HCS in the News: February 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

WMBF: Consider This: Winter weather closures and delays are a tough call

The recent winter weather has been a strain on all of us. One of the biggest impacts has been school cancellations and delays

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

English teacher council recognizes Forestbrook Middle School teacher - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Joey Trail and Olga Toggas, both Forestbrook Middle School educators, have been recognized by the S.C. Council of Teachers of English [SCCTE].

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Myrtle Beach hosting robotics competition starting Thursday - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Robots have invaded the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

Starting Thursday, teams of high school students from around the world began preparing their custom-built robots for competition. This year, 66 different teams from all across the United States and Canada will show off their mechanical masterpieces.

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Bright young minds fill MB convention center for robotic braggin - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

More than 1,200 students in grades 9-12 will exercise their brilliant minds during the FIRST Robotics Competition being held in the Grand Strand.

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Horry, Georgetown students ready for The Sun News Regional Spelling Bee | Education | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

The 27th annual The Sun News Regional Spelling Bee, sponsored by The Sun News and The Sun News Educational Foundation, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Myrtle Beach High School Music and Arts Center, the school’s auditorium.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Loris High spring sports tout 11 teams, five sports - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The spring sports season is a somewhat busy time of year, especially at the home of the Lions of Loris High School.

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Horry County School Board says 3rd and 4th graders won't get tablets : News : CarolinaLive.com

Horry County school board members voted 7-4 on Monday night to not include third and fourth graders in the Personalized Digital Learning (PDL) program.

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Ebony Livingston named top five finalist for HCS teacher of the year - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Loris Middle School teacher of the year Ebony Bethea Livingston has taken to heart the words of another outstanding educator, Rita Pierson. They are the key to Livingston’s successful and rewarding 15 years in the profession.

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Horry County School Board names new Carolina Forest High School athletic director - MyHorryNews.com: News

Earl T (Tripp) Satterwhite, III has been named the new athletic director for Carolina Forest High School.

The Horry County School Board unanimously approved the hiring during Monday night’s meeting.

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Area high school lacrosse set to begin with larger stable of teams | Region | The State

ocastee boys lacrosse coach Matt Fox now has a little more company on the island.

While the Braves and Waccamaw already had South Carolina High School League-sanctioned lacrosse programs, Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach and St. James are set to join the scene this week.

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Horry schools OK tablets for fifth-graders - SCNow: Education

The Horry County Board of Education voted Monday to expand the Personalized Digital Learning, or PDL, initiative – which gives each student a digital device – to fifth grade only.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Search for Carolina Forest athletic director down to three finalists | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Carolina Forest has narrowed its list of applicants for its open athletics director position to three names.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Aynor boys basketball going to the playoffs for the first time since 1983 - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Aynor High School boys’ basketball team had not made a trip to the postseason since 1983.

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Successful LHS, LMS band, orchestra, chorus seek support - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Parents of Loris high and middle school’s bands, orchestras and choruses, and those involved in the booster clubs and PTOs, know what hard work and long hours these students have contributed.

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SIC for Myrtle Beach elementary schools named one of five finali - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

he School Improvement Council for Myrtle Beach Primary, Myrtle Beach Elementary, and Myrtle Beach Intermediate schools has moved up from Honor Roll status to being among five councils named finalists for the South Carolina School Improvement Council's annual Dick and Tunky Riley Award for School Improvement Council Excellence.

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Breanna Barfield is the new Miss Loris - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Miss Loris and Miss Loris Teen Scholarship Pageant were held Saturday, Feb. 7 at Loris High School Auditorium.

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HCS middle schools students sweep MATHCOUNTS - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Middle school students from 11 counties met to compete in the National Chapter Level MATHCOUNTS event held at Coastal Carolina University on February 7.

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ATA students sponsor schoolwide bone marrow registry drive - MyHorryNews.com: Loris

Victoria Mason and Kiera Poole sponsored a school wide drive to help increase the number of people on the National Bone Marrow registry at the Academy for Technology and Academics recently.

