Cayce Elementary

Future Chefs National Winner DeZyah Dewitt gets the chance to work with James Beard award-winning chef Daniela Soto-Innes at Cayce Elementary on May 20

DeZyah Dewitt is a third-grade Cayce Elementary School student. She is the national champion of the Future Chefs Challenge. Her Cheeseburger Cupcakes recipe was the top vote-getter among 5 national finalists of the annual event. DeZyah had earlier won Lexington School District Two’s Future Chefs challenge, competing among fellow district elementary students,  and went on […]

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Cayce Elementary 3rd-Grader DeZyah Dewitt is the national winner of the Future Chefs Challenge

Cayce Elementary thirrd-grader DeZyah Dewit is the national winner of the Future Chefs Challenge. DeZyah won the title with her Cheeseburger Cupcakes recipe! As the national winner, a James Beard award-winning chef will be coming soon to cook with DeZyah at Cayce Elementary. DeZyah was recognized at the last Cayce City Council meeting.

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Cayce Elementary holds Unified Day featuring Tyler Thigpen, former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback

Students, teachers, staff, and volunteers came together this week for Cayce Elementary’s 4th Unified Day. As a Unified Champion School through Special Olympics South Carolina, Cayce Elementary’s goal is to provide an opportunity for students with and without disabilities the chance to build confidence, self-esteem, resilience, sportsmanship, and awareness for others.   The spring event, held […]

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Cayce Elementary participates in the Gamecock Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics

Cayce Elementary showed that it is all in – literally – for the kids. The school participated in the 2024 Gamecock Polar Plunge earlier this week at the Maxcy Gregg Center in Columbia. Cayce Elementary raised more than $600 for Polar Plunge from community members and Cayce families from a recent $1 Unified Movie Night […]

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Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative awards Lexington 2 educators with Bright Ideas grants

Two educators in Lexington Two have been awarded Bright Ideas grants from Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative for garden projects. Brooke Hiatt, a teacher at Cayce Elementary, won $1,000 to launch with a team of Cayce teachers the “Growing Leaders” project, a school-wide initiative that will have students design and build a garden. Hiatt said the project […]

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Cayce Elementary holds Unified Day Special Olympics event with former NFL QB and USC athlete

Cayce Elementary students, teachers, and staff came together Thursday for the school’s third Unified Day.  As a Unified Champion School through Special Olympics South Carolina, Cayce Elementary’s goal is to provide an opportunity for students with and without disabilities the chance to build confidence, self-esteem, resilience, sportsmanship, and awareness for others.   “Unified Day at Cayce […]

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Cayce and West Columbia Police, with businesses, churches and community organizations team up to welcome students back to school

The new school year began for students on Monday. Over the summer the Cayce and West Columbia Police Departments conducted school supply drives and local businesses, churches, community organizations, and families sponsored numerous lunches for teachers and staff. Scott’s Auto Repair donated 48 book bags and supplies for West Columbia Police Department’s Back-to-School Bash. The Cayce […]

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Lexington 2 announces its Rookie Teachers of the Year

Lexington Two announced its Rookie Teachers of the Year during a celebration for first-year teachers and their school mentors. Among the 67 Lexington Two induction teachers in the 2022-2023 school year, those recognized as Rookie Teachers of the Year are: Early Childhood: Casey Corbitt, Cayce Elementary School Elementary: Sara Godsey, Riverbank Elementary School Middle: Kendall […]

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