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July 31, 2008
Darlington school board asks architects to revisit plans, estimates
Darlington County School District Board of Education requested that architects revisit plans and cost estimates of two proposed projects.
July 30, 2008
S.C. educators chart a course to renew their passions for teaching
“Some of the most caring people in this state are teachers,” said Rick Fisher, director of The Cliffs Foundations, addressing a group of teachers at Clemson’s Youth Learning Institute in mid-July. “So many teachers give their students their hearts and souls; they burnout and they leave the classroom.”
Darlington native garners fellowship
Darlington native Donna Isgett, the vice president for quality and safety at McLeod Health in Florence, is one of 22 business, government and nonprofit professionals selected from around South Carolina to receive a Liberty Fellowship, according to a release from the fellowship.
SCGSSM receives grant from Toyota USA Foundation
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce a $200,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation. This gift will help launch the school’s new Portable Advanced Science Exploration (PASE) project.
July 18, 2008
GSSM receives grant from Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation Fund
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce a recent $3,000 grant contribution from the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation Fund, sponsored by the Central Carolina Community Foundation.
July 16, 2008
Darlington County educators earn credit by learning about agriculture
Educators in Darlington County’s Emmanuel Christian School, West Hartsville Elementary School and Thornwell School of the Arts recently completed a rigorous week learning about the importance of family farmers and domestically produced food, fiber, and fuel at the SC Farm Bureau (SCFB) 2008 Summer Ag in the Classroom Teacher Institute in Anderson, S.C. Participants came away from the institute better equipped to teach their students about the sources of their food, fiber, forestry products and fuel.
School board hears renovation costs
The Darlington County School Board will decide on renovations to both Brockington Elementary in Darlington and the Hartsville High School gymnasium before the beginning of the 2008-09 school year, District Superintendent Dr. Rainey Knight said at Monday’s board meeting.
July 14, 2008
Darlington County educators earn credit by learning about agriculture
Educators in Darlington County’s Emmanuel Christian School, West Hartsville Elementary School, and Thornwell School of the Arts recently completed a rigorous week learning about the importance of family farmers and domestically produced food, fiber, and fuel at the SC Farm Bureau (SCFB) 2008 Summer Ag in the Classroom Teacher Institute in Anderson, SC. Participants came away from the institute better equipped to teach their students about the sources of their food, fiber, forestry products, and fuel.
June 25, 2008
Florence School District 1 seeks input on logo, colors
Florence School District 1 is seeking input from students, employees and the community, including professional designers, as the district revamps its logo, tag line and colors.
Marlboro County raises school lunch fee
The cost of school lunch for students who don’t receive free or reduced lunch in Marlboro County School District will increase by 20 cents for the coming school year.
Science camp offers challenges to students
More than 300 rising eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade students from the Pee Dee and across the state are spending part of their summer challenging themselves in courses from examining a crime scene to building a robot during the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics 19th Annual Summer Science Program.
June 24, 2008
Local youth program to receive national honor
Camp Bennettsville Wilderness Institute joins upstate high school on list of schools recognized by national Character Education Partnership this year
June 23, 2008
District 2 will request proposals from consultants on superintendent search
The Florence School District 2 Board of Trustees agreed to submit a letter requesting proposals from potential educational consultants for the district’s superintendent search.
June 20, 2008
Coker SAAC Committee’s athlete auction featured in magazine
The Coker College Student- Athlete Advisory Committee’s (SAAC) athlete auction that was held in March has been featured in Athletic Management Magazine.
No rate increase for FDTC
Members of the Florence-Darlington County Commission for Technical Education voted against increasing tuition for the fall semester during a regular meeting held Wednesday at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology.
June 16, 2008
Citadel tuition to increase 9 percent
Cadets attending The Citadel will pay 9 percent more in tuition this fall. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Monday that the military college’s board of visitors approved the tuition increase Saturday.
June 12, 2008
Area school honor rolls for final semester
Area school release final honor roll listings.
June 11, 2008
Progress Energy donates $15,000 to ScienceSouth workshops
Progress Energy has donated $15,000 to fund energy and conservation workshops to be launched by ScienceSouth in the fall.
Rising eighth graders to take algebra at Latta Middle School
All eighth-grade students at Latta Middle School in Dillon School District 3 will take algebra in the upcoming school year after students in all grade levels showed significant gains in math.
June 10, 2008
Marlboro County School board OKs second reading of budget
Members of the Marlboro County School District Board of Education have approved second reading of the district’s proposed 2008-09 budget totaling $29,976,392, which doesn’t include a millage increase.
June 07, 2008
Pee Dee high school superlatives
A list of superlatives from public and private high schools in the Pee Dee
Florence School District 1 high school superlatives
Superlatives from South Florence, West Florence and Wilson high schools’ graduating seniors
June 06, 2008
Five incumbents, four new members elected to FMU Board of Trustees
Five incumbents and four new board members were elected to four-year terms on the Francis Marion University Board of Trustees by the General Assembly last week.
FMU Board of Trustees approves budget, tuition increase
Members of the Francis Marion University Board of Trustees approved the 2008-09 budget of $47 million, which included an 8-percent increase in tuition per semester.
June 04, 2008
Report puts S.C.‘s graduation rate as fourth-worst
According to “Diplomas Count,“ 56 percent of South Carolina seniors graduated from high school on time with a regular diploma in 2005, compared to a national average of 71 percent. That’s up from 51 percent in 2001.
May 28, 2008
Center says lack of skills, communication led to gaps in educational system
PDREC says the lack of soft skills, computer skills, motivation and communication between educators and business leaders have led to a gap in the state’s educational system.
Eight DCSD teachers graduate leadership academy
Eight Darlington County teachers were among the first group of Pee Dee Leadership Academy candidates who graduated on May 8, with their master of education in educational leadership degrees from Winthrop University.
May 27, 2008
Education Foundation conducts forum
Pee Dee Regional Education Center Coordinator Cheryl H. Lewis organized an education forum for the public at the Marion County Technical Center this past week to discuss ways to help students transition from school to college or workforce.
May 24, 2008
FMU’s small business institute sponsors students in contest
The Donald E. Kelley Small Business Institute at FMU will sponsor the work of three high school students participating in the Yes Carolina Program for Entrepreneurship.
West Florence junior gets perfect SAT score
Melanie Zhao, a junior at West Florence High School, has earned what few students at her school have — a perfect score on both the critical reading and math sections of the SAT.
