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Yahoo
26-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Berkeley County School District announces 2025 District Teacher of the Year
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County School District announced Friday morning that the district's 2025 Teacher of the Year comes from Berkeley High School. Alex Wharton is a special services educator who has more than 33 years of experience. She was honored at the annual Teacher of the Year Breakfast for her work as a champion for her students and for incorporating district skills into her teaching. After the announcement, Wharton took the stage to discuss educators' impact on their students and the importance of building relationships with them. 'By continuing to build meaningful relationships, we give our students more than grades or guidance; we give them a foundation for healing and a launchpad for thriving,' she said. 'Sometimes, what a student needs most isn't a better test score or a new strategy. What they need is someone who becomes, even for a season, an umbilical cord – a life-giving connection that supplies them with what they may not yet produce on their own: motivation, encouragement, confidence, and hope.' Wharton's son, Berkeley High senior John Wharton, was in attendance to cheer on his mom. Berkeley High Principal Heather Ducker also stepped up to say a few words about how lucky the school is to have Wharton. 'Mrs. Wharton loves all kids,' she said. 'She leads through God and her heart. She teaches some of our most vulnerable students, and they just cling to her. I learn from her daily, our faculty learns from her daily, and we're just really blessed to have her.' The educators who won teacher of the year at their individual schools were also honored at breakfast. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
30-01-2025
- CBS News
Sexual battery of Berkeley High student leads to suspect arrest
Berkeley police arrested a suspect for sexual battery Thursday after allegedly assaulting a Berkeley High School student a block from campus a day earlier, authorities said. According to a press release posted by the Berkeley Police Department Facebook account, the female Berkeley High student was sexually battered by the suspect on Wednesday in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. Police said the victim was walking on the sidewalk when she was confronted by the suspect who inappropriately touched her. Berkeley police began an investigation in addition to offering the victim support and connecting her with resources following the incident. Working with Berkeley High officials and the department's school resource officer, Berkeley police were able to identify the suspect as a 41-year-old male. At around noon Thursday, detectives and units with the Berkeley police bike patrol took the suspect into custody without incident. "Crimes like this affect not only the victim but also other students and the community as a whole," the Facebook post read. "We appreciate the swift actions of our officers in this case."
