After a power outage plunged their meeting room into semi-darkness, the Fairfield County School Board of Trustees cut short its Sept. 20 meeting, excluding an agenda item seeking approval of out-of-state and overnight field trips for students and a review of the August 2016 finance report. The Board approved the renewal of a contract with […]
Return of the Kings –
September 29, 2016 By
Blythewood High School honored the 2006 state championship football team at halftime last Friday. Former head coach Jeff Scott, now a co-offensive coordinator at Clemson, hoists the jersey of the late Rodney Jamison with former teammates, coaches and family. Jamison, a running back on the 2006 team, was killed in a car accident last year. […]
RWA Queen and Sweetheart 2016
September 29, 2016 By
Richard Winn Academy celebrated homecoming last Friday night. After their coronation, Queen Grace Wilder and Football Sweetheart Emily Keys take a victory lap at halftime. Both Fairfield Central and Westwood high schools celebrate their homecomings this Friday night.
BHS Homecoming King and Queen 2016
September 29, 2016 By
Blythewood High School celebrated homecoming last Friday night, crowning Lorenzo Smith King and Shelby Butler Queen.
BHS Honors State Champions
September 22, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Sept. 21, 2016) – Blythewood High School will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bengals’ remarkable class 3A state championship run this Friday during halftime of the Blythewood’s homecoming football game against River Bluff. Jeff Scott, head coach of the 2006 team and now co-offensive coordinator at Clemson, will be on hand to welcome back […]
Bookman Road Elementary –
September 15, 2016 By
Kindergartners Andrew Baskin, Timmy Osesik, Abby Tabler, Elijah Ramos, and Phuong Vi Nyugen get ready to eat freshly popped popcorn. Joye Boswell’s kindergartners engaged in experiments throughout the week to learn how to identify objects using their five senses. Students cheered as popcorn started to bubble out of the popcorn machine.
Round Top Elementary –
September 15, 2016 By
Teaching Assistant Lysa Pendergast warmly welcomes brothers Isaiah, Josiah and KJ Lemon to a new school year at Round Top Elementary. Isaiah and Josiah walked their younger brother KJ to his first-grade classroom.
District Surveys Teachers on Patio Homes Plan
September 1, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Sept. 1, 2016) – Following an update by Dr. J.R. Green, Superintendent, at the beginning of the Aug. 16 School Board meeting concerning his proposal last month that the School District construct and rent out patio homes to teachers, School Board member William Frick (District 6) suggested the District first survey teachers who have left […]
Teens Charged in Bus Incident
August 31, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (Aug. 31, 2016) – Two teenage girls were arrested last week after an altercation aboard a school bus bound for Westwood High School. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, an argument broke out at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 23 between a brother and a sister on the bus as the bus approached the […]
Board OK’s $2 Million Bond
August 25, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 25, 2016) – During last week’s Fairfield County School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. J.R. Green asked the Board to approve a $2 million General Obligation (GO) bond to renovate Kelly Miller Elementary School. The District’s Finance Director Kevin Robinson told the Board that passing the $2 million GO bond “would result in a 3 […]
