BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night, October 27, to approve the land acquisition contract for Tanner/Foster Creek Elementary School proposed by Hanahan City Council. The school is one of the projects funded by the 2012 referendum-approved bond. Tanner/Foster Creek Elementary School will hold up to 780 students and alleviate the growth concerns at Hanahan Elementary, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Cane Bay High School’s Cobra Chorale will present its 2015 Madrigal Dinner Renaissance Feasts in December. The dates and times of the shows are below. Friday, December 11, 2015 at 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 5 p.m. (Doors open […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Amanda Caldwell, English teacher at Westview Middle School, received a $1,000 Bright Ideas grant from Berkeley Electric Cooperative to create English Interactive Student Notebooks. The grant was awarded as a part of Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s 75 Acts of Education, celebrating the companies 75th year of service to the community. “The grant is helping to fund interactive student notebooks; […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Dr. Karen Whitley has been appointed the new principal of Philip Simmons Elementary School located in Cainhoy Plantation in Cainhoy. According to school district officials, Dr. Whitley will begin her new assignment in January 2016 to prepare for the opening of the school in August 2016. “When I agreed to go to the District Office, I always knew […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.– The South Carolina State Department of Education released each district’s ACT assessments given to students throughout the state for the first time during Spring 2015. Results showed Berkeley County School District (BCSD) students outperformed students across the nation in each of the four subject areas tested on the ACT Aspire®: English, Reading, Writing and Math. Berkeley County […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Cane Bay High School (CBHS) received the Whole Child Award, with just three other schools in the state, at the 2015 South Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (SCASCD) Fall Conference in Columbia, on Friday, October 2. Principal of Cane Bay High School, Dr. Lee Westberry, said, “The Whole Child Engaged Award is a special honor for […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to court documents, Amy Kovach, the ex-spokesperson for the Berkeley County School District, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer as well as the Berkeley County republican party. Kovach’s attorney, Nancy Bloodgood, filed the lawsuit with the clerk of court’s office in Berkeley County on October 15th. During the 2012 ‘Yes 4 Schools’ campaign, the longtime spokesperson was […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Garrett Wright, a senior at Berkeley Middle College, was named a Commended Student in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. Principal of Berkeley Middle College, Claire Freeman, said, “The Berkeley Middle College family is incredibly proud of Garrett and his accomplishments. He is a focused and hardworking student and a positive role model for his peers.” About 34,000 […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.– The Berkeley County School District has rescheduled six varsity football games. The following is the schedule of football games scheduled at this time: Friday, October 9, 2015 Goose Creek High School vs. James Island High School, Friday, October 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m. at James Island High School Saturday, October 10, 2015 Stratford High School vs. Cane Bay […]