Burns wins high school math contest at USC
Jason Burns of Spring Valley High defeated Ioana Gradinaru of Crayton Middle School to win the University of South Carolina High School Math Contest. Burns earns a full four year scholarship to USC while Gradinaru receives a four year half tuition award. Division I Spring Valley and Division II Academic Magnet High School led team results. Last year’s champion Zhuowei Yin of AC Flora died of cancer last month.
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Jason Burns
Spring Valley High
Ioana Gradinaru
Crayton Middle School
University of South Carolina
AC Flora
Zhuowei Yin
Music Chart Snapshot of Top Movies and Singles
The list shows top grossing movies including The Santa Clause earning 27.5 million and Star Trek Generations with 20.6 million while Interview With The Vampire grossed 17 million and Junior 14 million. In music, On Bended Knee by Boyz II Men leads the chart followed by Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze and Another Night by Real McCoy. Always by Bon Jovi and I ll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men also appear with multiple label notes.
Education Reforms Proposed for South Carolina Schools
A plan by the Business Education Subcommittee proposes independent local tax power for school districts and all day kindergarten for five year olds. It envisions funding with 80 percent state taxes and 20 percent local property taxes, with districts free to raise local taxes. The reform aims to overhaul funding and governance, with January as a target for coalition alignment.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Business Education Partnership
Jim Wilsford
Subcommittee
Don Beers
State Council of School Administrators
Wilsford
Jefferson Elementary Good Citizens and East Aiken Honors Roll
Jefferson Elementary honors list for September and October Good Citizens featuring students including Denni sia Seigler Keith Cunningham and many others. East Aiken Mathletes and Good Citizens celebrate winners by grade with first through fifth grade placings and list names.
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Jefferson
Jefferson Elementary
Wesley ‘Welles
Dennisia Seigler
Keith Cunningham
Amanda Simmons
East Aiken
Jeremy Curry
Max Lauritzen
Sara Sparks
Johnny ‘Abeles
Morgan Cumbee
Holly Pitts
Kirsten Swenson
Brandon Anthony
Carson Abele
Curt Derico
Kendra Wright
Lane Couch
Thomas Crawford
Brandon Reese
Brett Bodie
Lori Roemmich
Jamie Wood
Joshua Brown
Johnnie L. Ables
Mallory J. Armstrong
Brittany M. Aspinwall
Johnathan C. Baird
Michael B. Brazier
Joshua K. Brown
Martin
Ai Civic Ballet presents Peter And The Wolf at Etherredge Center
Hundreds of pre schoolers filled the Etherredge Center main theater to watch Ai Civic Ballets Peter And The Wolf. Holley Miller Pet Linden Wallace Cat Sara Keisler Bird Martha Clyatt Wolf hid behind a book as Peter and friends outwitted the snarling invader of their meadow.
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Etherredge Center
Ai Civic Ballet
Peter and the Wolf
Holley Miller
Pet Linden Wallace
Sara Keisler
Martha Clyatt
Peter
Aiken Reading Association Teas Book Drive Event
The Aiken Council of the International Reading Association hosts a Christmas Drop-In Tea at Rye Patch on Thursday December 8 from 4 6 p.m. The event supports a book drive for children birth to 13, with attendees asked to bring a book. A bookplate bearing the donor's name will be placed in each book.
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Aiken
Wagener Salley FFA shines at nationals in Kansas City
Wagener-Salley High School FFA sent two teams to the national contest in Kansas City Missouri November 9 to 13. Members earned silver and bronze in livestock and agricultural mechanics events with top district honors. The soil judging team also qualified for state competition and finished third statewide. Support came from Ms Inese Williamson and Wagener-Salley Young Farmers.
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Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
FFA
Oscar Rushton
Jamie Poole
Stan Hunnicut
Todd Beak
Rushton
Firestone Agricultural Tire Company
Wagener- Salley
Tim Beak
Heather Heyward
Paige Kirkland
Dewey Macgargle
Macgargle
Country
al and
Florence Joyner
Inese Williamson
Wagener-Salley Young Farmers
South Aiken Librarian Remembered By Friends
Sharon Stone a South Aiken High School librarian died of a heart attack in October. Friends and the Kenedy Middle School student Maria Stone planted a red maple tree at the school in her memory. The tree dedication included Rev. Michael Dyar and a message about life and growth for students and the community.
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Kennedy Middle School
South Aiken High School
Sharon Stone
Southside
Bulldog Bantam
Ms. Stone
Bantam
Michael Dyar
Stone
South Afrian Baptist
Maria
Sharon
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