MRSA

As was reported in the media, the district has had a handful of confirmed cases of the MRSA virus. Please know that we are working very proactively to address and manage this issue. Our school nurses are closely monitoring the situation at each school and additional cleaning protocols are being implemented using products [...]

Professional Development

This week I have the opportunity to participate in the South Carolina Science Council Conference in Myrtle Beach. About 1500 science teachers from around the state come to hear presentations by peers, go on field trips, and have a little fun just being together, all in the name of professional development. Professional development [...]

Breakfast at Doby’s Mill and Stover

There was a great article in The State newspaper this morning on the creative ways in which Doby’s Mill Elementary and Stover Middle are providing breakfast for their students. I thought that the best quote in the article was something to the effect that students function on glucose and not on starvation. Thanks [...]

Two Excellent Lessons

When I was at Bethune Elementary yesterday, I visited Ms. Vincent’s fourth grade class, where I saw her working with students on comprehension skills in reading. It was a lively lesson which really engaged her students. I also saw a similar kind of lesson at Midway Elementary in Ms. Morgan’s kindergarten class. [...]

A Great Game!

The annual clash between Lugoff-Elgin and Camden was an outstanding high school football game. Both teams played hard to the very last play of a 31-28 overtime win by Lugoff-Elgin. I was tremendously proud of both teams. I am also very pleased that all three of our Kershaw County teams will be [...]

Saturday with “HomeWorks”

This past Saturday, I had a great time working with “HomeWorks,” a program sponsored through the United Way that repairs homes for the elderly and disadvantaged. There were a number of students from both Camden High School and Lugoff-Elgin High School participating in the repair of a home in the Camden area. I [...]

It’s the end of the 1st quarter and the score is…

Hopefully in this game everyone wins! The first quarter of this school year ended last Monday. My students scored in this “game” because I let so many of them work to improve their grades (mainly rewriting lab report or completing past homework assignments). I scored in the “game” by getting grades in [...]

Riding the Big Yellow Bus

This morning, I had the privilege of riding a North Central area bus driven by Ms. Jacqueline Cornelius. Ms. Cornelius is an outstanding driver and a credit to bus drivers everywhere. She is highly skilled in driving an extremely large vehicle on a series of narrow and winding roads, including several dirt roads. [...]

A State Education Leader

During this week, the Fall Professional Conference of the South Carolina Association of Title I Administrators (SCAIA) was held at Myrtle Beach. An outstanding program for the week was developed under the leadership of SCAIA President Tim Hopkins, the Executive Director of Elementary Education here in Kershaw County. Tim has had a distinguished [...]

Technology at North Central High School

I visited North Central High School yesterday morning (Wednesday) and was really impressed with the technology applications being used. I saw one class using the Internet to research projects on American folklore and another group using the Internet to research medieval culture. I also saw the “credit recovery” lab, which enables students to [...]