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District wins awards at Exceptional Education state conference

The South Caroline Council for Exceptional Children held their annual conference Feb. 28-March 2 in Myrtle Beach. To celebrate the achievements of educators in the state award winners were recognized at the President’s Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 1. Chesterfield County School District has had the chance to be recognized in several categories over the past five years. This year Adam Mullins, a PE teacher at Cheraw Intermediate School, was awarded the SC CEC General Education Teacher of the Year.
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Cheraw student named to SC All-state Jazz Band

Cheraw High's Margaret Jean Harris recently participated in the SC All-State Jazz Band held at Newberry. She is the only student in the district to achieve this honor and the first student from Cheraw High to do so since 2010. Harris is a Junior Trumpet player.
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Junior scholars tour Limestone College

Ten 10th grade Junior Scholars from Chesterfield County traveled to Limestone College in Gaffney recently. They were able to tour the campus, meet professors, talk to other scholars in other districts, and have lunch in the cafeteria. Our Junior Scholars trips are coordinated by the Olde English Consortium.
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CCSD releases Cheraw Police Department statement on Jan. 25 incident

Chesterfield County School District would like to thank the Cheraw Police Department for their assistance on this matter:

On January 25, 2019 the Cheraw Police Department received several complaints from the parents of teenage females who stated their daughters had received snap chat or Instagram messages from someone they thought was a fellow male student at Cheraw High School.These messages included numerous request for the juvenile females to send nude photos over snap chat or Instagram. Fortunately, all of the juvenile females refused to send nude photos and reported this to their parents. Once they refused the request for nude photos the messages transitioned to threatening and harassing in nature. In at least three of the incidents the sender messaged a photo that depicted the image of a juvenile males genitalia.Based on these complaints the Cheraw Police Department launched a Criminal Investigation which consisted of the interview of all known victims and witnesses, the interview of the initial suspect, the search of the initial suspects home, the seizure of numerous electronic devices, the search of all of these electronic devices, and the issuance of dozens of search warrants for all related social media accounts and internet providers.
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Cheraw FBLA student compete at the district level

Cheraw High School's Future Business Leaders of America attended the District Leadership Conference in Florence on Feb. 2, competing with around 200 business students from within the Pee Dee Region.
Thirteen Cheraw High students competed in individual and team business events, which require them to take a 100 question test or perform/speak in front of a panel of judges.
The following students placed and have the opportunity to compete against other FBLA students from all over the state of South Carolina in Charleston in March:
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Board signs ethical principles statement

The Chesterfield County School Board members recently signed the ethical principles poster during their January school board meeting, publicly saying that they will uphold these effective governance principles throughout the coming year.
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