Thanks to some federal funding, Horry County Schools teachers who cover an additional class during their planning period will be paid their hourly rate for that time.
Ronita Hemingway said the big difference between teaching middle school and adult education is in the motivation behind the students.
Five Horry County middle schools will return to full-time, five-day learning next week.The school district on Tuesday announced that North Myrtle Beach Middle, St. James Middle, Black Water Middle, Ocean Bay Middle and Ten Oaks Middle will return to face-to-face classes beginning March 9."No…
The parents of a special needs student say their daughter was sexually assaulted on an Horry County Schools bus and nothing was done to stop it, according to a lawsuit filed last month.
Ocean Bay Middle School Teacher of the Year Ric Matyas switched careers from teaching to firefighting and back to teaching.
Cosmetology teacher Christina Cox said she could hear her students throughout the building jumping and screaming with joy when she won Teacher of the Year for the Academy of Technology and Academics (ATA).
Beginning Thursday, March 4, Aynor Middle School, Conway Middle School, Loris Middle School, and Whittemore Park Middle School will go back to five-day, full-time learning.
More than 7,000 Coastal Carolina University students will get a $1,000 or $500 one-time grant, thanks to the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) signed into law this past December.
“It’s Boos, like the radio but without the e,” Greg Boos says about pronouncing his last name.
Named after the 1970s song “Carrie Anne” by The Hollies, Carian Brooks, Ocean Bay Elementary School’s teacher of the year, got a bit of a twist on her own name.
Dawn Brantley spent the last few days at the Special Operations Wounded Warriors “Takin Bacon” hog hunt in North Carolina.
Parents of middle schoolers should be on the lookout Tuesday or Wednesday for announcements from Horry County Schools about which middle schools in the district will be opening for five-day, in-person learning.
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Coastal Carolina University’s enrollment and budget outlook remain worse than what university officials want them to be, but the projections are not nearly as dire as initially feared.
Horry County Schools officials announced to staff on Thursday afternoon that three area middle schools will be returning to five-day, face-to-face instruction starting next Thursday.
Accepting praise isn’t something Molly Bridgeman is particularly comfortable with.
Horry County Schools faces two lawsuits over the way the district handled sexual assault accusations against a middle school chorus teacher.
Next week will mark the first time elementary school students can attend classes full time since March 13.
Carolina Forest High School’s teacher of the year, Allison Prol, isn’t bored anymore.
Kristi Curran said there is something special about teaching middle schoolers.
Horry County Board of Education Vice Chair John Poston will be remembered Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
The former head of Horry County Schools’ facilities department accused Superintendent Rick Maxey of wrongfully terminating him after he opposed corruption in the district’s most recent school construction program, according to new court records.He is seeking to recover lost wages, benefits a…
Horry County's elementary school students will return to five-day, face-to-face classes on Feb. 8.
Taylor Collins, a fifth-grade teacher at Conway Elementary School, was happy she was able to celebrate being named the school’s Teacher of the Year, despite things looking different than usual.
Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson tested positive for COVID-19 this week, according to an email sent to students and staff Friday morning.
Early College High School American History teacher Adam Powley made history himself recently, becoming the 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year for his school.
Horry County students will return to the classroom next week.School district officials on Wednesday announced that classes will begin in a hybrid format — a mixture of in-person and virtual instruction — starting Tuesday.“Students who are in groups A and G will return to the brick-and-mortar…
Horry County Schools released a statement from Superintendent Rick Maxey, confirming he received a positive COVID-19 test result yesterday afternoon.
The Horry County Board of Education said Monday night that parents can expect an announcement by Wednesday about whether students can return to in-person instruction next week.
It was always a given that Forestbrook Middle School’s teacher of the year, Meredith Moore, would be a teacher.
Horry County Schools asks parents to report any COVID-19 cases from over the holidays to their students' school nurses.
Newly-filed lawsuit claims Horry County Schools knew about mold issues in a number of schools and failed or refused to remedy them.
Horry County Schools on Sunday announced that all winter sports competitions have been placed on hold until Jan. 19.
Aynor Middle School Teacher of the Year April Troglauer wants upcoming middle schoolers to know that they do not have to play an instrument to join a music class.
Aynor High School biology teacher Dixie Cox was recently recognized as the school’s 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year.
For more than two years, Horry County Schools fought against giving school builder Firstfloor Energy Positive and its contractors tax breaks worth nearly $1.5 million.
Horry County Schools students to learn in full distance mode during the first two weeks of January.
NMBMS and CMS will be operating on a virtual schedule next Monday and Tuesday due to staffing shortages.
As Horry County Schools prepares to wrap up the first semester of hybrid learning, parents and the public alike are keeping an eye on the spread of COVID-19 before the holidays.
Exiting Coastal Carolina University President David DeCenzo tearfully addressed the Board of Trustees Friday as the proverbial torch was passed to new leader, Dr. Michael T. Benson.
The food pantry for those students and employees in need at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is back open again after shutting down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aynor Elementary School first-grade teacher Ashley Poston said she wasn’t sure what to do when her administration and her own first-grade daughter came bursting into her classroom a few weeks ago.
HCS talks rapid testing, plexiglass concerns and spring transfers
In her 29th year of teaching, Caren Jenerette said she was shocked to be named Midland Elementary’s 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year.
Aynor Elementary has held classes with their plexiglass installations for two weeks now.
CHS will present their radio play-formatted show on Dec. 18.
Robert Rabon, former Horry County Republican Party chairman, died Nov. 13 at the age of 70 from complications due to COVID-19.
Horry County Schools parents will have a chance to change the way their child attends school for the spring semester in the next few weeks.
PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION: The Aynor Elementary Veterans Day Parade will be postponed until Nov 18 at 10 a.m. due to projected inclement weather.
Aynor Elementary teacher Hannah Mills wins Rookie Teacher of the Year.
Republican James Edwards will be the next District 9 representative on the Horry County Board of Education.
Coastal Carolina University said Tuesday that the previously-announced $95 million committed donation to the school will not be happening.
Elementary schools can expect to have plexiglass installed around their classroom desks by November 22, according to Horry County Schools officials.
CCU sees 3.5% decline in enrollment, after anticipating more than twice that percentage.
HCS officials attempted to quash rumors Monday about how flu and COVID-19 cases are being coded in the attendance system.
The Horry County Board of Education voted 11-1 Monday night to change their re-opening plan and keep schools in a hybrid instruction model until the district is able to return to five-day, in-person learning.
Horry County Schools announced Thursday afternoon that students will be attending school for the next week in a hybrid fashion.
Conway Mayor Barbara Blain-Bellamy is juggling mayoral duties and helping with her five-year-old granddaughter's HCS Virtual lessons.
Horry County Schools will now be able to allow all students to receive free breakfast and lunch for the entire school year, according to an HCS press release.
Coastal Carolina University will host a free community COVID-19 testing clinic on Monday, Oct. 12, according to a release from the university.
Horry County Schools said Thursday that it would continue to monitor the number of cases within the school district and will consider the October 15th DHEC weekly disease activity report as it relates to the district’s future operational status for the week of Oct. 19.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Henry McMaster will not be allowed to spend CARES Act funds to provide tuition grants to private school students.
A group of Horry County parents is pushing for school to be back to full-time, five-day status.
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