District Five student hopes to advance to next round of national show...
Pictured Irmo Elementary third grader Annika Chatterjee looks to advance to the celebrity judges round of the hit NBC show ‘America’s Got Talent.’ IRMO – There is no denying it. Annika Chatterjee has...
View ArticleDistrict Five student advances in National Geographic Bee competition
Pictured WIS meteorologist Tim Miller moderated Irmo Middle School’s National Geographic Bee competition. Eighth grader William Ostergaard won the competition. IRMO – Irmo Middle School eighth grader...
View ArticleNominations are open for 2018 Tri-District Arts Consortium summer program
Photo caption: Students participate in the 2017 Tri-District Arts Consortium summer program. Nominations are now being accepted for 2018. IRMO – Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018...
View ArticleCheckmate! — Students win regional chess match
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Maneuvering their pawns and knights expertly, a trio of Midway Elementary students recently won at a regional chess match. Fourth-Grader George J. Wang, Fifth-Grader Anna H. Zou and...
View ArticleSC Association of Adult and Continuing Education names three award winners...
Pictured from left to right: Camilla White, Dr. Kathie Greer, Nathan Spells. IRMO – Three individuals representing Lexington-Richland School District Five’s Adult Education program received awards from...
View ArticleChapin High School Principal Dr. Akil Ross named one of Columbia’s 50 most...
IRMO – Chapin High School Principal Dr. Akil Ross has been recognized by Columbia Business Monthly magazine as one of the 50th most influential people in the region. This announcement comes on the...
View ArticleDistrict Five launches Building Bridges Leadership Institute for high school...
IRMO – Sixteen students were inducted into the inaugural class of the District Five Building Bridges Leadership Institute recently. Currently sponsored by the District Five Foundation and Colonial...
View ArticleIrmo Elementary School PTA awarded grant for family engagement programs
Photo caption: Irmo Elementary School PTA received a $1,000 grant from the National PTA for family engagement programs. Pictured are PTA president Michelle Burgess (left) and Irmo Elementary principal...
View ArticleHundreds of ambitious future educators attend Teacher Recruitment event for...
Photo caption: A job seeker (left) meets with Dutch Fork Elementary School principal Julius Scott. IRMO – More than 350 job seekers aiming to work in Lexington-Richland School District Five attended a...
View ArticleDutch Fork Elementary students use science fair to address environmental...
IRMO – 81 fifth graders at Dutch Fork Elementary Academy for Environmental Sciences recently completed and showcased their science fair projects to 30 judges that consisted of teachers and community...
View ArticleStudents illustrate healthy heart habits
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — With art supplies and imagination, three White Knoll Elementary students challenged people to live healthier and take care of their hearts. The American Heart Association asked...
View ArticleIrmo Middle School student recognized as top sixth grade reader in South...
IRMO – Irmo Middle School student Abigail Davis has been named as the “Read with the Gamecocks” top sixth grade reader in South Carolina. Abigail read 1,847 pages in a two-week period and will be...
View ArticleLower Richland High School STEAMs Ahead, Bringing Harlem Renaissance to Life
Students Partner with Local Performing Artists for Innovative Programming (COLUMBIA, S.C.): The jazz of Duke Ellington, the words of Langston Hughes, and the moves of Josephine Baker took over...
View ArticleChapin Intermediate School named finalist for Riley Award for SIC Excellence
IRMO – Chapin Intermediate School’s School Improvement Council (SIC) has been named one of five finalists for the 2018 South Carolina SIC’s Riley Award for SIC Excellence. The award was created in 2002...
View ArticleDENT MIDDLE SCHOOL WINS EIGHTH ANNUAL QUIZ WHIZ ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT
COLUMBIA – Did you know that South Korea is the East Asian country now governed by Moon Jae-in? Or that, Venus is a planet sometimes called a “twin” to earth? Richland Two students competing in the...
View ArticleSpring Hill High School Career Pathways Magnet named National Magnet School...
IRMO – For the second consecutive year, Spring Hill High School Career Pathways Magnet has been named a National Magnet School of Distinction by Magnet Schools of America, the national association for...
View ArticleIrmo High’s Reggie Kennedy named SCAAA Region Athletic Director of the Year
IRMO – Irmo High School varsity head football coach and athletic director Reggie Kennedy has been named the Region 5 – 5A Athletic Director of the Year by the South Carolina Athletic Administrators...
View ArticleChapin Middle School receives Palmetto’s Finest Schools Award
CHAPIN – Chapin Middle School has been named a Palmetto’s Finest Schools Award winner. Students and staff assembled at the Lexington-Richland District Five school hugged and cheered as the announcement...
View ArticleU.S. News ranks Clemson College of Education No. 1 education graduate school...
Pictured College of Education Founding Dean George J. Petersen, Image Credit: Clemson University By Michael Staton, College of Education CLEMSON — U.S.News & World Report has ranked the Clemson...
View ArticleBHS Media Specialists Honored by South Carolina Association of School Librarians
BLTYEWOOD– The South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) honored the Blythewood High Library staff for Outstanding School Library Program professionals at the 43rd annual South Carolina...
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