Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

CFHS students are scholarship semifinalists

Two Carolina Forest High School students are among 146 seniors in 50 South Carolina public high schools to be named semifinalists in the 54th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Christopher J. Peterman and Sarah E. Robbins were named semifinalists.

The two were among six Horry County Schools students.

CCU graduate students partner with area high schools

Six Coastal Carolina University graduate students in the Marine and Wetland Studies program have been selected as the inaugural GK-12 Fellows to work with Horry County middle and high schools.

The G in GK-12 refers to graduate students.

Graaduate students Meredith Penland and Justin Schreer will work with Carolina Forest High School.

Other students and their partnering schools are: Carrie Jones, Myrtle Beach High School; Craig OConnell, Loris Middle School; Julia Stevens, Forestbrook Middle School; and Eric Tosso, North Myrtle Beach High School.

The partnership is part of a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation that established a program pairing University graduate students and Horry County K-12 teachers in coastal science research.

The participating students, known as GK-12 Fellows, develop and teach lesson plans based on their specific research projects. They also serve as a scientific resource for the classroom teacher and as tutors and mentors to the students.

All the projects will focus on some aspect of coastal science, including research on sharks, blue crabs, wetland biodiversity, fungus in area beach sand and the ecology of the areas former rice fields.

Students honored for perfect attendance

Several Carolina Forest area students are among 16 recogized by the Horry County Board of Education for having perfect attendance.

Honored for not missing a day of school in grades 1-5 were: Alexander Thomas Weshefsky and Austin James Elkins of Ocean Bay Middle School; and Hanna LaSha Glover, Black Water Middle School.