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Team SPES is surfing to success!
This year’s faculty and staff are riding the wave together with our school-wide theme, Surfing to Success! Here’s to a year full of growth, learning, and teamwork!
Shining bright at SPES
We’re proud to announce that SPES has been named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse School! This five-year designation honors schools that meet or exceed rigorous standards in nine key performance areas. After surveys, interviews, and a two-day onsite review, our Dolphin community truly stood out.
Way to go, Dolphins!
Storybook fun at SPES
Students and staff brought their favorite stories to life during our annual Read Across America Book Character Parade! From classic tales to new favorites, everyone joined in to celebrate the joy of reading together.
Learning beyond the classroom
Our 5th graders enjoyed a beautiful day at Magnolia Plantation, exploring native plants and animals up close. Thanks to our amazing community partners, local field trips like this help bring learning to life in unforgettable ways.
Making connections to reading
CD students brought the story Stone Soup to life by creating their own soup recipe! We love making connections to what we read. It helps us learn and have fun at the same time!
Catch the wave of kindness!
As part of our Kindness Week initiative, students created “positive post-its” with compliments, kind messages, and uplifting words to brighten someone’s day. These notes were proudly displayed on our school surfboard—perfectly matching our theme for 2024-25, Surfing to Success!
Reading takes us places at SPES
Our students love participating in fun reading initiatives all year long, especially earning “passport stamps”! Over the summer, teachers picked books from the 2023–24 South Carolina Children’s Book List. Students who read those books can visit a matching teacher to chat about it and earn a stamp in their reading passport!
Out of this world opportunities
Our 4th grade SAIL students had an amazing time exploring the Kennedy Space Center! SPES Gifted and Talented students in grades 3–5 enjoy exciting overnight trips like this each year, making meaningful connections to what they’ve learned in class.
Learning from leaders
A favorite SPES tradition is partnering with The Citadel for their annual Leadership Day. Cadets visit our school to talk with students about what it means to be a leader, helping inspire confidence, character, and leadership skills in our learners.
Math vocabulary meets fashion fun
4th graders celebrated 3.14 in style by dressing up as their favorite math vocabulary words! From angles to area, these creative costumes brought math to life and helped us remember key concepts in a fun and memorable way.
2024 Girls on the Run Celebration 5K
Girls in 3rd–5th grade at SPES have the opportunity to join Girls on the Run, a program that builds confidence, teaches life skills, and encourages healthy habits through fun, volunteer-led practices. Our 2024 team wrapped up their season by proudly crossing the finish line at the celebratory 5K!
Bringing the joy of reading to SPES!
Our amazing library hosts book fairs multiple times a year. This gives SPES students more opportunities to discover new stories, build their home libraries, and grow a lifelong love of reading!
Hands-on learning and student choice
After reading Charlotte’s Web, 3rd graders chose their own creative projects to showcase their understanding, turning reading into meaningful, student-led learning.
Career Day at SPES
Career Day brings learning to life as parents and community members share their real-world experiences, helping students explore exciting possibilities for their futures. We loved hearing from a wide variety of professionals, such as authors, firefighters, lawyers, scientists, and many more!
Learning locally
SPES is proud to partner with the Charleston Museum to support hands-on, real-world learning. Each year, multiple grade levels visit to deepen their understanding of science and social studies topics. Community collaborations like this help bring our curriculum to life and connect students to the world around them!
These first graders enjoyed a visit to the Hall of Natural History!
Growing together
Every 5th grader has had the chance to help plant, grow, and harvest in our school garden! From seed to table, SPES students are learning how things grow and taking pride in what they helped create.
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