Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, there is a threat of severe weather with wind gusts in the morning forecasted to exceed 40 mph. This wind speed exceeds the threshold allowed for school buses to be on roadways. This wind event will result in a need to shift to e-learning tomorrow.
Employees should plan to report to their work location on a two-hour delayed start, with no building or office opening before 10 a.m.
Afterschool extracurricular practices, games, and events will continue tomorrow as scheduled. There will be no QuestZone tomorrow.
We apologize for the challenges that this will cause our families and appreciate your continued cooperation and support!
GVES BIG Read: Wednesday is House Colors Day! Wear your House colors to show your support for reading!
GVES BIG Read: Tuesday is Wilbur Day! We will meet Wilbur in Charlotte's Web. Wear pink, white, or black like a pig on Tuesday.
Don't forget to wear a hat or something from a Dr. Seuss book on Monday! Next week is Read Across America Week!
Graniteville Elementary Heart Heroes, we need your help! We are currently at 97 students signed up for the free heart healthy challenge, and our goal is to finish with 150 students signed up online. Can you help us reach our goal by signing up today? Kids Heart Challenge ends this week! We can do it, Graniteville Elementary! Click here to sign up http://www2.heart.org/goto/GranitevilleElementarySchoolGranitevilleSC
OR download the AHA Schools app!
Read Across America Week is March 3 - 7, 2025. To start the week, wear a hat or something from a Dr. Seuss book on Monday to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss!
The GVES BIG Read is coming March 3 - 26! To celebrate Read Across America, the whole school is reading Charlotte's Web. Stay tuned for details.
ACPSD fifth graders are invited to submit an application for the Aiken County Career and Technology Center’s CTE Techno Camp being held on Saturday, March 15, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Interested students must submit an application by next Wednesday, February 26, at 5 p.m. to be considered.
As part of the application, students will select their choice of two CTE programs to explore such as Under the Hood, Team Fashion Design, Photo Pea: Introduction to Photoshop, Code-A-Bot: Robotics, Digital Art and Media: Photography, Cosmetology 101, Barber Shop 101, Aiken Culinary Chefs, Nail Tech 101, An EMT to the Rescue!, The Life of a Biomedical Scientist, and Hair Braiding 101.
For more information, please visit the Aiken County Career and Technology Center’s website. Techno Camp Information is available under “Resources,” or call (803) 593-7300.
Application Link: tinyurl.com/CTEtechnoCamp
Career Day is Friday, February 21, 2025. Students are invited to dress up as their dream job.
It's almost Valentine's Day! Show your friends and teachers some love by buying a Scentsational Gram! Buy the scentcil pencil with a Valentine's Day Card from PTO for $2.00 on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, during lunch. Scentsational Grams will be delivered on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14, 2025.
Please also note: Chick-fil-A Biscuit delivery is changed to tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11.
The Graniteville Elementary School February/March newsletter is coming home this week. Please look for it in your student’s folder. You can also read it here - https://5il.co/36ugw
It's almost Valentine's Day! Show your friends and teachers some love by buying a Scentsational Gram! Buy the scentcil pencil with a Valentine's Day Card from PTO for $2.00 on Monday, February 10, 2025, during lunch. Scentsational Grams will be delivered on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14, 2025.
Congratulations to our 1st grade teacher Cassidee Proctor and 1st grade student Bristol. They are the winners of the Semester One Imagine Learning usage drawing! Way to go!
Parents of Fifth Graders:
The deadline for the early bird discount for a baby ad and yearbook is this Friday, January 31, 2025. Don’t miss out! Celebrate your child with a personalized message in the yearbook with a Baby Ad! Each ad is one-quarter of a yearbook page. It includes one baby picture of your student and a message of 150 words or less. Ads cost $25.00. Yearbooks cost $30. Get an early bird discount if you order both by January 31, 2025. Early bird discount = $50 (yearbook + baby ad) A digital picture with message may be sent to Ms. Peacock at mpeacock@acpsd.net. Deadline to place a baby ad is Friday, February 28, 2025. Order forms were sent home in October during Parent/Teacher Conferences. Click here to download the order form - https://5il.co/36f9f
Aiken County Public Schools will return to in-person learning and work tomorrow, Friday, January 24; in an abundance of caution, all schools and offices will begin the day on a two-hour delayed start.
In preparation for a decision on tomorrow’s operations, our leaders have driven hundreds of miles across the county. Daytime temperatures are beginning to increase, melting snow and drying most roadways. However, it would not be possible to investigate each and every road that families and employees may travel tomorrow, and there are possibly secondary roads and well-shaded dirt roads that may remain unsuitable for travel.
