The SC Athletic Administrators Association named Dr. Rick Maxey its 4A/5A Superintendent of the Year for 2023-24.
Gaye Driggers (Carolina Forest High) was named the AAAAA Principal of the Year by the SC Athletic Administrators Association.
Kimberley Myers (Aynor High) was named the South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year.
Candice Cohen-Hardee (Aynor Middle) was one of 29 educators – and the only one from SC – chosen for the 2025 Class of Extraordinary Educators for Curriculum Associates (iReady).
April Troglauer (Aynor Middle) wrote an article that was selected for publication in the Music Educators Journal.
Brennan Allen (Carolina Forest High) was named the Exceptional Educator of the Year by the South Carolina Council for Exceptional Children.
Jenna Miller (Carolina Forest High) was named an Outstanding Biomedical Science Teacher by Project Lead The Way.
Savannah Cox (Conway High) was named the 2024 SC Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher of the Year by the SC Association of Agricultural Educators.
Gretchen Ayers, HCS’s learning specialist for middle school English Language Arts, was named the Conservation Educator of the Year by the Horry Soil & Water Conservation District.
Etta Greene Carter (Adult Education) was given the 2024 Bennie J. Swans Humanitarian Award by the Carolina African American Heritage Foundation.
Norman McQueen (Scholars Academy High) was elected to the College Board Southern Regional Council.
William Jung (Socastee High) was named an IN STEP Fellow by Drum Corps International.
Ben Hardee, who retired this year as HCS’s Director of Career and Technology Education, was awarded the Horry Soil & Water Conservation District's Conservation Service Award.
Two retired HCS athletic directors were inducted into the SC Athletic Administrators Association’s Hall of Fame: Paula Lee (St. James High) and Joe Quigley (North Myrtle Beach High).
