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AC Flora High School is an International Baccalaureate high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has won several athletic and academic state championships, and is consistently ranked as one of the top high schools in South Carolina.

Notable Events

  • On October 4th, 2007, two students from Flora were arrested on charges of disturbing the orderly operation of a school. The students had hung a noose from a tree in a fashion similar to the events that occurred involving the Jena Six. [1] The incident occurred during lunch, and the students were promptly arrested and suspended from school, with a pending expulsion hearing. About 10 minutes before the school day ended, principal Richard McClure made a schoolwide televised announcement explaining the situation, and encouraged tolerance and peace. Regardless, the Richland County Sheriff's Department has announced that they do not intend to try the students for a hate crime. "What they did disturbed the operation of the school," said Richland County sheriff's spokesman Chris Cowan, explaining why the actions were not considered a hate crime. "We believe they did a stupid thing."[2] It is notable that one of the perpetrators was white, and one was African-American.[3]

Academics and awards

  • National and state award-winning FBLA chapter
  • JROTC Distinguished Honor Unit
  • Flagship School of Promise
  • Top literary magazine in S.C.

Athletic Championships

  • 2008 Boys Golf 3A State Champions
  • 2008 3A Upper State Baseball Champions
  • 2007 Boys Golf 3A State Champions
  • 2007 Baseball 3A State Champions
  • 2005 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions

Math Team

  • A.C. Flora's math team is distinguished at the local and national level. In recent years under the coaching of Patrick Rybarczyk, the team has received honors at The USC Math Contest[4], the Furman Wylie Math Tournament[5], the Carolina Panthers Numbers Crunch[6], the Clemson Calculus Challenge[7], the College of Charleston Math Meet[8], and participated largely in the ARML Competition where the South Carolina team won the Division B team award[9].
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References

  1. ^ Lott: Two Students Hang Noose on a Tree at High School WLTX News
  2. ^ Police: S.C. students charged with hanging noose at school
  3. ^ A.C. Flora students arrested for hanging noose from tree
  4. ^ The USC Math Contest
  5. ^ The Furman Wylie Math Tournament
  6. ^ The Carolina Panthers Numbers Crunch
  7. ^ The Clemson Calculus Challenge
  8. ^ The College of Charleston Math Meet
  9. ^ The ARML official website
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