by Dana McCoy
Clarendon Club is owned by Trey Phillips and Whitney Phillips, They bought this club which originally was a hunting club. The purpose for buying the club was because Mr. and Mrs. Phillips enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors. Two years ago they both decided they would adopt a highway.
“Going to work every day I got very tired of seeing trash everywhere, so I decided to clean it up. I then realized we should adopt a highway and get some possibly help,” said Phillips.
They first adopted two roads, Benton road and dingle pond road in total making their route about three miles. Their activism began to grow larger than only doing highway clean-ups; they also started a community clean-up where residents of Francis Marion and Prince’s pond all pitched in and helped contribute. They do each highway pick up once every four months. On average they pick up 20-30 bags each time. With a total of over 250 bags since they first began. There are usually 6-7 volunteers
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by Dana McCoy
Tyra Johnson and Karen Hilton, both are residents of the Manning community, are always finding ways to give back to their communities by showing love and appreciation to the people. At the beginning of February, Johnson and Hilton got together and found that they had the same idea about how they would give back to the people this month. They instantly knew this was a message from God leading them in the right direction. On February 25th, Johnson and Hilton hosted an appreciation dinner for all of the health care workers in Manning S.C. The whole process took a little less than a month.
Bridget Wells, a Clarendon Hall Alumni, was born and raised in Summerton, South Carolina. After graduating from Clarendon Hall, she attended College of Charleston with an undecided major. She had a …
by Dana McCoy
The baton attendance award is awarded to the school with the least tardiness. Kyndra Johnson is the district truancy officer as well as the district social worker. The attendance initiative started as a Tardiness Campaign in November of 2019. Supervisor, Dr. Jacqueline Inabinette and Ms. Johnson did some brainstorming on ways they could assist with improving student attendance.
During the Tardiness Campaign, they asked all schools to participate by using creative ways to take time and promote the importance of arriving at school on time, every day. This was done by the schools posting flyers on their websites, social media platforms, school marquees/morning afternoon announcements, and creating mini videos.
On Monday, March 1st, Dr. Dana McCoy joins FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present Um compasso para aprender: Adapting and evaluating a large-scale social emotional learning program in Brazilian primary schools as part of our Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture, and Intersectional Approaches!