Browse past news stories for Southwood Middle School in Anderson, SC.

• District 5 to break ground on new middle schools (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:30:39 am
  ANDERSON COUNTY — Anderson School District 5 will break ground Wednesday on two middle schools. At 10:30 a.m., district officials will break ground on Robert Anderson Middle School on Dobbins Bridge Road. At 1 p.m., a ceremony is scheduled at Glenview Middle School on Old Williamston Road. The two schools are expected to cost more than $32.5 million and to be completed in time for the 2011 ...
• Anderson swim centers’ fates still under discussion (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:30:38 pm
  ANDERSON — Before deciding whether to repair the Sheppard Swim Center and board up the Hudgens Swim Center, Anderson City Council members want to meet with residents of the Westside community. Council members A.B. “Buck” Roberts, Rick Laughridge and Beatrice Thompson gathered Thursday for the council’s recreation committee meeting, picking back up with an issue that surfaced in the council’s ...
• Southwood Middle School named national demonstration site (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 10:30:48 pm
  ANDERSON — The Southwood Middle School community in Anderson celebrated Wednesday as it learned the campus has been named a national demonstration school for the AVID program. Southwood is one of only two schools in South Carolina and 118 nationwide to earn the national recognition, according to Anderson School District 5 officials. Advancement Via Individual Determination is an in-school ...
• School districts’ building programs on schedule (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 08:42:40 pm
  Building projects in three local school districts are on time and in some cases, under budget, officials say.
• T.L. Hanna project bid comes in below projections (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 09:58:06 pm
  Several construction projects at T.L. Hanna High School will cost less than expected.
• District 52 teacher of year felt the call to teach when she was a girl (The Index-Journal)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 06:27:11 am
  Debra Kelly, an English teacher at Ninety Six High School and the District 52 teacher of the year, gestures during class on Wednesday. (Staff photo by T.M. James)
• Anderson County teachers of the year share passion for profession (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 01:05:08 am
  Five teachers across Anderson County were named teachers of the year for their districts before the start of school.
• Upstate School District Could Be Dissolved (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on August 17, 2009 at 07:27:15 pm
  A new study released says all students would have a more equal education if some of those districts were combined.
• Hudgens Swim Center to stay closed in Anderson (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 10:35:42 pm
  Officials to drain pool, continue talks with Anderson School District 5
• Meeting will address Anderson swim centers (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 11:30:48 pm
  Anderson city officials will meet privately Friday with representatives of a number of different organizations to discuss the future of swim centers in the city.
• Anderson School District 5 leaders sign option on second parcel (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 11:47:08 pm
  Anderson School District 5 trustees have approved a purchase-option agreement for 35 acres off of S.C. 81 in Anderson as the possible site of a new elementary school.
• I Read 100 Stories in the Anderson Independent Mail (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on June 1, 2009 at 02:14:07 am
  Anderson County Students were challenged to read 100 articles from the newspaper between March 9 and May 15
• Community Service. Tiger Student-Athletes Visit Southwood Middle School (Clemson Tigers)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 03:17:20 pm
  On Thursday, April 30, Clemson student-athletes Rachel Hesler, Ashley Good and Mairi Trimboli visited Southwood Middle School in Anderson. They were there to have lunch with their T.I.G.E.R! Talk buddies who had completed all 12 prompts in the e-mail buddy program.
• State association recognizes Anderson teachers, schools (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on March 25, 2009 at 03:05:27 am
  The South Carolina Association of Libraries recently named Anderson teacher Martha Taylor the South Carolina Media Specialist of the year