“…students also develop these soft skills. These are the skills you can’t teach in a textbook.”
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Rising Leadership of The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry
The future of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry remains dependent on the two biggest drivers of its past sustainability: a focus on serving the mission and strong leadership.
Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk
Where does Bynum’s motivation come from? “From within me,” he said. “I’m a hard-working person, my mom is a hard-working person, and my grandma is a hard-working person.”
A Line in the Sand: Courtney’s Opinion & Barry’s Opinion
USCB has policies that are quite explicit about what can happen if a student uses others’ work – including AI – on course assignments. The AI-generated work belongs to the AI, not to the student.
Educating Tomorrow’s Artisans
American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) students can earn a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree in one of the following specializations: architectural carpentry, timber framing, blacksmithing, plaster, architectural stone, and classical architecture and design.
Setting Up Camp: How the Hilton Head Jazz Camp Grew
But someone had to lay the framework for that jam. And in the case of Hilton Head Jazz Camp, that would be our island’s own James Berry.
Bluffton Self Help: Paving Path Through Education
Unfortunately, many teachers must pay for snacks out of their own pockets to provide for children who are unable or forgot to bring snacks from home. To ensure every child is ready to learn, Bluffton Self Help provides free snacks all year long to each Bluffton public school.
Born to Teach: Hilton Head Island School for Creative Arts Teacher of the Year, Emily Jeffords
“It’s wonderful being in a family environment committed to understanding and supporting the whole child and the whole learning experience.”
BEE Cause
Local beekeeper has protected bees and produced honey for 35 years.
Nature Up Close: H20’s Nature and Alligator Boat Tours
As the only boat tour allowed in the Sea Pines Nature Preserve, H2O’s Nature and Alligator Boat Tour is an entertaining and highly educational trip for all ages.
Meet Your Team: Town of Bluffton
Despite its growth, Bluffton is still that idyllic small town we all fell in love with. Helping to keep it that way are the men and women of the Town of Bluffton, your neighbors and friends. There...
What Is Your Superpower?
What is your superpower? In his inspiring song Jevon Daly sings, “Your power could be your muscles. Your power could be your brains. Outside we all look different. Inside we’re all the same.” He...
School’s Out ~ Time for Summer Camp!
Hoop-Ship Skills Camp https://www.hoopship.org/services-3-2 Hilton Head Island Rec Center Boys/Girls Price: $175 Scholarships/Financial Assistance Available June 19-21, 2023 Ages: 7-10 : 9:00 AM -...
Start Strong, Finish Stronger: Hilton Head Prep making waves with new junior kindergarten program
“Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.” —Eliphalet Oram Lyte A dreamy early childhood song that has been caroled since the 1850s...
The Commissioning Journey
Six years ago, I sat with my husband, our eleventh-grade son, and a Marine Colonel at Truffles, having lunch to discuss taking the road less traveled. As the parents of a child interested in the...
Coastal Carolina NICU: Delivering extra special care to premature babies and their families
A little over a year ago, Lowcountry expectant parents gained a valuable resource at Coastal Carolina Hospital, where there is now a three-bassinet Level 2 Special Care Nursery to complement...
Project Turtle Watch, Established 1981
The 2023 sea turtle nesting season officially begins on May 1. Hilton Head Beaches have been monitored for sea turtle nesting for over 40 years. Not many sea turtle nest monitoring programs can...
Editor’s Note: May 2023
The CH2 crew spent a few days in late March producing a music video about inclusion with some of the students in the Jasper County School District. Read all about it on page 50 in Becca Edwards’...
Heroes on Horseback: Empowering lives one stride at a time
For thousands of years, the bond between man and animal has proven to be effective in creating an emotional, healing effect. Horses are used by physical, speech, and occupational therapists to reach...
A Bird Lover’s Bonanza: Wild Birds Unlimited Hilton Head fuels backyard birds and your passion for them
Hilton Head Island and the entire Lowcountry is a mecca for birding enthusiasts. The diversity of bird life, which includes spring and fall migrants as well as local birds, is fascinating both for...
Re-flect, Re-nourish, and Re-new at the Arts Re-Center Retreat
In harmony with their mission “to enrich and benefit the community through the arts,” the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina invites you to join a special four-day event, March 23-26, 2023. During this...
Coming to Coligny: FOUR reasons to head to Hilton Head’s downtown this February
You can feel the excitement in the air, and it’s only going to build all month long. February on Hilton Head Island typically serves as sort of a preamble, a prelude if you will, to the rising...
Presenting Exceptional Voices through Exceptional Art: Full Spectrum Studio provides safe, supportive environment for special artists to develop, create, and sell their art
Cat McDermott, Victoria Bramson and Allison Good spend the afternoon painting. The mention of the word “artist” typically conjures up ideas associated with a person’s skill, creativity, and vision....
The Tide Rolls Back In: Palmetto Ocean Conservancy sets course for the future.
The thing about the sea, as any sailor will tell you, is that it’s fickle. One minute, it can be a calm pane of glass stretching away to the horizon. The next, it can be boiling over with gale...
The Clay of the Land: Sit down at the wheel and take a spin through Hilton Head Pottery.
There’s a certain timeless joy that comes with creation, with using your own two hands to render raw materials into a stunning work of art. It’s an impulse that has driven the artistic for...
