Anderson 3 will dismiss students early on Monday, May 20, and Tuesday, May 21. Please make a note of these early dismissal times. 😎☀️
-10:30 AM Crescent High
-10:45 AM Starr-Iva Middle
-11:00 AM Flat Rock, Iva, & Starr Elementary
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From fostering social skills to igniting a love for learning, our curriculum focuses on essential fundamentals like early literacy and language development, pre-math skills, and curiosity and development. 🧠📕
Few spots remain for the 2024-2025 school year. Contact us today to schedule your Child's screening! 📚✏️
With the support of the MUSC BCCW School-Based Wellness Initiative, Mrs. Lanier's students at Crescent were supplied with kale seeds to grow in their school garden. Students harvested their kale and put on their chef hats to whip up Zuppa Toscana Soup! It was a yummy way for them to learn fundamental life skills while exploring ways to use different ingredients, especially ones grown in their own gardens! 🌱👨🏽🍳🍲
Our 2024-2025 #A3TeachingTeam is growing with the addition of another familiar face at Flat Rock Elementary! 🍎📝🎉
We are excited for Mrs. Emily Copelan to join us as a 5th Grade Writing Teacher. Emily is a 2020 graduate of Crescent High School. She will receive a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Anderson University on May 4th! In addition to teaching, Emily will continue to lead the JV Volleyball Team at Crescent. #tigersteach
Welcome Back, Emily! 👋🏼💛
REMINDER: Our April Meeting of the Anderson 3 Board of Trustees will occur today, Monday, April 15. 👨🏻⚖️
👋Come Join Us!👋
We are now accepting applications for a Social Studies teaching position at Crescent High School for the 2024-2025 school year! 🗺️
🔗 Apply Now >>> http://bit.ly/A3Careers
Science ROCKS! 🪨🥽👩🏽🔬.
Mrs. Lollis and Mrs. Minto's 6th Graders at Starr-Iva Middle explored rocks and minerals in their recent lab. Students tested for streak, color, and luster to place each on the Mohs Scale while also classifying them as rocks or minerals. Since eggs have a similar makeup to the layers of the earth, the young scientists used them to identify and review the layers of our planet!
Kudos to our February Forum Favorites! Thank you for being amazing teachers! 🍎🎉💛
Total Eclipse of the Heart… and the Sun! We’ll see you next time!👋🏼🌒✨ #EclipseDay
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🔗 Our Federal Programs Parent Survey is now live. Visit https://bit.ly/A3FEDPROSURVEY24 to complete this survey.
🚨 The deadline for our annual Parent Survey is approaching! This survey impacts our school report cards. 🔗 You may access the survey on Parent Portal here: https://bit.ly/A3ParentPortal or on the Parent Portal App.
Anderson 3 schools will be closed March 29 and April 1-5 for Spring Break. 🌷🌸
Eclipse Day - Monday, April 8, 2024 - We will operate on a normal schedule and look forward to this teachable moment! 🌔
We hope #TigerNation has a great break! 🐯
Owens Corning Starr Plant stopped by Iva Elementary today and donated over 100 hygiene kits to be used for needy students in grades 3-5. 🧼💛🪥
Thank you for your generosity! #ThankfulThursday
🚨NEW POSTING🚨
We are now accepting applications for a Science teaching position at Starr-Iva Middle School for the 2024-2025 school year! 🔬🧬👩🏻🏫
🔗Apply Now! https://bit.ly/A3Careers
Mrs. Stephanie Harbert, the Reading Coach at Iva Elementary, has been instrumental in implementing LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) at Iva through the South Carolina Department of Education’s Science of Reading initiative.
As seen here, Mrs. Harbert is completing a Blending Drill using blending boards. In this activity, the students are given words following a pattern. Once they hear the words and “catch” them, they articulate them and “throw” them back to Mrs. Harbert. They then use letter tiles to spell the words.
Blending drills are powerful tools in reading instruction that leverage key principles from the science of reading. These activities help students develop essential skills like phonemic awareness, phonics knowledge, and fluency. 🤓📝📚 #A3Teaches #ScieneceofReading #scienceofreadingweek
Starr-Iva Middle's Punishment Punch Out did not disappoint! 🤣🙈
Super proud of the well over $4,000 the school raised for United Way of Anderson County! Mr. Coats... all we can say is pee-yew! 🤢🍝 😝
Our District Jet Toy Competition winners are in! 🏎️
🥇 Place - Reagan, Rockston, and Riley (Starr)
🥈Place - Will, Lucas, and Ashlynn (Starr)
🥉Place - Tommy, Austin, Stella, and Makinley (Starr)
🏅 Flat Rock Elementary Highest Scorers - Skylar, Luna, and Janie
🏅 Iva Elementary Highest Scorers - Dakota and Hunter
Jet Toy allows students to design and build balloon-powered cars. Core concepts include forces, Newton’s laws of motion, and engineering design.
We are so excited to welcome a familiar face to our 2024-2025 #A3TeachingTeam! 🤩👋
Mrs. Crystal Vaughn will officially join us as a 1st Grade Teacher at Flat Rock Elementary in July. Crystal previously served as a Paraprofessional in the district for 11 years. After falling in love with watching students grow into their potential, she returned to school to obtain a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. This past December, she officially graduated from Anderson Univerisity and has served in 5th grade at Flat Rock for the remainder of the school year. Crystal and her husband have three daughters and reside in Starr.
Welcome back, Mrs. Vaughn! 💛
In honor of Starr-Iva Middle being well on its way to meeting its United Way Goal this year, here is a throwback to last year's #DartsofDoom Reward (punishment)! 🎯🍝🤢
Keep working hard to raise money, Tigers! The Punishment Punch Out on Friday is going to be EPIC! 🤑👊
Mr. Long's students at Crescent High recently soared through their drone training and earned their drone pilot licenses! 🚁✨
Thanks to our local 28-Bypass Lowe's (Josh Hall & Mitch Ware) for a generous 80% discount, we secured plastic storage containers to organize our McKinney Vento inventory/donations, ensuring our resources are well-maintained and accessible for those in need. 🧤👕
Also - Mr. Drennon's Construction Science students at Crescent built and installed storage shelves, adding another layer of organization and efficiency to our efforts.
Together, we're not just building storage shelves; we're constructing stronger futures for our students and families. 💛 #ThankfulThursday #TigersTogether
