Robert E. Cashion Elementary School is helping all students develop the world class skills in life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by following our vision: we will provide an academically challenging program in a safe, caring and nurturing environment. Our ‘tag line’ summarizes our actions – Reaching… Educating… Caring. We demonstrate this by challenging our students with best practices to assist them in reaching their full potential, and providing our teachers and staff with continuous professional development necessary for guiding students toward goal attainment. Our teachers are engaged in ongoing professional development focusing on learning effective methods and instructional strategies. These researched based methods and strategies strengthen our teacher’s ability to deliver the most effective and challenging instruction supporting world class life and career skills. We continue to focus to improve our students reading through a variety of ways including strengthening our literacy program and motivating students to read through a variety of Reading Programs. Our writing program crosses all subjects and student writing samples are proudly displayed around the school. To support our Mathematics and Science instruction, we have a full time certified teacher providing weekly STEAM lab lessons to all students. Lessons are planned and organized to give students opportunities for hands on experiences with concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. We were able to have many programs outside of the academic program in order to provide the life skills necessary for World Class participation in today’s society. In the past and in the future we have programs in place to introduce and support these necessary life skills. For select group of 5th grade girls we have a successful "I'm A Lady" program. This program introduced the girls to several life skills to help them beyond academics. Other clubs that will be offered at the school to provide student's extra-curricular opportunities. These clubs consist of Battle of the Books, BETA Club, News Crew, Safety Patrol, Girls On the Run, Drumming Club, Gardening Club, Art Club, Running Club, Change the F.O.C.U.S, and Cashion Steppers Step Team. Each of these sponsored clubs offer students the opportunity to experience life skills outside of the classroom. At Robert E. Cashion Elementary we have a quote from Henry Ford that sums up our philosophy for our school community: “Coming Together is a Beginning. Keeping Together is Success. Working Together is Success.” We believe the school, family, and community must share the educational responsibility of our students. We realize there are students still needing to close the basic skill gap. However, we are very aware of the need to rapidly expand our opportunities for all of our students to attain the world class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. To this end, we at Robert E. Cashion Elementary, with the assistance of the family and community, are dedicated to finding and implementing ways to help our students develop these skills.
