We are kicking off our 2024-2025 #A3TeachingTeam by welcoming a familiar face, Ms. Sandy Thrasher! 🥳🎉🤩
Sandy Thrasher is no stranger to Crescent High School. In fact, she is a 1987 graduate and has worked in Anderson 3 since 2000. Sandy became a teacher's assistant in Special Services in 2010 and fell in love with it. 🍎
Ms. Thrasher was one of two Anderson 3 paraprofessionals accepted into The SC-CREATE program in 2020, which allowed her to pursue a bachelor's Degree in Multicategorical Special Education from Columbia College, a degree she will receive in April. 🎓
Sandy will join the Crescent High School Teaching Team as an Academic Assistance and Inclusion Teacher and we could not be happier to welcome her to our Teaching Team. She is proof that it is never too late to follow your dreams! 💛🎉 #TrueTiger #A3TeachingTeam
Thank you, Salem Missionary Baptist Church, for sponsoring food supplies for homeless children and families in the district for January! 💛🍴❤️
DISTRICT SPELLING BEE CHAMP! 🏅🐝👏🏼
Congratulations to our 2024 Spelling Bee Champion, Joseph Burton! Joseph is a 5th-grade student at Iva Elementary!
Congratulations to our school representatives, Creighton Hanks: Starr-Iva Middle, Lee Allen: Flat Rock Elementary, and Reagan Hubbard: Starr Elementary! 🎉
🍎 Join Us! 🍎
We are accepting applications for a Nutrition Services Operator for our District Floater position. For more details on this position and to apply, visit bit.ly/A3Careers 👩🏽🍳🍕
Starr Elementary students and staff had a BLAST playing on their new playground today! 🌟🛝🤩
Our Tigers rocked the stage Thursday night at the You Are Beautiful Pageant! We are so proud of all of them! 👑💖✨
Flat Rock Elementary welcomed 12 Clemson University College of Education clinical teachers today! These future teachers will all be working with ELA teachers throughout the building. Welcome to Anderson 3! 🐯🍎💛 #TigersTeach #FutureTeachers #TigerTeachers
⭐️👵🏻🩷 Our Tigers have roared through 100 days of learning, laughter, and growth! 💯🌈👵🏽 #100DaysOfLearning
Anderson 3 schools and offices will be closed on Monday, January 15th, in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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4K Pre-Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is Now Open! 🎒✏️🚌
Visit bit.ly/A34K2024 to complete registration and select a screening date/time. Your child must be four years of age on or before September 1, 2024.
We will return to normal school operations on Wednesday, January 10.
Thank you to the Joyful Connections - Homeschool Beta Club Chapter for working hard to organize the many donations we have received to assist needy families in the district! 💛🧃 🎒
📣WEATHER UPDATE 📣
Due to our area's forecasted potential for severe weather, Anderson 3 will observe an eLearning Day on Tuesday, January 9.
All afterschool activities are also canceled.
Welcome Back, Tigers! 🐯
Starr-Iva Middle’s Big Sisters recently brought holiday cheer to Iva Post Acute! During their visit, the group sang Christmas carols and delivered gifts to the residents! ❤️🎄🎅
Officer Zeke Gerrard, School Resource Officer at Flat Rock Elementary, was surprised by Chief Josh Bench with the 2023 Chief's Award for the Iva Police Department's 2023 Officer of the Year! 🎉🥳🚨 Zeke is a beloved member of the Flat Rock Elementary family. He loves the students and staff unconditionally. Congratulations, Officer Gerrard! 🚔👮🏻♂️💙
We were blessed to receive gifts for 44 of our students from Anderson County Sheriff's Office SC through their Operation: No Angel Left Behind program! 🎁💙🚔
Thank you to everyone who supported this project, and a special thank you to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office for taking the time to organize this operation.
A BUS LOAD of Christmas cheer is now going to our sweet kiddos! ☺️🎄💛
Due to ongoing construction at the district office buildings, the December 11, 2023, meeting of the Anderson 3 Board of Trustees will be held at Crescent High School in the media center. The meeting will still be held at 6:30 PM.
Meet #A3AllStar, Mrs. Julie Loftis! 🌟
Mrs. Loftis has been a Special Education Resource Teacher at Flat Rock Elementary for nine years. She began her journey as a Special Education Paraprofessional in 2004. After falling in love with working with students and seeing their progress despite obstacles, she obtained a bachelor's in Early Childhood/Elementary Education with an add-on in Learning Disabilities in 2009. She taught fifth grade until becoming a Resource teacher. Mrs. Loftis also holds a master's in Reading Literacy! Julie and her husband Shea live in Starr. They have two grown children and a grandson.
"What do you value most about teaching?"
"The most valuable part of my position is building students' confidence through their learning journey. My favorite part of my job is seeing my students' "light-bulb" moments! Everything I do, I do for the children. That is what makes my job so special. I learn from children just as much as they learn from me. It is very rewarding to see my students make the gains they make to be successful."
Congratulations, Mrs. Loftis! Thank you for being a true rockstar! 💛
💛🥰🎄Pure Holiday Sweetness!! 💛🥰🎄
Flat Rock Elementary Beta Club members made blankets for Joy Comes to give to children in need!
Great job, Flat Rock Betas! ☺️👏🏼🎁
