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New Principal Named at Broome High School

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. 

Hardy is a 2000 graduate of the University of South Carolina-Upstate and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from Converse College in 2004. His professional preparation also includes the completion of the State Department of Education’s School Leader Executive Institute and the Spartanburg County Administrators Academy.

Hardy has worked in Spartanburg District Five for the past nine years as a social studies teacher, assistant principal at Florence Chapel Middle School, and principal of the James F. Byrnes Freshman Academy. He is a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the South Carolina Association of School Administrators and the National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.  More...

District News

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...

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...

Lorraine Moore, academic gifted and talented teacher for Spartanburg School District Three, received a $5000 National Education Association (NEA) grant. Moore will be using the grant award for Solar Science/Solar Society; a study designed for fourth and fifth grade gifted students to experience the power of solar energy – as scientists and as citizens. More...

 
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EMERGENCY WEATHER PROCEDURES

The school district cannot guarantee the safety of road conditions at any time. The district administration makes the decision whether or not to operate schools. Parents must make the decision whether or not to send their children to school during bad weather conditions. More...



Weather

Today, 3/11/2010
High: 62 Low: 48
Rain showers
70% chance of precipitation.
Tomorrow, 3/12/2010
High: 69 Low: 53
Rain showers likely
55% chance of precipitation.