DCSD announces Teacher Feature winners

The Darlington County School District’s Teacher Forum has announced the Teacher Feature winners for February. The program recognizes one teacher from each school to honor excellence in education.

Teacher Feature is coordinated by the district’s Teacher Forum, which is composed of each school’s Teacher of the Year. The purpose of the Teacher Forum is to foster professional growth and teacher leadership.

Better Homes and Gardens Segars Realty sponsors the Teacher Feature program, which honors Teacher Feature winners with free meals at local restaurants.

The February honorees are:

• Victoria Burke, Bay Road Elementary School;

• Pierre Brown, Brockington Elementary Magnet School;

• Logan Smith, Carolina Elementary School;

• Eric Tew, Darlington County Institute of Technology

• Sophia Alfred, Darlington County Intervention School;

• Shydara Campbell, Darlington County Virtual Academy;

• George Williamson, Darlington High School;

• Tiffany Holmes, Darlington Middle School;

• Rebecca Thompson, Hartsville High School;

• Dakota Goff, Hartsville Middle School;

McElveen named to Dean’s List at GSU

Mackenzie McElveen of Hartsville was recently named to the Dean’s List at Georgia Southern University

To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.

McElveen, who serves as treasurer of the Tri Sigma chapter of Zeta Phil Beta, recently attended the sorority’s officer’s academy in Dallas, Texas.

• Genita Johnson, J.L. Cain Elementary School;

• Tina Dinkins, LamarSpaulding Elementary School;

• Kimette Witt, Lamar High School;

• Dr. Ashley Barrett, Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology;

• Grace Lyman, North Hartsville Elementary School;

• Cindy Glanville, Pate

Elementary School;

• Claude Diggs, Rosenwald Elementary and Middle School;

• Caitlin McCaskill, Southside Early Childhood Center;

• Ann Maria Duffus, Spaulding Middle School;

• Brittany Norton, St. John’s Elementary School;

• Jacqueline Finch, Thornwell School for the Arts

Watford named Softball Player of the Week

Taylor Watford, senior designated hitter for Francis Marion University, has been named the Conference Carolinas Softball Player of the Week for the opening week of the 2023 season.

Watford, a native of Lamar and a graduate of Hartsville High School, batted .600 in four games – all Patriot wins – with four runs scored, a double, two homers, and seven runs batted in. She also recorded a .667 on-base percentage and a 1.300 slugging percentage.

She went 4-for-4 with a pair of two-run homers in a 9-0 win at USC Aiken, and then in a doubleheader sweep of Augusta University, she combined to go 2for-3 with three walks and three RBIs.

Watford played two sea- sons at Ole Miss before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where she played one season.

The next home games for FMU will be the Patriot Invitational Tournament on Feb. 18-19.

Watford is majoring in psychology.

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center will host an in-person hiring event that will include open interviews for a range of clinical and nonclinical positions from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the hospital campus in the Main Lobby.

Candidates will have an opportunity to meet the staff, learn about working in the hospital, hear about opportunities for career growth, and interview for a job. Sign-on bonuses may be offered for some positions.

Candidates can learn more about the event and apply in advance at: cprmc.com/careers

Hartsville Evening Lions Club

Hartsville Lions Club now has a Hartsville Evening Lions Club branch that meets every first and third Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Hartsville Chamber conference room on 5th Street in the Center Theater. New members welcomed. We are here to serve our community. We are non-profit.

Alzheimer Caregiver’s Support Group

Alzheimer Caregiver’s Support Group meeting will be held the first Tuesday of each month at St. Bartholomew’s Church, located at 103 Campus Drive, Hartsville. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. For questions, please call 843-332-8765 or email stbartchurch@ gmail.com.