Starr-Iva Middle School

From the classroom to club time, our students are learning, thinking, and creating at Starr-Iva Middle School! 💡 In 7th grade ELA, students took their thinking to the next level by transforming surface-level questions into deeper, inquiry-based questions to guide their research: building skills that matter! ✍️📚 In 8th grade science, students raced and competed to show their understanding of weathering, erosion, and deposition: bringing learning to life through energy and excitement! 🌎🏃‍♂️ And during club time, that creativity continued with hands-on LEGO builds and teamwork! 🧱 At SIMS, our students don’t just learn—they have fun doing it!

More great robotics photos!

We love seeing our students show up and support one another beyond the classroom! 💙

This crew brought the energy at Monday night’s game vs. Greenwood—loud, proud, and all in for their Tigers! 🐯⚾

A good student section + a Tiger victory = an awesome way to kick off the week!

🎶 Big news from Starr-Iva Middle School! 🎶

For the first time in over a decade, our band proudly represented SIMS at the South Carolina Band Directors Association Concert Performance Assessment—and they brought home an EXCELLENT rating along with their first plaque! 🏆

This is an incredible accomplishment and a true testament to the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our students. Their efforts have truly paid off, and we couldn’t be more proud of our band and their fearless director, Mr. Wilcox!

Huge congratulations to our Ag Day Photo Contest winners at SIMS! 📸🌱 🥇 1st Place: Ava Shaw Winner of a gift card from Country Cowboy in Abbeville 🥈 2nd Place: Sadey Mitchell Winner of 6 pints of specialty milk and a cooler bag from Milky Way Dairy 🥉 3rd Place: Hannah Lollis Winner of a gift certificate for one free bucket of pick-your-own strawberries from Golden Acres Farm in Starr We are incredibly grateful for the generous support of our local community partners who made these prizes possible. Your investment in our students means so much! 💚 Also, be sure to check out the pictures of the chicks our 6th graders successfully incubated during their embryology unit—an amazing hands-on learning experience in action! 🐣 Mrs. Caldwell is doing amazing things with our kiddos! We are so glad Ag is back!

Our 7th graders had a blast on their field trip to the zoo last week!

Congrats to these kiddos for getting positive referrals last week! Keep up the great work! ❤️

Our SIMS artists are amazing! 🎨 Last week, several of our talented students participated in the Opening Reception for the 2026 Youth Art Month Showcase held at the Anderson Arts Center. We are incredibly proud of the following students whose artwork was selected for display: Leinah Anampa, Klaydi Crisp, Ella Junkins, Imari Lindsey, Holly Lollis, Mackenzie Waters, Marbella Reyes Wilson, Gabriella Rodas Colon, Raelyn New, and Emma Rutledge. A special congratulations to Leinah Anampa and Gabriella “Gabby” Rodas Colon for having their artwork selected for extended exhibits! 🎨 Leinah’s artwork will be displayed at Tri-County Technical College for the next year. 🎨 Gabby’s artwork will be on display at AnMed Women and Children’s Hospital next year. We are so proud of these students and the creativity and talent they represent for SIMS! Also, we are super thankful for Mrs. Zinn and her guidance for our young artists.👏

Congrats to these precious kiddos on their positive referrals this week! ❤️

We are proud of Mrs. Caldwell and our SIMS Agriculture students! A few of our students recently participated in a poultry booth for Farm Day at the Ag Arena, where Anderson 3rd grade students came to learn more about agriculture. Our middle schoolers did a fantastic job teaching them all about poultry, and we couldn’t be more proud of how they represented our school. 🐓 Speaking of poultry… check out the chicks hatched by our 6th grade students who are studying embryology in Ag class! Watching the life cycle firsthand has been an exciting learning experience for our students. We have eight thriving chicks as of this week! 🐣 We are so happy to have Ag back at SIMS and love seeing our students learning, leading, and sharing their knowledge with others! 🌱

Unofficial Results Are In… and It’s a YES for CMS! 🎉 THANK YOU, Anderson 3, for believing in the future of our students. This vote represents an investment in generations of learners who will walk the halls of Crescent Middle School. Results remain unofficial until certified by the Anderson County Voter Registration & Elections Office.

Residents in Anderson 3 can vote today, March 10, at their regular polling locations from 7 AM - 7 PM. 🗳️

Polling locations include:
📍 Grace Baptist Church – Flat Rock
📍 Homeland Park Elementary – Gluck Mill
📍 Flat Rock Bowen Fire Department – Hall
📍 Homeland Park Primary – Homeland Park
📍 Iva Fire Station – Iva
📍 Iva Civic Center – Jackson Mill
📍 Starr-Iva Water Company – Mountain Creek
📍 Williford Fire Station – Rock Mill
📍 Starr Fire Station – Starr
📍 Starr-Iva Middle School – West Savannah

To confirm your polling place or get more voting information, visit SCVotes.gov.

Happy weekend, and congratulations to these kiddos for earning positive referrals this week! ❤️👏

A big thank you to Mrs. Maness from the Palmetto State Teachers Association for visiting SIMS and presenting Mrs. Zinn with this awesome banner to display in honor of her Teacher of the Year recognition! 🎉 We are incredibly proud of Mrs. Zinn and the impact she has on our students every day. This recognition is well deserved, and we are grateful to the Palmetto State Teachers Association for helping us celebrate her dedication to our school and community.

Mrs. Hanna’s class is loving their deep dive into rhetorical appeal! It’s exciting to watch students recognize ethos, pathos, and logos in texts and analyze why an author chose to use them. Even better, our students are doing it collaboratively, discussing ideas and learning from one another. There’s nothing better than seeing students engaged in meaningful conversations about their learning. 📚

A big thank you to Bojangles for supporting our teachers and students! 📚🐔 Our School and District Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Zinn, received a special Bojangles Box of Books for her classroom as part of Bojangles’ recognition of Teachers of the Year. Our students had a great time helping open the box and discovering the new books that will soon be part of our classroom library. We are grateful for community partners like Bojangles who invest in education and help put great books into the hands of our students. Your generosity helps inspire a love of reading and learning in our classrooms!

Check out our March edition of Tiger Times to see what's happening this month at SIMS!

We almost forgot to post last week's positive referrals! Help us congratulate these kiddos for their hard work and great attitudes!