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 […]
Joe Trapp, Jr. announces candidacy for R2 board
January 13, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s Joe Trapp, Jr. has announced on Facebook that he is running for a seat as a member of the Richland 2 School Board in November 2022 elections. “I am genuinely interested in finding out what concerns parents have about their children’s educational experience as well and giving everyone a chance to find […]
Arbor Day at RWA
December 9, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn’s Wildlife Conservation class planted a red maple tree on campus in honor of Arbor Day. The tree was funded by the Fairfield Soil & Water Conservation District. Pictured from left are: Anna Livermore, Colt Hatchell, Will Dinkins, Lawson Wade, Brian King, Austin Lancaster, Mikaela Miller, Saylor Harrell, Kitt Nicholson, Briceson Edenfeld […]
BHS observes Arbor Day
December 9, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – This winter, students in Blythewood High’s Science National Honor Society will help offset the school’s paper usage by planting saplings throughout the community in partnership with the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District. “Our goal is to completely offset or surpass our school’s and our personal paper usage,” said Dr. Robin Henderson, science […]
