Fairfield County School District has announced the hiring of three new members of the 2017-2018 Administrative Staff – Terrence Harris, Fairfield Middle School Principal; Dr. G. Cleve Pilot, Fairfield Career and Technology Center Director and S. Demarius Gaither, Director of Technology. Harris has served as the Assistant Principal at Fairfield Middle School since 2015. He […]
Davis takes over as new R2 Super
July 6, 2017 By
COLUMBIA, S.C. — As of July 1, Richland School District Two has a new superintendent, Dr. Baron R. Davis, who succeeds former superintendent Dr. Debbie Hamm who retired effective June 30. The District has invited the community to a Meet and Greet for Davis on Tuesday, July 11, from 6 – 7 p.m. at the […]
WHS taps Connor for Head Baseball Coach
July 2, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD- Westwood High School has named Vincent Connor as the new head baseball coach, after former head coach Jonathan Burroughs stepped down in May to pursue other family and educational endeavors. Connor served as a Varsity Assistant coach, and the Junior Varsity Head Coach for Bamberg-Earhardt last season, and served a similar role at schools […]
Promotions in Richland 2
June 22, 2017 By
Richland School District 2 has announced several recent promotions, including Dr. Marylin Ross Frederick to take over as principal of Blythewood Academy, and Cleveland Smith, a former principal at the Academy, has been named chief administrative services officer effective July 1. The promotions were put forward at a board meeting on Tuesday, June 13, by […]
Young Members of LDS church keep tradition alive with Trek
June 22, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Following the traditions of their church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sants (Mormons), nearly 100 students from Blythewood and surrounding areas participated last week in a trek, simulating a trip on foot that members of the church made across the country in 1848 to reach the Utah Valley. The students pushed/pulled hand […]
School Bd. nails down $700/mo salary
June 15, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Shortly after School Board member Willima Frick and Rep. Marygail Douglas made opposing comments regarding Frick’s proposal last month that Board members should be compensated, the Board passed second and final reading on the compensation ordinance with a 5-1-1 vote at their June 6 meeting. Paula Hartman voted against and Annie McDaniels abstained. […]
FCHS Elite Ladies presented
June 15, 2017 By
The Fairfield Central High School Elite Ladies held their second annual Cotillion Ball on Saturday, May 20 at the school. Shequettia Ruff was crowned Miss Senior Cotillion Ball and received a $750 scholarship for selling the most ads and sponsorships. Other members of the Court were Martha Gibson, Miss Cotillion 2017; Sierra-Bryanna Worthy, 1st runner […]
Bravo!
June 8, 2017 By
Martha Jones, president of Bravo Blythewood, and Jean Bell Baum, present a $1,000 scholarship in the name of the late Blythewood artist William Carl Bell to Blythewood High School senior Brooke Boone, who plans to study art at Anderson College.
School Board shuts out budget questions
June 1, 2017 By
When the Fairfield County School Board met May 22 to participate in a Budget Work Session which was No. C. 1. on the agenda, it turned out individual Board members were not actually allowed to ask questions about the District’s $38,772,653 budget. “You don’t have the authority to ask (a budget question) of the Superintendent,” […]
19 BHS Athletes Commit
May 18, 2017 By
Jacobi Bailey, son of Stanley Bailey and Cristal Broom, announced his plans to play basketball at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina. Bailey, a four-year letterman for head coach Ezekiel Washington at Blythewood, played point guard and guard for the Bengals. Bailey was a key member of the first Blythewood team to play for a […]
