Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold their second Magnet Fair on Thursday, January 6 giving families in the district an opportunity to explore offerings at several of its schools. More than a hundred people attended the first Magnet Fair of the year last month. The event is scheduled to takeContinue Reading
School District Five health science teacher, Karen Edwards, has been elected as the new Health Science Educators Association (HSEA) President-Elect. “I am honored to serve as President-Elect for a growing association dedicated to supporting Health Science Educators nationally,” Edwards said. “I have an opportunity to share best practices with stateContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five educator Ali Hendrick was recognized with an AP Human Geography Distinguished Teaching Award by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE). The AP Human Geography Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes excellence in geography teaching for the AP Human Geography course and is given out annually. NCGE recognizesContinue Reading
A Lexington-Richland School District Five librarian has been named the School Librarian of the Year for the Midlands region by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL). Rachel DiMaria serves as the Media Specialist at Lake Murray Elementary School. She will now compete to become the South Carolina LibrarianContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is launching a new initiative to teach students about school bus safety. “We realized that because of the pandemic many students have never ridden a school bus and many have very few hours riding on a school bus,” said School District Five Transportation Coordinator Wil Williams.Continue Reading
Members of the InvenTeam from the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) placed first at the Annual Pumpkin Chunkin’ competition and Fall into Science Festival on November 13. Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) hosts the annual event. InvenTeam members present atContinue Reading
Lee Livingston is a 2017 graduate of Springhill High School in Chapin and is a Senior at Newberry College. Livingston, also known as Kevin Cupree, received a gift of a billboard in Times Square in NYC, November 6 from a fashion week board member for the impact he has madeContinue Reading
A Lexington-Richland School District Five teacher has been recognized as one of 22 women named as a 2021 Woman of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Report (CRBR). Irmo High School International School for the Arts teacher Sarah Ostergaard was nominated by CRBR readers and selected by a panel ofContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named the winners for the 2020-2021 volunteer awards. Eighteen awards were given out in five categories and plaques were presented to the winners in the schools instead of the usual district presentation ceremony because of COVID-19 restrictions. Volunteer award winners included: Laura Church, Leaphart ElementaryContinue Reading
In early August, I was approached by several in the community about running in the October 12th special election for the Lexington-Richland District Five Board of Trustees. They expressed that my educational background and work experience would make me a valuable resource to the board and the various issues the district isContinue Reading
A group of ten Lexington-Richland School District Five juniors and seniors have been named among this year’s National Recognition Program Scholars by the College Board. The group – which includes eight National African American Recognition Program Scholars and 1 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar – were eligible for the recognitionContinue Reading