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Academic Challenge

ACADEMIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

LVHS state champion ring ceremony (2015)

On March 17, 2016, the third annual "State Championship of Academics" was held in Laurens, SC. The Academic Challenge winners (middle and high schools) from the Pee Dee Education Center competed against the winners from the Olde English Consortium, Western Piedmont Consortium, and the midlands group.

For the second year in a row, Lake View High School is State Champion of Academics, Division II.

LAKE VIEW HIGH WINS STATE AC CHAMPS, DIVISION II!! Second year in a row.

Congratulations to all teams and coaches!!

To view the Academic Challenge Regular Season and Tournament results, click on the Academic Challenge Link above.

The Pee Dee Education Center was formed in 1967 to provide services to its member school districts. Current membership includes Chesterfield County Schools; Clarendon Districts 1, 2, & 3; Darlington County Schools; Dillon Districts 3 & 4; Florence Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5; Lee County Schools; Marion County Schools; Marlboro County Schools; Williamsburg County Schools; Coker College, and Francis Marion University.

The Center provides such programs as Project SHARE which serves low incidence disabled students in the host sites of Darlington County Schools and Florence School District One.

The Center promotes hiring of minority teacher candidates by sponsoring several loans each year to worthy minority students who are going to college and major in Education. Upon graduation, if the student returns to the Pee Dee region to teach, the loan is paid by the school district.

High School and Middle School Academic Challenges are sponsored by the Center as well as the regional Spelling Bee, The Junior Scholars' Recognition Program, and the FMU Math Tournament.

The Center also provides PowerSchool Training for member districts.

PEE DEE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE, 2016

On February 6, 2017, from a field of approximately 35 of the top spellers in the Pee Dee area, ABBY RICHBURG, an eighth grade student from Manning Junior High School prevailed. ABBY won several prizes including an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C. for the National Spelling Bee. Congratulations to her for representing the Pee Dee area successfully. Abby was runner up in the 2016 Regional Bee.

Eunie Huang, 7th grader from Marlboro School of Discovery was runner up. Congratulations to Eunie as well.

There were some 21 Rounds of words in this year's Bee.