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Community members gathered on a baseball field in Georgetown to pray for a Georgetown boy as he recovers from a serious car wreck earlier this month.

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New partnerships, millions in donations, education support staff honored up and down the state: Catch up on some education updates you may have missed.

With schools in the Indian River School District opening this coming week, the Coastal Point talked to Dr. David Carter about his new position as principal at Georgetown Middle School.

GEORGETOWN — In late January, Jeff Oldham stepped into a role as an armed constable at Georgetown Middle School. The position gives his Fitbit a good workout. “It tracks my …

By Mike Smith

Some 300 carolers gathered in downtown Georgetown for the 39th annual Caroling on The Circle event Monday night, Dec. 5, to sing in the Christmas season and help those less

May 9, 2021 Haley Mears Haley Mears of East Millsboro Elementary School has been selected as the Indian River School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2021-22. The announcement was made at the IRSD Teacher of the Year ceremony April 29. Mears was chosen as the overall winner from a pool of 15 candidates, one from each school. Mears has been a teacher at East Millsboro Elementary for the past seven years. She was a fifth-grade teacher from 2014-17 and has been an intensive learning ...

Joe Lacaluso and Jesse Long (Millsboro Middle), Jacob Miller (Georgetown Middle); all are SC graduates. Information was provided by coach Derrickson Layfield Jr.,  who is married to Sarah Hudson, whose mom is a Cannon. Gary’s brothers are Brad, Sussex Central principal and DIAA board president; Rodney, who is on the Indian River school board; cousin Scott, head wrestling coach at Sussex Tech; and Scott’s dad Don, a retired football official. Many past coaches including Joe Booth, B...

As both Horry and Georgetown school districts see a measurable uptick in positive COVID-19 cases, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced an additional 140 cases in