Tracey Taylor, a sixth grade life science teacher at Cowpens Middle School, has been selected to attend the Science P.L.U.S. Institute at Roper Mountain Science Center for Life Science. Pacolet Elementary School third grade teacher, Jamie Bulman, has been selected as a first alternate for Physical Science. The institute will be held during the summer of 2010.

The Institute, funded by a South Carolina Education Improvement Act (EIA) grant, gives intensive training in science teaching methods and activities to public school science teachers from throughout South Carolina. The courses for the 2010 Science P.L.U.S. Institute include 7 different one-week classes in life, earth and physical science. Classes are built around specific grade levels corresponding to the South Carolina Science Academic Standards for grade 1 – 8.

A major goal of the Institute is to provide teachers the resources needed to do hands-on science activities with their students. Each participant receives science materials and supplies to duplicate lessons learned. These materials extend the Institute into the state’s classrooms by empowering teachers with new tools for teaching science. New skills, enhanced content knowledge, and tested ideas shared by other teachers enable Science P.L.U.S. participants to return to their classrooms with confidence and renewed enthusiasm for science instruction.

JUNIOR SCHOLARS RECOGNIZED AT CONVERSE COLLEGE
Seventeen Junior Scholars from Spartanburg School District Three were recognized at the annual awards ceremony held at Converse College February 25, 2010. Scholars from Cowpens Middle School are Alyssa Yow, Bethany Wofford, Charles Gossett, Codi Royer, Faith Roth, Jacob Powell, Lara Greene, Sheree Bennett, Sydney Whitaker, Tery Burt and Tristian Dowis. Middle School of Pacolet scholars are Ashton Rider, Carly Jane Quinn, Hannah O’Dell, Jabcob Roper, Savanna James and Valerie Kirby. More...

Todd E. Hardy, Sr., principal of the James F. Byrnes Freshman Academy in Spartanburg District Five, has been named principal of Broome High School effective July 1, 2010. He succeeds Joel McCracken who has been serving as acting principal for the current school year. Mr. McCracken is retiring at the end of the year. More...

CHEF TIM PAGE HONORED
Tim Page, culinary arts teacher at Daniel Morgan Technology Center, has been named the South Carolina ProStart Teacher of the Year by the South Carolina Hospitality Association

Page is in his sixth year of teaching the ProStart curriculum. His students leave his classroom with the knowledge and skills that it takes to succeed. Teams from Daniel Morgan Technology Center have competed in the past four state ProStart competitions. In the last three years, Page’s teams have take home one first place and two second place finishes. In 2009 DMTC’s Culinary Arts team represented South Carolina in the National ProStart invitational. This year’s team placed second at the Carolina’s ProStart Student Invitational held in January.. More...

COWPENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
The Cowpens Elementary School Student Council recently sponsored a fund raising event, “Hope for Haiti”, in an effort to raise money for the victims of the recent earthquake. More...

DANIEL MORGAN CULINARY TEAM PLACES SECOND
The Daniel Morgan Technology Center Culinary Arts Competition Team, under the guidance of Chef Tim Page, finished second in this year’s State Culinary Arts Cup competition. The competition took place in Myrtle Beach on January 25 and 26. More...

LOCAL TEACHER HONORED WITH STATE VFW AWARD
On February 12, 2010, State Commander Albert Landsperger, State Senior Vice Ronald Bullock and Commander Glen Adams, Post 9539 of the South Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced that Spartanburg School District Three teacher Paula Kendrick has been named the recipient of the 2009 South Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars State Teacher Award. More...

STATE SUPERINTENDENT WRITING AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Fifth grader Sadie Rogers of Cowpens Elementary School and Caitlin Lollis, eighth grader at Middle School of Pacolet, have been named District Three’s winners in the annual State Superintendent of Education Writing Awards Program.

The program, formerly known as the Lieutenant Governor’s Writing Awards, began in 1979 to encourage students in grades 5 and 8 to improve their writing and communication skills. The State Superintendent’s Office began sponsoring the program in 2008. Students complete a 250-400 word essay on a topic assigned for each of the two grade levels. More...