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Summerville High students to journey across Europe

Rising Summerville High School seniors Jenna Spangler and Olivia Souther will spend July repelling d ... full story

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Students to share Palmetto Girls State Conference experience
Lauren L. Wiseman and E. Chandler Miler, rising seniors at Summerville High Scho ... full story
SHS Prom Court
Summerville High School’s Prom Court (l-r): Chelsea Janney, Prom Queen; Ryan Sul ... full story
FDHS Prom King and Queen
Dante’ Ravenel and Cassandra “Cassie” Bow were Fort Dorchester High School’s Pro ... full story

Summerville High students to journey across Europe

Rising Summerville High School seniors Jenna Spangler and Olivia Souther will spend July repelling down castle walls in England, riding canal boats in Holland and visiting the historic Eiffel Tower in France.Spangler and Souther are set to take part ... full story

Students to share Palmetto Girls State Conference experience

Lauren L. Wiseman and E. Chandler Miler, rising seniors at Summerville High School, have been chosen to represent the school at the upcoming Palmetto Girls State Conference, June 7-13. As delegates to the program, Miler and Wiseman were selected base ... full story

Summerville High School 2008-2009 3rd Quarter Honor Roll

A Honor RollNinth grade: Michaela Bishop, Andrew Blejski, Rachael Brewer, Sarah Bruce, Laurel Burst, William Haynes, Hannah Johannemann, Steven Jones, Cody Kincaid, Charles Lewis, Cody speece, Jody Taylor, Bailey-Jean Walker, Chadwick Walls, Paula We ... full story

SHS Prom Court

Summerville High School’s Prom Court (l-r): Chelsea Janney, Prom Queen; Ryan Sullivan, Prom King; Marlon Pryor, Prom Prince; Chandler Miler, Prom Princess. The prom was held at the North Charleston Convention Center. full story

FDHS Prom King and Queen

Dante’ Ravenel and Cassandra “Cassie” Bow were Fort Dorchester High School’s Prom King and Queen. The prom was held at the Omar Shrine Temple in Mt. Pleasant. full story

SHS student to attend prestigious camp

Summerville High School 12th-grader Catherine Hodierne recently learned that she will spend July in the eastern mountains of West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands exploring caves, kayaking and conversing with some of the brightest young science minds fro ... full story

FDHS students thrive at leadership conference

Fort Dorchester High School (FDHS) students participated in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference March 20 and March 21 at the Charleston Convention Center. They competed against business students from all across t ... full story

Shelbourne named Hollingsworth Scholar

Mary “Rachel” Shelbourne, a senior at Summerville High School, has been named a Hollingsworth Scholar at Furman University. Shelbourne will join Furman’s freshman class this fall. She is ranked in the top 6 percent of her SHS class.The Hollings ... full story

Ashley Ridge Air Force JROTC takes flight

On any given Wednesday, the widespread presence of Ashley Ridge High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) can be seen around nearly every corner of the new school.Each Wednesday, the more than 100 cadets in the school’s ... full story

SHS choir to perform at Carnegie Hall

About three months ago, sisters Tailah and Cierra Michael, members of Summerville High School’s Bella Voce choir, sang a couple of songs for the Rotary Club of Summerville.At the time, Tailah, a senior, and Cierra, a junior, were trying to raise enou ... full story

Student dancers improve skills at convention

Recently, dancers from Ashley Ridge High School, Summerville High School, Fort Dorchester High School, River Oaks Middle School, Alston Middle School, Rollings Middle School for the Arts, and Oakbrook Middle School participated in the first annual “A ... full story

FDHS graduate makes Dean’s List at Belmont University

Jamie Lyn Rhode, a 2005 graduate of Fort Dorchester High School, qualified for the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C ... full story

SHS students lead school in new direction

Next time a student at Summerville High School has a conflict with one of his or her peers, rather than being “written up” for the conflict, odds are that another student — one of the “leadership” students — will help solve the disagreement.SHS has t ... full story

Pinewood students honor MLK, learn about political courage

To pay tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Pinewood Preparatory School held an event on Jan. 21 for the school’s high school students to learn about the importance of political courage.Daniel Poaps, who was one of a handful of Pinewood st ... full story

Miss Summerville High School to be crowned Jan. 31

The 2009 Miss Summerville High School Scholarship Pageant will be held Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Summerville High School auditorium at 7 p.m. The young lady crowned as Miss SHS 2009 will receive a $1500 scholarship to the college of her choice.This ye ... full story

Ashley Ridge High School Dance Department Presents “Arts Alive”

The Ashley Ridge High School Dance Department would like to cordially invite dancers, parents and teachers to “Arts Alive” where we bring the dance convention to you! “Arts Alive” is a day of dance that will be held Saturday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. — 4 ... full story

Summerville High School student to attend Obama inauguration

Joseph (J.D.) Hatton, a student at Summerville High School, has been accepted into the People to People Presidential Inauguration program. Hatton will join a select group of returning People to People travelers from around the world to celebrate this ... full story

Wrestling with adversity

Eighteen months ago, Bryce Lawrence, a senior at Summerville High School, went to sleep feeling perfectly healthy. When he awoke the next morning, however, Bryce could not see out of his right eye.Bryce called his dad, Lowell Lawrence, at work. “I th ... full story

Summerville High Students Win Entrepreneurial Awards

Summerville High School freshmen Shelby and Taylor Willoughby are two of the six 2009 Merrill Lynch Young Entrepreneur Award winners.The South Carolina Council on Economic Education (SCCEE) and Merrill Lynch established the award in 2004 to recognize ... full story

Evening classes can lead to high school diploma

More than 130 students in Dorchester District 2 are participating in the district’s new Evening High School Program.On Friday, Oct. 24, Barbara Stroble, DD2 Deputy Superintendent, presented the details of the program to other school board members, pr ... full story

Summerville Student in Running for Scholarship

Rashaud Wilson, a senior at Summerville High School, has been selected as a semifinalist in the 45th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program.Of the more than 150,000 students nationwide who requested consideration in the 2009 National Achieve ... full story

A mutual appreciation

As the five Summerville High School wrestlers sat at the end of the stage in the empty Knightsville Elementary School auditorium, they anxiously shifted back and forth. Perhaps they were hungry.They had, after all, given up their lunch hour to make t ... full story

District Two students receive Awards

Dorchester School District Two recently celebrated academic excellence with Academic Awards ceremonies at Ashley Ridge High, Summerville High and Fort Dorchester High. Students were awarded academic letters and medals during these ceremonies in recog ... full story

Hitting the Right Note

Two elite ensembles from the Summerville High School (SHS) Chorus will soon perform at legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City and as part of the Presidential Inaugural Heritage Music Festival in Washington, DC.The SHS Advanced Women’s Chorus, Elega ... full story

Ashley Ridge Coach Enters Hall of Fame

Julian “Doc” Davis was recently inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. The first-year football coach at Ashley Ridge High School has been coaching for 34 years.Prior to his arrival at Ashley Ridge, he spent the ... full story