Education

by Tanner Bernhardt, grade 5, Indian Land Elementary School, about teacher Jason Weiss

I would like to show my appreciation toward my social studies teacher, Jason Weiss. I am grateful that he has taught me the importance of “not” making the same mistakes that people have made in the history.

The University of South Carolina Lancaster kicked off the graduation season for all USC campuses and Lancaster County on Saturday, May 4, with commencement exercises honoring 96 students.
The ceremony in the James Bradley Arts and Sciences Building’s Bundy Auditorium drew a packed house of faculty members, friends and family members to honor the graduates on their academic successes.

ILMS spring band concert Thursday
Indian Land Middle School’s bands will perform a variety of music at the spring band concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the City of Light, 3000 World Reach Drive.
Volunteers invited  to ILHS breakfast
Indian Land High School will hold its Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, May 17. The school invites anyone who has volunteered at Indian Land High School in the 2012-13 school year to attend. Call Jonetta English at (803) 547-7571 to RSVP.

Among the honorees at this year’s Lancaster County School District’s Celebration of Excellence on April 29 and 30 were 78 students from Indian Land schools.

The two-night event at Lancaster Golf Club’s Fairway Room drew hundreds of guests, most of them parents such as Dawn and Jason Reeves, who were there to celebrate with their triplet sons Grey, Jackson and Walker. The boys are fifth-graders at Indian Land Elementary.