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On June 2, rising sixth-grader Blake Hamilton won the Governor’s Citizenship Award at the Spann Elementary School Awards Night. The award honors one student from each participating school for responsibility, service, leadership, character and discipl ... full story

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GMS shines at Quiz Bowl
Gregg Middle School placed first at the Dorchester District 2 seventh-grade Quiz ... full story
Pinewood names new Head of Middle School
Angie Ringley has been promoted to Head of Middle School at Pinewood. She has ta ... full story
Alston names outstanding teachers
Alston Middle School is proud to recognize the following teachers. From left: Si ... full story

Spann student receives leadership award

GMS shines at Quiz Bowl

Gregg Middle School placed first at the Dorchester District 2 seventh-grade Quiz Bowl. From left: Chandler Gonzales, Nick Milligan, Wade Nix, Jacob Walker, Coach Pauline Collier. Not pictured: Coach Kim Whittaker. full story

Rollings Middle School of the Arts accepting applications for seventh grade

The Dorchester District Two Gifted & Fine Arts Center has applications available for seventh grade openings at Rollings Middle School of the Arts for the 2009-2010 school year.Rollings Middle School of the Arts is a visual and performing arts mid ... full story

Pinewood names new Head of Middle School

Angie Ringley has been promoted to Head of Middle School at Pinewood. She has taught at Pinewood for nine years in addition to being the Technology Director for seven years.Ringley has been teaching for 19 years. For the first 10 years of her career ... full story

Oakbrook Middle School announces 2008-2009 3rd Quarter Honor Roll

A Honor RollAditya Aswani, William Austin, Matthew Breuer, Kim Bui, Victoria Cooper,Jade Davis, Cameron Deas, Lisa DuBois, Amanda Galligan, Angelica Gonzalez, Michael Gray, Laura Gryder, Cailynn Houlihan, Jessica Hutt, Emmanuel Johnson, Christopher J ... full story

Dubose Middle School 2008-2009 3rd quarter honor roll

A Honor RollKhalil Abdullah, Elizabeth Ackerman, Kenneth Almond, Trey Altice, Sawyer Bridges, Alexandra Carrington, Gabrielle Colon, Edward DeLonge, Miranda Dillingham, Bethany Eaton, Asia Johnson, Melissa Lin, Jennifer Matusik, Kaylin Mayer, Kyle Mc ... full story

Alston names outstanding teachers

Alston Middle School is proud to recognize the following teachers. From left: Sixth-grade teacher Anna Prinic, Rookie Teacher of the Year; Gayna McNeish, Guidance Counselor of the Year; Mae Salters, Star Performer of the Year; and eighth-grade teache ... full story

Alston students excel at math competition

Alston Middle School’s Math Level II Quest Team placed second in the Math Level II Quest Competition, which was held March 14 at Trident Technical College. Students from all over the Lowcountry compete at this annual event. Pictured are seventh-grade ... full story

Outstanding teachers

Gregg Middle School is proud to recognize the following teachers (from left): Lisa Smith, GMS Guidance Counselor of the Year; Deb Matthews, GMS Teacher of the Year; Chad McGonagle, GMS Rookie Teacher of the Year; Penny Williams, GMS Star Performer of ... full story

GMS students recognized by Charleston Artist Guild

Gregg Middle School students Darian Anderson (left) and Blaise Iles received awards for work they submitted to Charleston Artist Guild’s Extraordinary Arts Exhibition, which ran from Feb. 26-28. full story

River Oaks student to compete at state National Geographic Bee

Khristopher McGill, eighth-grade student at River Oaks Middle School, has qualified to compete at the state-level National Geographic Bee to be held April 3.After winning the school’s geography bee Jan. 9, eighth-grade social studies teacher Bernadin ... full story

Celebrating African-American heritage

Eighth-graders at Alston Middle School had a blast at the African-American Heritage Festival. They listened to Gullah stories, learned about African-Americans in the Civil War and even got to play some new instruments! Ms. Muckenfuss, Mrs. ... full story

Cathedral Academy spellers place in state bee

Two Regional Spelling Bee champions from Cathedral Academy traveled to the SCISA State Spelling Bee held Feb. 18 at Williamsburg Academy in Kingstree, S.C. Fourth-grader Matthew Robinson finished seventh in his competition, which was so competitive t ... full story

Students’ art takes shape

While each of the approximately 20 students in the Rollings Middle School of the Arts class delicately moved their hands, molding and shaping their 25-pound sculptures, one student – Hannah Cook – remained perfectly still.During a two-week residency ... 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

Oakbrook Middle School Honor Roll 2008-2009 – 2nd Quarter

A Honor RollAditya Aswani, Matthew Breuer, Kimberly Bui, Alyssa Bush, Nero Cinense, Victoria Cooper, Rachel Fate, Angelica Gonzalez, Cailynn Houlihan, Adam Hunt, Jessica Hutt, Kristin Lodge, Angelica Manglona, Grace Paige, Lisa Schmall, Anna Seder, P ... full story

A day at the beach

Rollings students paint nursing home - The sight of students crawling across the floor and climbing up and down the walls might be enough to give some teachers a headache; however, Meg Skow, visual arts teacher at Rollings Middle School of the Arts, ... full story

Traveling abroad to make changes at home

Alston Middle School teacher treks to Galapagos Islands - Pren Woods, a sixth-grade social studies teacher at Alston Middle School (AMS), recently returned from a two week tour of the Galapagos Islands — a group of islands that straddle the equator a ... full story

Artsy mural

Alston Middle School (AMS) recently received a grant that offers students a chance to pick from a variety of core arts classes including band, classical guitar, creative writing, dance, orchestra, piano, theatre arts, visual arts/2D, visual arts/3-D ... full story

Student artwork brightens up coffee shop

Rollings Middle School of the Arts’ Biggby Choice Awards was a great success for the students at RMSA. For three weeks, Biggby Coffee displayed the work of RMSA visual arts students. Each week, patrons voted on their favorite pieces. The top three vo ... full story

Guidance counselors visit DCCTC

The Dorchester County Career and Technology Center hosted a luncheon and tour of the campus Nov. 18 for the guidance counselors of the district’s middle schools.“This is a great way for the schools to learn about what is offered here at DCCTC,” said ... full story

Pinewood to host world premiere on Friday

On Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., the Pinewood middle school drama students will unveil the first ever performance of “The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza,” which is a farce of Homer’s “Illiad” as told by its target audience of eight-year-old boys. This is a brand n ... full story

Gregg announces 2008-09 honor roll

The following students at Gregg Middle School have been named to the honor roll for the first nine weeks grading period:A Honor RollAmber Andrews, Darius Baker, Cheyenne Bawcom, Cynthia Curry, Daniel Charlip, David Diaz, Shayla Ephraim, Curren Fessle ... full story

Rollings Middle School of the Arts announces first quarter honor roll

Principal’s Honor RollZachary BerryA Honor RollSixth-grade: Samantha Bantly, Sydney Benson, Madison Buddin, Collin Burchette, Annie Cecil, Carter Edwards, Jacob Fladd, Mackenzie Fulmer, Trevor Gibbs, Helena Guo, Nadia Harden, Celine Ho, Faith Huff, R ... full story

Rollings Middle School of the Arts accepting applications

Dorchester School District Two is now accepting student applications for Rollings Middle School of the Arts for the 2009-2010 school year. Approximately 212 students will be accepted for next year’s sixth-grade class. Applications will be accepted on ... full story