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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kelly Donoghue receives the News 2 Cool Teacher award
Making a lasting difference in the lives of students, Media Technology and Math teacher Mrs. Kelly Donoghue is regarded as an influential and multi-talented educator at Summerville High School. She's also a former News 2 Chief Photojournalist. Mrs. Donoghue receives our last News 2 Cool Teacher Award for this school year. Kelly Donoghue has been a teacher at Summerville High School for twelve years, teaching Math and Engineering. She is in her ninth year as the Media Technology teacher, teaching a film and broadcasting course. Media Technology has a weekly news show that shares stories developed by students that impact or celebrate the lives of other students, complete with weekly news meetings, with Donoghue serving as the news director. Students also create a short film from start to finish. It's a role that comes easily for Donoghue. The New Jersey native served as a Chief Photojournalist for News 2 for six years. Students and school leaders say they love Donoghue's sense of humor, her passion, and the expertise she brings to the classroom every day. Mrs. Donoghue says her students have changed her life, and she feels Blessed. Congratulations, Mrs. Kelly Donoghue! Even though the school year is wrapping up, you can still nominate a Cool School, Teacher, or Principal for this upcoming school year. Send an email to Octavia Mitchell at omitchell@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Summerville High School's Dr. Michelle Leviner named a News 2 Cool Teacher
Very smart, funny, genuine, and cool are just some of the words Summerville High School students and school leaders use repeatedly when they talk about Media Technology and Math teacher Mrs. Kelly Donoghue, and for us here at News 2, we can add three more words to the list: talented former colleague. Dorchester District Two for our last Cool School Teacher report for the 2024-2025 school year. Kelly Donoghue has been a teacher at Summerville High School for 12 years, teaching Math and Engineering. She is in her ninth year as the Media Technology teacher, teaching a film and broadcasting course. It's a role that comes easily for her. The New Jersey native made her way to the Palmetto State 25 years ago and served as a chief photojournalist for News 2 for six years. After the birth of her first daughter, the mother of two changed course. She went back to school and received her master's degree in Secondary Education, specializing in Math from the Citadel. 'I really enjoyed teaching when I started. It was something that was fun for me. People had to listen to me because I think I'm funny sometimes, so to have a captive audience was really something I enjoyed,' said Donoghue. 'I didn't realize how much of an impact it would have on my life. I didn't realize how much the kids would change me, and I would change them. I know we talk a lot about the impact teachers have on students, but students have an impact on teachers, too. They are like our children. I do think those relationships we build with those kids…is probably the most important thing we do all day.' Donoghue began her career in education teaching Math and Engineering. Due to her background in television news, she was asked to teach Media Technology, a film and broadcasting course. 'She is really an amazing teacher, who has served in a lot of different ways. She's been a math teacher, an engineering teacher, and now she's our Wave TV teacher,' said Summerville High School Principal Dr. Michelle Leviner. 'We're really excited because she brings real-world experience coming from News 2 and the media. To bring that genre and experience to our students so they can learn and experience it. We are the only school in Dorchester District Two to have a news media program, so it's exciting for our kids. We're very, very lucky to have her, and she's an integral part of the Green Wave.' Media Technology has a weekly news show that shares stories developed by students that impact or celebrate the lives of other students, complete with weekly news meetings, with Donoghue serving as the news director. In this class, students create a short film from start to finish. Donoghue says, 'Every time they make an accomplishment in my classroom, or in their own life, it's a big deal, and I like to celebrate those things with them. They're amazing kids.' 'I think she's the coolest teacher here. Ms. Donoghue she was just such a great teacher, so fun to be around, so funny, always super helpful. I couldn't help myself to come back the next year, and the year after that, and I'm here again. I think she's a great person. I think genuinely one of the best teachers we have at this school, because she is passionate about what she does and she's also skilled in it. I just want to thank her for being the amazing woman that she is and for teaching us so many lessons over the years,' said eleventh-grade student Dominique Dawson. Senior Solomon Mellott says, 'I don't think she realizes how much of an impact she has had on me, but she definitely has. Mrs. Donoghue is one of, if not the most influential, people in my life besides my mom. When I came to my freshman year in her classroom, at the time I wanted to be a librarian or astronaut, then through her exposing me to journalism