A group of 30 youngsters at Walker-Gamble Elementary tested their skills in a spelling bee on Jan. 26. While some of the words were difficult, a few easy ones were thrown in for good measure.
The National Honor Society exists to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character, but for 59 Laurence Manning Academy students it is much more than that.
Happy New Year from the Swampcats at Laurence Manning Academy. With the new year comes mid-term report cards. Congratulations to the students listed below for a job well done. Keep up the good work!
Fifty dollars is a lot of money, but not when you’re dealing with art supplies for 37 art students in one class and 49 art students in another class. Fifty dollars doesn’t go far.
For many Clarendon County ninth graders the prospect of getting a college education is rather dim.
Perhaps finances are a problem. Perhaps those perfect grades just can’t be achieved. Perhaps the lure to drop out is greater than the challenge of staying in school and getting a high school diploma.
A little more than six years ago a group of 17 Clarendon County residents formed a committee to award black students in the county’s three districts for significant academic gains.
Scott’s Branch Middle-High School has welcomed a graduation coach to its staff who will work with the school’s seventh-graders through their first year of college.
Clarendon School District 1 is trying something different this school year to encourage their students to be successful. In the fall of 2011, the administration implemented a district-wide effort for a data wall to be set up in every classroom. The data wall is part of a continuous improvement model that gives teachers feedback on students’ success, and gives students encouragement to improve. The data wall has improved students test scores, as well as boosting their desire to do better.
Deputy superintendents with the South Carolina Department of Education are touring the state drumming up support for a waiver to the federally mandated Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) also known as the No Child Left Behind Act.
Every week, for four days a week, five hours a day, Emma Robinson serves as a foster grandparent to students at Summerton Early Childhood Center, reading and playing various literacy comprehension games. She volunteers with the ultimate goal of having children learn how to read and improve their literacy skills.
For many Clarendon County ninth graders the prospect of getting a college education is rather dim.
