RIDGEWAY – Geiger Elementary School principal Myra Bramlett awarded second grade teacher Blair Branham, left, the Rookie Teacher of the Year award this week. Branham, a graduate of Blythewood High School, graduated from Columbia College in 2017. She joined Geiger in August of 2018. Branham’s second grade teammate, Lori Yarborough was awarded Geiger’s Teacher of […]
SC board suspends BHS teacher
March 7, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina State Board of Education has suspended the teaching license of a Blythewood High School teacher after he was accused of being in a closed closet alone with a female student on several occasions. Kevin Smalls had been employed by Richland County School District Two since 2014 as an engineering and […]
A Bengal Ball
March 7, 2019 By
The Bengal Batallion, Blythewood High School’s JROTC, held their annual military Ball on Feb. 23 at the NCY Club on Fort Jackson. The ball was open to anyone who participated in JROTC at one point during the school year and their dates.
Blythewood Middle Honors Chorus
February 28, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – BMS Honor Chorus at R2i2 for the District’s Retirement Luncheon. Front Row Stairs: Zhanaya Casteal, Katherine Connor, Annabelle Manville, Emily Stack, Sidney Powell, Sarah Chaneyworth, Alex Raileanu, Caroline Martin Second Row Stairs: Emerson Hood, Brooke Witmer, Vivian LeBron, Anna Sparrow, Sanders Pitts, Caprice Aspland, Julia Friedman, D’ara Bolt Third Row Stairs: Emma Sauls, […]
Teachers Honored
February 28, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Above, are the Fairfield County School District teachers who are participating in the first year of the District’s two-year program that provides support for teachers interested in pursuing national certification with minimal financial investment. The two year program helps them to achieve their goal of applying for and being awarded national certification, according […]
Sailesh honored for academic papers
February 21, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School junior Abhimanhu Sailesh was honored by the Richland Two School Board recently for having presented two academic papers at the prestigious peer-reviewed 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence that was held in Las Vegas, Dec. 13 – 15. The papers will be published in the fall of […]
Richland 2 Board awash in discord
February 14, 2019 By
Members Vote 4-3 Against Removing Officers For Cause COLUMBIA – Despite several members facing ethical and criminal sanctions, the Richland Two Board of Trustees voted against a policy designed to increase their accountability. On Tuesday night, the board voted 4-3 against a board policy revision that would have empowered the board to discharge office holders […]
Redhawk Robotics
February 14, 2019 By
MYRTLE BEACH – Westwood High School’s Robotics Team will compete in the Palmetto Regional competition Feb. 28 – Mar. 2 in Myrtle Beach for the sixth time. The three-day competition showcases robots developed and operated by high school teams from all over the world. The team is comprised of 22 students in grades 9 – […]
Richards semi-finalist for Gates scholarship
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Two students from Fairfield County have been distinguished as being among 2,000 semi-finalists out of 33,000 applicants for one of 300 Bill and Melinda Gates scholarships. The prestigious scholarships cover up to $200,000 each for winners to attend any college or university of their choice within the United States. One of those students, […]
