SCSO featured in WPEC, SCASA presentations
Science Olympiad in South Carolina was the subject of a presentation by State Director Patrick Nelson on Wednesday, November 20, at the monthly meeting of the Western Piedmont Education Consortium. The presentation, with the aim of recruiting more schools, and more of South Carolina’s best STEM students, to Science Olympiad, focused on the impact that Science Olympiad has on students and the need for SCSO to truly represent the best that South Carolina and its students have to offer.
The following South Carolina school districts comprise the membership of WPEC:
Abbeville County School District
Dr. Lori Brownlee-Brewton, Superintendent
Anderson County School District 3
Kathy Dickerson Hipp, Superintendent
Edgefield County School District
Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, Superintendent
Greenwood School District 50
Dr. Steve Glenn, Superintendent
Ware Shoals School District 51
Dr. Daniel Crockett, Superintendent
Greenwood School District 52
Dr. Beth Taylor, Superintendent
Laurens County School District 55
Dr. Jody Penland, Superintendent
Laurens County School District 56
Dr. David O’Shields, Superintendent
Lexington County School District 3
Dr. Ashley Atkinson, Superintendent
McCormick County Schools
Dr. Jaime Hembree, Superintendent
School District of Newberry County
Alvin Presley, Superintendent
Saluda County School District
Dr. Harvey Livingston, Superintendent
Union County Schools
Joey Haney, Superintendent
Learn more about WPEC at their website: https://www.sc-wpec.org/.
Nelson gave a follow-up presentation on Thursday, December 5, at the Superintendents’ Roundtable meeting of the South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA) in Columbia. This more abridged presentation covered many of the same themes as the WPEC talk. Learn more about SCASA at their website: https://www.scasa.org/.
