By ECSD Release

Published on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 1:48pm |

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MEETING CANCELED

The meeting scheduled for tonight, January 24, 2012 at 6 p.m., to be held at Merriwether Elementary School to discuss the relationship between the Edgefield County School District and Fox Creek Charter High School has been canceled. The representative from the South Carolina State Department of Education, Mr. Mark Bounds, Deputy Superintendent for School Effectiveness, called today at 11 a.m. to inform the Edgefield County School District office that he was unable to attend the meeting due to circumstances beyond his control.

By Staff Report

Published on Friday, August 19, 2011 - 2:31am |

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Edgefield County School Menus
For the week of Aug. 22 through Aug. 26

By Staff Report

Published on Monday, August 1, 2011 - 2:55am |

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2011-2012 School Year registration days for elementary schools in the Edgefield County School District are as follows:

Douglas Elementary School
August 11, 2011
8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Johnston Elementary School
August 11, 2011
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Merriwether Elementary School
August 12, 2011
Kindergarten Orientation 8:30 am
Open House Grades 1-5
9 am – 12 noon

W. E. Parker Elementary
August 11, 2011
12 noon – 6:00 p.m.

By MIKE ROSIER/Publisher

Published on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 5:35am |

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In a majority vote held on June, 16, 2011, the Edgefield County School Board voted to eliminate the position of human resources director as of July 1, 2011, a position then held by Shawn Clinkscales.

On the following Tuesday, Ms. Clinkscales submitted a short resignation letter. Ms. Clinkscales’ duties will be disseminated among several members of the Edgefield County School District staff and support elements.

School district attorney Greg Anderson said the move was intended to shore up the district’s already strapped finances.

The South Carolina State Department of Education released high school and district report card ratings on March 17.  The Edgefield County School District, Strom Thurmond High School and Fox Creek High School made significant levels of improvement for the reporting period.  Strom Thurmond Career Center again posted an Excellent in Absolute Rating and Growth Rating.  The District received elementary reports in the fall of 2010.

The School District moved from Below Average to Average in the Absolute Rating category and from At-Risk to Excellent in the Growth Rating category. The Absolute Category for School District ratings is the level of performance of all district schools on measures of student success during the school year on which the report card is based.  The Growth Category is the progress of all schools in the district toward attaining and/or maintaining higher levels of performance on measures of student success from prior year to year on which report card is based.

By WA Contribution

Published on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 4:05am |

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JOHNSTON – The 6th grade class at Wardlaw Academy recently completed an edible cell project. 

After studying a unit on the structure and function of the cell, the students were required to make a model of a cell that was completely edible.

The projects ranged from cookies and cakes to Mexican layer dip.

By JOSIE RODGERS/RS-M

Published on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 10:26am |

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RIDGE SPRING – RS-M Homecoming 2010 was definitely a time to remember!

It started on Mon., Sept.  27, with Tacky Day.  The tackiest students were seniors Ashley Wood and Ashtin Ritchie.  The classes then competed in the dizzy bat competition with the seniors and sophomores tying for first place.  

On Tues., students dressed as twins, but most of the teachers wore purple in honor of the fight against domestic violence.  The classes competed in the ever-popular Tug-of-War.  Of course, the sophomores won due to the sheer strength and power of their 10 mighty players.  Winning the dress competition were seniors Ashli Davis and Taylor Gomillion.

On Wed., students dressed as their favorite rock stars. 

By ATC Press Release

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 2:39pm |

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AIKEN – Twenty-two graduates of Aiken Technical College’s nursing program will earn their pins in the ATC Amphitheater July 29 at 3 p.m., many of them from Edgefield County. The pinning ceremony will feature speeches from Valedictorian Danielle Meador and Salutatorian Inmaculada Davis.

As is traditional, each graduate has chosen someone to “pin them” in front of their peers. In addition to pins, one graduate will earn the Tradition of Caring Award.

By PTC Release

Published on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 8:30am |

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Piedmont Technical College and Lander University recently signed a Plus ONE agreement that will make select courses available to qualifying students at both institutions for the cost of a transcript fee.

The agreement will enable full-time Piedmont Technical College students enrolled in the Associate in Arts or Early Care and Education programs to enroll in one qualifying course at Lander University per semester. The agreement includes select 200 and 300 level coursework in Education, Psychology, and other disciplines related to the teacher education bachelor’s degree at Lander University.

With this new agreement in place, students wishing to transfer to Lander after their studies at PTC will be able to complete some of the upper-level coursework required for a bachelor’s degree at a dramatically reduced cost while still at PTC.

By S.C. Department of Education Release

Published on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 7:26am |

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MYRTLE BEACH – In his final “state of the schools” speech to South Carolina school administrators today, Superintendent of Education Jim Rex touted the K-12 reforms of the past three years and said political involvement by educators is key to continued improvement.

“We have to stop playing defense and start playing offense,” Rex told his audience at the annual Leadership Conference sponsored by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators. “If we truly want change, then we have to get involved in the political process.”