The final state championship round was close, but the Strom Thurmond High School (STHS) Mock Trial team defeated Socastee High School, an institution with a history of national champions. STHS clenched the 2017 Mock Trial State Championship, while competing against schools with resources and numbers beyond its own, earning accolades from judges and observers, and […]
TRACK RESULTS Lower Richland High School hosted the Diamond Hornets Invitational Track and Field Meet last Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. More than 1,000 athletes from 35 high schools in South Carolina and North Carolina competed in the meet. Wardlaw Academy’s Hammond Manley blistered the 800 and 1600 meter runs taking 3rd […]
Rock Hill – According to results from the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement’s (CERRA’s) Fall 2016 Supply and Demand Survey, more teachers are leaving their classrooms each year. Nearly 6,500 public school teachers did not return to their teaching positions for the 2016-17 school year. More than 1,640 of these teachers took a […]
Douglas Elementary School hosted a Secret Santa Appreciation Breakfast, Dec. 15, for members of the community that sponsored their initiative to provide families in need with additional help this holiday season. A total of 19 families were served this year, and out of those families, fifty-five children received items off their wish lists. “The community […]
King Academy, through Helen Mims of Edgefield (a teacher at the Academy), requested some of the old Edgefield Advertiser copies available to the public for various needs. With the request, the staff learned that something artistic would be happening with the papers. And it did. Below one reads in the “Knight […]
Fox Creek Boys Win the Ten Governors Cup Wardlaw’s Hammond Manly & Strom Thurmond’s Niah Allen Are Individual Champions On Tuesday, the first Edgefield County Cross Country Championships were held at Fox Creek High School. Up for grabs was the Ten Governor’s Cup and bragging rights for the next year. Fox Creek placed five runners […]
The family of Joe Duprey cordially invites you to join in celebrating his life on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at W. E. Parker Elementary School located at 41 Crest Road in Edgefield, S.C. We request you bring your thoughts, prayers and fond memories of Joe Duprey. In lieu of […]
The program was a little different this year for the TOY, COY and SSOY presentations. This is the program that introduces the Teacher of the Year and the Support Staff of the Year from the District schools and the Citizen of the Year, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce – a joint effort by […]
In scorching heat, Fox Creek held its first home meet in 2 years. The new course is run on trails, gravel, and pavement making for a challenging race. The Predator boys team scored a victory over new Region 3 rival Eau Claire and perennial nemesis Wardlaw Academy. Although Wardlaw’s Hammond Manly easily won the race, […]
Parents from local schools have a new tool in their back-to-school bag of tricks this year, as all of their schools supply lists are now posted on TeacherLists.com. With just one or two clicks, parents can find all of their 2016 lists and get a head start on this annual back-to-school chore. Parents can print their lists […]