Students to join in discovery flights

County Airport Celebrates SC Aviation Week FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Fairfield County Airport will celebrate the essential careers of the aviation industry during South Carolina Aviation Week by providing three local high school seniors with discovery flights on Monday, April 22 at 9 a.m. For the sixth consecutive year, high school students were recruited to participate […]

Celebrating Art and National Champions

BLYTHEWOOD- Following the University of South Carolina’s National Title win on Sunday, Muller Road Middle School shared a photo on Twitter of sixth-grade student Eaiston Thompson’s painting of the legendary Gamecock head coach Dawn Staley. The painting depicts Staley in various stages of her basketball career.

Eclipsed

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Students in schools throughout Fairfield County took their learning outdoors on Monday as they caught views of the partial solar eclipse.

BHS’s Will Epps finalist for SC Teacher of the Year

BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s Will Epps was surprised during a gathering in the Blythewood High School stadium on Thursday, March 15, to learn that he had been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. Under the guise of a fire alarm drill, the students, including the […]

Kennedy named new CEO of Midland’s STEM Charter School

WINNSBORO – The Board of Midlands STEM Charter School (MSCS) announced the appointment of Dr. Lionel Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer of MCSC. “With a career spanning over 34 years in public education, Dr. Kennedy brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to fostering academic excellence to the charter school,” said Board Chair […]

Academic Champs

WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central High School’s Academic Challenge Team defeated Lewisville last Thursday to claim the Olde English Consortium’s Regional Small School Championship. Fairfield Central hosted the teams competing in the Small School division. With the regional title under their belts, the Griffins advance to the State Championship of Academics on Friday, March 22 at […]

BHS students candidates for Presidential Scholars Program

BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School Students Annabelle V. Manville an Eva D. Pendleton are among nine Richland School District Two students who are competing to be some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The two have been named candidates in the prestigious and highly competitive U. S. Presidential Scholars Program. The White […]

A Presidential Trip

WASHINGTON, DC – Richard Winn Academy middle school students traveled to Washington, DC for a tour Wednesday, Feb. 14 to Friday, Feb. 16. The students and chaperones hit all the historical hot spots, including The White House, Capitol Building, Arlington National Cementry, Mount Vernon, and toured museums and memorial monuments.

Green named SCAEOP Admin of the Year

GREENVILLE – Fairfield County Superintendent Dr. JR Green may be leaving his post, but not empty handed. Green was recently named 2024 Administrator of the Year, an award given by the SC Association of Educational Office Professionals (SCAEOP). Fairfield County School District’s Gervonder Brown, Executive Assistant to Dr. Green and board clerk, was installed as […]

BHS Robotics team qualifies for State Championship

BLYTHEWOOD – On Saturday, February 10th, 2024, the Blythewood Robotics Team won their first tournament of the season and qualified for the State Championship. Team 26468A The Bengal Bots won the overall Excellence Award for having the highest combined score of the Skills Challenge (2nd), the Qualification matches (10th), the Engineering Notebook grade and the Judges […]

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