Our District is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by….

….providing excellent learning environments most recently illustrated with the ongoing construction of a new Boiling Springs High School and then renovating the current structure for our freshmen.  We will be in the new facility in January 2019 and the renovated building that fall.

….providing outstanding professional development for our teachers including our third annual “Tech in Two” conference, instructional coaches on every campus, in-person opportunities in our District and at our local colleges, and multiple online opportunities through Edivate, our online delivery method purveyor.

….the collaboration of our teachers and staff with parents and students in ongoing Response to Intervention (RtI) discussions to meet individual learning needs of struggling students.  Much of this is accomplished through our Teaching and Learning Teams’ (TLTs) approach to regularly using data to revise our instructional practices.

….achievement results on state and national high-stakes tests that continually put us in the top ten districts in South Carolina and above the national average.  Many students leave us with multiple hours of dual or AP credit already earned including a number who have been awarded an Associate’s degree through the Spartanburg County Early College High School, a collaborative effort of all seven Spartanburg school districts.

….offering outstanding fine arts and athletic programs in band, orchestra, chorus, drama, art and over 24 different sports teams including everything from football to fishing.

….our Career and Technology Education (CATE) program headlined by Swofford Career Center, a collaborative effort with Spartanburg One, that offers 15 career majors.

….our growing work with students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) activities and competitive teams.  All three middle schools have two Lego Robotics competition teams each, and our integration of project-based learning opportunities span from kindergarten to high school classrooms.

….our students’ use of the 1:1 computer technology we have provided for the past five years from grades 3-12.  This coming year the devices will be new Chromebooks for grades 6-12 and iPads for elementary grades.

….our constant reinforcement of and opportunities for students to demonstrate the soft skills employers, including us, desire from staff.

Scott Mercer, Superintendent