Students invited to enter talent contest
South Carolina Future Minds (SCFM) is hosting “This School’s Got Talent,” a video contest to showcase the talents of student singers, bands and other performers.
Finalists will be chosen with help from the Grammy Award-winning band Hootie and the Blowfish.
An international emphasis on world peace was the theme for Lions Club International, a world-wide service organization, whose focus is eye care, health issues and other community related helps.
The Riverside High Speech and Debate team won their ninth consecutive first place team Sweepstakes Award at the 2017 PanoRAMa Speech Tournament held at Hillcrest High Jan. 14.
Greenville County
County sets snow
make-up days
Greenville County Schools will make up the two days missed due to snow on Thursday, March 16, and Friday, March 17.
Blue Ridge High to hold curriculum night
EPA awards $1.1 Million For Cleaner Buses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded South Carolina more than $1.1 million to replace 57 school buses with new cleaner models.
Greenville County
GSSM to Host Open
House for Students
Activist, social critic and author Dr. Marc Lamont Hill will speak Friday, Jan. 13, during a Community Breakfast celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m., with the program following at 8:30 a.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center on the Furman University campus.
Greer council member Judy Albert and her husband, Herb, are continuing to make a difference in the lives of exchange students.
“They’re generally self-starters,” said Judy Albert, who has hosted around 11 students over the past six or seven years from China, Korea, Spain, Thailand and more places.
GSSM to Host Open
House for Students
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is hosting its final Preview Day for prospective students and their families on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 from 1-4 p.m. on the GSSM campus at 401 Railroad Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550.
