http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/ Floyds, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/b8f968afec2c842d5697bd53ccfb4ad2.html A teacher in each school within Horry County Schools has earned the honor of being chosen by his or her peers as the schoollevel Teacher of the Year http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/54f4a74414c7619b97992f194d84ebfc.html Each school within Horry County Schools has selected a teacher to compete for teacher of the year Other teachers at the schools nominate the teachers for schoollevel teacher of the year based on professionalism effectiveness and commitment to the profession Each school winner will complete an application for the title of Horry County Schools'Teacher of the Year Applications are reviewed by a committee of educators administrators and community representatives Ten semifinalists will be notified on February 20 2009 and then five finalists will be notified on March 9 The five finalists will be observed in their classrooms by committee members the week of March 2331 and the county Teacher of the Year will be named at a banquet on May 5 School winners are: http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/91f3de7c6c0ce7ace103e73f084bd996.html Kay Loftus Paul Peterson John Poston and Trent Hardee were given the oath of office at Monday night8217;s board meeting at the Academy for Technology and Academics http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/cc9882c55ae26b2ec24a8218385cd67f.html Horry County Schools8217; 10th graders improved performance on the High School Assessment Program HSAP examination and continue to outpace the state average on the test http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/17f0b472c6981acbe1ab585a7200af54.html The two high school girls tennis playoff matches scheduled for Monday have been postponed due to rainy weather along the coastMyrtle BeachHilton Head in Class AAA and Academic MagnetGreen Sea Floyds in Class A were to be played but the chance of bad weather sticking around for much of the day prompted officials to delay the matches before teams began travelingMyrtle Beach will visit Hilton Head in a rematch of last year's Lower State final at 3 pm on Tuesday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/31664f52ab8291267ac4627f238da43a.html Seven area teams in South Carolina's three smallest classifications qualified for the playoffs this year including Myrtle Beach Georgetown Socastee North Myrtle Beach Aynor Waccamaw and Carvers Bay Green Sea Floyds was left out of the Class A Division I playoffs via that classification's point seeding system There is still one week left in the regular season in SC Class AAAA and in all classifications in North CarolinaHere are the firstround matchups for the area teams that qualified Click below for full matchups from around the state as they become availableClass AAA: Lakewood at Myrtle Beach Camden at Georgetown Socastee at Marlboro County and North Myrtle Beach at Crestwood http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/95872519fa7a0cc3c77790afaf6d0fa9.html Horry Telephone Cooperative and the Horry Electric Cooperative awarded almost 8000 in grants to eight Horry County schools through the Bright Ideas program which funds innovative classroombased projects The grants are available to all grade levels in Horry County Schools and are awarded for ideas outside of what would normally be funded by a public schoolAward winners are: Megan Acre a special education teacher at Kingston Elementary School received 1000 to purchase a Smartboard to enhance instruction for special needs students; http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/floyds/content/75e7e502c63b2d936d96003945359c2a.html Florence City Council members voted to raise their salaries and approved first reading of an agreement giving Florence County an option to purchase downtown property for a new museum