Aiken schools celebrate innovative charter program reception
The Lloyd Kennedy and Aiken Performing Arts Academy charter schools hosted a joint reception at the Aiken Center for the Arts to raise awareness of their programs. A May ceremony will mark progress toward a larger facility on Vaucluse Road, with a campus set amid live oaks. Teachers praised small classes and one-on-one attention. students and staff described a family-like environment and commitment to inclusive learning.
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Aiken Performing Arts
Lloyd-Kennedy Charter School
Aiken Center For the Arts
Aiken Educational and Arts Group Inc
Aiken Performing Arts Academy
Lloyd-Kennedy
South Carolina
Beaufort Street
Vaucluse Road
McDonald Law
Tucker
Mark Gerhardt
Gerhardt
Ccess
Rachel Johnson
Johnson@aikenstandard.com
Aiken Republican Club forum invites House District 81 candidates
The Aiken Republican Club will host a noon lunch forum at Newberry Hall for candidates seeking the House District 81 seat. Attendees will hear introductions, platform details, and audience questions with tickets priced 15 dollars for members and 18 dollars for non members. listeners may attend free if not purchasing lunch.
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Aiken Club
Te Aiken Republian Club
Aiken
Marianne Pecorara
Aiken County
Scott Singer
Tom Young
Brad Boni
John V. Kelly
No Hall
Newberry St. S.W
S of the
Republican Club
Newberry Hall
Newberry St
Mary Lou Dewar
Pecorara
Aiken Republican Club
Robert Stewart
Homeland Security
U.S
Reginald L. Lloyd
April Bailey
Abailey
Aikenstandard
Aiken County appoints new assistant principals for 2008-09
The Aiken County Board of Education names three new assistant principals for the 2008-09 year and rehiring a fourth. Barbara Bing returns to Aiken High School as an assistant principal under TERI retirement terms. Amy Cooper, Basatury Leora High School graduate, and William Hudson, Auburn graduate, are among the appointments. Wendy Jacobs moves to a full-time post at North Augusta Middle. USC Aiken and local colleges influence hires. Also, USC Aiken music and Theatre present An Evening of Broadway Memories at the Etherredge Center April 24-27 with tickets and schedule details.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Barbara Bing
Aiken High School
Aiken
Amy Cooper
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Charleston Souther University
William Hudson
Noch Ang
Auburn University
University of ‘Scranton
Wendy Jacobs
North Augusta Middle School
North Augusta High School
The
College Charleston
Augusta State University
Etherredge Center
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
Jack Benjamin
Joel Scraper
Oklahoma
Lawyer seeks court to withhold advice in Plea case
South Carolina high court heard lawyer Jo Savitz argue defendants with facially valid guilty pleas should not be told of rights to appeal. He contends appeals are hollow outside post conviction relief, while Assistant Attorney General Julie Thames and Justice Costa Pleiones pressed for the court to consider the issue. Savitz represents Michael Thrift, jailed 49, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to assault and battery with intent to kill after beating his wife with a baseball bat.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Michael Thrif
Jo Savitz
Savitz
Julie Thames
Costa M. Pleiones
Thames
Thrift
Trunk Show by Ukrainian Artist Masha Archer in Aiken
Renowned designer Masha Archer, known for art to wear pieces worn by Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé, hosts a trunk show today from 1 to 8 pm at Women's Echoes 137 Laurens St downtown Aiken. Proceeds benefit Women Beyond Cancer with 25 percent donated.
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Oprah Winfrey
Cynthia Nixon
Barbara Walters
Jennifer Love-Hewitt
Beyonce Knowles
Masha Archer
Archer
Elle
Vogue
United States
Europe
Women's Echoes
Laurens St
Women Beyond Cancer
Women’s Echoes
Shelly Schmidt
Womenbeyondcancer
Comand
Rachel Johnson
Johnson
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Usca Theatre
USC Aiken
University Theatre
Mike Gellatly
Theitt
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