Education

Traci Scott is fully aware of the complications and tribulations associated with diabetes.

Her son, Matthew, was diagnosed with type 1, or juvenile, diabetes when he was 7. They received the information during a regular check-up.

“It was being hit broad side by a Mack truck out of the blue,” Scott said.

She described the following few days as a blur, as the family was overwhelmed with information, including that about insulin intake, carbohydrate needs and other diabetic details.

The Lancaster Soil and Water Conservation District is accepting applications for the Glenn Alexander Memorial Scholarship.

The $500 scholarship will be presented to a Lancaster County high school senior who will be attending a college, university or technical college and majoring in an agricultural or environmental-related field such as agricultural education, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agronomy, biology, forestry, horticulture, soils or wildlife management.

The deadline to apply is 3 p.m. April 3.

Applications for Leroy Springs student loans are now available for students who are planning full-time attendance at a four-year accredited college or university in South Carolina.

The loans are also available to students who attend York Technical College.

Loans are available for up to $3,000 a year for undergraduates and up to $4,000 a year for medical or dental school students.  

A nationally known motivational speaker visited Lancaster for the second time in four months to speak to concerned residents about the disparity in academic achievement among students.

Mychal Wynn, an educator and author of several books, was the keynote speaker at the first-ever Community Education Summit, a product of the local Closing the Achievement Gap initiative.

A large part of Wynn’s message centered on black children, who, according to local data, perform considerably lower than their white counterparts on standardized tests.