Browse past news stories for Wren High School in Piedmont, SC.

• Softball. Wren's Chelsea Hawkins Signs With South Carolina Softball; Closes Out 2011 Freshman Class (South Carolina Gamecocks)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 09:21:32 pm
  Two-time South Carolina all-state selection Chelsea Hawkins signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at South Carolina starting in 2011, closing out the class for Gamecock head coach Joyce Compton.
• Justin B. Hedden graduates from Army ROTC at Fort Lewis (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:30:37 pm
  PIEDMONT — Justin B. Hedden has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington. The 32 days of training provide the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support. Although ...
• GREENWOOD NOTES: Wren completes massive turnaround with win over Greenwood (The Index-Journal)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 05:56:36 am
  When Jeff Tate became the head football coach at Wren High School prior to the 2008 season, he inherited a program that hadn’t won more than four games in 12 years and hadn’t won a region championship since 1980.
• Street Lights Installed in Front of Wren High School Following Fatal Accident (WSPA Spartanburg)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 11:45:12 pm
  Two new street lights have been installed along the street which runs in front of Wren High School in Piedmont.
• Light Installed At Deadly Crosswalk (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:37:07 pm
  A light has been installed at the crosswalk where a 45-year-old woman was killed Friday night when she and her daughter were struck by an SUV in front of an Upstate high school.
• Anderson School District 1 Installs Light at Crosswalk Where Woman Killed (WSPA Spartanburg)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 02:15:11 pm
  Duke Energy has installed a light at an intersection where a teaching assistant was killed and her daughter injured near Wren High School.
• Funeral for District 1 school aide killed in accident is Tuesday (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 01:00:30 am
  ANDERSON COUNTY — Funeral arraignments have been made for an Anderson District 1 schoolteacher's aide who died Friday after being hit by a car. Visitation for Gretchen Randall, 46, will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson Funeral Home in Easley. The funeral service is at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial following at Robinson Memorial Gardens. Randall of Piedmont was ...
• Teacher Assistant Killed Crossing Roadway (FOX Carolina)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:52:04 pm
  A Hunt Meadows Elementary Teacher Assistant was killed Friday night while crossing Wren School Road with her 15-year-old daughter.
• Mom Killed, Daughter Injured in Crosswalk Crash (WLTX-TV Columbia)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:13:19 pm
  PIEDMONT, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a South Carolina teacher's assistant was killed and her daughter was injured when they were hit by a sport utility vehicle in front of a school.
• Piedmont mom killed, daughter injured in crosswalk crash (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 04:50:19 pm
  Published: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 12:36 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 12:36 p.m. PIEDMONT — Authorities say a Wren High School teacher's assistant was killed and her daughter was injured when they were hit by a sport utility vehicle in front of the school.
• Anderson School District 1 teacher's assistant killed, daughter injured in accident (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 01:00:41 pm
  ANDERSON COUNTY — Gretchen Randall’s loving spirit is one of the many things about the Piedmont woman that will be missed in the Anderson School District 1 community, where she was a teacher’s assistant. Randall was killed in an accident outside Wren High School after Wren’s homecoming game. She and her daughter were returning to their car after watching the football game Friday night in ...
• Mother Struck, Killed At High School; Girl Injured (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 03:07:07 am
  A 45-year-old woman was killed Friday night when she and her daughter were struck by an SUV in front of an Upstate high school.
• Widower: Wife 'Touched A Lot Of Lives' (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 03:07:07 am
  The SC Department of Transportation is investigating if a light should be installed at the intersection where a woman was killed Friday night as she and her daughter used a crosswalk in front of Wren High School.
• High School's Water Awareness Wins Grant (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 06:37:07 pm
  Wren High School in Piedmont has won a Champions of the Environment grant for efforts to spread the word about water pollution prevention, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Wednesday.
• Wren High meeting to inform families about Alive at 25 (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:20:43 pm
  Parents attending orientation at Wren High School will have a chance to enroll their chidren in a program designed to curb the number of traffic fatalities among teens.
• T.L. Hanna grad drives away with free car from Piedmont Honda (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on July 18, 2009 at 08:52:55 pm
  When Jeff Searcy, vice president of Piedmont Automotive Group, announced plans to give away a car to someone with perfect attendance during the 2008-2009 school year, he didn’t know what to expect.
• Man Charged After Fireworks Blast Injures Teen (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 10:57:28 am
  An Upstate teen remains in a medically induced coma one week after a fireworks explosion caused him to lose part of his arm while his friend now faces charges of making a bomb.
• 14 target state mile record (The Greenville News)
  posted on April 11, 2009 at 06:04:26 am
  FURMAN INVITATIONAL • The 2009 Blue Shoes Mile at Furman University is today at 2:55 p.m. • The race is part of the Furman Invitational Track Meet today that features 12 colleges and 13 high schools competing in the meet runs from 9 a.m. to 6:20 p.m. • There is no admission charge for spectators, and concessions are available at the track.
• No pawns here in this game of life at Anderson Alternative School (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 30, 2009 at 08:42:57 pm
  Alternative school students are using chess to learn thinking skills and discipline. The program seems to be working.
• Fallen Pickens County soldier remembered by family, colleagues (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 29, 2009 at 11:12:51 pm
  An Easley man who was wounded in Iraq in 2007 was remembered Sunday after he died last week.
• Soldier from Anderson County dies in U.S. after being injured in service in 2007 (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 28, 2009 at 02:27:47 am
  U.S. Army Spc. Justin Antisdel of Easley died at the age of 25 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
• Teen driver was under influence of drugs in fatal wreck, coroner says (The Greenville News)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 05:07:40 pm
  Shore said the results were available more quickly than usual because samples were run locally instead of sending them to the State Law Enforcement Division. The driver was alone in the car, so no charges are expected in the case, Shore said.
• Wren High deals with students’ death (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 23, 2009 at 11:49:29 pm
  The Wren High family is trying to make sense of the deaths of two students in two months.
• Another Wren Student Killed In Crash (FOX Carolina)
  posted on March 23, 2009 at 01:35:26 pm
  Another student from Wren High School has been killed in a car crash, the third such death at the school in less than a month.
• High School Student Killed In Wreck (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on March 22, 2009 at 10:24:01 pm
  The South Carolina Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old Wren High School student was killed in a crash.
• Funeral services planned for teens killed in wreck (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 2, 2009 at 04:43:48 am
  Three students were killed in two separate wrecks
• Anderson County school districts continue building despite weak economy (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on February 22, 2009 at 03:00:47 am
  Despite a troubling economy, building plans in some Anderson County school districts continue to move forward. In Anderson School Districts 1 and 5, proceeds of bond issues approved in recent years continue to go toward the building of new schools and renovations at existing ones.