Lexington-Richland School District Five has named veteran administrator Tina McCaskill as its new Chief of Academics. McCaskill will replace Anna Miller who is retiring. McCaskill currently serves as the Director of Elementary Education for School District Five. Prior to that position, she served as principal and assistant principal of IrmoContinue Reading

An additional five students from Lexington-Richland School District Five have earned a National Merit Scholarship. Elizabeth Bouknight (Dutch Fork High, Clemson University), Joseph Hodges (Irmo High, University of South Carolina), Brett Markland (Dutch Fork High, University of South Carolina), Ansley Othersen (Chapin High, University of Alabama) and Eleanor Prosser (DutchContinue Reading

Two Lexington-Richland School District Five students received top awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF). A program of the Society for Science for over 70 years, Regeneron ISEF is the world’s largest global science competition for high schoolers. Carlynn Rychener (Chapin High) and Andy Yang (DutchContinue Reading

Two School District Five students were graduated from a collaborative job-training program at Midlands Technical College called Building Occupational Opportunities in the Midlands (BOOM). They were honored during a graduation ceremony May 26. The graduates from School District Five were Miguel Hill (Dutch Fork High) and Charles Schuler (Chapin High).Continue Reading

School District Five celebrated its eighth year of the student-initiative Project SEARCH, graduating students from the program during a May 25 ceremony at Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge. The four students who graduated in the class of 2023 include Carolina Cook (Spring Hill High), Sydney Dunlap (Dutch Fork High), Emma McPhersonContinue Reading

Two Lexington-Richland School District Five students have earned awards from the Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA). Senior Eleanor Prosser has been selected as the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Technology Champion of the Year for the Midlands. Veronica Cain has been named the Midlands Work-Based Learning (WBL) Student ofContinue Reading

Lexington-Richland School District Five has named longtime administrator Rebecca Dilley the new principal at Dutch Fork Elementary School. Dilley has served as assistant principal of instruction at Chapin Intermediate School since 2019. Prior to that job, she served as an administrative assistant principal at Ballentine Elementary School. She has alsoContinue Reading

Lexington-Richland School District Five announced its new Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year during a May 16 ceremony. Grace Abbott, an English teacher at Chapin High School, was named School District Five’s 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year during the district’s Employee Recognition Program. Elizabeth Balog, aContinue Reading

Three Lexington-Richland Schools District Five educators have been inducted into Newberry College’s Hall of Master Teachers. The society’s awards recognize graduates of Newberry College for exemplary dedication, service and excellence in the field of education. Each year, honorees are selected for five awards, each recognizing a different area of distinction:Continue Reading