Posted by Andrew Richardson, Sports Information Director on Monday, February 26, 2018
The Heathwood Hall Athletic Department is excited to announce that Danny Lewis will become Heathwood Hall’s next Head Football Coach.
We are also welcoming Danny back to the Heathwood campus. Danny served very ably as our Strength and Conditioning Coach and an Assistant Varsity Football Coach from 1996-1998. Since then, he has had a long and distinguished record of coaching at the college level, at Newberry, University of South Carolina, The Citadel, Middle Tennessee State, and most... Read More
Posted on Monday, February 26, 2018
Heathwood’s Upper School Mock Trial Team has pulled off a three-peat, winning their regional competition for the third year in a row.
The team is one of a select few who are now eligible to move on to the state competition on March 9-10 at the Federal Courthouse in Columbia.
As always, the team won a number of individual awards as well:
Round 1
Marra Edwards - Best Attorney
Nico Adamo - Best Witness
Round 2
Alyce Petit - Best Attorney
Nico Adamo - Best Witness
Round 3... Read More
Posted on Monday, February 26, 2018
Heathwood’s Upper School drama students took home a slew of awards from the 2018 Palmetto Dramatic Association/South Carolina International Thespian Society Festival on February 24.
Out of 20 high schools and over 500 students from all over the state, Heathwood was selected as Chapter Select Alternate, meaning the one-act play performed by the Heathwood ensemble received the second-highest score. The Alternate award also means that if the winning show from Dorman High School cannot attend... Read More
Posted on Monday, February 26, 2018
Heathwood’s wrestling team had a phenomenal showing at the 2018 Individual State Championships, held on February 10. In addition to bringing home three individual state championships, every Highlander who competed placed in the top three in his weight class.
Heathwood’s three State Champions are 9th grader AJ Kuse and 8th grader Myles Roberts, both winning for the first time, and 11th grader Reagan Olsen, winning for the second year in a row.
Sophomore Darius Bates was State Runner-up in... Read More
Posted by Emily Hodges on Tuesday, February 13, 2018
On the 50th anniversary of the often forgotten Orangeburg Massacre, the 8th graders spent the day in reflection as a culminating event of our study of the Civil Rights Movement and Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
The Day of Perspective: A Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes began with first-hand accounts from Reverend and Mrs. Simon Bouie sharing their experiences with coal-heated school houses, protest marches with Dr. King, and even an arrest here in Columbia that was eventually... Read More
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2018
On February 8, the 50th anniversary of the infamous Orangeburg Massacre, two pioneers of the civil rights movement visited Heathwood to share with our 8th graders their first-hand accounts of what it was like to be young students pushing back against entrenched injustice in South Carolina at that time.
Reverend Simon Bouie and Sister Willie Bouie are great-uncle and great-aunt of 8th grader India Young. As college students at Allen University and Clafflin College in the early 1960s, both... Read More
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2018
When Jennifer Falvey became Heathwood’s Head Librarian this summer, she was the first new person in that role for more than 40 years. It might be daunting to follow in the footsteps of Nancy Reeder (no pressure when the person you’re succeeding held the job for more than half the school’s history!), but Mrs. Falvey says running the Heathwood library “really is the perfect job” for her—despite the fact that it took her almost 25 years after college to figure out that libraries were where she... Read More
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2018
On Saturday, February 3, some 21 Heathwood students and parents gathered in the Middle School for a Family Yoga & Mindfulness workshop hosted by Heathwood yoga teacher Pam Meriwether.
The workshop was offered through the Middle School’s Mindful in the Hall program, which provides opportunities and resources to help students become more self-aware, less stressed, and more resilient.
“In today’s world, children are under more pressure and experiencing higher levels of stress than ever... Read More
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2018
Heathwood Hall is pleased to announce that Stephanie Scanlon has accepted our offer to serve as our next Early Childhood and Lower School Head.
“Stephanie was a unanimous choice of the search committee,” said Head of School Chris Hinchey. “We were impressed with the depth of her experience as well as her strong leadership presence, exceptional references, love of young people, and critical thinking and problem-solving skills.”
Mrs. Scanlon is currently serving as the founding Head of... Read More
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2018
It has been ten years since Frances Ellerbe graduated from Heathwood Hall, but she remembers certain things as if they happened yesterday. Of course, as a “lifer” who spent 14 years on the Heathwood campus, Frances has a lot of great experiences to recall! There was Miss Susie’s kindergarten class, participating in the PEAK outdoor program, playing the flute in the band, and remembering headmasters Bob Shirley and Steve Hickman. Frances especially appreciated the continuity of getting to... Read More
