Two Clover students and a band director at York Comprehensive High School have received educational grants given in honor of the late Winthrop University professor Cynthia Furr, who was killed in a car crash last year.
Clover agriculture teacher Carrie Bolin mentors students destined for a wide range of careers — from veterinarians to pet groomers, and specialists in turf management to hydroponics.
When students at York’s Hunter Street Elementary School began mixing their art classes with lessons in literacy, they impressed even themselves with the words that they put down on paper.
Art students at York Comprehensive High School featured art works ranging from colorful clay art to still lifes, pencil drawings, collages and self portaits last week during the school’s end-of-semester art show.
York Comprehensive High School student drivers who want to obtain a parking pass will soon be required to take a course designed to help them make good decisions.
It started this fall as a pilot program for the Clover school district. A semester later, it's off the ground and soaring. When they return from holiday break next month, leaders at Crowders Creek Elementary School will decide whether to maintain or expand Clover schools' first single-gender classroom concept.
A little candy and frosting — with a dose of acceptance — has helped students at Griggs Road Elementary School understand each others’ differences and forge new friendships.
With the days drawing near on their winter break, area schools are squeezing something onto their calendars that simply can’t wait for students to return in January. They’re bringing holiday spirit to others who could use a little.
Clover High School students learned about genetics earlier this month when Greenwood Genetic Center’s Gene Machine made several stops at the school. The mobile lab offered hands-on lab activities through its “Mystery of the Crooked Cell” and “Microarray has Muscle” modules.
The Floyd D. Johnson Technology Center and York Comprehensive High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America will host a powder puff football game at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 as its community service project.