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For
Immediate Release
Media contact:
Katie
Rice, Public Information Office: (864)
577-7506
Outstanding
students at the
Students receiving Governor’s Citizenship, American Legion, residential, arts and athletics awards will be honored. The Baron Holmes and Ruth Joan Millard Scholarships will be presented, and the Teacher of the Year will be named.
Two Hearts and Hands Awards will be given at the recognition event. This award was established in 1997 to recognize community organizations and institutions that have benefited SCSDB students either through direct contributions to the students or by enabling the improvement of SCSDB facilities and programs.
BMW Manufacturing Company will receive a Hearts and Hands Award for their contributions to SCSDB through the Walker Foundation, the school’s fund-raising arm. The Walker Foundation has been a designated charity in the BMW Pro-Am Golf Tournament for several years, including this year. BMW has contributed more than $37,000 to the school and provided a BMW for a weekend as an incentive for the school’s United Way Campaign and other fund raising events.
The second Hearts
and Hands Award will be presented to the Master Kim’s World Class Tae Kwon Do
Academy in
“We are grateful to both of these organizations for the generous contributions they make and for the community awareness they bring to the school,” said Sheila Breitweiser, SCSDB president.
The SC Department
of Education named SCSDB a Palmetto Gold School for its academic
accomplishments and a Red Carpet School for its outstanding customer service.
SCSDB is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf
and the SC Department of Education. SCSDB offers programs for preschool,
elementary, middle school, high school, sensory multidisabled, vocational and
postsecondary education students, as well as a variety of outreach services
through regional centers throughout the state. The main campus is in
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