COLUMBIA – Longtime Blythewood High School teacher Patrick Kelly has taken a new position as Director of Governmental Affairs for the Palmetto State Teachers Association. Kelly has taught AP U.S. Government and Politics for the past 15 years at Blythewood High School. In 2013, he was selected as the Richland Two Teacher of the Year […]
Brown awarded National Merit Scholarship
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School graduate McLean T. Brown joins the list of Richland Two students receiving a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship. Brown plans to attend the University of South Carolina and possibly pursue a career in Astrophysics. Officials of each sponsor college select their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2020 National […]
Salyer named to Sherman College Dean’s List
SPARTANBURG – Kathryn Salyer of Blythewood has been named to Sherman College of Chiropractic’s Dean’s List for the spring 2020 academic quarter. Dean’s List students have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the quarter.
Goodwin named to Wofford College Dean’s List
SPARTANBURG – Chevez Goodwin has been named to the Spring 2020 Dean’s List. Goodwin is from Columbia. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 semester hours of graded courses and attain a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher.
USC Aiken honors scholars
AIKEN – The University of South Carolina Aiken congratulates students who made the President’s and Dean’s lists. Arianna Wilson, a nursing major from Blythewood, was named to the President’s List for Spring 2020. To earn President’s List distinction, Wilson had to be enrolled as a full-time student and maintain a 4.0 GPA. To earn Dean’s […]
Teegan Meetze nominated for Congress of Future Medical Leaders
BLYTHEWOOD – Tegan Meetze, a rising junior at South Carolina Virtual Charter School in Columbia, was selected to be a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, MA on June 24-26. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. […]
Wofford announces Dean’s List
SPARTANBURG – Wofford College has announced Dean’s List students for the Spring 2020 semester. Students from Blythewood are: Michaela Grant Gianna Malloy Audrey Vail
Tax leins ignored by R2 trustees
COLUMBIA – A Richland Two school board trustee facing more than $49,000 in liens over unpaid income taxes will lead the body that determines numerous fiscal matters, including the district’s $301.1 million annual budget. On June 30, the board voted 6-1 to appoint James Shadd as chairman. Shadd takes over for James Manning, who’s served […]
Tucker awarded SCASA Lifetime Achievement
BLYTHEWOOD – Jeaneen Tucker, Principal of Round Top Elementary in Richland School District Two, has been selected by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA) as one of four 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Tucker began her career in public education in 1981 as a special education teacher in Dekalb County, Georgia. She later […]