and teaching me how everything works, I realized the love I have for every part of the process, and I realized what I want to do. She's really funny and really smart, and she's really really good at identifying what different students' strengths are and directing them toward what they need to do.' Next school year, Mrs. Donoghue is hoping to start a podcast for the program. When asked how she feels being named a Cool School Teacher, she responds, 'Kind of crazy to think that I'm cool. I think my younger daughter would disagree, but I think I'm cool you know. I'm just excited that somebody else noticed, excited. I'm kind of a geek. I'm kind of a nerd. I joke and kid around, but I wouldn't think they view me as cool, so it's neat to see they think I'm cool too. I think I'm cool, but they think I'm cool. I'm not brainwashing them or anything, laugh.' Although the story of her classroom journey has a unique beginning. Donoghue says she is thankful for her new focus. 'The kids are what make it worth it at the end of the day. You don't have to pay me a ton of money, you don't have to tell me you like me every day. It's about the kids. It's about doing what's best for the kids. At the end of the day, it's about being here for them. I'm just very Blessed, very Blessed.' Even though the school year is wrapping up, you can still nominate a Cool School, Teacher, or Principal for this upcoming school year. Send an email to Octavia Mitchell at omitchell@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Tuolumne County advises public of possible measles exposure at local high school, medical clinic
( — The Tuolumne County Public Health Department said it is investigating two suspected cases of Tuolumne County residents with measles. The county said local residents should be aware of the risk of exposure to measles at Summerville High School from March 10 to 11 and at the Adventist Health Sonora Emergency Department in the late evening of March 15 and early morning of March 16. 'Summerville Union High School District takes the health and safety of its students, staff and our community seriously and we will be working closely with Tuolumne County Public Health through the process of identifying any risk to our students, staff and community,' Superintendent of Summerville High School Michael Merrill said. The reported possible cases are some of the latest in an outbreak of measles in the U.S. that has mostly affected the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas. The Tuolumne County Public Health Department advises the public to monitor themselves for symptoms and confirm if they have measles vaccination up to date. According to the agency, symptoms include a fever above 101° F, cough, runny nose, red and watery eyes, and a rash that 'typically starts at the face and then spreads down to the rest of the body.' Those who develop these symptoms are advised to remain at home and avoid contact with others. The agency also suggests calling ahead to a healthcare facility before visiting to inform them of the measles exposure and symptoms. The Tuolumne County Public Health Department said a person infected with measles can spread the disease up to four days before the rash appears, meaning they can pass it on to others before they feel sick or have symptoms. They can continue to spread it up to four days after the rash has appeared as well. According to the agency, measles spreads through the air an infected person breathes and the virus can stay in the air and on surfaces for hours. The health department advises getting the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR or MMRV) vaccine to protect against the disease. The MMR vaccine protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMRV vaccine protects against four diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Actress Shanola Hampton visits her alma mater, Summerville High School, to inspire students
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Lowcountry native and television star Shanola Hampton was in Summerville speaking with students about hard work and perseverance. The Summerville High School alum and star of the NBC show 'Found' reminisced with school staff about her time as a 'Greenwave,' a place she dreamed of being an actor. 'I bleed green and gold, and I love my Greenwave and all of the staff,' she said. Hampton said she knew being an actor was something she wanted to do from her days walking the school halls. 'I always wanted to be an actor, and so I knew I had to start somewhere. So even when I was doing the minor roles, when you're from South Carolina you're like I have arrived and then you get a taste of that and you dream a bigger dream.' Hampton graduated from Summerville High School in 1995. She remembered many of her teachers and talked about how they helped shape who she was. 'Ms. Perkins took me under her wing and just really accepted — I have a very big personality, and it's been like this forever. It can be a lot when you are in school, let's be honest, right? And so she was one person who never tried to dim my light and so much of Summerville I can say that. Mrs. Profit who was my English teacher here, and she was hard-core. But she was so good and cared so much about her students.' Hampton then judged a student talent show at the school. She said it took 10 years in the business before her first big break, which was playing the role of 'Veronica Fisher' in the TV show 'Shameless.' Hampton is now a producer and star of 'Found,' which is in its second season on NBC. 'The arts, and the media, the theater and the campus is so large and the students are so kind. It means so much to me to be back to know that this is where my foundation started,' she said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Yahoo