Please use additional caution when traveling to school and work tomorrow, avoiding less-travelled secondary routes, where possible. The safety of our students, staff, and families is of most importance; please reach out to school leadership with any concerns. Families in our more rural areas, please stay tuned for possible school bus pickup location changes that may be necessary.
Important Details for tomorrow:
• Student Meals: With the delayed start schedule, only lunch will be served tomorrow in our cafeterias.
• Half-Day & Partial-Day Programs: Students on half-day and partial-day schedules, including Early Learning Special Education students, are encouraged to attend school if possible, however school bus transportation will not be available as buses will be unable to run mid-day routes.
• No Before-School Activities: No activities will be permitted before school starts on the two-hour delay.
• After-School Activities: Afterschool care through QuestZone will be held tomorrow, as well as other activities planned for after school hours if scheduled by event organizers, club sponsors, coaches, etc.
• Aiken County Career and Technology Center: Morning session students should report to their high schools. The afternoon session will continue as planned.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back in-person tomorrow. Thank you for your patience and flexibility!
ACPSD E-Learning/Remote Workday Thursday, January 23
We hope you’ve had an opportunity to enjoy the snow and that the assignments for e-learning today have been worthwhile practice. In collaboration with local Emergency Management officials, district administration is monitoring the impact of Winter Storm Enzo. Based on current conditions of significant snowfall accumulation in many areas and predicted freezing temperatures overnight, Aiken County Public Schools will continue in an e-learning format tomorrow, Thursday, January 23.
With travel concerns for students and families, as well as teachers and staff, tomorrow will also be a remote workday for employees. Just like today, teachers will be available for student questions and support with e-learning assignments.
We apologize for the disruption that continued e-learning tomorrow may cause, and appreciate your support and understanding.
The safety of travel conditions will be reevaluated mid-day tomorrow with the hopes that conditions will allow for a safe return to in-person learning for Friday. An update on our district’s operations for Friday, January 24, will be announced no later than 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Thank you again for your flexibility.
With snow expected across our county today and into tomorrow morning, all Aiken County Public Schools will transition to e-learning and a remote workday tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22.
Student e-learning will be available online, and our teachers are available for support. Should your student have any questions, difficulty, or need assistance with their e-learning assignments, please reach out.
While snowfall is not expected to continue beyond tomorrow morning, temperatures are predicted to remain well below freezing. Accumulating snowfall may impact our district’s operations for Thursday. A decision on operations for Thursday will be announced by 4 p.m. tomorrow, and will be made with the safety of all students, families, and employees at heart.
As always, we are grateful for the flexibility of our school community. Please be safe, and stay warm and tuned in to any further updates that Winter Storm Enzo may cause for our operations this week.
Our school district administrators are continuing to monitor Winter Storm Enzo alongside Emergency Management Officials. With the possibility of snow forecasted late tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours, Aiken County Public Schools will operate on an Early Dismissal Schedule Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
Just as on Early Dismissal Days, elementary school students will dismiss at 11:30 a.m., middle school students at 12:10 p.m., and high school students at 12:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served prior to dismissal.
Early dismissal times are slightly different for Aiken Scholars Academy, as well as our schools in the Wagener and Ridge-Spring areas. Ridge Spring-Monetta and Busbee Elementary dismissal is at 11:55 a.m., A.L. Corbett Middle, Wagener-Salley High, and Aiken Scholars Academy dismiss at noon, and Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle and High dismissal is at 12:15 and 12:20 p.m., respectively. The Center for Innovative Learning (CIL) will dismiss at 1:30 p.m.
Students on half-day schedules who require bus transportation, including Early Learning Special Education students and others, will not come to school tomorrow as buses will be unable to make mid-day routes.
Afternoon classes at the Aiken County Career and Technology Center will not be held. Students enrolled in an afternoon class at the Career Center will remain at their high school.
There will be no after-school care tomorrow through QuestZone and no events to include athletics, arts, clubs, etc. will be held tomorrow afternoon or evening.
All schools and offices will also close early tomorrow. The district’s offices will close no later than 2 p.m. with the Operations Center closing at 1:00 p.m.
While snowfall is not expected to continue into the day on Wednesday, temperatures are predicted to remain well below freezing during the morning and evening hours. Any accumulating snowfall may impact our district’s operations for Wednesday. A decision regarding Wednesday will be announced by Tuesday evening.
Thank you for your flexibility and cooperation as we adjust our operations when weather conditions require as part of our efforts to ensure safety.
Please be safe, bundle up, and tune in for any further changes to our regular operations that Winter Storm Enzo may cause. We look forward to seeing our students and staff tomorrow morning.
Happy 100th Day of School!
Congratulations to our students that made the All A Honor Roll and All A-B Honor Roll for Quarter 2 of the school year! Keep up the good work! All A Honor Roll - https://5il.co/359o8
All A-B Honor Roll - https://5il.co/359o6
