As summer break draws to a close and local schools open classroom doors and textbooks for the 2022 23 school year, area principals are addressing students’ and parents’ queries on what the new school year has in store. Leaders in academia from the following learning institutions talk about...
The Daniel Island School’s new assistant principal, Jay Burnsworth, has a favorite word: fantastic. His favorite philosophy: to treat people with kindness and respect.
Burnsworth hopes his enthusiasm and compassion will connect with students when they return to school next week.
“I...
School is going to look and feel a bit different for elementary students taking part in the Elevate Learning Project on Daniel Island when they return to their classrooms on Aug. 24.
They’ll find the same Montessori-inspired learning experience, but the ELP team has kicked it up a notch...
The commute time to and from Daniel Island is solely impacted by the traffic buildup along I-526. The major thoroughfare may become less congested in the years to come pending the improvements of the Long Point Road interchange near the Wando Terminal in Mount Pleasant.
On Aug. 2, South...
The following incidents were taken from the City of Charleston Police Department reports within Team 5, which serves Daniel Island and parts of the Cainhoy peninsula, between July 16-31.
Broken glass
On July 19, an officer responded to a business on Charleston Regional Parkway and met...
Shelby Rogers, the grande dame of tennis in the Lowcountry, came oh-so close to winning her first WTA title last weekend when she competed in the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, California.
Rogers reached her first WTA final in six years and took command of Sunday’s...
The good news, if you are Bishop England High School football coach John Cantey, is that interest in the Battling Bishops football program is almost at the breaking point.
The coach is in charge of the varsity and junior varsity programs and there are more than 100 players ready to do...
Sometimes, fishing does not go according to plan. As a matter of fact, sometimes it is simply awful.
Saturday was one of these days. My son Elliott, Brody (the amazing fish-finding and stock-trading dog) and I invited Jake Somerville with Shimano to go fishing. Our plan was to run 50 miles...
These are the issues coming before various City of Charleston boards and committees and the application results specific to Daniel Island and the Cainhoy area.
UPCOMING
City of Charleston Technical Review Committee
Aug. 18: A site plan for Governor’s Cay – The Point Amenity...
The winner of the Mystery Photo contest from Aug. 4 is Kim Kolts, who correctly identified the picture as the “kids on a branch” at the water’s edge on Smythe Lake.
Kolts and her husband and two dogs have lived on Daniel Island for eight years after moving from Nashville.
Some of...