Army Ranger sacrifices life shielding wounded comrade and medevac unit
Among the noblest heroes in wartime is the soldier who sacrifices his life to save a comrade-in-arms. A U.S. Army Ranger in 2018 went beyond that in an effort to protect not only his wounded partner, but the medical team and the helicopter crew evacuating the man from a still-hot battle zone. Born in Summerville, South Carolina on Jan. 12, 1986, Christopher Andrew Celiz set his sights on a military career early on. While in Summerville High School, he joined the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. He attended The Citadel from 2004 to 2006, but he did not graduate before enlisting in the Army in January 2008. After basic and advanced training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, he became a combat engineer. From then on, he added more military occupational specialties, starting with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Cavazos, Texas (formerly named Fort Hood) – then to Company C, 1st Battalion 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division as a team leader for the 530th Engineer Clearance Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion. Finally, he became a a mortar platoon sergeant with Company D, 1st Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. While Celiz pursued his Army career, he married Katherine, with whom he'd worked in a local grocery store, in 2009. Their daughter, Shannon, was born to them in 2010. Along the way, the family converted to Judaism. Celiz also spent some of what remained of his free time riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and playing his guitar. In 2008, Celiz was deployed to Iraq. He then did tours of duty in civil war-wracked Afghanistan, where his unit conducted operations alongside soldiers loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and allied contingents against the Taliban and other hostile Afghan groups. He served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2011, 2013 and 2014, and in Operation Freedom Sentinel in 2015, 2016 and 2018. On the morning of July 12, 2018, Sgt. 1st Class Celiz was leading a special unit made up of Rangers and pro-government Afghan troops. They were tasked with clearing an area in Paktia Province and securing it against future enemy movements. When they reached the ruins of an old storage shelter, however, they came under attack by at least 20 insurgents. Their fire drove Celiz's unit to the ground and prevented them maneuvering into position for a counterattack. In the ensuing gunfight, one of the allied troops was grievously wounded. Celiz's first response was to run in the open, exposing himself to enemy fire until he reached a heavy weapon system, with which he and his men returned fire. As an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter arrived to evacuate the casualty, the insurgents turned their gunfire skyward. Some troops put the injured Afghan in a litter and ran him to the helicopter, while Celiz ran out into the open to make himself as large a target as he could between them and the enemy's fire. Once their ally was aboard the chopper, the unit members rushed back to their positions. Celiz did not run for cover until they were all accounted for. As he finally did so, he was shot in the chest. The helicopter was just departing, but Celiz waved it off, concerned that it and the medevac team would be shot down, rendering his efforts in vain. As the medevac departed, Celiz tried to crawl to cover, but gave out. At that point, the medevac had returned, and Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Six led a team to recover Celiz. The helicopter then rushed the two casualties to a forward surgery team at Camp Dahlke, but Celiz died soon after. (For their efforts, Six and helicopter pilot Capt. Ben Krzeczowski were later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross). Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan firefight Celiz's actions became the talk of the unit. 'He really was selflessly body blocking that litter team and that helicopter crew as they were loading the casualty on the bird under tremendous amount of fire,' 2nd Lt. Garrett White told the Army News Service. White was a fellow Ranger participating in the operation. 'He put himself last and everybody else first.' Krzeczowski agreed, saying, 'Courage to me is putting your life on the line to save the life of another, as demonstrated by [Sgt. 1st Class] Chris Celiz, who died protecting my crew.' Although Celiz had not completed his studies there, The Citadel made him an honorary graduate and put him on the Citadel War Memorial in 2018. At Fort Leonard Wood, the two-story Warrior Restaurant in the Engineers Barracks was dedicated in his memory. Celiz's wife and daughter received his posthumous Medal of Honor from former President Joe Biden on Dec. 16, 2021. In addition, Celiz had received, among others, the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Meritorious Service Medal.
