Aiken Elementary School is a student-centered, high achieving school serving over 540 students and their families. We serve students from pre-school to fifth grade with diverse backgrounds and needs. We strive to help all of our students develop the world-class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by providing a safe, caring, and academically challenging learning environment. Our Belief Statements are: All change and growth start with ME, fostering healthy relationships in a safe environment are out top priority, All students have gifts and the ability to grow, All faculty, staff, and students are respected and valued, and all faculty, staff, and students are responsible for their decisions and actions. At Aiken Elementary, we put our beliefs into action by challenging our students with a rigorous curriculum, instructional practices that reflect best practice and thoughtful planning, and by providing equal access to the learning environment every day in a variety of settings.
At Aiken Elementary, we believe that our school should be not only a safe place, but also a place full of joy. Learning should be a joyful experience for everyone: staff, students and parents. Learning should not be restricted to textbooks, tests, or lectures. We believe that technology in all its forms is a tool that takes us places and creates inquiry and excitement in our daily learning lives. We are constantly finding new ways to make use of the technology we have and to find new technology to make good use of the plans for learning we have established.
Critical thinking is evident at all grade levels, particularly within the Reading/Writing workshop. Students are encouraged to infer and compare in Independent reading between texts and in writing by comparing and analyzing various texts. Project-based learning provides avenues for students to collaborate and create. Several classes have used Wax Museum projects.
Aiken Elementary is a school striving excellence. Aiken Elementary is a community school. We are the Aiken Elementary Mavericks and we question, inquire, and actively seek knowledge and understanding every day. We are life-long learners and we enjoy every day spent at Aiken Elementary learning together. "We Are Better Together!"