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“Fiddler on the Roof” at Carolina Forest High School ties three generations together - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

This will mark three generations of performers who’ve entertained the local fan as they play the lead character, Tevya.

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CCU hosts after-school ethics academy for sixth graders - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Coastal Carolina University's Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values will host an after-school program through February 23 in the HTC Center.

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LEXINGTON: Tuesday’s area sports briefs | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Time simply ran out on the Socastee girls basketball team. The Braves managed to make the postseason despite depth and injury issues this season and battled back Tuesday night before falling to White Knoll 40-35 in the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs,

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Socastee High student up for statewide award | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

A Socastee High School student needs the public’s help to win a statewide award.

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Best of best receive plaques

For the 23rd year in a row, VFW Post 10804 has honored the best-of-the-best in Horry County.

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Forestbrook Middle School wins archery tournament - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

The Forestbrook Middle School Gator Archers won first place at the SC National Archery in the schools region 4 tournament on February 6-7, 2015.

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Dell agrees to replace $7.2 million of venue learning devices in Horry County high schools - MyHorryNews.com: News

The Horry County School Board still has not decided if the district’s Personalized Digital Learning (PDL) program will be expanded into elementary schools.

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Myrtle Beach High junior plays 2 sports, hopes to make life bett - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Gabby Moore is a 17-year old junior on the Myrtle Beach Girls Varsity team. She's also a guard and the team's captain. Moore said she keeps the team informed with game dates and game wear. "I make sure everything is in place," said Moore.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Forestbrook, Ocean Bay middle schools win big at mock trial competition - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Forestbrook Middle School Mock Trial Team brought home another championship last weekend, having been named the top team in both North and South Carolina at the Battle of the Carolinas held Feb. 6 and 7, in Pittsboro, N.C

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Baseball foundation aims to help youth players in need - SCNow: Sports

Curtis Hudson always has preached to his players the importance of giving back.The former Wilson and Florence-Darlington Tech baseball coach recently started his Giving Love Opportunity Value Eternal Salvation Foundation. The GLOVES Foundation is designed to provide baseball gloves to children in youth baseball programs that Hudson, who is the baseball coach at Socastee High School, has dealt with during his coaching career.

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Myrtle Beach native wrangles sound, award nominations | Entertainment | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Whatever sounds good in a movie really is music to Will Files' ears, in a world of ways. The Myrtle Beach native assisted as one of two supervising sound editors in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," which is up for honors in the 62nd annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards ( mpse.org) Sunday evening in Los Angeles.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

EXTRA CREDIT: St. James Middle first Horry County school named S - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) - Schools to Watch is a national recognition program of middle schools that achieve high levels of success across the board. The Horry County School District is now part of a prestigious list after a committee selected St. James Middle School as a School to Watch

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School officials: Digital learning initiative gives students individualization | Education | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Horry County Schools took a leap forward with a new technology program last year and district officials are hoping the move pays off over time.

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Horry County school board hears projected budget for next year - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - It's not even Spring Break yet, but the Horry County School board is already planning for next school year. At the center of their planning efforts: an estimated $14.5 million.

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Four Lions sign to college teams - MyHorryNews.com: Loris

Lion pride was overflowing last Wednesday at Loris High School’s community room along with the large turnout of family support of four LHS outstanding academic students and athletes.

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Horry Board of Education reassured about future PDL rollouts | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

The Horry County Board of Education said Monday they still are considering deploying digital devices to elementary school students, while they also were assured Monday night that next year's redistribution of devices to middle and high school students will be smoother than the initial distributions. Read more here: http://ift.tt/1DXoVqs

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Horry County Schools announce graduation ceremony dates - MyHorryNews.com: Education

Horry County Schools announces the dates, locations, and times for graduation ceremonies for all high schools and the Adult Education program, along with senior celebrations at the district's secondary program schools.

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