Students come first at Jane Edwards Elementary School! We continue to help our students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate through creativity, critical thinking, communication, and community. Student safety and well-being remain priorities at Jane Edwards Elementary School. Teachers utilize the Second Steps social-emotional learning program daily. This year, students learned our school creed, which incorporates our school wide expectations for all. Our students are recognized as Students of the Month based on meeting expectations and exhibiting positive behavior.
Students continued to engage in personalized learning through adaptive digital content platforms: iReady, Achieve 3000, and ALEKS. As in previous school years, students participated in establishing winter and spring goals for iReady and MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) in reading and math. Students were recognized for meeting their typical and stretch goals.
We remain focused on improving literacy at Jane Edwards Elementary School in order to meet the Charleston County School District’s goal of all children reading on grade level by 5th grade in 2027. We continued to have full time literacy intervention supported by a certified literacy interventionist. Students and staff continued to log their reading minutes into the Beanstack system, leading to the school surpassing our goal. Our parents supported our focus on improving literacy and vocabulary development at home by attending this year’s Vocabulary Parade. We continued utilizing the EL curriculum for literacy instruction. We also consulted with Level Up Literacy, LLC to provide ongoing professional development and support for teachers. To support improvements in mathematics, we began a daily fact fluency challenge. Our teachers continued to structure their classroom lessons for active student engagement.
This year, our school community celebrated the birthday of our namesake with reflection and class presentations. We also celebrated our school’s 70th anniversary (Jane Edwards Elementary opened on March 15, 1954). These community events encouraged our students to learn more about our school’s history and future goals.
Students will continue to come first at Jane Edwards Elementary School! We will continue to implement strategies to improve not only literacy and mathematics, but the overall well-being of our students and the culture of our school.
Jarmalar Y. Logan, Principal
Tara Anderson, SIC Chair
