Knightsville Elementary School is proud of its 90 year heritage of instruction and continues to focus on preparing 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 2022-2023 current enrollment consists of 710 students who desire to learn from a highly skilled, world class faculty and staff. As part of a high performing school district, 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. We are proud of our 2020-2021 Excellent report card rating!
Our school continues 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 providing a strong foundation on writing in all grade levels. Our theme has been: KES- Writing the Future! 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.
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 receive strategic instruction on core lifelong guidelines building character and citizenship.
Our 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.
Our 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.
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!
