Our school is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by continuously analyzing multiple assessments in order to make data driven decisions to maximize academic gains with a renewed focus on addressing learning gaps as we move toward continued student success utilizing targeted Reading and Math strategies. This year we focused on building a strong foundation on Math instruction in all grade levels. Additionally, our theme for 2024-2025 has been to “Level Up” as we continue to build upon existing foundational skills to focus on academic growth for all students as we provide highly effective instruction to enable each child to experience success at their highest level of academic achievement. Knightsville Elementary School’s mission, vision, beliefs and goals are summed up into three simple words: Love, Learn and Lead. It is our desire to create an environment where the adults in the school love children, teach the children to love themselves, and teach the children to love others. We are proud to have been awarded the National Showcase School Award from the Capturing Kids' Hearts organization after being nominated by our CKH liaison.
Knightsville Elementary School is a community school rich in tradition and is proud of its 93-year heritage of instruction which continues to prepare all students to experience academic success while developing world-class skills, as well as life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. Our primary purpose is to identify and address individual needs so each learner is empowered to be a lifelong learner who can meet the challenges of the future.
Our 2024-2025 student enrollment consists of 829 students who desire to learn from a highly skilled, world-class faculty and staff. As part of the high performing Dorchester School District Two, Knightsville Elementary School continues to be dedicated to maintaining high expectations with rigor and relevance while building strong relationships and school pride among the students and school community.
Our school culture includes high expectations for learning where each child is to be actively engaged in learning throughout the day. We desire all stakeholders at Knightsville Elementary School to be leaders of themselves, others, the community and the world. Children at Knightsville Elementary not only achieve high academic success but they also receive strategic instruction on core lifelong guidelines building character and citizenship.
In addition to initiating Capturing Kids' Hearts strategies 2 years ago, Knightsville Elementary School continues to integrate a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) focus on our ROAR procedures- Respect, Order, Achievement and Responsibility. You will find this as an overall theme from the moment you enter our doors. We have implemented numerous interventions and support services that continue to enable all children at KES to experience success each day. Our teachers and staff, as well as families, work diligently to enhance communication so that students will maintain the highest levels of academic engagement and focus during all learning opportunities. We welcome support from our parent volunteers and community partners.
The Knightsville Elementary School families, teachers and community partners are a driving force behind our school’s success. Through our Parent and Family Engagement Center, PTA, School Improvement Council, mentoring programs and Title I services, the school’s stakeholders participate in numerous events to meet the needs of all students and families. The KES PTA was awarded the Patriotism PTA State Level Award this spring for our dedication to our military families and our honor and support for Veterans in the Knightsville community for the second year in a row.
We are very proud of the continued dedication of our faculty, staff and families to the legacy of exemplary learning at KES. Academic success for lifelong learners is our daily focus, and we are committed to our students achieving even greater academic success in the years ahead.
Keep ROARing!
