A Strong Finish
St. Andrew’s Cross Country completes their best season From Staff Reports The St. Andrew’s Parks and Playgrounds cross-country team has enjoyed their best season yet, advancing nineteen runners from the Junior Olympics State Championship in Newberry, SC on November 12...
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Principal For A Day
Two West Ashley residents and executives at Select Health of South Carolina were selected to participate in the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Principal for a Day program Wednesday, March 2. Select Health offers First Choice, the oldest and largest Medicaid...
Wildcats Orchestra Receives a Superior Rating
On March 10 and 11, West Ashley High’s Orchestra hosted and participated in the Lowcountry Orchestra Performance Assessment. West Ashley gave an excellent performance which resulted in a Superior Rating. This competition served as this year’s Regional Performance...
SeaPerch Team Performs Swimmingly
Two teams from West Ashley High School competed in the Charleston Regional SeaPerch Challenge on Wednesday, March 9 at the Danny Jones Pool in North Charleston. The WAHS SeaPerch Team took first place overall and will advance to the 6th Annual National SeaPerch...
Local DECA Club Members Place at State
The West Ashley High School DECA Club competed at the DECA State Career Conference at the North Charleston Coliseum Feb. 26-28. Twelve members placed in the top ten and three members placed in the top three. DECA is designed to prepare emerging leaders and...
High School Culinary Team Places First in State
Two West Ashley High School Culinary Arts Teams participated in the 14th Annual South Carolina ProStart Invitational March 6-8 at the North Charleston Convention Center. The WAHS ProStart Culinary Team took 1st place at the State Competition while the WAHS ProStart...
The Gold Standard
Last week 38 Charleston County School District (CCSD) schools were announced as Palmetto Gold and Silver Award winners. Four of them are West Ashley schools. Founded in 1998, the Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards is a state-based program developed to recognize schools...
Rebuild or Renovate
Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg has joined the chorus of voices in West Ashley calling for the county school district to rebuild, not just renovate, Stono Park Elementary. Last week, Tecklenburg, a West Ashley resident, appeared before the Charleston County School...
Formula for Success
Michael Lanier was excited when he found out he was named the West Of’s Student of the Month. According to West Ashley High School senior, he was most likely chosen because when he participates in class he always tries to always provide “correct and sophisticated”...
A Trip Across The Pond
Most 9 and 10-year olds make toy boats and sail them proudly down the creek behind their house or in the pond down the street. But a group of 4th graders at St. Andrew’s School of Math & Science sailed a boat across the pond … The Big Pond … the large, volatile,...
WAHS Robotics Team Heading To Nationals
Recently three West Ashley High robotics teams finished in 1st place overall in the Bluffton New Year Bash Vex Robotics Competition (VRC) earning invitations to Nationals, which will take place in Iowa, in April. Prior to this competition, one of the WAHS robots had...
