Kingstree Middle Magnet School of the Arts (KMMSA) is a diverse 6th through 8th-grade middle school that serves the community by providing an academic curriculum and extracurricular activities for ABOUT 400 students. Kingstree Middle Magnet School of the Arts is helping all students develop the world class skills and life career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by providing a safe, nurturing and academically engaging learning environment. We provide a positive school climate focusing on our school’s mission: “Setting the Course for Success, One Leader at a Time.” Our school’s mission is supported through goals for high student performance and continuous professional development for teachers in order to meet the academic and social needs of the students. We are committed to addressing the academic needs of the students along with their social, emotional, and physical needs.
At Kingstree Middle Magnet School of the Arts, we place great value on our students’ academic growth and success. The staff of KMMSA is committed to providing high quality service for our students and families. The use of best practices in reading and mathematics for grades 6-8 assist with efforts towards increased learning achievement. We continue to provide students with opportunities to assume responsibilities for their learning that will give them ownership. The school in collaboration with the school-wide planning team and the School Improvement Council has been successful in implementing and achieving programs and goals through school volunteers, businesses, and community partnership of family literacy workshops, parenting programs, and school-wide progressive and academic initiatives.
Kingstree Middle Magnet School knows the importance of parent involvement. We will continue to support and maintain a partnership among parents and the community by coordinating, integrating, and communicating with appropriate agencies for parent involvement programs and activities that encourage and promote parent participation in the advancement of education of their children. As well as, continue to improve upon the professional growth of a qualified and cohesive staff for the purpose of enhancing an effective learning environment that will provide the opportunity for children to academically succeed.
Kingstree Middle School’s school-wide emphasis for the 2023-2024 school year will be to continue to ensure our students have a safe learning environment. Faculty and staff will be involved in extensive staff development as we continue our mission to develop the whole child. We continually strive to be academically, socially equitable, and developmentally responsive so that all of our students learn in a safe and student-centered environment. We continue to acknowledge that, while we as a faculty and staff are all working diligently at Kingstree Middle to ensure every child reaches her/his potential and has a quality education, we need and welcome the help of parents and the community. We will continue to analyze our assessment data for the purpose of improving our practices and to ensure that our students receive the best educational opportunities possible.
Relus Lucear, Principal
Sharon McKnight, SIC Chair
