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Gobble, gobble! Students at Carolyn Lewis School dug into an early Thanksgiving dinner today provided by our child nutrition team.
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Last week, Cane Bay High's choirs dominated at the Georgia Southern Invitational! Competing against 15 choirs from throughout the Southeast, Vox Bellator received third place in the Treble Choir Division and Cobra Chorale won first place in the Mixed Choir Division.
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Since this week in National Career Development Week, we want to say thank you to our career specialists - Patreece Copeland, Jessica Galati, Ahja Glaze, Kia Meyers, Jimarra Norwood, Teresa White and Dustin Williams - as well as all our career and technical education teachers. Each one of you helps our students chase their dreams and figure what they want to do with their future everyday.
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Mount Holly Elementary and all of us here at BCSD want to say a big thank you to all veterans for their service and commitment to this country. We salute you!
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Aren't we lucky to live in a place where we can have an ice cream social - outside - in November? Thank you to everyone who came out to talk to Superintendent Dixon, district officials, and Philip Simmons schools administration at Philip Simmons High last night.
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Yesterday, Katherine Clarkson, a music teacher at Sangaree Intermediate, accepted the Berkeley County Sheriff Office's Citizen Service Award. Mrs. Clarkson was nominated for this award by the school's SRO after she saved the life of a student who was choking in the cafeteria by performing the Heimlich maneuver. Way to keep a sharp eye, Mrs. Clarkson!
Photo provided by BCSO.
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With the largest group of Marching Knights in program history, Stratford High placed eighth at the SCBDA's AAAAA state championships! Amazing job, band!
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Over the weekend, Hanahan Elementary and Bowen's Corner Elementary combined forces to honor veterans and perform at the City of Hanahan's Red, White and Blue Festival. #makingapositivedifference
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Working at BCSD is a sweet deal! On Monday, all of our central office employees were invited by Superintendent Dixon to start the week out on the right foot with some ice cream.
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Auditions for our STEP program are right around the corner, and parents have until the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break to sign up their students. STEP serves our fourth through 12th graders who have been identified through auditions as gifted in fine arts. Sign up to audition at https://www.bcsdschools.net/STEP/.
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Congratulations to Hanahan High's marching band on placing 10th in Class AAA at the SCBDA State Marching Band Championships! Go Hawks!
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We are witch-ing all our students a fab-boo-lous and safe Halloween!
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We're ready for you at the Cane Bay YMCA! This might be the biggest Halloween event in our area! We have free books and of course, candy! The event starts at noon and ends at 3.
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Live drug free! This week schools across the district celebrated Red Ribbon Week.
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Spooky season is all about having some skele-fun! We had a blast passing out books at the Moncks Corner Halloween Festival last night. #makingapositivedifference #communityoutreach #spookyseason
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Congratulations to William Coker, Andrew Tumbleston, Jayden Middleton, Sam Crocker and Landon Stradcutter on making the roster for the 2023 Touchstone Energy Bowl. The annual contest, formerly known as the North-South game, will be held Dec. 9 at Myrtle Beach High.
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There's never a bad time for a good cup of coffee! Thank you to everyone who came out to the Cross General Store to speak to Dr. Dixon at our latest Coffee & Conversations event.
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Congratulations to Daniel Island School middle schoolers and Philip Simmons Elementary for being October's i-Ready Super Schools! This month's schools were selected because they had the highest percentage of passed i-Ready reading lessons.
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Stop, drop and hold! Along with schools across the nation, Macedonia Middle practiced earthquake drills for the "Great American ShakeOut!"
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Over the weekend, Stratford High's marching band made school history during its first appearance at the Bands of America Regional Championship. Competing against 23 bands from three different states, the Marching Knights advanced to the Finals and placed eighth. Go band! #makingpositivedifference #ICYMI #bandkids #marchingband
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