Trail named Horry County Teacher of the Year - SCNow: State

Joey Trail was named the 2015-16 Horry County Schools Teacher of the Year at the district’s annual banquet Tuesday at the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort and Spa at Grande Dunes.
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Myrtle Beach family fair, May 16 - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Promising something for everyone, the Myrtle Beach Family Learning Center will hold a Family Fair on Saturday, May 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 3101 Oak Street.
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Conway, Aynor high school principals moving to district office | The Sun News The Sun News

Horry County Schools is on the search for two new principals for the next school year as principals from Conway High and Aynor High schools are starting positions with the district office on July 1.
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Myrtle Beach baseball tops Georgetown, inches closer to region title | The Sun News The Sun News

Myrtle Beach baseball is just one win away from claiming the Region VII-AAA championship and the region’s top seed in the playoffs thanks to a dominating performance by junior Michael Calamari in a 5-0 victory over region rival Georgetown on Tuesday night.
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Joey Trail named 2015-16 Horry County Teacher of the Year | The Sun News The Sun News

Joey Trail couldn’t help his joyful tears while speaking in front of more than 100 of his peers, loved ones and co-workers Tuesday night.
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Myrtle Beach-area high schoolers invited to apply for scholarships | The Sun News The Sun News

Are you a 2015 high school graduate planning to continue your education in the fall at a two-year college, a technical/community college or a four-year college or university? If you are, The Sun News Educational Foundation invites you to apply for a scholarship.
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Myrtle Beach native graduates from Air Force training | The Sun News The Sun News

Air Force Airman Jenee P. Serrette graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Serrette is the daughter of Renee Thomas and Jerry Serrette, and granddaughter of Jeanie and Roger Thomas, all of Myrtle Beach. She is a 2013 graduate of Carolina Forest High School.
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Kingston Elementary students rewarded Jump Rope for Heart success - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

For nearly 70 students at Kingston Elementary School last Thursday was a day of reward for their hard work for a great cause that netted the kids some extra playtime, a chance to dunk a teacher in a dunking booth followed by a pizza party for every participant in the Jump Rope for Heart campaign who raised $50 or more in the event.
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LHS baseball honors seniors, claims playoff spot - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

A three-game week is nothing out of the ordinary in high school baseball but to face two of your local rivals and a contender for the region title, who at the time sat atop the region V-III-AA with a 6-1 record in Waccamaw.
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Meet area athletic trainers: - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

For most parents or even a parent of a student-athlete at the local middle and high schools, many are unaware of the unsung heroes that care for their children; often well after school hours and beyond.
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Prep notebook: SCHSL ruling to hamper football growth at smaller schools | The Sun News The Sun News

Green Sea Floyds Athletics Director Jason Cox isn’t worried that a new South Carolina High School League ruling is going to destroy his football program.
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Teacher of the Year - CarolinaLive

Horry County Schools announced its 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year Tuesday night.
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Principals from Conway, Aynor High Schools moving to district office - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The search is on for two new high school principals in Horry County as the current principals at Conway High and Aynor High Schools will take on new duties in the district office on July 1.
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School board makes final land purchase for new schools : News : CarolinaLive.com

The Socastee community is one step closer to getting a new middle school.

The Horry County School Board approved spending $1 million to purchase 30-acres near Big Block Road for the new school.
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Carolina Forest High School Student shines in 'Fiddler On the Ro - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Eighteen-year-old Stavro Najjaro is playing a lead role in Carolina Forest High School's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." He plays Perchick, a learned man from Kiev, who tries to educate the masses on more modern ways.
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Forestbrook Middle teacher earns prestigious Horry County School - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

On Tuesday, Horry County Schools named Joey Trail its teacher of the year.
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New middle school coming to Socastee area - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Packed classrooms are pushing Horry County School District to build new ones. The school board has decided to give the Socastee area's only middle school some relief from overcrowding.
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Kindergarten teacher saves choking student - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

A day that started out like any other in Sheila Richardson's kindergarten class could have ended in heartbreak and tragedy. But quick-thinking saved a child's life.
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Horry County Schools lowers iPad and tablet fee to $25 - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

 Parents can expect to pay less for iPads and tablets next year. A spokesperson for Horry County School said the district agreed to lower the fee parents pay at registration.
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Horry County Schools to name 2015 Teacher of the Year Tuesday | The Sun News The Sun News

Horry County Schools will announce the 2015 Teacher of the Year at an award banquet Tuesday, naming one winner out of five finalists.
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Horry County Board of Education OKs purchase of 30 acres for new Socastee school | The Sun News The Sun News

The Horry County Board of Education approved purchasing land for another middle school in Socastee, donated almost half an acre to a historical foundation and approved financial support for school teams participating in school-sanctioned national competitions at their regular board meeting Monday.
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Blanton earns SWA 2015 Recycling Student of the Year - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

