Students will take first three weeks of classes online before moving to a blended format.

Reopening plan offers alternate-day instruction option as well as a virtual academy. The Florence One School District has a plan in place for the upcoming a school year and it does not include five day a week face-to-face learning option, as urged by S.C

New All Saints’ Day School administrators recently announced a significant expansion of technology throughout the campus and 1:1 devices for 5K through 6th grade students when school is scheduled to reopen Aug. 19. The All Saints’ Board of Directors has a

Due to the change in the start date for Florence 1 Schools, there have been some updates in registration dates and notifications. Initial early student notification of homerooms/ schedules will be available Aug. 5. Final early student notification of home

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Month, Sonic is providing teachers with necessary supplies for students to continue learning at home. To recognize the entrepreneurial spirit driving teachers to meet their students’ distance learning needs during this dif

Francis Marion University has named Dr. Karen Gittings, a highly respected nursing educator, as the dean of its School of Health Sciences. Gittings has been a faculty member at FMU since 2006 and has been chair of the Department of Nursing since 2016. Sh

Despite the surrounding fear of a pandemic, Florence gymnast Emery McCutcheon is flipping forward the pages of her life as she prepares to begin a new chapter at Francis Marion University. In early March, just a few weeks from what would be McCutcheon’s

NCAA member schools have nominated a record 605 female college athletes for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Among these nominees is Francis Marion University cross country and track and field runner Emma Driggers. A native of Mauldin, Driggers was

Three new administrators have been appointed for Florence One Schools in 2020-21. LaTonya Yates-Ford will be the new principal at Savannah Grove Elementary School. Amy Williams will be assistant principal at McLaurin Elementary and Marci Gatewood will be

The Young Lawyers Division recently announced Qingyi Tan as the first-place winner and Derek Rhodes as runner up for its 2020 Create Your Movement Scholarship. South Carolina high school juniors and seniors with plans to enroll in post-secondary education

Stealing an idea from the popular syndicated television program Parks and Recreation, the Florence Parks and Recreation Department recently built a Wiffle ball field at Ebenezer Park. According to Parks and Recreation officials, the field is now ready for

Francis Marion University women’s tennis coach Garth Thomson has announced the signing of three players to national letters of intent: 5-7 Camryn Cassetori of Plains, Pa., 5-10 Viktoria Leth of Gothenburg, Sweden, and 5-6 Nargiza Yakhyaeva of Dushanbe, T

Francis Marion University softball coach Stacey Vallee has announced the addition of three players to the 2021 Patriot roster: 5-6 middle infielder Chase Booker of Zephyrhills, Fla., 5-5 middle infielder and outfielder Sarah Hilton of Thomasville, N.C., a

Francis Marion University men's basketball coach Gary Edwards has announced the addition of a pair of NCAA Division I transfers: 6-1 185-pound point guard Kevin Holston of Washington, D.C., and 6-5 215-pound shooting guard Holden Redparth of Rockville, Md

Fifty years ago, higher education in the Pee Dee changed forever. That’s when the oft-neglected region gained a university it could call its own. That’s when Francis Marion University was created. The school, then known as Francis Marion College, had been