Shoally Creek Elementary School is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by initiating a team approach to providing students a quality education in a positive, safe and supportive learning environment. Our dedicated faculty and staff commits to engaging students in a rigorous curriculum, which provides opportunities to educate and develop the "whole child.”
SCES is a proud Title I school that provides resources and opportunities to meet the various levels of needs among all of our students. One of the highlights during our third year was gaining certification as a Jon Gordon Energy Bus School. Our school staff, students, and community are committed to the seven guiding Energy Bus Principles that provide common language and values. We experience a more energized and motivated staff and student body who are eager to come to school and engage in a positive culture. The SCES administration, staff, and School Improvement Council (SIC) are working together to utilize recent data and survey feedback in order establish goals that will positively impact student readiness in all areas - academically, socially, emotionally, and physically. We believe that positive energy, combined with positive people creates positive results.
Student success is encouraged through academic assistance, a wide range of special services, engaging learning activities, and RtI (Response to Intervention). A focus on John Hattie’s study of ‘what has the greatest influence on student learning?’, common formative assessments, data analysis, teacher clarity, and student learning progressions are guiding specific instruction within our classrooms in order to improve the academic achievement of our students. Analysis of a variety of data points and unpacking the state standards for teacher clarity play a critical role in planning and differentiating instruction during our two weekly collaboration meetings with instructional coaches known as Teaching and Learning Teams (TLTs). Small group instruction is the catalyst for addressing individual student needs based on students' strengths, weaknesses, and interests. Initiatives such as Response to Intervention (RtI), “Blue Jay Scholars” and “Blue Jay Brainiacs” afterschool programs, iReady Diagnostic, gifted and talented program, and Literacy Leveled Intervention (LLI) instruction provide students with support so that they are successful and monitored for academic progress.
Technology is increasingly important for our students. Spartanburg School District Two continues to implement 1:1 technology in our third and fourth grades. Shoally Creek Elementary welcomes the challenges of integrating technology into the academics, as well as meeting the rigorous demands of the SC College and Career Readiness Standards.
We encourage and welcome parent involvement as a way to strengthen home and school relations, and are very appreciative of their attendance at of our school events. Such events include our PTO Open House, Muffins for Moms, Donuts for Dads, Family Literacy Night, SIC and PTO memberships, Math and Science Family Night, Family Spirit Nights, and our Fine Arts events, just to name a few.
Realizing the importance of educating the whole child, our entire staff engages in The South Carolina Resilient Schools Initiative. Being able to understand each child’s story is another means of better serving and meeting the needs of our students and their families. Throughout the school year, SCES students participated in special activities and competitions to help them develop academically, socially, and emotionally. SCES staff and students were recognized for their participation in community outreach projects, such as the United Way annual campaign, canned food drives to benefit the Upstate Family Resource Center, and the Jump Rope for Heart and Kidz in Lids campaigns. Our fine arts teachers host programs throughout the year to celebrate accomplishments in the arts.
Shoally Creek Elementary is committed to cultivating educational excellence and we are proud of the positive strides we have made during our first three years. Our dedicated team will continue to grow each year in order to meet the needs of all of our students as we prepare them to be college and career ready.
Laura Meyer, Principal
Darryl Kosiorek, SIC Co-Chairperson
Micah Horton, SIC Co-Chairperson