Lamar High School: Shaniyah Singleton
Shaniyah Singleton, 18, of Lamar, graduating from Lamar High School: “You have to stay humble and stay focused in school because it’s all going to pay off in the end. You have to keep focused on everything from your 9th-grade year to your senior year, because you don’t want to fall behind and then come up short your senior year. … After high school, I’m going into the Army. My job is a 92-Alpha, which is an automated logistical...
Mayo High School: Merideth Tallon
Merideth Tallon, 18, of Lamar, graduating from Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology; winner of Mayo’s Heart of the Phoenix Award: “I (plan to go) to the University of South Carolina Honors College. There I’m going to pursue pre-med, and then we’ll see which medical school I decide to go to from there. I want to come back to the Pee Dee and serve my community. I’ve been able to do that already through Mayo. One of the...
Darlington High School/DCIT: Neil Martin
Neil Martin, 18, of Darlington, graduating from Darlington High School while also attending Darlington County Institute of Technology: “I’ve completed three years at Darlington County Institute of Technology. I’m a completer in Welding I, II and Blueprint Reading. I’m also a completer in Electricity I, II and III. Some accomplishments I’ve had – in the spring, we went to Greenville and competed in Skills USA, and I (won) first place...
Hartsville High School: Hunter Thompson
Hunter Thompson, 18, graduating from Hartsville High School: “My experience at Hartsville High School was a great experience. I enjoyed every minute of it. … My favorite memory from high school – this year, in my (International Baccalaureate) history class, my teacher Ms. Sanders does a Thanksgiving dinner every year and I think it was the most touching part of my senior year to hear all of my friends in one classroom celebrating how...
16 DHS students participate in Early College
Darlington High School’s Early College Honors Program announces that 16 of its seniors participated in Florence-Darlington Technical College’s May commencement ceremony. While high school freshmen, these students committed to spend the next three years devoted to college courses each semester in addition to their other high school classes, and their hard work has paid off. Twelve of these 16 students earned their Associate of Arts...