North Central – Camden Game

I had a really fine time at the Camden – North Central football game on Friday night.  A great crowd from both schools came in spite of a monsoon-type rain that fell about 90 minutes before the game.  I also thoroughly enjoyed hearing both the NCHS and CHS Bands perform.  Special thanks to Dr. Andy [...]

Beginning Teachers

I was pleased again yesterday to be able to spend a few minutes with our beginning teachers during one of their regular training sessions.  After two weeks of school, they seemed to be doing very well.  Since the first day of school I have gotten a lot of very positive feedback about this group.  They have [...]

I’m Getting A Haircut……

A few weeks ago, I challenged our employees to meet a goal of $65,000 in pledges to the Kershaw County United Way.  I promised that if this goal was met, cosmetology students from ATEC would give me a “buzz cut.”  The goal has been met, and I couldn’t be happier!  Thanks to everyone for such [...]

Tornado Precautions

This is the season in our state when tornado watches and warnings occur with some frequency.  Schools all have tornado drill procedures in place.  Today, because of warnings in the north and northwest areas of the county, we had several schools go into their tornado drill mode as a precaution.  When these situations occur, we [...]

Article in the Chronicle-Independent

There was a very good article in yesterday’s Chronicle-Independent on how North Central High School is utilizing its upperclass students to help orient ninth graders to high school.  I was really impressed with both the creativity and initiative involved in this approach.  The ninth grade is always a big transition for young people.  Using older [...]

Friday Night Lights

I love high school football, so I had a great time Friday night attending both the Camden-Hartsville game and the Lugoff-Elgin Jamboree game against Blythewood.  Both teams played very well in winning efforts.  I’m looking very forward to the North Central-Camden game this coming Friday night.
As an aside, I want to thank both the Camden [...]

Junior Leadership

I had a great time this morning talking to the group of students from Camden High, Lugoff-Elgin High, North Central High, and Camden Military involved in this year’s “Junior Leadership” class. This excellent program, which is sponsored by the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, provides these young people with a year-long leadership development experience. [...]

Good Stuff!

As I was visiting schools today, I was really impressed with the level of instructional focus I saw everywhere I went.  I particularly enjoyed seeing Ms. Wisemann’s students at Doby’s Mill working very hard on math facts.  A command of math facts (which were called multiplication tables when I was growing up, but I’m old) [...]

School Lunches……

One of the best parts of the beginning of a new school year is being able to eat lunch at schools again.  On Monday, I had an outstanding plate of macaroni and cheese at Baron DeKalb.  Today, I had really excellent barbecue and rice at Midway.  Our cafeteria folks do an outstanding job.  I also [...]

KCSDPodcast for August 20, 2008

KCSDPodcast for August 20, 2008 - Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan provides an update on the August 19th School Board Meeting, which was held in the District Office Board Room. Topics include an update on the opening of school, planning for Phase II of the construction projects, and information on the impact of state budget cuts.