September 1, 2019
The Aiken Works community workforce development collaborative is gearing up to bring its 2019 “Road Tour” to a location near you. Beginning this Friday,...
September 1, 2019
On Saturday morning, the South Aiken High School parking lot was packed with students – an unusual sight for the weekend.
Students in the Aiken County...
September 1, 2019
An Aiken High School student got a big surprise in class Wednesday morning.
Rachel Larson, a 17-year-old senior, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship for ...
September 1, 2019
Scott Floyd celebrated his birthday Tuesday with his extended family – all 570 of them.
In just about three months, the new principal of Schofield Mid...
September 1, 2019
Marching bands from Aiken County and the surrounding areas flocked to Midland Valley High School last weekend for a band competition, with North Augusta...
August 1, 2019
Teachers at Greendale Elementary will start the new school year Monday with an assortment of school supplies to ensure their students will be ready to p...
August 1, 2019
When Denise McCray, the principal of the new Aiken Intermediate School, says she knows “the power” of teachers to make a difference in students' lives, ...
August 1, 2019
The start of school Monday brought students back to class and the return of traffic congestion to city and county streets and roads – especially at the ...
August 1, 2019
School district officials, along with School Board, government and community members, dedicated the school – the former Aiken Middle School – on Tuesday...
August 1, 2019
Aiken County Public Schools' annual One Team pep rally revved up teachers and staff for the first day of classes Monday, but the students brought down t...
August 1, 2019
Yanfei Gao greeted 27 kindergarten students with a friendly “Ni hao” – Mandarin Chinese for hello – on the first day of school Monday morning at Belvede...
August 1, 2019
The Rotary Club of Aiken received a progress report Monday on the impact of its Rotary Readers program at the East Aiken School of the Arts.
And the n...
August 1, 2019
As families face more options of where to send their children to school, Aiken County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Alford said the district is wor...
August 1, 2019
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHES MILITARY-FRIENDLY RECOGNITION PROGRAM, NAMING AIKEN COUNTY AS THE FIRST PURPLE STAR SCHOOL DIS...
July 1, 2019
Aiken County's school system covers plenty of acreage, and Sal Minolfo is familiar with a substantial portion of it, having served in a variety of roles...
July 1, 2019
Aiken County Public Schools will dedicate two new schools in re-purposed buildings in August.
The ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for Aiken Int...
July 1, 2019
It's not surprising Dr. Jason Holt, Aiken High School's new principal, went into education.
He comes from a long line of educators. It's a family trad...
July 1, 2019
Three Silver Bluff High School graduates signed letters of intent to participate in instrumental ensembles at Southern Wesleyan University. Pictured fro...
July 1, 2019
Fourteen Aiken County Public Schools students recently received Martha Schofield Scholarships totaling more than $25,000.
The students and their award...
July 1, 2019
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