Niche.com has released its 2020 Best Schools in America rankings, and Lexington-Richland School District Five was named the number one school district in South Carolina. The website ranks more than 10,000 public school districts based on statistics and millions of opinions from students and parents. School District Five’s overall “A”Continue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five welcomed its first-year teachers to the district on August 12, showering the new educators with school supplies, books and support. The First in Five Teacher Shower event was the idea of a committee of district staff and current teachers who wanted to celebrate the district’s newContinue Reading
Dozens of family members, School District Five staff, and community partners were on hand at Harbison West Elementary School for a learning celebration that capped off a summer reading camp for rising fourth grade students. The five-week camp housed at Harbison West Elementary School included independent reading, assisted reading, writingContinue Reading
By Al Dozier As Lexington-Richland District 5 copes with enrollment shifts and crowded schools it may hire a professional consulting business to plan for the future. The board heard a presentation at Monday’s meeting from Mike Zuma of Milone & MacBroom, a Connecticut-based civil engineering and landscape architecture firm thatContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named administrator Matt Gams the new principal of River Springs Elementary School. Gams was previously assistant principal at River Springs Elementary, where he served for six years. He also served as an assistant principal at Nursery Road Elementary for two years prior to River SpringsContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold its 2020 high school graduation ceremonies May 30 and June 1 at the Colonial Life Arena. Dates and times of School District Five 2020 graduations are as follows: Spring Hill High School May 30 at 8:00 a.m. Chapin High School May 30 at 12:00Continue Reading
Lauren Chen, from Dutch Fork High School, Irmo was among 82 top achieving U.S. high school and international scholars at the 36th annual Research Science Institute (RSI), jointly sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). RSI is a six-week program that gives studentsContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is announcing an opportunity for families to apply for available seats remaining at Chapin Elementary School and Lake Murray Elementary School. The district is also announced results of its enrollment freeze lottery process. An enrollment freeze was enacted at Chapin Elementary and Lake Murray Elementary schoolsContinue Reading
Fifty-nine Lexington-Richland School District Five educators participated in a recent leadership program aimed at preparing teachers to lead professional development (PD) days at their schools this school year. Currently in its sixth year, the #LeaD5 model was created to focus on developing teacher leaders and building capacity within School DistrictContinue Reading
District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties School Board Chair As Board Chair for School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties, I am often reminded of what an honor it is to represent the students and families in our district. From the many academic accomplishments of our students to the great workContinue Reading
An additional student from Lexington-Richland School District Five has earned a National Merit Scholarship. Joseph Humphries (Chapin High School, Vanderbilt University) was named a winner of this year’s National Merit College-sponsored Merit Scholarship®. This award was part of the third and final round of National Merit Scholarship award announcements forContinue Reading