Downtown Myrtle Beach could see a new K-8 charter school if a “still evolving” partnership between Coastal Carolina University and the City of Myrtle Beach comes to fruition. Read more
Early College High School recently celebrated having the highest high school score on the S.C. Report Card, scoring an Excellent designation with a score of 87 out of 100.
An investigation is underway after a BB gun was found in a North Myrtle Beach High student's backpack Tuesday morning, according to the school's administrators.
Since the standing-room-only Sept. 23 school board meeting, students, parents, and social media have been abuzz with comments regarding proposed changes to The Scholars Academy (SA).
Carolina Forest High School is once again taking Homecoming on the road by having the parade off campus, and visiting five elementary and three middle schools.
Students enrolling in tech schools in S.C. who want to eventually transfer to Coastal Carolina University will have a seamless transition thanks to a partnership signed today between CCU and the SC Technical College System.
Elijah Barr wore a sheriff’s badge and straw hat to school Thursday.
The crowd at the Horry County School Board meeting tonight was passionate about the recent curriculum committee proposal that would make Scholars Academy a standalone school, and would move the Academy of Art, Science and Technology (AAST) option away from freshman and sophomore students and…
When he started reading at 2-years-old, Henry Hein’s parents suspected he was a smart kid.
A school resource officer at Whittemore Park Middle School discovered a handgun in the belongings of a student Wednesday morning, but Principal Quintina Livingston assured parents shortly thereafter that staff and students were safe.
Horry County school board member Holly Heniford resigned from office Monday, the same day North Myrtle Beach officials released video of her arrest on a DUI charge.
Students and parents won’t have to worry about make-up days from Hurricane Dorian taking any of their holiday vacation days, as Horry County Schools Superintendent Rick Maxey announced that the days to be made up are already built into the school calendar.
Horry County school board member Holly Heniford apologized to the board Monday night for her weekend arrest on a driving under the influence charge, and she resigned as chair of the board's new policy committee.
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Horry-Georgetown Technical College announced Sunday that they will cancel on-campus classes and initiate an "academic continuity plan" beginning Tuesday.
Coastal Carolina University has canceled classes at the campus starting Tuesday, according to a news release.
The first class of 11 third-year Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine students arrived earlier this summer to Conway Medical Center, and will be living, learning, and serving at CMC for the next two years.
Black Water Middle School Principal Marcus Timmons sent parents a message around 8:50 a.m. this morning saying they are investigating a threat on the school that came across social media.
Representatives from CHA Consulting, Inc. presented the Horry County Schools facilities assessment and proposed master plan for the district’s high school tennis and track facilities on Monday afternoon.
The Horry County Auditor’s Office has a new weapon to use in its fight against newcomers who don’t register their cars in South Carolina, and they plan to start putting it to use Monday with the opening of school.
The family of Amanda Holbrook, who passed away at age 30 on September 10, 2018 due to a rare cancer, commemorated her July birthday by paying it forward.
Back in the late 1980s when Coastal Carolina University offered Sunny Gupta a scholarship to attend the school, they never imagined they would be renaming the College of Science for him years later.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College plans to meet the area’s demand for skilled workers with the upcoming completion of the new Advanced Manufacturing Center on their Georgetown campus, which is slated to open at the end of August.
Rene Cazier sits at her desk to do paperwork.
Sometimes Facebook is good for something.
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.
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.
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