Crème de la Crème
WAHS French teacher Julia Royall is a top-five finalist for CCSD 2024 Teacher of the Year from Staff Reports Charleston County School District (CCSD) officials surprised five teachers last month by announcing their selection as the Top Five Finalists for 2024 Teacher...
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Big Changes For West Ashley Schools
The 2017-2018 school year will be one of great change in West Ashley. Springfield Elementary School, Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary, and West Ashley Advanced Studies Magnet Middle School School will all start the year off with new principals at the helm.(see...
The New Sheriffs in Town
Among the 10 public schools in West Ashley, around one-third of them will have a new leader to start the 2017-18 school year, with at least one other to get a new principal at some point in the year. Brant E. Glover has been named the new principal West Ashley...
Start Off On the Right Foot
Fabulon — a Center for Art Education is hosting a special workshop this Wednesday, Aug. 9 with professional organizer and productivity specialist Heather K. Powers, owner of HKpowerStudio. The name of the workshop is Summer Finale and is geared towards setting your...
A True Friend To Our Schools
For the last century, there have been few industries in the United States that are more rooted in their respective community than the local pizzeria. And while chain pizza places have done little to carry on this tradition, there are still local pizza restaurants in...
Restaurant-Ready
The problem of understaffing in the Charleston food and beverage industry may have found its solution in the award-winning culinary program at West Ashley High School. Churning out culinary competition state champs who are trained in restaurant management and...
All Good Things
The end of a school year always brings to a close many different things. It’s the advancement of students from one grade to another. It’s the graduation of others as they begin the next chapter in their lives. It’s the end of some friendships and the beginning of...
Runyon Gets New Gig
Charleston County School District Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait has made the next move in the ongoing battle over West Ashley High School principal Lee Runyon. Last week, the district announced that Runyon will become the “principal on special assignment” to heads...
Seamless Summer Feeding
Charleston County School District’s (CCSD) Department of Nutrition Services is pleased to announce 97 sites will serve free meals as part of the Seamless Summer Feeding Program (SSFP). Volunteers at places such as churches, schools, community centers, and park and...
The Most Dangerous Man in West Ashley
How has this guy not yet been fired? Or reassigned to a different school? Or roughed-up? For the past seven years, Drayton Hall fifth-grade teacher and West Ashley resident Patrick Hayes has been a one-man wrecking ball, wreking havoc with his bosses at the Charleston...
All Their Hard Work Finally Pays Off
“These next steps are our defining moments that will establish our future,” said West Ashley High School salutatorian Michelle Hammock. “Everyone should always have a goal, a passion, something you will continue to work hard to accomplish. We’ve all dreamed about how...
