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SJS, SES partnership a ‘win-win’

Forty-one years ago when I was in Mrs. McCleskey’s fifth grade class at Augusta Circle Element ... full story

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A Gift that Can’t be Taken Away
Learning to read isn’t easy, but fourth and fifth grade students at Summer ... full story
A New Hard Drive
Summerville Elementary School brought new computer programs to the school ... full story
Once Upon a Playground
Laughing, playing, giggling and clapping are all things that you see at th ... full story

A Gift that Can’t be Taken Away

Learning to read isn’t easy, but fourth and fifth grade students at Summerville Elementary are helping kindergarten and first grade students get off on the right foot by being their reading buddies. “It is fun and I learn how to read. My ... full story

A New Hard Drive

Summerville Elementary School brought new computer programs to the school this year with the help from Anne Marie Wilcox, technical support teacher. Wilcox heard about the programs from a training camp. “The whole district is doing ... full story

Once Upon a Playground

Laughing, playing, giggling and clapping are all things that you see at the new Summerville Elementary playground addition. This playground was built for the special needs students. Before the playground was built, these students were limited t ... full story

The Three Keys

Louis Armstrong, John Daniel, and children are the perfect symphony for the Louis Armstrong Club. The club is led by music teacher John Daniel. He started this club by reading Louis’s biography. The purpose of the club is to change children&rs ... full story

Two Unexpected Stars

Schoneke Summerhill is a fifth grade teacher at Summerville Elementary School. While she is not making lesson plans or teaching a class, she is a lay speaker at New Hope United Methodist Church. A lay speaker is a member of the congregation who speak ... full story

Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Leadership Day

Summerville Elementary School students are gearing up for special presentations for Leadership Day on March 29, 2012. Leadership Day is when visitors from all over the United States come and learn about if they want to become a Leadership school. Th ... full story

Alexus Cuttino

Karen Thompson’s fifth grade family has a very special gift, and that gift is Alexus Cuttino. Alexus is a student who comes to class everyday for special area, recess and lunch. Alexus’ favorite color is yellow and she loves math and PE ... full story

Student Council Leads the Way

Student council is a way for students to participate in helping their school and the community. At Summerville Elementary we have some great programs to help the school. One of the programs is the food drive. The food drive provides food to students ... full story

Students Create High Tech App

The Summerville Elementary School’s Robotics team invented something very unique called the Rot Clock. The Rot Clock is an app that tells you when your food is about to go bad. There are five parts of the clock that will help you and your fami ... full story

Adopt-A-Teacher Offers Life Learning

Learning by real life application is at the forefront of the Adopt-A-Teacher (AAT) Program at Summerville Elementary School. Businesses share their time and expertise in the classroom, providing students with "hands-on" learning opportunities. This g ... full story

Action Packed Lesson

Coty Lodge flies off the swings, Mariah Pyatt takes a turn on the slide and John Grant hangs from the monkey bars during a photo workshop on the SES playground. Students learned to use cameras and learn about photojournalism in the process. Click he ... full story

Recess

From left, Mariah Pyatt, LaTeasha McClellan, Dylan Zoeller, Caroline Raglin and Grace Geddis-Knowell pose for a picture during recess. Click here to take a look behind the scenes of publishing a newspaper including student photographs full story

All Aboard

Fifth grade students at Summerville Elementary recently took a train ride on the Amtrak from North Charleston to Kingstree. The field trip tied in with their study of Westward Expansion in social studies. Click here to take a look behind the scenes ... full story