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2024-2025 School Year News
December 2024
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
Anna Claire is the Class AAAA-AAAAA Girls Tennis Individual State Champion!
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.
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.
The NMBH Lady Chiefs are the Class AAAAA - Division 2 State Champions!
Register today for our Educator Job Fair on February 8, 2025!
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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
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.
Ella Kate is the AAA Girls Golf state champion!
Jenna is the Class AAAAA Division 2 Girls 100 Butterfly State Champion!
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.
In an amazing showing, Scholars Academy High School earned a 99.34 out of 100, making it the highest-scoring school in the state!
Twelve HCS students placed or received an honorable mention, and our students swept the 12th Grade Photography category!
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.
Congratulations to Jenna Miller, a Carolina Forest High School science teacher, for being named an Outstanding Teacher by Project Lead The Way (PLTW)!
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
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.
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.
The HTC Board of Directors approved a 2024 Capital Credit refund of approximately $7.6 million in total to its membership.
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.
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
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.
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.