Thanksgiving…And The Season Of Giving

There are many ways to reach out during the Christmas season.  I am extremely pleased that the District Office staff will be collecting non-perishable food and new and gently-used coats during the holiday season.  Citizens who wish to join us in this effort can bring these items by the District Office (1301 DuBose Court next [...]

Lunch At The Lugoff Bus Shop

I sincerely appreciated the invitation to attend a luncheon today at the Lugoff Bus Shop honoring several retiree bus drivers.  Great meal and great company!  Special thanks to Lugoff supervisor John Clinton for organizing this very nice occasion.

Congratulations!!

Kathy Brand, the curriculum coach at Doby’s Mill Elementary, has been honored as the “Conservation Teacher of the Year” by the Kershaw County Conservation District.  Kathy has been instrumental in starting the “Green Steps” program at Doby’s Mill.  Congratulations on a richly-deserved honor!

Reading Teachers Recognized

Each year, the Kershaw County International Literacy Association recognizes individual school and district Reading Teachers of the Year.   I was pleased to learn that the following teachers are this year’s Reading Teachers of the Year for their respective schools:  Sophia Knight, Baron DeKalb Elementary; Paula Bordner, Blaney Elementary; Amanda McGee, Bethune Elementary; Wendy Todd, Doby’s Mill Elementary; Karen [...]

Bravo Drama Demons!!!!!!!!

Last night, I got to see the production of a comedy entitled “Chateau La Roach” staged by Ms. Julie McCallum’s Drama II class at Lugoff-Elgin High School.  Normally, this class will put on a series of one-act plays, but this year, the students in this class decided to do a whole production.  They did a [...]

Wateree Book Parade

It was a beautiful day for a Book Parade at Wateree Elementary School!  Each class marched around the driveway in front of the school dressed as characters from a book chosen by the class.  The costumes were extremely clever and creative and the students were obviously very proud.  I was also overwhelmed with how many [...]

LEMS Turkey Dinner

Since it was my turn to cook last night, I solved my dilemma by taking my wife to the annual turkey dinner at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School.  This yearly tradition is always a great time!  What made last night’s dinner very special was the fact that the school has partnered with the Optimist Club and SAFE [...]

Kiwanis Breakfast

One of my favorite community events each November is the breakfast sponsored by the Kiwanis over at Lyttleton Street Church.  The Kiwanis do much to support our schools by providing scholarships to our nursing students at ATEC and in many other ways.  This is always a nice opportunity to be with a lot of folks from [...]

Thanks!

At last evening’s Board meeting, the Board received a report on the recent “High Schools That Work” visiting teams that came to each of our high schools.  The report generated some excellent discussion, the kind of discussion that should occur at meetings of public boards.  Thanks to Agnes Slayman, Worth Thomasson, Chet Horton, Rose Montgomery, [...]

Over At ATEC…..

I stopped by ATEC this morning, and remembered that I hadn’t visited the Early Childhood class since the first week of school.  At that point, the new preschoolers in the program didn’t look very sure that they thought this preschool stuff was such a good thing.  I saw such a change today!  The ones who [...]