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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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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
DD2 seventh-graders named Duke University TIP Scholars
Thirty-three Dorchester School District Two seventh-graders have received state recognition for their academic achievement in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) and have been named 2009 Junior Scholars.The Duke Tip and Talen ... full story
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
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 gradeThe 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
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 RollA 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 rollA 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 shapeWhile 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
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 QuarterA 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
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
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
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 shopRollings 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 DCCTCThe 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 FridayOn 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 rollThe 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 rollPrincipal’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
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