School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties is offering a Virtual Community Forum to present information and receive input about the proposed bond referendum. Superintendent Dr. Akil E. Ross, Sr., will present the options to be considered by the Board of Trustees and will answer questions from attendees. TheContinue Reading
The time is fast approaching when the funding of state K-12 education for the foreseeable future will bedetermined. There are competing versions of the funding bills in the General Assembly House ofRepresentatives and Senate which will likely be resolved in a conference committee before thegovernor’s possible signature. Most board membersContinue Reading
Over two dozen students from the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) competed in the South Carolina Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference in March. Students representing engineering disciplines, digital art and media production, machine tool, as well as the architecture program placed in all of their respective competitions. TheContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five teacher, Amy Medlock-Greene, has been selected from a national pool of applicants as one of thirty-six participants for Session I of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program “As Freedom Grows: Legacy of Early African American & the Gullah-Geechee People,” being held from July 10-16,Continue Reading
Seven Oaks Elementary School MEDIA Magnet has received a $2,968.00 Arts Teacher Support (ATS) grant from the South Carolina Art Commission. The ATC grant is to support innovation in arts classrooms by helping arts teachers acquire supplies, materials, professional development, and tools/expertise. Angela McBride and Crista Bendenbaugh wrote and collaboratedContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named finalists for its 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: Robin Amick, a Dutch Fork High School Engineering teacher; Sara Kimberlin, a Chapin High School English teacher; and Elisa Westfall, a CrossRoads Intermediate School English teacher. Amick has served at Dutch ForkContinue Reading
By Dr. Akil Ross The African proverb, It takes a village to raise a child, is often used to reiterate how vital the community is to the successful raising of a child. I have heard this proverb hundreds of times but I never thought about who makes up the village.Continue Reading
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties FIRST Robotics Competition team, the Pandamaniacs, placed first out of 38 teams in the Electric City Regional in Anderson, SC on March 9-12, 2022. The winning alliance teams included Cyber Tribe from Kingsport, TN, and the Secret City Wildbots from Oak Ridge,Continue Reading
Veteran educator Dr. Kaaren Hampton has been named principal at Irmo High School International School for the Arts. Hampton replaces Dr. Robin Hardy, who is stepping down from the position on June 30, 2022. Hampton has served as the assistant principal of instruction at Irmo High School for the pastContinue Reading
The massive Be Pro Be Proud SC trailer made its way to Chapin Middle, Dutch Fork Middle and Irmo Middle Schools giving students an opportunity to see and test out, through virtual reality, various high-paying skilled and technical positions available in the workforce. Dutch Fork Middle School Career Specialist FionaContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is hosting a Community Resource Fair on Tuesday, March 29 at Irmo High School from 5:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. The free event is open to all families in School District Five and will feature information about valuable resources and services available for families of students withContinue Reading