By Al Dozier The Irmo community was invited to offer feedback as Lexington-Richland District 5 begins a huge project to replace the east wing of Irmo High School. Local residents received a preview of the $50 million project at a gathering of students and citizens May 18 at Irmo HighContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five senior Hailey Figueroa has been selected as the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Technology Champion of the Year for the Midlands. Figueroa is a student in the Digital Art and Design program at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies. She plans to attend Midlands Technical CollegeContinue Reading
Leaphart Elementary School STEAM Magnet first grade teacher, Sarah Guffey, has been selected as the 2021 Green Outstanding Educator of the Year by Keep the Midlands Beautiful. The award is given annually to recognize an individual in Richland County, Lexington County, or in the City of Columbia who facilitates learningContinue Reading
Several Lexington-Richland School District Five students won awards in the annual SC Economics Challenge held by the SC Council of Economic Education at the Darla Moore School of Business. The SC Economics Challenge is a state-wide competition open to high school students in grades 9-12. There are two divisions, AdamContinue Reading
Fourth and fifth-grade art students at River Springs Elementary School recently participated in the Shred360 15 Years of Shredding Logo Contest. Lyra S. was the grand prize winner and her logo design will be displayed on one of the Shred360 shredding trucks. The River Springs Art Department will be awardedContinue Reading
The Celebrate Freedom Foundation (CFF) STEM Education Program visited several schools in Lexington-Richland School District Five to emphasize the importance of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in middle schools and high schools. CFF has been visiting schools for 10 years. The program’s mission is to help build aContinue Reading
Students from Dutch Fork High School received awards during the South Carolina Technology Student Association competition (SCTSA) Conference in March at the Academy for Arts, Science, and Technology in Myrtle Beach. The Technological Student Association (TSA) is a non-profit organization of high school student members who are interested in STEAM-relatedContinue Reading
A Lexington-Richland School District Five student won an award in the 2022 Magnet Schools of America Poster Contest. Layla Young, a seventh grader at Irmo Middle School International Academic Magnet, received third place in the middle school level in the nationwide competition. The contest highlights and promotes magnet schools acrossContinue Reading
Two Lexington-Richland School District Five teachers have received scholarships from Delta Kappa Gamma Society (DKG) International. DKG is an organization of educational leaders who promote professional and personal growth of women educators. Kaylee Susong is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship. Susong is a second-year kindergarten teacher at Nursery RoadContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five announced its new Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year during a May 2 ceremony. Elisa Westfall, an English teacher at CrossRoads Intermediate School, was named School District Five’s 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year during the district’s Employee Recognition Program. Katlyn Krumrey, aContinue Reading
Fifteen students from Dutch Fork High School were recently named the winners of the Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity of the University of South Carolina Rube Goldberg Invention Competition. The contest was developed from the creative cartoons of William Heath Robinson and Pulitzer Prize winning Ruben Lucious Goldberg. Both ofContinue Reading