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District's New Executive Chef Bringing Tasty Recipes and Professional Culinary Experience to Schools
Chef Heather Biddlecome joined the school district after the school district was named as a Healthy Meals Incentives grantee during the 2023-24 school year.
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W.E. Parker Elementary School Celebrates 2023 Designation as One of America’s ‘Healthiest Schools’ by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
The school is one of 83 awardees in South Carolina, and one of just 17 in the Palmetto State to have been awarded in more than one of nine focus areas.
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Parker Pride Students Donate Needed Items for Homeless Veterans
Grade levels were assigned different items such as toothpaste, soap and deodorant to collect. The competition was won by the youngest Parker Pride students in the school’s Pre-Kindergarten (4K) classroom.
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Pride Students and Families Participate in Pumpkin Decorating Contest
There were four winners overall, with two winners from Child Development to second grade, and two winners from third to fifth grades.
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State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver Visits Edgefield County School District
Superintendent Weaver's Visit Included an Inclusive Art Class, Student Presentations, Teacher Professional Learning and a Tour of the Strom Thurmond Career & Technology Center.
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District Receives Healthy Meals Incentives Grant to Improve Nutritional Quality of School Meals
The Healthy Meals Incentives grant is part of an allocation of nearly $30 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to 264 schools.
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Strom Thurmond High Alumnus Dr. Micah Drew Wins School Board Special Election; Sworn in During Board of Education's August Meeting
Her tremendous passion for education began in the Edgefield County School District at W.E. Parker Elementary School and continued at Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton (J-E-T) Middle School and Strom Thurmond High School (STHS).
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Second Year with Modified Academic Calendar Begins Smoothly for District Students
Parker Pride enjoys terrific first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year.
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W.E. Parker Elementary School Fifth-Grade Students Spring BIG Surprise on a Local Edgefield Senior: His First Birthday Party
Each week during the school year, Leigh Raines, Gifted and Talented teacher at W.E. Parker Elementary, takes her class to the senior center across the street. This year she’s watched strangers separated by decades in age become close, like Truman Massey, a fifth grader, and Mr. Charlie.
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W.E. Parker Elementary School Educators Collaborate with District and Community Partners to Spark Student Imagination During Annual ‘STEM Day’ Celebration
Students got their hands wet mining for rocks and minerals and delved into the world of inertia and energy to create their own spinners they then used in impromptu races.
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W.E. Parker Elementary School Faculty and Staff Members Surprise Longtime Employee John Henry Jackson with 80th Birthday Celebration
The popular school head custodian and bus driver enjoys his work with the District and loves to stay busy.
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W.E. PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST GRADE CELEBRATES 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL WITH FASHION SHOW
Students displayed "100" creativity and showed support for classmates on the red carpet.
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W.E. Parker Elementary Renames School Store in Honor of Former Educator Joseph “Joe” C. Duprey
Yvonne Duprey, Duprey’s wife, and his daughter, Ashia Duprey, both attended the ceremony and shed many “happy tears” along the way.
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Report Card Data Shows District Trending Upward in English and Math; District-wide Student Progress Outperforming State
For the first time in over a decade, no ECSD schools are rated “below average” or “unsatisfactory” and all are rated “average” or “good”.
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W.E. Parker Elementary Educators Awarded Teacher Vision Grants by the Foundation for Public Schools in Edgefield County
The Teacher Vision Grant Program launched in 2009 to encourage creativity and innovation in the classroom.
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