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Pinewood Preparatory School kindergartners are giving new meaning to the old adage, “It’s never too ... full story
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Running around the grassy field outside of Beech Hill Elementary School, the chi ... full story - Pinewood shines in National Envirothon
Pinewood Preparatory School Science Department Head and Advanced Placement teach ... full story - Cub camp: Scouts unite for week of fun, games
The rain-soaked fairgrounds at the Exchange Park in Ladson could not dampen the ... full story
DD2 Officials: Failure to report abuse/neglect lead to administrators’ removal
Updated: Oct. 20 at 7:07 p.m.On Tuesday night, Dorchester District 2 officials released a statement regarding the removal of three Knightsville Elementary School administrators from their posts.The statement reads in part: “The Knightsville Elementar ... full story
Pinewood Preparatory School kindergartners are giving new meaning to the old adage, “It’s never too early to think about one’s future.”They won’t graduate high school until sometime around the year 2020, but some Pinewood Preparatory School kindergar ... full story
Running around the grassy field outside of Beech Hill Elementary School, the children chucked water balloons at one another while trying to keep themselves as dry as possible by using handmade shields they carried with them into battle.Afterwards, it ... full story
Pinewood Preparatory School Science Department Head and Advanced Placement teacher Michael Newman traveled to the Clemson Sandhills Research station on the outskirts of Columbia with sophomores Daniel Zuvia, Katherine Gore, Hunter Baughman, Tyler Fri ... full story
Pinewood student named ‘Huggable Hero’Katie Stagliano, a 10-year-old Pinewood Preparatory School student, has won a spot in the Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes class of 2009. Stagliano joins an elite group of 12 young people from the United States and Canada being honored for ... full story
The rain-soaked fairgrounds at the Exchange Park in Ladson could not dampen the enthusiasm of the nearly 200 Cub Scouts who attended the Swampfox Ladson Day Camp.From June 15-19, rising first- through fifth-graders from Dorchester and Berkeley counti ... full story
The Big Top came to Summerville Catholic School May 15. Students in K4 through first-grade presented the greatest show on earth to parents and school friends. Students dressed as lions, tigers and bears performed amazing tricks as they dazz ... full story
At Pinewood Preparatory School’s Science and Art Camp, seven students, in grades 1-5, used various household items to construct lava lamps. Students filled a plastic bottle with vegetable oil, water and food coloring, and then dropped Alka-Seltzer ta ... full story
Fort Dorchester Elementary School proudly announces their Teacher of the Year, Elizabeth Manning, the Star Employee of the Year, Carrie Confer, and the Rookie Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Hostler. The faculty, staff and students applaud their succes ... full story
Wiping sweat from her forehead with one of her soil-covered hands and clutching a perennial plant in the other, Summerville Elementary second-grader Ruthie Baggett recited a saying that she and her classmates use to help remember an essential gardeni ... full story
In mid-May, two Knightsville Elementary School fifth-graders made their way through the Sculpture in the South event to purchase a gift to share with thousands of people, the majority of whom they will never meet.Accompanied by Assistant Principal Ma ... full story
A group of forth- and fifth-graders at Pinewood Preparatory School took strides to become model students and citizens by participating in a nine-week modeling class, which taught them how to excel on the runway, in the classroom and beyond the school ... full story
Summerville Elementary School announces 3rd quarter honor rollA Honor RollAllyssa Allen, Weston Bison, Robbie Brown, Jacob Cabrera, Ella Comer, Tristan Cromer, Frances Davenport, Lee Dixon, Claudia Driggers, Courtney Fox, Hannah Freeman, Mary Beth Fulton, McLean Golden, James Grant, Wade Hamilton, Morgan Hunt, ... full story
John Paul Sellars, fourth-grade science, math and social studies teacher at Knightsville Elementary School, is one of four South Carolina teachers selected to attend the 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. This year’s Academy is schedule ... full story
Oakbrook Elementary School 2008-2009 3rd Quarter Honor RollA Honor RollCody Arnold, Autumn Barnes, Brandon Barr, Angelie Beauregard, Chandler Bessinger, Julia Blackman, Jordan Branham, Taylor Branham, Eads Britney, Eliza Brown, Jahnari Brown, Aaliyah Chavers, Kiersan Cue, C.J.Eddy, Dylan Edenfield , Shontee ... full story
As the girls patiently filed into the cafeteria one behind the other, their eyes lit up at the sight of what awaited them.Seated around beautifully decorated tables that had a pearl necklace and pair of white satin gloves at every other seat were the ... full story
Fort Dorchester Elementary School students Thaint Manug and Justin Mahlie will be enjoying new bicycles this spring. Thaint and Justin won the bicycles for having perfect attendance for the third nine weeks of school. Way to go Thaint and Justin ... full story
Eagle Nest students receive surprise visitOn March 19, a dozen lucky Eagle Nest Elementary students were surprised at home by a visit from the Math Game Patrol. Eagle Nest teachers and administrators, along with student athletes from Fort Dorchester High School, delivered bags containing mat ... full story
Third-graders in Amanda Poplin’s class have been using their creativity and artistic abilities to brighten the lives of a group of grateful strangers.Once a month, the Flowertown Elementary students receive a visit from Kathy Barham, volunteer servic ... full story
Prior to Michael Morrisey’s visit to Fort Dorchester Elementary School, many of the school’s second-graders did not know what a reliquary was, let alone how to pronounce the word.By the time Morrisey left, however, the students were not only familiar ... full story
Katie Stagliano, a student at Pinewood Prep, will appear on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams tonight on the show's "Making a Difference" segment. Katie's effort to feed the hungry was the subject of a story that ran in The Journal Scene on March ... full story
The WBHS newly DIGITAL morning show rang out with a song by Ms. Seitz’s K4 class entitled "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse" to begin Earth Day 2009 at Beech Hill Elementary School. Principal Rene Wyatt Harris read to children about taking care of the Ea ... full story
Students at Flowertown Elementary School received an authentic experience of rigor, relevance and relationships when they participated in the day and evening event “Hats off to Our Favorite Authors” on March 3. This is the second annual time that the ... full story
Over spring break, roughly 100 elementary school students from across the district traveled to the Empire State Building in New York City, the pyramids of Egypt and the Sydney Aquarium in Australia – all without ever leaving Summerville.These world t ... full story
At Beech Hill Elementary, Segina Canty’s kindergarten class studied the different versions of “The Three Little Pigs.” Students also held a performance that included Madeleine Ingram as the narrator, Nevaeh Bailey as mother, Alex Samios as the big ba ... full story
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