Alexander Elementary School is helping all students develop world class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the Graduate by providing a safe, respectful environment where school and home promote high achievement for all learners. This brings breath to our Tag Line: "Learning Today with Tomorrow in Mind". Alexander Elementary School celebrates a new beginning of academic excellence. In partnership with students, staff, families and the community, we cultivate a vibrant and rigorous learning environment for every student. The promise of preparation begins here as we challenge our students to become productive, responsible citizens and self-motivated learners who will be college and career ready. Our school improvement plan is fully aligned to the Greenville County School District’s vision.
Alexander Elementary is a community public school that celebrates a rich diversity of students from many different cultures. We strongly believe that in order for our students to demonstrate academic excellence, we must first provide an environment that nourishes and enriches them. Our staff provides personal attention, encouragement, and consistent support for our students and rewards questioning and risk-taking when learning.
The Alexander Elementary staff is dedicated to instilling a passion for learning. Our faculty members are committed to the constant improvement of their instructional skills and the acquisition of new strategies that are supported by an intensive plan of professional development, self-reflection and collaboration. The staff strives to instill a love of reading at all grade levels using non-fiction and fiction titles and provides instruction designed to strengthen the students writing skills.
The infusion of technology and career awareness into daily lessons and across all curricular areas provides students with many opportunities to enhance 21stcentury skills. The latest technologies are utilized as meaningful and effective educational tools in an effort to prepare students for the technological world. In addition to their strong core subject area experiences, students are also exposed to the visual and performing arts. Physical Education classes infuse character education along with cross curricular lessons for all grade levels.
Our students enjoy a wide range of educational programs and activities including back to school nights, curriculum nights, tutoring, Art Club, Men who Read, Girls on the Rise, Chorus, inquiry-based science, Math Talks, and Gifted and Talented classes. For students who need academic, social or emotional support, our school provides mental health counselors, school guidance counselors, English as a Second Language, academic support instruction, occupational and physical therapy, and special education programming and related services. Our commitment to student achievement, character education, and a bully-free environment is supported using Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Character Education, 5th Grade Leaders, parent workshops, and celebrations recognizing the staff and students who have made positive contributions to a healthy learning environment. Our students’ recite the school pledge every morning. “Soaring Eagles” behavior is expected throughout the school at all times with an emphasis on the universal behaviors of Safe, Orderly, and Respectful/Responsible. We celebrate students who make positive choices by awarding weekly, monthly, and quarterly incentives. Morning messages in the cafeteria promote reading, writing, math, positive behavior, classroom expectation, celebrations, and monthly social and cultural themes.
The backbone to our outstanding parental involvement, though, is the Parent Teacher Association and community volunteers who are tremendously generous with their time, talent and resources. They support the school by enhancing academic programs, providing special programs, activities, and many holiday celebrations. Parents are welcome to volunteer in classrooms and with several activities throughout the year. Our teachers and students welcome the wealth of knowledge and skill our volunteers bring into the building. We love our volunteers!
Alexander Elementary learning today with tomorrow in mind!
Jeffery Miller, Chair, School Improvement Council
Dr. Sonya Campbell , Principal