Pine Ridge Middle School

Pine Ridge Middle goes to virtual classes, 3 Lexington 2 schools now remote learning

Students at three Lexington Two schools have moved temporarily from in-person classes to remote learning. The schools and their periods of remote learning are: Cayce Elementary:  August 27-September 8. Students are tentatively scheduled to return to campus September 9. Northside Middle: August 30-September 9. Students are tentatively scheduled to return to campus September 10. Pine […]

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Students return to Lexington 2 schools, Monday

You may notice more traffic on the streets Monday morning. You’ll see yellow school buses, too. The first day of classes for Lexington Two students is Monday. Teachers reported back last Monday. There are two high schools, four middle schools and six elementary schools in Lexington Two. Those schools serve West Columbia, Cayce, Springdale, Pine […]

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Pine Ridge Middle students team with USC Sierra Club to produce garden

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – At Pine Ridge Middle School, there’s a new reason to look forward to Fridays. That’s the day volunteers with the University of South Carolina’s Sierra Club organization come to the Lexington Two school to help tend a new garden.  Together with Pine Ridge students, they stir […]

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41 Lexington Two students named Myrdis Walker Scholars

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications – Forty-one Lexington Two students are being honored as 2020-21 Myrdis Walker Scholars. The district program, established in 1990, recognizes African-American students in eighth through 12th grades who have demonstrated academic excellence.  It is named for Myrdis Walker, who taught for many years at the former R. Earle […]

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Pine Ridge Middle School stops in-person classes for 2 weeks due to COVID tests

Students at Pine Ridge Middle School will move temporarily from in-person classes to virtual learning for two weeks. The virtual learning period will begin Tuesday (Feb.16) the day after the President’s Day holiday. Students are tentatively scheduled to resume in-person classes on the Pine Ridge campus on Monday, March 1.  The decision to move to […]

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13 Lexington 2 middle school students named South Carolina Junior Scholars

Thirteen Lexington Two middle school students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars. The program, developed by the state Department of Education, identifies eighth-graders with high scholastic achievement and intellectual ability through testing and other criteria, offering summer opportunities through South Carolina colleges and universities, according to the department website. Those named Junior Scholars in […]

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