May 1, 2022
Seven area high school soccer players have been named to the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State teams.
All seven players,...
April 1, 2022
The Aiken County Public School District (ACPSD) is pleased to announce its 2022-23 Stars of Public Education Principal of the Year and Assistant Princip...

April 1, 2022
Aiken County Public Schools is pleased to announce its 2022-23 Stars of Public Education Teacher of the Year (TOY), First Year Teacher of the Year (FYTO...

April 1, 2022
The playoffs came early Monday night in Wagener.
Sure, the postseason doesn’t start until next week, but the Aiken County Class A rivalry softball cla...

April 1, 2022
Jefferson Elementary School students and staff will see a new face leading next year, but John Metts, who has been named the school’s principal for the ...

April 1, 2022
Serving at all levels of education provides a great opportunity to know where you really belong, and for Jeff Matthews, being named principal of Cyril B...

April 1, 2022
There are some new Battle of the Books champions – both in elementary and middle school!
Jefferson Elementary School took home the title on April 19, ...
April 1, 2022
By STEPHANIE HILL/ The Aiken Standard
Students showed off their medical lab knowledge during the Biomedical Science Student Showcase at Aiken Career ...
April 1, 2022
Eli Smith, 15, has a keen interest in a particular career track, and took a major step in that direction last month through his ability to work with ste...

April 1, 2022
South Carolina’s first Purple Star School District is celebrating the 654 military-connected students currently enrolled in Aiken County Public Schools ...
April 1, 2022
Rotary Readers returned to East Aiken School of the Arts on Tuesday after a two-year hiatus due to COVID.
The program is a partnership between East Ai...

March 1, 2022
Aiken High School students in Dr. Kayla Hostetler’s dual enrollment class, English IV honors class, and English II class hosted a Black History Month Fa...

March 1, 2022
GRANITEVILLE – Paul Knox Middle School Boys’ Basketball Coach Chon Mathews’ team put in some extra work on foul shots in the team’s final practice befor...

March 1, 2022
Aiken County Public Schools is pleased to announce its 2022-23 Stars of Public Education honorees, including Teachers of the Year, First Year Teachers o...

March 1, 2022
Kaitlyn Toole battled severe anxiety this school year prior to both her classroom and group spelling bees, but she appears to be right at home on the ve...
March 1, 2022
BY Stephanie Hill/The Aiken Standard
An Aiken High School senior recently received some prestigious honors.
Laura Huff was named a National Merit ...

March 1, 2022
The Aiken County Board of Education approved the 2023-24 Aiken County Public School District Modified Academic Calendar during its regular meeting held ...

March 1, 2022
The Aiken County Board of Education approved the 2022-23 assistant principal appointments of Casey Crane and Jasmine Scott at North Augusta High School ...

March 1, 2022
Whodunit?
That was the question that consumed students at New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School for much of the month of March. In the fictitious ca...
March 1, 2022
The Schofield Middle School Academic Team finished the 2021-22 season with 9 wins and just 1 loss, earning SMS “Team Awesome” the best record of all mid...