Make plans to attend the 2012 SC School Improvement Council (SC-SIC) Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration, Saturday, March 24, at Dreher High School, 3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia.
The theme of this year’s meeting is “The School-Community Connection: Plugging In to Power Potential,” and will highlight the importance of collaborative efforts by parents, community and educators in the lives of our schools and students.
The day’s agenda will include video presentations and discussions of innovative school-community collaborations, presentations from SC-SIC’s 2012 Dick and Tunky Riley Award for SIC Excellence finalists, and will culminate in the presentation of this year’s Riley Award by special guest Dick Riley, former S.C. Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education.
Check-in for the meeting will start at 8:15 a.m. The day’s activities will run from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 2:00 p.m.
Registration fee for this event is just $25.00, which includes a continental breakfast and buffet lunch. (Advance registration and payment by check, money order or purchase order is required – no later than Wednesday, March 21. There will be no onsite registration the day of the meeting! Click the link below, fill out your registration, print it out, and sign it. Include your payment or PO and mail it to: SC-SIC, USC College of Education, 820 Main Street, Suite 001, Columbia, SC 29208. Have questions? Call us at 1-800-868-2232.
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s SC-SIC Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration, Saturday, March 24, in Columbia!
2012ConfRegistration.pdf
The Dick and Tunky Riley Award for School Improvement Council Excellence was created by the SC-SIC Board of Trustees in honor of former SC Governor and US Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley and his wife, Tunky, in 2002. The annual award recognizes School Improvement Councils for outstanding achievement and civic engagement on behalf of their school.
SC-SIC is pleased to announce that 15 local School Improvement Councils from across the state – based on their Level One applications for this year’s Dick and Tunky Riley Award for School Improvement Council Excellence – have been named to this year’s SIC Honor Roll and will advance to Level Two judging for the award.
This year’s Honor Roll SICs are, in alphabetical order:
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Airport High School (Lexington School District 2)
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Baron DeKalb Elementary School (Kershaw County School District)
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Blythe Academy of Languages (Greenville County Schools)
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Burton-Pack Elementary School (Richland School District 1)
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Ebinport Elementary School (Rock Hill School District 3)
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Hammond Hill Elementary School (Aiken County Public School District)
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Jennie Moore Elementary School (Charleston County School District)
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Jesse Boyd Elementary School (Spartanburg School District 7)
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North Augusta Elementary School (Aiken County Public School District)
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Port Royal Elementary School (Beaufort County School District)
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St. James Elementary School (Horry County Schools)
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Satchel Ford Elementary School (Richland School District 1)
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Seneca High School (School District of Oconee County)
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West View Elementary School (Spartanburg School District 6)
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Woodmont Middle School (Greenville County Schools)
Level Two, worth 35 points, provides additional evidence that a council is in compliance with state law and SC-SIC guidelines. Five of the semi-finalists will be chosen for the Winners Level. An independent panel of judges will evaluate the five finalists and choose the Riley Award winning SIC. The remaining finalists will receive Honorable Mention awards. Notebooks from semi-finalists for Level Two must be received in the SC-SIC office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2012.
RileyApp-MemshipForm_2011-2012.pdf
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First Annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for Excellence
South Carolina Archives and History Center, Columbia, SC
October 26, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
Congratulations to SC Teaching Fellows, winner of the $10,000 Dick and Tunky RileyWhatWorks SC Award for Excellence! In the rigorous screening process, Teaching Fellows scored highest in three of the four areas rated (research; evaluation; maximization of resources; and sustainability & replicability). Congratulations also to the two finalists: American Reading Company's 100 Book Challenge at Clinton Elementary School in Lancaster and the Reading Recovery Training Center at Clemson University. These two outstanding programs received $1000 awards provided by the Riley Institute. View the videos of what these remarkable programs are doing for education in South Carolina!
http://riley.furman.edu/education/projects/whatworkssc-award/dick-and-tunky-riley-whatworkssc-award-2011
These finalists were selected from ten semi-finalists, who include:
•Bridges to a Brighter Future, Furman University
•Clemson-Barnwell First Steps Partnership
•FDR-Time (Focus to Develop Reading) at Sue Cleveland Elementary School, Greenville County
•Horry County Early College High School
•Language! at West Ashley High School, Charleston County
•Project Lead the Way at Anderson School Districts 1 and 2
•South Carolina TAP (Teacher Advancement Program)
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