District to compare state curriculum with own
The State Department of Education unveils new optional curriculum guides this week for district use. Aiken County School District will review the guides against its own plans from last year and possibly integrate them with district resources and teacher teams.
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State Department of Education
Aiken County
Kevin O’gorman
State Department
O'Gorman
Robin Vitali
Vitali
O’gorman
Rial
Lugoff-Elgin Middle School
District governor hails Rotary strength at Aiken club visit
District 7750 governor George Fletcher outlines Rotary’s local impact and global aims at Rotary Club of Aiken. He lauds Foundation work, promotes Pathways to Progress and polio eradication while citing Rotarians in Rock Hill, Greenville and Aiken for hands on projects in Honduras Haiti and literacy programs.
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Rotary
George Fletcher
Rotary Club of
Aiken
Greenville Club
Fletcher
Owens-Corning
USC Aiken
Tom Hallman
Aiken Technical College
Susan Winsor
Fred Humes
Aiken- Edgefield
Hallman
Sunrise Rotary Club
Rich Waugh
Rotary Foundation
Rotary International
Pakistan
Afghanistan
India
Nigeria
Gates Foundation
U.S
al Steele
Rock Hill
Honduras
Charles Warren
Greenville
Haiti
Sara Mansbach
Rob Novit
Bill Taylor
Local man publishes first novel set in Aiken
Michael A. Bailey of Warrenville releases Heavy Handed a serial killer thriller set in Aiken. The hardback from Eloquent Books is $29.50 and available online. Bailey a Savannah River Site lieutenant, wrote the story over two and a half years and hopes to publish a second book with the same characters.
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Michael A. Bailey
Warrenville
Aiken
Bailey
Eloquent Books
Amazon.com
Booksamillion.com
Barnesandnoble.com
Eloquentbooks. Com
Wackenhut
Savannah River
Aiken County
Area educator named new director of special education office
Dr. Marlene Metts, long involved in special education in South Carolina, was appointed by State Superintendent Jim Rex as the new director of the Office of Exceptional Children. She brings years of classroom and administrative experience, including roles in Aiken County Kershaw County and Lexington Richland Five, and emphasizes balancing inclusion with accountability.
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South Carolina
Jim Rex
Aiken
K12
Rob Novit
Mnovit
Aikenstandard
Marlene Metts
Karen
Saluda
Metts
Karen Blanset
Millbrook
Aiken County
Office of
Winthrop University
Pinecrest Center
State Office of Exceptional Children
Kershaw County
Lexington-Richland County
Future Teachers of America Club
Winthrop
Congress
IDEA
State Department
No Child Left Behind
NCLB
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