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2024-2025 School Year News
December 2024
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The Horry County Board of Education is in the final phase of its search for a new superintendent to lead Horry County Schools. The Board will announce the top three finalists at its December 9 meeting.
The public is invited to attend a meet and greet opportunity with the three candidates on the evening of December 10, at Ocean Bay Middle School.
Click the link below for more details.
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335 Four Mile Road, Conway, SC 29526
December 2, 2024 Special Called Meeting Agenda
Click here to access the livestream (begins approx. 5 min. prior to meeting start.)
November 2024
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Anna Claire is the Class AAAA-AAAAA Girls Tennis Individual State Champion!
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The Horry County Board of Education named Andrena Baker the new principal at the new Ten Oaks Elementary School, beginning the 2025-2026 school year. Andrena Baker is currently the assistant principal at Myrtle Beach Middle School and will begin her new position in January 2025.
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The Horry County Board of Education named Dr. Michael Raymond the new principal at the new Pine Island Elementary School, beginning the 2025-2026 school year. Dr. Michael Raymond is currently the principal at Switlik Elementary School in Jackson, New Jersey. He will begin his new position in January 2025.
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The NMBH Lady Chiefs are the Class AAAAA - Division 2 State Champions!
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Register today for our Educator Job Fair on February 8, 2025!
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Explore our options for high school students and plan to attend one or more of our info nights!
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This year, 16 Horry County Schools received the Distinguished Arts Program Grant from the South Carolina Department of Education. This grant provides $18,000 to a school for one school year!
October 2024
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Horry County Schools’ performance on the 2024 state report cards, based on overall ratings, shows that 36 out of 50 district schools (72%) were rated as Excellent or Good. Of those,14 HCS schools were rated Excellent, while 22 were rated Good. No HCS schools were rated Below Average or Unsatisfactory.
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Ella Kate is the AAA Girls Golf state champion!
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Jenna is the Class AAAAA Division 2 Girls 100 Butterfly State Champion!
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Valued at $10,000, this package is SFR’s way of giving back to the state that ignited the organization’s passion for serving delicious, nutritious meals that support student success in the classroom.
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In an amazing showing, Scholars Academy High School earned a 99.34 out of 100, making it the highest-scoring school in the state!
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Twelve HCS students placed or received an honorable mention, and our students swept the 12th Grade Photography category!
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Three Horry County schools have received STEM certification from Cognia, a non-profit education accreditation and assessment agency. The Academy for Technology & Academics, Conway High School, and St. James High School met Cognia’s STEM Certification Standards.
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Congratulations to Jenna Miller, a Carolina Forest High School science teacher, for being named an Outstanding Teacher by Project Lead The Way (PLTW)!
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Congratulations to Scholars Academy High School, which was named to the College Board’s 2024 AP School Honor Roll at the highest level: platinum!
September 2024
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The Sun Belt Conference, Coastal Carolina University (CCU), and the CCU football program announced that CCU has received a $6,000 gift from the College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation and their Extra Yard for Teachers program.
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the American Heart Association (AHA) announced that Horry County was the #1 lifesaving district in South Carolina and the #13 lifesaving district nationally.
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The HTC Board of Directors approved a 2024 Capital Credit refund of approximately $7.6 million in total to its membership.
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Connor is one of only twenty students in the entire state that scored a perfect score on both the English Language Arts and Math SC Ready assessments.
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Eleanor is one of only twenty students in the entire state that scored a perfect score on both the English Language Arts and Math SC Ready assessments.
August 2024
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Horry County Schools Outperforms State on Three Major Assessments
Performance results released by the South Carolina Department of Education for the 2023-2024 school year indicate that Horry County Schools consistently outperformed the state on three major standardized state assessments: SC READY, the End-of-Course Examination Program, and the SC Career Ready Test.
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Board Members Recognized for Participating in State-Level Training
Six Horry County Board of Education members earned recognition from the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) for achievement in the association’s 2023-2024 Boardmanship Institute.
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