Arawen Brantley, a seventh grade student at Williams Middle School, is the winner of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) bookmark competition in the Junior Nominee Award category. Brantley created a bookmark for the book, We Will N

Dr. Nichole Panza, an assistant professor at Francis Marion University, has received the Mathematical Association of America Southeast Section (MAA-SE) Award for Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty member. As its name suggest

William Malambri has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee South Carolina State Competition. The contest will be held at Brookland Baptist Church Ba

“As a teacher, you want to instill in your students a lifetime joy of music.” That is what Laura Greenway, Florence 1 Schools Performing Arts Coordinator, said regarding March’s ‘Music in Our Schools’ Month. Laura said it takes hard work and great teacher

Jay Riddle won the school-wide GeoBee contest at Trinity-Byrnes. First runner up was Liza Commander and second runner up was Shahid Nawaz. As school winner, Jay took the online qualifying exam and has been notified that he will be one of the semifinalists

Two Florence 1 students named semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program last fall have advanced to the next level of competition. Both Alice Lee and Annie Kate Watson of Wilson High School were selected as national finalists. They will

Twenty-seven students participated in a vocal talent competition at Florence-Darlington Technical College’s SiMT recently. The annual program known as District One’s Vocal Star is the culmination of a qualifying event which began with almost 90 students v

South Florence High announced that John Schweitz has resigned as Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at South Florence High School. “We greatly appreciate all that Coach Schweitz has done for athletics at South Florence in directing the boys basketball program,

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Nine string students from Florence spent time preparing for a concert at one of the world’s most famous music halls: Carnegie Hall. Performers chosen by international auditions came together i

“You don’t have to have a good start to finish well.” This is the message that Bryan Braddock, Executive Director of the House of Hope, delivered recently at the Life Recovery Graduation at Florence Baptist Temple. When a man comes into the Life Recovery

West Florence High School Leo Club held club pinning and member induction recently. The club is sponsored by the Florence Evening Lions Club. The Leo Club Program is an official program of Lions Clubs International with the objective being “…to provide th

Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, students at Wilson and South Florence High Schools will have the chance to take classes through the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) without ever leaving their home school’s campus. Through a vir

Francis Marion University’s 2019 Homecoming celebration culminated Saturday afternoon as a new king and queen were crowned. Gabriel Hutson and Shiniyah Brown, both from Sumter, were elected king and queen of Francis Marion University’s Homecoming. Hutson

Karis Wymbs, a junior at West Florence High School, has been selected to represent Florence, as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2019 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Wymbs joins a select group of students from a

Florence 1 Schools was recently awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant by the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE). SCDE was the recipient of a US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration gran