A Better Normal for Children
Article by Paul Horgan (Head of School at Hilton Head Prep) Friday March 13, 2020 was the day normal ended. May I suggest… “Good riddance?” One could argue that the normal of the past wasn’t so...
Historic Holidays on Hilton Head Island
This year, the Heritage Library is putting something special under the tree for you.
A Novel Nesting Season
Every sea turtle nesting season has its memorable moments. As my role evolves, I look back on all the seasons that have prepared me for the next. Now that 25 years have passed since my first sea...
Where There’s a Whippoorwill, There’s a Way
How Marissa Paykos and James Young turned a few acres into a new way of looking at farming.
The Sandbox: More to Dig Into
Special events and theme nights give families even more reasons to visit the Lowcountry’s favorite family fun spot.
The Sunshine Family
Local organization, ‘Pockets Full of Sunshine,’ adds purpose, pride, and meaning to the lives of adults with disabilities
The Greatest Generation, Part One
In 2009, shortly after my Aunt Madeline died, my Uncle Al Pohlig wrote a letter to his (then) nine great grandchildren, which was then shared with his many nieces and nephews as well. It was a brief (he considered 17 pages brief) history of their lives, a gift as we grew older, so that, in his words, we would “know something about us and what shaped our lives and made us the way we are.”
Uncle Al passed this summer at age 97. His goal of being the last living World War II veteran wasn’t realized, but he has left a lasting impression and a story for the ages.
This is his story, told in his voice, interpreted by me, his great-niece who grew up lucky to be surrounded by “Uncle Al,” his humor, his quirks (only buy American), and his stories.
Building a Better Future: Montgomery Law Firm, LLC
At Montgomery Law Firm, LLC, your family’s future prosperity is just a simple plan away.
Ciao, Lowcountry!
Unless you’ve been living in a tree stump, you may have noticed the island has been rather … ahem … congested these past few months. How often does one muse, “Where are all these people coming...
2022 Men Behind the Business
Dave Miller Superior Services 36 Persimmon St #202, Bluffton, SC 29910 (843) 682-2665 gotosuperior.com What services does your business provide? Whole-house service solutions, AC repair, plumbing,...
We caught up with Randy Rose to find out a thing or two about a condition that plagues 15 percent of the population as they age: Hearing Loss
What typically causes hearing loss, and is it preventable? Sensorineural Hearing Loss is the most common type of hearing loss. It can be a result of aging, exposure to loud noise, injury, disease,...
Plugged In: Is an electric vehicle in your future?
If electric cars could talk, they would tell you they feel misunderstood. And those who love them would give them a big hug and a “there, there,” while advising them to be themselves, dare to be...
The Top Shots at First Tee
Meet the men behind the life skills and expert instruction that are changing children’s lives at First Tee — The Lowcountry.
‘Unofficial Mascot of Hilton Head Island’
Sea Turtles spotlighted on national television
That is a Big Deal: How a little podcast about some notorious Lowcountry residents became one of the biggest things streaming.
It’s hard to believe it’s been just under a year, but so it was that on June 7, 2021, Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were found dead. The layers of intrigue, scandal and deception that have been peeled...
Public or Private? Choosing the best school for your child
If you are the parent of a school age or soon-to-be school age child, you have your homework cut out for you. The assignment: selecting a school. Both public and private schools offer excellent...
A+ Local Educators
If you ask anyone to name the person who had the biggest impact on their life, nine times out of 10, you’re going to hear about a teacher. And that’s because changing lives is the single most...
Beyond the Classroom: Lowcountry Tutoring & Test Prep
For students who need that extra helping hand to reach their academic goals, Lowcountry Tutoring & Test Prep is head of the class.
Let’s talk to our children about sex
If you’re a parent, you’ve been there. You know … those moments when it’s time to address a topic with your child that is more “birds and bees” than you want it to be. Eek. Awkward. Maybe your child...
Feeling Better, Whatever it Takes
There is more than one approach to treating pain and getting you moving and feeling your best. At CORA Physical Therapy, you’ll find all of them.
Creativity Starts Here: Bluffton Academy for the Arts provides unique educational opportunity for performing arts students
Bluffton is known as a mecca of cultural and artistic activity, even named a Cultural District by the S.C. Arts Commission. Now there’s an educational opportunity for students wishing to pursue...
‘Ain’t Misbehavin’: Local educational consultant offers advice for shaping behaviors that lead to learning
Whether it’s your child, your puppy, or your spouse, behavior is always a verb, according to Dr. Sheryl Kaufman, aka “Dr. K,” retired principal and founder of Educational Journeys, LLC. “Behavior is...
A Parent’s Guide to Bullying
How’s this for irony? The word “bully” was first recorded in around 1530 from the Middle Dutch word “boele” or “lover,” and it was not until the 1700s that bully came to mean a “swaggering coward.”...
You Are Not Alone: How the new short film “6:22” is shining a light on the invisible struggle faced by so many.
Nearly every day, you cross paths with someone who is at their lowest moments, but you’ll never know it. While presenting a brave face to the outside world, they mask a seemingly inescapable darkness within. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, there were an estimated 1.38 million suicide attempts in 2019. Of those, more than 47,000 succeeded.
Editor’s Note: March 2022
Let’s Talk About Snakes Once the weather consistently hits about 60 degrees, I am on the lookout for snakes. Perhaps it is because I live in a neighborhood surrounded by pine trees and ponds where I...