What better day than Earth Day, April 22, to honor and reward a young fourth grade student at Daisy Elementary School for being the Recycling Student of the Year among all fourth graders in Horry County.
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Horry County Schools announces summer Adult Education courses - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Horry County Schools Adult Education will hold summer school for students who want to earn the GED certificate, complete a high school diploma, earn a career readiness certificate, or study English as a Second Language (ESL).
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Two Grand Strand high school students win spot in book with Pat Conroy | The Sun News The Sun News

Two Grand Strand students have had their writings published in a book by the University of South Carolina Press. Alicia Davenport of Little River and Emily Moore of Murrells Inlet, along with 21 other students from across the state, present their literary talent and problem-solving skills in “Writing South Carolina: Selections from the First High School Writing Contest.”
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Ethan Smith is a winner on and off tennis court - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Conwayite Ethan Smith is a winner on and off the tennis court. A senior at Socastee High School, the teen can lay claim to being one of the winningest high school tennis players at not one, but two Horry County high schools.
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4A to 5A could cause headaches for CFHS parents, athletes, coaches : News : CarolinaLive.com

Football games between Carolina Forest and Conway often draw big crowds. But what about Carolina Forest versus West Ashley or Fort Dorchester?
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Forestbrook Middle School student wins second place in state competition - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Cassie Brenner, a Forestbrook Middle School eighth grader, won second place at the state level in the Library of Congress’ Letters About Literature writing contest.
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Socastee and Myrtle Beach are region baseball champs : Sports : CarolinaLive.com

The Socastee Braves beat the South Florence Bruins 7-4 on senior night at Socastee High on Friday.
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LHS offers aids to students, parents about ACT testing - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Testing is for some a time of anguish and concern, but not to worry. Teachers and counselors are working to prepare your child for the very important ACT test.
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Pillowcase Project prepares children for possible disasters | The Sun News The Sun News

When Ocean Bay Elementary School teacher Pam Datlof first heard about The Pillowcase Project, sponsored by Disney and presented by the American Red Cross, she jumped at the opportunity to bring the presentation to her third-grade class.
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Five from Socastee sign National Letters of Intent : Sports : CarolinaLive.com

A host of student athletes from Socastee High signed their National Letters of Intent Friday.
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Signing Day along the Grand Strand - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

With the spring signing period here, Myrtle Beach exported two more student athletes to the college ranks when they signed letters of intent to move on the to next step. Highlighting the way is Seahawks kicker Sean Huggins, who will do the kicking duties at Wofford.

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Education Notebook | Area students nab leadership training | The Sun News The Sun News

Students from 11 area high schools will participate in the inaugural S.C. Youth Leadership Conference next month to learn skills that will last into adulthood.

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Carolina Forest baseball finally knocks off Sumter | The Sun News The Sun News

The Panthers defeated Sumter 4-1 Thursday night at the Ripken Experience in a game that needed two extra days to be played due to weather delays.

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HCS encouraging parents to register for early child development - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

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Nine companies respond to Horry County Schools’ call for architects | The Sun News The Sun News

Nine parties responded to Horry County Schools’ newest request for qualifications, including a company that presented its energy-efficient school design plans to the Board of Education last year.

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Horry County high schools switch to new athletic form - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Horry County students who participate in school-sponsored athletics beginning with the 2015-16 school year are encouraged to complete a new condensed pre-participation physical form that the district is now using.

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HCS Board plans to renovate Laurel Street near Conway Middle Sch - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

The Horry County School District has decided to move forward with a project that is public property, but they say it will finalize all of the traffic improvements already completed at Conway Middle School.

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Horry County Board of Education approves $50,000 message boards for seven high schools | The Sun News The Sun News

Seven Horry County high schools will get new $50,000 LED message boards in the coming year, and Conway Middle School will gain 11 new paved parking spaces

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Girl power: Girls on the Run teaches girls to be physically, mentally healthy - South Strand News

The girls are hitting the pavement two times a week with Girls on the Run Grand Strand, the local chapter of a national positive youth development program for third to eighth grade girls.

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Carolina Forest baseball relies on strategy to stop Conway - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Carolina Forest High School baseball team muzzled the Conway Tigers Friday evening, beating their cross-town rivals 6-1.

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High school students to take new standardized tests - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

High school students will take new standardized tests this month, after the SC General Assembly passed news laws.



The new tests are the ACT Aspire, ACT WorkKeys, and the ACT.

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Carolina Forest lacrosse misses postseason despite 9-4 record - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Carolina Forest boys’ lacrosse team failed to qualify for the playoffs, despite finishing the season 9-4.

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Strand Notebook | Third-grader’s blanket drive helps homeless | The Sun News The Sun News

Jaymi kept thinking about that man and other homeless people, and when winter came again, she was working on a plan to help by having a blanket drive and providing blankets for as many children and adults who needed them as she could.

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WMBF : St. James High School student is a stand out on the field and in the class

MURRELLS INLET, SC (WMBF) – Fifteen-year-old Jordan White proudly points out the Lady Sharks Golf Lower State Championship picture that's displayed on the Hall of Fame wall at St. James high School. And she should, her time on the varsity golf team is just one of many accomplishments. She's also on the Varsity Soccer team and the Junior Varsity Basketball team, and she's only a freshman. "Playing three sports kind of sounds overwhelming, but I couldn't imagine my life not playing three sports, and being in each season, I know my team pushes me to be the best and do my best even as freshman," she said.

