Education

By Reece Murphy
Landmark News Services
University of South Carolina’s Palmetto College Chancellor Susan Elkins was in Lancaster Wednesday, May 29 spreading the word about the university’s new online college, rolled out in April.
Starting this fall, Palmetto College will offer students anywhere in the world with at least 60 college credit hours the opportunity to complete their final 60 credit hours toward several bachelor’s degrees online.

The Chesterfield County School District board of directors met at 5:30 p.m. May 13 in the Palmetto Learning Center in Chesterfield. Using a new audio system, which through microphones and screens made listening easier for those attending, the board recognized outstanding members of the student body and community and discussed the first reading of the 2013-14 budget.

Cody Haigler, a seventh grader at New Heights Middle School was recognized by the Duke University Talent Identification Program last Tuesday, May 14 at Furman University.
Duke TIP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically talented youth. As a seventh grader Haigler was offered the opportunity to take the ACT based on his PASS test scores for the 2011-2012 school year. Haigler’s score on the ACT qualified him for a Duke TIP Academy Award.

“April showers bring May flowers,” is one of those well-worn sayings heard every spring.

With the amount of rain South Carolina received in April, we should expect to see quite a bit of those “May flowers” within the next couple of weeks.

There may be even more this year than last, thanks to a new garden project at Petersburg Primary School.
Students and teachers at PPS and Central High School are working to construct a series of plant beds to teach the younger students about growing food and beautify the campus of PPS.