COLUMBIA – Richard Winn sophomore Lacey Peake earned a superior rating at the South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA)’s Music Festival, held at the University of South Carolina on Saturday. Superior rating is the highest rating awarded to musicians at the festival.
FCSD suspends district-wide mask requirement
March 3, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – In a Facebook post on March 1, Fairfield County School District announced that the Board of Trustees suspended the district-wide mask requirement. The post says: “On February 22, 2022, DHEC updated its guidance to schools for managing the spread of COVID-19. Tonight, the Fairfield County School Board of Trustees suspended the districtwide […]
Betas Soar
March 3, 2022 By
MYRTLE BEACH – Fairfield Central High School’s Beta Club attended the State Convention February 4-5 at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Convention Center. During the convention, Fairfield Central student Jamya Kennedy was elected State Vice President, and Griffin students placed in 18 categories.
Bengals Clean Up Blythewood
March 3, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s Bengal Battalion spent the morning of Friday, Feb. 11 cleaning up Wilson Boulevard from Farrow Rd. to Blythewood Rd. as part of the Keep the Midlands Beautiful Adopt-a-Highway clean-up program. As a part of their physical training, 118 JROTC students picked up trash on roadside and placed it in 18 […]
Milling Earns Doctorate
February 10, 2022 By
The Doctor of Ministry Degree in Biblical Marriage and Family Counseling was conferred on Hannie D. Milling, Jr. at commencement services on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Milling, a Fairfield County native, is the elder son of Hannie Milling, Sr. and the late Johnnie Milling of Winnsboro, S.C. He is a 1970 graduate of Winnsboro High […]
Erin Zehner named BHS Teacher of the Year
February 10, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School is pleased to announce that Erin Zehner has been selected as the 2022-23 Blythewood High School Teacher of the Year. Zehner, who has taught honors English at Blythewood High for 8 years, was nominated and voted on by the faculty of Blythewood High. She is a Lead Teacher for the […]
Trapp pushes back against Richland 2 statement
February 3, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Following last week’s disruption at a Richland Two school board meeting that involved the superintendent and his wife, who some witnesses say cursed at a student, the district released a statement categorically disputing that the superintendent and his wife were in any way unruly toward a student, a parent, a candidate for the […]
Donate New or Gently Used Books to R2’s Ready to Read Program
January 27, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – R2 Ready to Read is designed to increase summer reading for our youngest students and to promote and encourage parents to read to their children. The district’s goal is to collect enough books (roughly 35,000) to provide each Pre-K through second-grade student with 10 new or gently used books geared to their grade […]
More chaos erupts at R2 school board meeting
January 26, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – The angst and hostility that’s come to define Richland School District Two school board politics over the last year erupted again minutes before Tuesday night’s board meeting was scheduled to open. An altercation which some witnesses said was sparked at least partially by the wife of the district’s Superintendent Dr. Baron Davis resulted […]
‘81-’90 BHE alums set to say good-bye Jan. 27
January 20, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As the time approaches to say a final farewell to the current Bethel-Hanberry Elementary school building, the district is inviting all former students and employees back to walk the halls and visit old classrooms one last time prior to the school’s demolition. Alums from the years 1981 through 1990 are invited to walk […]
