Schools

Twenty-four Manning Primary School third graders learned all about character traits and character development on June 4 by making beautiful stepping-stones created with various gemstone designs for their character garden.

Local residents graduated from Clemson University May 10, 2013.

Manning High School’s Air Force JROTC drill team was the recipient of 10 awards at various competitions during the 2012-2013 school year.

Clarendon School District 1 Superintendent Dr. Rose Wilder has been named the 2014 South Carolina Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year.

SCASA Executive Director Molly Spearman said that Wilder has led Clarendon School District 1 to be the second highest academically performing high poverty district in the state, despite being considered the third highest in percentage of poverty. Wilder will compete for the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year award sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators, Aramark and ING.

The Clarendon Christian Learning Center hosted its annual end-of-year celebration of all of its grades on Apr. 23 at Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Manning.

From Zumba and photography classes to financial literacy and parenting for the 21st century, Clarendon School District 1’s Community Resource Center is one of the best-kept secrets in Clarendon County.

Scott’s Branch Middle-High School Students Brianna Dingle and Traviant Riley were awarded scholarships to attend Save the Children’s Advocacy Summit on April 10-11 in Washington, D.C. They were among 25 students chosen nationwide to receive the scholarships, which covered the cost of travel and accommodations for the two-day event.

Clarendon School District 1 hosted a music program to celebrate the National Association for Music Education’s Music in Our Schools Month on March 28 at the Summerton Cultural Arts Center.

Each year Laurence Manning Academy students participate in National History Day.  There are many categories from which students may chose to compete, while all of them are to focus on an assigned theme for the given year.  This year’s theme is Turning Points in History:  People, Ideas, Events.

St. Paul Elementary School celebrated Black History Month with a theme called “Together We Stand! Americans Who Made a Difference.”

The LMA headmaster, principals, faculty and staff are pleased to announce the LMA winners in the Conservation District’s Farm-City Scarecrow Contest Winners, Coloring Contest Winners, and Arbor Day Poetry Contest.

Clarendon School District 1’s Scott’s Branch High School is one of two schools in the state that will become a New Tech Network Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in the 2013-2014 school year.