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Miss South Carolina visits St. James Middle School | The Sun News The Sun News

Miss South Carolina Lanie Hudson visited St. James Middle School recently at the request of four eighth-grade students, with the help of their Social Studies teacher, Stephanie Shirley. The honors students are required to compete in the National History Day project, and the female students selected the Mrs. South Carolina and Miss South Carolina pageants as their topic.

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Safety first: Horry Co. Schools installing security guard houses - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Security at some of the schools your kids attend is getting a lot tighter. Security guard houses will go up at four Horry County high schools.

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Conwayites invited to blow it out at CHS April 17 - MyHorryNews.com: News

Conway High School is planning an afternoon of free fun activities for families in the Conway attendance area April 17 from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

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Gallery | St. James blanks North Myrtle Beach on diamond | The Sun News The Sun News

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CCU Student Athletes are Caring for Kindergartners - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Coastal Carolina University has again partnered with United Way for its Caring for Kindergartners program coming up on April 9.

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SOCASTEE: Monday’s area sports briefs | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Socastee’s Dylan Thompson struck out eight batters while holding Conway to one hit in a 3-0 victory Monday. The Braves improved to 5-0 in Region VI-AAAA. Conway 000 000 0 — 0 1 4 Socastee 010 200 x — 3 4 2

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Lady Trojans bounce back with big region win - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The term ‘rebound’ could just be reserved for basketball, as coach Dixie Cox and her Lady Trojans of Green Sea-Floyds proved in a big March 24 region win over the Lady Gators from Lake View.

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Lady Lions split the week before Spring Break - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Loris High School Lady Lions varsity softball team wound up on the wrong end of the shortened-mercy rule contest on Tuesday, March 24 at the home of the Lady Warriors of Waccamaw High School. The team tasted defeat at the hands of Waccamaw 11-1 in five innings.

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Carolina Forest’s Jolly lands 400th career coaching victory | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Carolina Forest baseball coach Jack Jolly officially joined the 400 club on Wednesday. The only head varsity coach in school history picked up his 400th career win in an 8-0 victory over Sanquoit (N.Y.) in the final day of pool play in the Mingo Bay Baseball Classic

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Horry farmer directs funds to GSF agricultural department - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Green Sea Floyds High School Agricultural Department has received a $2,500 donation from Horry County’s Elliot Farm and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

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Are we properly prepping kids for colleges of the future? | UTSanDiego.com

Increasingly, the most successful blended learning models are expanding from the innovative charter schools that developed them, like San Diego’s High Tech High, and are being adopted in forward-thinking traditional school districts around the country. Today’s blended learning leaders are found in as geographically and educationally diverse settings as the District of Columbia Public Schools, South Carolina’s Horry County Schools, and the City School District of Middletown, New York.

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Conway search for new A.D. strikes out - MyHorryNews.com: Sports

CHS Principal Steven Fitch said the search committee decided against recommending one of the three finalists for the school board’s consideration. He wouldn’t say if the job was offered to any of the finalists or why none of them would get the job.

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Horry County Adult Education Center to offer free computer class - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Adults interested in learning basic computer skills, time-saving shortcuts or formatting secrets may study for free in April and May at two Adult Learning Centers.

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CONWAY: Mark Wolfe named executive director of facilities for Horry County Schools | Crime | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Mark Wolfe is settling in to his new position as executive director of facilities for Horry County Schools.

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Reading Corner | Horry County’s First Book receives grants to help children | Books | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Team First Book-Horry County has announced approval of a series of grants totaling more than $18,500 to assist local programs in serving 3,325 children who might not otherwise receive new books.

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Horry County School Board member questions use of executive sessions - MyHorryNews.com: News

The Horry County School Board needs to conduct more business in front of the public rather than behind closed doors, according to School Board Member John Poston, who balked after a committee of board members and staff held an executive session to talk about issues dealing with school building.

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Horry County Schools Adult Education offering free classes - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

A series of free work core classes will be held to equip participants with workplace skills needed to enhance their abilities to become prepared to enter the job market.

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Red Cross names teen to Humanitarian Circle | Communities | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Shea Thomas, 18, of Pawleys Island, daughter of Dr. David and Kerrilynne Thomas, was recognized March 19 as the youngest member of the American Red Cross, Eastern South Carolina Chapter’s Humanitarian Circle.

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Socastee High’s Ainsworth named to teacher advisory council | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Jennifer Ainsworth, S.C. Teacher of the Year and special education teacher at Socastee High School, was selected to serve on the S.C. Teacher Advisory Council.

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Myrtle Beach-area students win citizenship, essay awards | Communities | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Seven Horry County high school seniors were honored for their good citizenship qualities with the Good Citizen Award and a reception given March 5 by the Theodosia Burr chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Winners of the American History and Christopher Columbus essay contests, and a local history teacher also were honored.

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