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On Saturday, June 29, Carolina Forest High School NJROTC established a new milestone for its program when five cadets graduated from Leadership Academy and two more graduated from CO-XO Academy held at The Citadel in Charleston.
On July 1, Teresa Todd will officially become principal of North Myrtle Beach High School, taking over for Trevor Strawderman as he leaves for an administrative job at the Charleston County School District.
They didn’t want to give a profound message about taking the high road. They wanted to make people laugh.
The Coastal Carolina Board of Trustees approved their Tuition and Fees for the 2019-2020 school year this morning, raising undergraduate in-state tuition by 0.9 percent, and by 2.8 percent for out-of-state undergraduates.
Horry County Police’s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into a possible sexual assault on an Horry County school bus involving students from Horry County Alternative School.
Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology [AAST] student Brandon Panepinto has received the second of two scholarships awarded for the first time by the Friends of the Carolina Forest Library.
Aynor High School’s 192 seniors said goodbye to high school last night during the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019.
The Palmetto Academy for Learning Motorsports (PALM) Principal Avery Moore raced the school’s student-built car at Myrtle Beach Speedway on Saturday night for a good cause.
North Myrtle Beach High School Principal Trevor Strawderman is leaving for Charleston after 23 years with Horry County Schools.
The $683.5 million budget approved by the Horry County Board of Education Monday includes raises for teachers, funding for safety and security repairs, and additional special education positions.
Instead of watching cool stuff happening this summer, kids will be doing the cool stuff, says Jennifer Silmser, the Carolina Forest branch librarian.
Students from the Myrtle Beach area who have overcome adversity were recognized at an awards ceremony last week in Myrtle Beach.
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Waccamaw Elementary School’s new vending machine isn’t filled with candy bars and snacks.
Phil Thompson dropped off two checks last Thursday.
Tiffany Davis, a Carolina Forest High School senior, is the first recipient of the Joe DeFeo Memorial Scholarship Award.
Carolina Forest High School senior Bridgett Young received a Friends of the Carolina Forest Library Scholarship in an awards ceremony at Carolina Forest High School May 16.
Janell Porter’s children weren’t able to come cheer on their mom as she was inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society through Horry County’s Adult Education this past week, but she said they were in her heart.
CCU trustee wants to set the record straight
Dr. J. Ralph Byington, Coastal Carolina University's Executive Vice President and Provost, has resigned, according to Caroline Rohr, external communications coordinator with CCU.
Save the date! “Showstoppers,” Carolina Forest High School’s Show Choir’s season finale, is the weekend of May 10-12.
MURRELLS INLET—Richard “Dick” H. Hoelzel, 86, passed away peacefully on May 1 at his residence.
It’s impossible not to think, “His parents must be so proud of him,” after even a brief conversation with Jesse Patrick.
Horry County Schools is expecting an increase in next year’s budget of $212,881, part of which will go toward raises for teachers.
When Shannon Jesequel won Conway Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year award this past fall, she said she had wanted to make a name for herself at the school.
Katie Smith, theater teacher at Conway High School, said that attending the “All Out May 1” rally in Columbia on Wednesday with fellow teachers was inspirational.
Horry County Schools will demolish the storage building beside Conway High School.
Conway Elementary School 4th graders came together Friday to remember their classmate Camari Chestnut with a special ceremony.
Forestbrook Elementary third grade teacher Alicia Rife came full circle today, as FES opened their time capsule that included items she placed herself, as a third grader.
Wearing red, 17-year-old Nasro said, is one of the good things in her life.
Coastal Carolina University’s Office of Intercultural and Inclusion Services will present a public screening of a short film called Brave Girl Rising on Wednesday, a follow-up to the inspirational 2013 film, Girl Rising.
School board chairman Ken Richardson wants to expedite district projects, like the Horry County Education Center, by tweaking the details of how the facilities committee is involved in the process.
Twelve years ago, Cindy Lilly and four science club students sat on the Ocean Bay Middle School sidewalk for eight hours.
