron Brand has been named by his peers as the 2020 South Carolina Region 4A Coach of the Year. The award is presented annually. “I am extremely honored and blessed to receive such a high honor,” Brand said. “The fact that my peers chose meContinue Reading
Irmo High School International School for the Arts and the Irmo High School Education Foundation are accepting nominations for the school’s Hall of Fame class of 2021 with a deadline of January 19, 2021. Nominees must be graduates or former faculty/staff of Irmo High School. Alumni must have graduated fiveContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo’s varsity football Yellow Jackets got one step closer to earning a berth in the Class 4A playoffs with last week’s 33-14 region win against Lugoff-Elgin, and now they have just two tough contests ahead of them to complete the regular season. The first is Friday atContinue Reading
By CT McDonald After last week’s 28-20 non-region win against the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets, Irmo’s varsity football team has recorded only one loss thus far, and that one to the region’s undefeated A. C. Flora Falcons. The Yellow Jackets (3-1 overall, 2-1 region) took their first loss two weeksContinue Reading
By CT McDonald The Yellow Jackets’ varsity football team has started this short season undefeated after two Region 4-4A games, and they will be headed to Memorial Stadium Friday to take on the only other undefeated team in the region, the A. C. Flora Falcons. Irmo improved to 2-0, 2-0Continue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo High School athletic teams will compete in a new region and classification this year under the recent South Carolina High School League’s (SCHSL) region realignment for 2020 – 2022. They are about to get that new season started, with guidelines and requirements in place to preventContinue Reading
The renowned Irmo Marching Band is in band camp this week in spite of the pandemic. “We’ve had to make a few changes to work this out,” said Assistant Band Director Laurie Turner. The sections such as woodwinds and brass are rehearsing in the parking lot of the highContinue Reading
A Lexington-Richland School District Five teacher has been named a Professional Development Schools (PDS) Doctoral Fellow through the University of South Carolina (UofSC) College of Education. Charity Simmons (Irmo High School) is the most recent School District Five teacher chosen for the doctoral fellowship aimed to support practicing teachers andContinue Reading