A Center For Everything
Inside the brand new100,00-square-foot West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies by Bill Davis | News Editor There’s an old saying in education that goes: “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach; and those who can’t teach … become an administrator.” Try telling that...
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Ending on a High Note
One month and some change. That’s what it has come down to for J. Edward Shealy, the director of bands at West Ashley High School. Shealy is synonymous with marching bands and the West Ashley area. Now after 33 years of teaching music and directing bands, the Maestro...
Full Nelson
When West Of last interviewed young Tyler Nelson in 2012 he was a budding wrestling talent. Wrestling at 55 pounds, Tyler had just won the state title in only his first year of real organized wrestling. People began to notice that Tyler had a knack for the sport, a...
Stuck In The ‘Middle’
All Tamara Avery wants is what’s best for her five-year-old son, Tripp, and if that ends up helping all of West Ashley, then all the better. When it came time to enroll Tripp in kindergarten, Tamara and her husband, a local member of law enforcement, wanted to send...
Creative Meaning through Literature
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School welcomed noted author Claudia Cornett to its campus for the public launching of her just-released book, “Creative Meaning through Literature and the Arts.” The book is already used widely by many universities and in other...
Going The Distance
West Ashley High School’s boys’ track team is viewing this season as more of a distance race than a sprint. The season kicked off recently when WAHS hosted the Sandlapper Track and Field classic at Wildcat stadium. It was a good showcase for area runners as they get...
A Good Spin
An area group of do-gooders this Saturday is hosting the seventh-annual Pedal4Pattison’s 4-Hour Spinning Marathon to raise money for a West Ashley charter school for students with disabilities. The event will be held at the Pattison Academy for Comprehensive Education...
Storm the Citadel!
Students from West Ashley High School won first place recently in a medieval catapult contest held on the grounds of The Citadel. The contest was part of the annual Storm the Citadel! contest meant to inspire students at local high schools and colleges in STEM areas –...
One For the Record Books
Every year on National Signing Day a small group of high school athletes around the nation commit to play sports for their respective college of choice. This year proved to be the biggest signing day ever for West Ashley High School. The Wildcats were able to register...
Blizznerds Receive “Golden Ticket”
The Blizznerds Robotics Team from CE Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts won the “Golden Ticket” during the Mount Pleasant Lego First competition on Jan. 18. Now, they will head to Lexinton this Saturday, Feb. 15 to compete with other middle school...
Countdown to 500
Sitting on 498 wins, West Ashley High School boy’s varsity coach Ronnie DuPre knows how loud to yell at his latest team in practice Thursday. Not very. Instead, DuPre focuses on teaching, redirecting during multiple whispered interactions with his teen players, who...
