Pine Ridge Middle School

Dickerson and Burris to be new middle school principals at Busbee and Pine Ridge in Lexington 2

At its February 26 meeting, the Lexington School District Two Board of Trustees announced the selection of two principals for the 2026-2027 school year: Alicia Dickerson,  interim principal at Busbee Creative Arts Academy since July 1, has been selected to the post permanently Rebecca Burriss, assistant principal at Busbee, will become principal at Pine Ridge […]

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Pine Ridge Middle School Volleyball Team Wins Conference Championship

The volleyball team from Pine Ridge Middle School has won the Lower Midlands Athletic Conference Championship. The Yellow Jackets entered the championship tournament, held this past Saturday at Airport High School, with a 10-2 record and sole possession of second place in the Lower Midlands Athletic Conference’s West Division. Pine Ridge had a first-round bye […]

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Name of student who died in Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash has been released

Jose Maria Gonzalez-Linares, 13, has been identified as the eighth-grade student who was killed in the Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash on I-77 Thursday. Link to announcement It was first announced earlier that the name of the fatality victim would be withheld. The Chester County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the student. One report […]

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Everyone taken to the hospital after Thursday’s Pine Ridge Middle School bus accident, released

Everyone who received further medical evaluation and treatment following Thursday’s Pine Ridge Middle School bus incident has been released from hospitals, according to district reports. One person, a boy age 13, lost his life in the crash. A prayer vigil was held at the school Saturday morning. The incident, along Interstate 77 south, occurred about […]

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13-year-old male student died in Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash, according to Chester County Coroner

The Chester County Coroner’s Office has released age and gender of the person who died in a Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash Thursday afternoon. The coroner said a 13-year-old male died in the accident on I-77, in Chester County, after the bus the child was on overturned because of a blown out tire. The […]

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Bus carrying students from Pine Ridge Middle involved in accident on I-77

Early this afternoon, three buses carrying students from Pine Ridge Middle School were traveling home south on Interstate 77, following a field trip just outside Charlotte. A tire blew on one of the buses, causing an accident. The bus was carrying 3 adults and roughly 35 students. The two other buses traveling back on Interstate […]

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Pine Ridge Middle School Academic Challenge Team undefeated, qualifies for trip to State Championship competition

Members of the Pine Ridge Middle School Academic Challenge Team had a special way of reminding themselves to never give up. Before each competition this season, the team would watch the video replay of former University of South Carolina women’s basketball player Kamilla Cordoso’s game-winning shot – at that time, her first-ever 3-pointer – that […]

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78 middle and high school students selected for the Lexington 2 District Honor Band

Seventy-eight middle and high school students have been selected for the 2024-2025 Lexington Two District Honor Band. Both middle and high school students are spending 10 hours of rehearsal learning new music and working with master educators, with middle school musicians working with Jocquin Fuller and high school students with master educator Roger Simpson. Members […]

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