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Sheriff Anthony Dennis presented Vanessa Canty with the Citizen of the Year award for her partnership and collaboration with the Sumter/Lee Detention Center. Canty is the director of Sumter Adult Education. more
After residents raised concerns about the new Walker Gamble Elementary School, Freedom of Information Act requests reveal a traffic and environmental study was completed with road work needed for safety. In November 2023 at a pre-bid meeting, … more
Sumter Opera House hosted students and teachers from Wilder, Cherryvale, Willow Drive, Crosswell Drive, Pocalla Springs and Oakland Primary elementary schools for two showings of The Magic School Bus musical … more
In the hushed hallways, silence holds its breath in anticipation. Suddenly, the tap of sticks against the drumheads bounces off the brick walls, its cadence cutting through the once-serene atmosphere and painting the walls in its infectious … more
When someone is a role model for others, people generally want to put that person on a platform. Sumter High School's Kelly Gristwood is just that role model for student-athletes. Competitiveness and character both in the classroom and on the … more
Sumter school board's chairman took exception Monday with the superintendent for what has been a four-month delay in getting a budget estimate request for renovations to a middle school football field while work continued. In early September, the … more
Autumn Shutts has been selected as Sumter Christian Teacher of the Year for the 2023-24 school year. Shutts received her Bachelor of Science degree from The Crown College in Powell, Tennessee. She taught kindergarten in West Virginia … more
Students across Sumter School District celebrated the 100th day of school last week with various activities and events, including dressing up like they were 100 years old, taking part in STEM labs, decorating posters, gathering 100 signatures, doing … more
Carrying what he has learned from his leadership position with Liberty STEAM Charter School since 2019, board Vice Chairman Dexter Davis has accepted an appointment by its statewide authorizer's board of trustees. Because Davis cannot hold both … more
COLUMBIA - The University of South Carolina Sumter is not closing, but it is part of a recommendation from Gov. Henry McMaster for a study of the entire higher education system in the Palmetto State. McMaster recommended $3 million from the state … more
More than 100 scholarships from Central Carolina Technical College Foundation are available for current and future college students in Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties for the 2024-25 academic year. Scholarship awards … more
Mrs. Richardson's class at Alice Drive Middle School welcomed USC Aiken School of Education students into her science classroom this week. more
A recommendation for district administration to provide quarterly status reports on school-level Title I spending plans to ensure that money is spent appropriately and ultimately benefiting students will be before Sumter school board on … more
Performance zoning and site plans were approved for the new Walker Gamble Elementary School during a recent Clarendon County Planning Commission meeting. Despite controversy in 2023 about the new school being built in Turbeville and possible … more
Students transferring from a school within the South Carolina Technical College System to either Clemson University or University of South Carolina will now have an easier time doing so. State leaders from the Legislature, the technical college … more
Much has been learned in the last decade about social and emotional aspects of learning in young children, and Lemira Elementary School has now incorporated some of those concepts in a unique classroom setting. It is called a sensory room, and … more
COLUMBIA - South Carolina Department of Education is looking for partners to assist with providing meals to children this summer. The Summer Break Café is a summer food service program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and … more
The Sumter School District STEM truck is at Oakland Primary School this week teaching lessons to students in the basics of STEM education for science, technology, engineering and math. This well-equipped van travels across the district teaching and … more
Due to the threat of a severe weather system about the time of school dismissal, Friday will be a half day for all students and staff in Sumter School District. A district spokeswoman sent out a … more
Monday is back to school from winter break in Sumter School District and the school board will also have its first meeting of 2024. Public participation, board committee reports and … more
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