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Branch Christian School on Hilton Head Island

Family finds perfect home for school

BY DAN WILLIAMSON, The Island Packet

Published Wednesday, September 27, 2006

When the Rewalt family started their first Christian school in Ohio, they only had six students meeting in a church basement. Three years later, they had 92 students from kindergarten to high school.

Now they are starting over again, with the new Branch Christian School on Hilton Head Island. Even though they only have a dozen students, they think the school will have a bright future.  Click here to see entire article:  http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6123356p-5363453c.html

Loggerheads have one shell of a season

BY PETER FROST, The Island Packet

Published Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Though plenty of people left their lights on, it didn't deter a new batch of mammoth sea beasts from finding their way home.

Loggerhead turtle nesting was up again this year, with 185 confirmed nests along Hilton Head Island's 12 miles of beaches -- despite the town issuing a record number of warnings for violations of the lights-out ordinance.  Click on this link to see the rest of the article:  http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6121148p-5361735c.html

Heritage Academy: A brand new day

New buildings and programs show school's metamorphosis

BY DAN WILLIAMSON, The Island Packet

Published Monday, September 25, 2006

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND -- Sitting in her office under a poster that reads "Everyone Has a Story," Pam Leptich recalls what it was like when she started teaching at Heritage Academy's Daufuskie Island campus in 2004. The school did not have its own buildings on campus, so it used whatever space was available at The Inn at Melrose.  Click on this link to view entire article:  http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6119182p-5360261c.html