School Announcements

We want to welcome Dedra Baskin our new Gudance Counselor at BET. She will be meeting with students every Friday.

We're so glad you are here, Mrs. Baskin!

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Students - Here is a chart about our special "12 Days Before Winter Break" at BET. Enjoy!!

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Wild Kitten Perfect Attendance for the 1st Quarter

5 Year Old Kindergarten
Hannah Carolina, Bre'Asjai Chunn, Daniel Joyner, Thea-Grace Mock, Bella Whitaker, Trinity Wood

1st Grade
Braydyn DeBruhl, Kristapher Fite, Koraunna Ford, Christian Stephens, Aiden Wood

2nd Grade
Elijah Chunn, Malaysia Chunn, Jarrett Joyner, Aubree Railey, Bryce Rollings, Allayna Smith

3rd Grade
Zayden Caldwell, Brayden Crenshaw, Dorian Robinson, Brian Smith

4th Grade
Kelsey Crenshaw, Shane Gainey, Stevie Gainey, Myrissa Giroux, Subrina Joyner, Zion Reed, Zyionna Reed, Tatiana Seegars

5th Grade
Destin Blair, Kylie Clark, Jacob Liabastre, Brian Osborne, Ahmad Ransom, Serenity Williams

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Wild Kitten Honor Roll for the 1st Quarter

1st Grade – All “A”

Arianna Carey, Braydyn DeBruhl, Tristyn Fountain, Austin Joyner, Savannah Turner, Aiden Wood

1st Grade – A/B

Kristapher Fite, Koraunna Ford, Reese Grunwald, Koi Knopp. Aubree Ponds, Lucas Price, Christian Stephens, Landon West, Dallas Williams

2nd Grade – All “A”

Vivian Caulder, Kinlee Clark, Bentley Jeffcoat, Meadow McManus, Skyler Schweikert

2nd Grade – A/B

Walker Anderson, Jarrett Joyner, Aubree Railey, Jamie Robotham, Bryce Rollings, Taelan Watkins, Emily Whitaker

3rd Grade – All “A”

Thomas McKinnon, Madalyn Seegars

3rd Grade – A/B

Brayden Crenshaw, Drake Holmes, Brylee Oliver. Marco Ramirez. Allana Williams

4th Grade – All “A”

Shane Gainey, Dakodah Horton, McKinley Horton

4th Grade – A/B

Kelsey Crenshaw, Stevie Gainey, Myrissa Giroux, Adren Higgins, Camauri Kelley, Nicholas Kosick, Ian Mays, Autumn Rogers

5th Grade – All “A”

Evan Eubanks

5th Grade – A/B

Kylie Clark, Jackson Crenshaw, Gabriel Espinal, Jacob Liabastre, Ahmad Ransom, Serenity Schweikert, Serenity Williams

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We want to thank the following people that helped to make our Veteran's Day Program at Bethune Elementary special.

Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Veterans Day Speaker

Highway One- Community Partners- Veteran Day donations

NCHS ROTC- Veterans Day Participants

Suominen- Community Partner- Donation to school for materials and supplies

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Congratulations to our 2019-2020 Reading Teacher of the Year Ms. Julie Pigg!!

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For immediate release

For more information: Mary Anne Byrd, 432-8416 ext. 1229

Date: October 2, 2019

State report cards show improved academic performance for more KCSD schools

Sixteen Kershaw County School District (KCSD) schools--two more than last year--are said to be meeting or exceeding the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate in report card ratings released today by the SC Department of Education.

"We are always happy when our state report cards show our schools are improving," said KCSD Superintendent Shane Robbins. "I certainly believe the state’s grading system could be improved, however, we are all held to the same accountability measures. The goal of each of our schools is to show improvements every year."

Robbins also said that he appreciates the work being done by the staff at each school to raise academic achievement, "The report cards are one factor in our evaluation system of student performance, and we will continue to use a variety of tools to assess our progress for each and every student."

Every SC public school receives an overall performance rating that ranges from “Excellent” to “Unsatisfactory.” Two KCSD schools--Bethune Elementary and Lugoff-Elgin Middle were rated "Excellent," meaning that their school performances substantially exceed the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. No KCSD school was rated as "Unsatisfactory."

Schools also receive ratings on seven out of the ten key report card indicators, which contain information about schools and districts on how well students performed on state and national assessments, student growth, graduation rates, English language proficiency, student engagement, safety, classroom learning environments and more. Although school districts receive report cards, they are not rated.

The 2018-2019 report cards also contain school level local, state, and federal per pupil expenditure data, the first report cards to contain this information as part of a new federal requirement.

Schools rated as “Good” are said to exceed the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. “Average” schools meet the criteria and “Below Average” schools are in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria.

KCSD schools rated as “Good” are Camden High, Lugoff-Elgin High, Mt. Pisgah Elementary, PIne Tree HIll Elementary and Stover Middle. Baron DeKalb Elementary, Camden Elementary, Camden Middle, Doby’s Mill Elementary, Jackson School, Lugoff Elementary, North Central High, North Central Middle and Wateree Elementary are rated “Average.” Schools with “Below Average” ratings are Blaney Elementary and Midway Elementary.

KCSD schools improving their overall ratings from 2018 include Bethune Elementary, Camden Elementary, Jackson School, Lugoff-Elgin MIddle, Pine Tree Hill Elementary, Stover Middle and Wateree Elementary,

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