Conway High School will present a Chicken Bog Fundraiser on Tuesday at 4 p.m., followed by the CHS A Capella Choir’s Songs for the Soul sacred concert at the CHS Auditorium at 6:30 p.m.
Lakewood Elementary School’s Earth Day Festival will be held Saturday at the school from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., according to the school’s inquiry teacher Marie Valentine.
A new organization at Coastal Carolina University aims to help students looking to enter the legal cannabis industry after graduating.
On Saturday, March 16, cadets from Carolina Forest High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Program (NJROTC) competed in local area SeaPerch Competition hosted by McDowell High School, in Marion, North Carolina.
Eann Kelsey isn’t really a Beast, but he’s going to pretend to be one in Conway High School’s three performances of the musical Beauty and the Beast.
It happens every 13 minutes in the United States. Almost four times as many men as women do it. It’s the second leading cause of death among people between 10 and 34 years old.
Friends of the Carolina Forest Library are offering two $1,000 scholarships to seniors at Carolina Forest High School or the Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology who live in Carolina Forest.
Jenny Leckey, last year’s Teacher of the Year for Horry County Schools, said she was once at a place in her career where she felt literally strangled.
Horry County Schools and the City of Conway are working to move closer to an agreement on what to do about tennis courts in the area, this time discussing locating new courts at Collins Park instead of Conway Recreation Center.
Coastal Carolina University student and New York native C.J. McDermott has a busy summer ahead – including competing in the Miss South Carolina pageant, in the National Baton Twirling Competition and in the International Baton Twirling Federation Grand Prix competition in Limoges, France.
Conway resident and 2018 Coastal Carolina University graduate Hannah Hamelman will be using a prestigious scholarship she just received to further her studies in Russian and Georgian culture to possibly one day serve as a U.S. diplomat.
The air quality testing done at St. James Elementary School is not enough, a microbiologist said.
Marion Haynes, public education specialist for the Horry County Museum, and Conway City Administrator Adam Emrick joined Whittemore Park Middle School Principal Quintina Livingston as Principals for the Day on Tuesday.
Chloe Stampfle, a ninth-grader at the Academy of Arts, Science and Technology, was inspired by her 12-year-old autistic brother when suggesting that the AAST Students in Action chapter raise money for SOS Healthcare’s Oak Tree Farm Project.
Academy of Arts, Sciences and Technology senior Brandon Panepinto said his time on the school’s CyberPatriot team has given him real world experience and an amazing chance to learn about networking and cybersecurity as a career.
The Horry County School Board finally voted to officially adopt its priorities for a Five-Year Plan, but board members took the dollar figures out of the equation.
Heidi Dickerson was on the floor of her classroom trying to fix a chair when Principal Michael McCracken came in with other staff members to let her know she had been named Aynor High School’s Teacher of the Year.
An attorney representing the Horry County School District collaborated with a builder to craft bidding standards for a $220 million project that the builder ultimately secured, according to public records. That communication and the entire construction program for the district's five newest …
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating what led the Horry County School District to spend more than $200 million building five energy-efficient schools, according to public records.
If Faith Lapham hadn’t broken her femur, she wouldn’t be the teacher of the year at Palmetto Bays Elementary School.
Results of a recent mold re-testing by Palmetto EHS were sent to Saint James Elementary School parents tonight, after a recent retesting of two areas in the school where mold spores were found to be amplified.
Sara Boone said yes twice in one week.
June 15 is a day that Everclear frontman Art Alexakis will never forget.
Parents of children at St. James Elementary School presented a petition to the Horry County School Board Monday night that called for more detailed mold testing at the school.
Josh Brown’s inspiration from his own sixth-grade teacher gave him the push to become a teacher himself.
St. James Elementary School parents will hold a public meeting Wednesday about what they say is an ongoing mold issue at the school.
Conway tennis players of all ages are hoping that the City of Conway and Horry County School District can somehow work together to give the area a better tennis center.
Ten Oaks Middle School Teacher of the Year Jerrin Martus could be multi-tasker of the year also.
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