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This is how we feel when we remember students return to school tomorrow! Let's get ready to tackle the rest of the 2023 - 2024 school year! #makingapositivedifference
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2023 was a busy year -- check out a few highlights from the year with some of our favorite photos! https://www.bcsdschools.net/article/1388681
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Before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, check out some of our favorite videos from 2023! WATCH NOW: https://www.bcsdschools.net/article/1386468
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To start the new year off on the right foot, stop by the BCSD Family Engagement Summit at Berkeley Middle on January 27! Let us know you're coming: https://www.bcsdschools.net/forms/bcsd-family-summit-registration
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The joy of the holiday season is alive and well at Boulder Bluff Elementary! Before school let out, BBE pre-K students gave a spirited performance for residents from local senior living facilities and made gingerbread houses with them.
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Congratulations to Stratford High's Santiago Balagtas and Emmitt Bryant, and Goose Creek High's Harrison Chandler, on being selected for the highly-coveted South Carolina Band Director’s Association Honors Jazz Combo!
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The holidays are always a great time to reflect and give back to the community. Last week, we gathered at Trident United Way’s warehouse in Moncks Corner to join other volunteers in packing boxes with fresh produce to be picked up by residents through TUW's FoodShare program.
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On these cold winter mornings, nothing feels better than warming up with a hot cup of coffee. Thank you to everyone who came out to Hurricane Coffee for our last Coffee & Conversations event of 2023. Stay tuned to see if Superintendent Dixon is coming to a local coffee shop near you in the new year!
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This week, MenRiv was bustling with volunteers – including Berkeley High seniors – all working hard to make help make this the best holiday season ever for more than 200 BCSD students in need. A BIG thank you to everyone who donated gifts to Berkeley ONEderland this year and helped us make some holiday magic happen!
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#ICYMI, there's a new middle school coming to the Nexton community! On Tuesday, we broke ground on a new school that will be opening its doors to students in August 2026.
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Our team members are among many volunteers ready to serve Berkeley County neighbors with food assistance, today, Sat 12/9. There are meat, produce and non-perishables available. Photo ID is required.
The event runs until noon (while supplies last) at the United Way location in Moncks Corner.
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We were caught spreading holiday cheer and career opportunities at last night's Winter Job Fair! With food trucks, student performances and a Grinch on the loose, a fun and festive time was had by all.
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If you were at the Charleston Stingrays game on Friday and heard singing near the Box Office, that was Sangaree Middle's chorus students participating in the hockey organization's Sing for Santa event -- way to go, Sangaree!
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Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll please! For the first time, a school has won the prized i-Ready Super School banner two months in a row...CONGRATULATIONS DANIEL ISLAND SCHOOL! DIS middle school and elementary school students had the highest percentage of passed i-Ready math lessons for the month of November and have now secured both banners. Way to go, Ospreys!
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DON'T MISS: Food Trucks & Facts on Dec. 7!
Forget about cooking dinner that night. Swing by our Food Trucks & Facts event and pick up grub for the family while mingling with BCSD administrators.
**There will be door prizes.**
When: Dec. 7 from 4-6 p.m.
Where: Berkeley Educational Center, 107 E Main Street in Moncks Corner
DOWNLOAD FLYER: https://5il.co/29733
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Thank you to the dozens of local businesses and employers who showed up for Stratford High's career fair before fall break. What a way to close out National Career Development Month!
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#ICYMI: Westview Middle hosted a kids robotics workshop led by Google's Student Inclusion Program Team and Data Center Community Development Team. The two-day event provided 80 students the chance to work with some of the best minds in tech and build their own robots.
Photos provided by Google.
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The applications for Berkeley County Virtual Learning Academy (11th and 12th grades) will open on Monday November 27, 2023, and will close on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
Available seats are limited, and all applications will be reviewed against a rubric for approval.
The administration from the home school must also approve.
Any applicants should ensure that they have the necessary prerequisite courses to participate.
Approved students will be notified and receive virtual schedules by December 18, 2023.
APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/svBp23v2uAk8cHjr8
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Sometimes it's good to get your hands dirty! For Trident United Way's Days of Caring, volunteers from Santee Cooper did some landscaping in Macedonia Middle's courtyard and the students pitched in to lend to hand.
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We are sending good vibes to the Hanahan High competitive cheer team! They are the only cheer team in our district competing in the state championships on Saturday and one of only four from the Lowcountry to earn a spot. GO GET 'EM HAWKS!
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