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1. NATIONAL NONPROFIT AWARDS LIBERTY STEAM $2M A leading nonprofit organization that identifies the nation's best public charter schools and helps to fund their expansion pledged $2 million to Liberty STEAM Charter School in … more
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Column by Wilson Hall Headmaster Brent Kaneft: The disappearance of childhood?
"American culture is hostile to the idea of childhood. But it is a comforting, even exhilarating thought that children are not." - Neil Postman, "The Disappearance of Childhood" "Childhood" is disappearing. "Childhood" is a "social … more
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Sumter's Next Generation, presented by TheLINK: Sumter High's Miyah LaGrant leaps into a future filled with passion, dance
When 16-year-old Miyah LaGrant of Sumter High School talks about dance, her entire face lights up. To Miyah, dance isn't just a passion - it's her second language, one she's been speaking fluently since she was 6 years old. Her aunt and cousin, … more
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Audit: School district finishes fiscal '24 with $9.8M in net income
Like district Chief Financial Officer Shatika Spearman projected last month, Sumter School District closed fiscal 2024 with $9.8 million in net income in its official audit report. Maulden & Jenkins Auditor Adrienne Berg presented the one-year … more
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Sumter Adult Education wins 5 awards at state institute
Sumter Adult Education won five prestigious awards at South Carolina Adult Education Fall Institute, a testament to the incredible work being done by its dedicated faculty, staff and students. These honors highlight the program's commitment to … more
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Millwood engineers learn to prevent rock slides
Students used the engineering design process to create different ways to prevent a rock slide as they learned about weathering and erosion this week at Millwood Elementary School. more
Some U.S. lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state by inserting Bible … more
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Leading nonprofit organization awards $2M to Sumter's Liberty STEAM Charter School
A leading nonprofit organization that identifies the nation's best public charter schools and helps to fund their expansion and overall impact recently pledged $2 million to Liberty STEAM Charter School. In December, Colorado-based Charter School … more
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It's game on at Furman Middle: School starts e-sports team that competes against others across U.S.
Education has changed significantly in the last decade given technology and various initiatives, but students across the country are also now competing in school in an ever-growing, tech-savvy, new "sports" program. It's called e-sports, which is … more
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Official audit report before Sumter school board Monday
Sumter School District's official audit report will be before the district's Board of Trustees for its regularly scheduled January meeting on Monday night. Public participation, committee reports and the superintendent's report are also listed on … more
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Sumter School District to close schools early Friday due to threat of winter weather
Sumter School District schools will dismiss early on Friday, Jan. 10, due to the strong possibility of light to moderate freezing rain that could result in unsafe road conditions. Elementary … more
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2024 year in review: Alice Drive Elementary and Crosswell Drive shine as district schools
It was another interesting year for Sumter School District with student and school accolades, new policies, a contract extension for the superintendent and board changeover again. In the classroom, Alice Drive Elementary School was the only … more
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. Eta Zeta Omega chapter gives gifts including 'reading buddies' to Millwood students
Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. Eta Zeta Omega chapter distribute bags filled with books, school supplies and a stuffed animal "reading buddy" to students at Millwood Elementary School last week that were donated by the sorority. more
Sumter County employees hold holiday gift giveaway at Rafting Creek Elementary
REMBERT - There is nothing like a gift giveaway to get you in the Christmas spirit, and kids and adults experienced the "good vibes" of the season here at Rafting Creek Elementary School last week. After an initial Lunch Buddies program … more
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Sumter Career and Technology Center to begin Sports Medicine program
Sumter School District will be offering an additional program for high school students at Sumter Career and Technology Center in January. At last week's district Board of Trustees meeting, Director of Innovation and Career and Technical Education … more
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Morris College receives $1M in state funding
Through the only state funding available to a private higher-education institution, Morris College has received a $1 million budget allocation. Morris' administrators, staff and alumni and three members of Sumter County Legislative Delegation … more
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After Sumter School District curriculum committee dissolved, Disney is named 'educational liaison'
Sumter school board member Bonnie Disney is no longer a committee chair after the board's academics committee was dissolved at the trustees' last meeting, but she said she plans to use her new position title in a similar manner. However, new board … more
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Open Sumter school board Area 8 seat on school board will be a 4-way race
A range of candidates to include a political newcomer all the way to a retired state senator who served for 32 years filed for the open Area 8 seat on Sumter School District Board of Trustees. A special election for the seat is required to serve … more
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Helping children in need
Sumter School District representatives accept a $5,000 grant for weekend food bags for children in the district from Duke Energy Foundation on Monday, Dec. 9, at the district's regularly scheduled monthly board meeting. From left are district school … more
Sumter School District CFO projects $9.8M in net income
For the eighth-consecutive year, Sumter School District will have net income, or a positive change in its fund balance, when its official audit report is released next month. In her monthly financial reporting to close out fiscal 2023-24 to the … more
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