Recent Stories

Broome High School Announces Top Honors Read more...

Spartanburg County Foundation Announces New Class of Citizens Scholars Read more...

State Department Recognizes Broome High School Student as State Winner Read more...

Students Selected for Honors Music Summer Program
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Top Scoring Students Recognized by Duke University Talent Identification Program
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Five District Three Students Selected for Scholars Academy
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NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED AT BROOME HIGH SCHOOL Read more...

Weather

Today, 7/29/2010
High: 98 Low: 73
Chance thunderstorms
29% chance of precipitation.
Tomorrow, 7/30/2010
High: 96 Low: 71
Partly sunny
11% chance of precipitation.

Awards & Recognitions

District Three Schools win 
Red Carpet Awards
 
Clifdale and Pacolet Elementary schools have been honored with Red Carpet awards to recognize their success at creating family-friendly school environments and providing excellent customer service.  Both schools will receive red carpets with the state seal to display in their lobbies. Red Carpet schools maintain their recognition status for a three-year period. 
 
A total of 262 schools began the Red Carpet award application process last fall.  Applicants provided written details about their family-friendly philosophies and environments, along with the methods used to promote and self-evaluate those efforts.  They also were required to include copies of their school’s communication plan.
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Communication Programs and Publications 
win State Honors

5/21/10 - Spartanburg School District Three communication programs and publications were recognized with eight awards in the annual Rewards for Excellence competition sponsored by the South Carolina Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association.
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District Three Schools Bring Home Silver and Gold Awards

Four District Three schools have earned recognition for academic achievement and one for closing achievement gaps in 2009. Cannons Elementary School, Cowpens Elementary School, Pacolet Elementary School and Daniel Morgan Technology Center all received Palmetto Silver awards. Broome High School is the recipient of a Gold Closing the Gap Award. Read more...

State Department Recognizes Broome High School Student as State Winner

The Silver Crescent Foundation and the South Carolina Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technology Education, in partnership with the SC Regional Career Specialists, is pleased to announce the finalists in the ninth annual SC Discover Manufacturing Design Challenge. Broome High School (BHS) student, Edward Fowler, has been named the State Winner in the Calendar Design category. State level judges selected the winners in their respective categories from the 12 regions that participated in the competition. 
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District News

Leadership Changes in District Three
 
6/3/10 - Rodney Goode, principal at Cowpens Middle School (CMS), has been named Director of Personnel and Pupil Services, effective July 1, 2010.
 
Goode joined the district in January 1998 as an alternative school teacher at Cowpens Middle School.  In 1999, he moved to Cowpens Elementary School as a fourth grade teacher.  In 2003, Goode was promoted to assistant principal at CMS and subsequently to the principalship in 2005.
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Smith Appointed Assistant Principal for Instruction at Broome High School

5/28/2010 - Dr. Scott Smith, principal at West-Oak High School in Westminster since 2007, has been named Assistant Principal for Instruction at Broome High School.  Before serving as principal, Smith served as an Assistant Principal for Instruction and a general assistant principal from 2004 – 2006 at West-Oak.
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District Honors Retirees
 
5/28/2010 - Nine staff members with over 200 years of combined public school experience are departing the ranks of Spartanburg School District Three at the end of the 2009-2010 school year.  An honorary luncheon was held to recognize their years of dedicated service to the children of the district. 
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Inaugural Recipient for Jeffrey Scott Whitt Memorial Scholarship Named
 
5/21/10 - Jennifer Nicole Eison, daughter of Larry Hardy of Pacolet, SC, is the inaugural recipient of the Jeffrey Scott Whitt Memorial Scholarship, established by his mother, Dianne Whitt. 
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Athletic News

Frye Named new Athletic Director

5/21/10 - Steven (Skip) Frye, assistant athletic director, cross county and boys track coach at Broome High School (BHS), will assume the responsibility of Head Athletic Director beginning July 1, 2010.  He has served as assistant athletic director since 2007. 
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Martin Named new Boys Basketball Coach
 
5/21/10 - Ben Martin has been named Broome High School’s new head boys basketball coach. He will be following Hal McManus, who is departing for Spartanburg High School.
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