Good Luck to our students participating in Access Testing! We believe in you and know you will do your best!
Upcoming Events at North Aiken:
Feb. 10-After School Program begins and will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 3-4PM. Attendance is important. Please ensure your child is present and on time!
Feb. 11-Sneaker Ball Ticket Sale Ends: This will be the last day to purchase tickets for our Sneaker Ball Event on Thursday, February 13th. Students are $2 and adults are $5. No tickets will be sold after 2/11
Feb. 13-Kids' Heart Challenge Virtual Assembly: We will have a virtual assembly with the American Heart Association-Kids' Heart Challenge. The challenge will run from February 14th- March 1st. Also on Feb 13th we will have the Sneaker Ball Event hosted by the House of Amistad 5:30-7:30PM. Must have purchased tickets prior to event to attend.
Feb 14th-Valentine's Day/Amistad and Altruismo House Meetings: Owens Corning has donated bookbags and supplies for every student! They will be distributed in the afternoon on 2/14
Feb. 17th-President's Day, No school
Feb. 21st Reveur and Isibindi House Meetings
Feb. 27th-African American Wax Museum: Students will participate in a living wax museum in celebration of Black History Month.
Happy Birthday to all our students who celebrated their birthdays in January and February!
Happy Birthday to all our students who celebrated their birthdays in January and February!
Happy Birthday to all our students who celebrated their birthdays in January and February!
Thank you Aiken Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc!
In the spirit of National Reading Day (1/24), we were delighted to have them partner with North Aiken Elementary School to engage with our students through storytelling and reading sessions.
Polemarch, Dr. Theotis White, II, stated that their goal is to inspire and encourage young minds by sharing books that spark imagination and foster a love for reading.
Today was a busy day in the den! We had some volunteers from PEP and volunteers from Owens Corning visit to surprise our 2nd graders with their own books from the book fair! Thank you so much to everyone who helped in this project! Our students were so excited and we can't wait to watch their love of reading grow!
NORTH AIKEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S ELISA SANDERS-PEE NAMED TO 2025-26 PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR HONOR COURT
Congratulations to North Aiken Elementary Principal Elisa Sanders-Pee on being named to the 2025-26 STARS of Public Education Principal of the Year Honor Court!
District leaders surprised Principal of the Year Honor Court members, who are the top three winners in the school district, at their schools earlier this month. The District will host all school winners, recognize top nominees, and announce District winners during the STARS of Public Education Banquet at Aiken High School on March 20, 2025.
Congratulations, Ms. Sanders-Pee! Thank you for your leadership!
Stay tuned to our district website and social media as we continue to celebrate our Honor Court Members for Principal of the Year, First Year Teacher of the Year, and Teacher of the Year this week!✨
#ACPSDcelebrates #STARSOfPublicEducation
The Book Fair is coming to North Aiken from January 29-30st, including our parent teacher conference event! We hope you can join us! Monday will be shopping days for 4k/5k and 5th grade, Tuesday is for 1st grade and 4th grade, Wednesday all grades may shop and we will remain open after school, Thursday will be our shopping day for 2nd and 3rd grade! Please contact the front office or Mrs. Snipes (smalsbury@acpsd.net) with any questions!
We hope to see everyone at our Parent Teacher Conference event on Wednesday, January 29th from 3-5pm. Please contact teachers to schedule your conference. We will also have stations for reading strategies, family involvement, technology and mental health. The book fair will be open for shopping during this time as well! Please contact your child's teacher or the front office with any questions!
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.
Despite the cold weather, we had a wonderful 101st day of school today! Looking forward to the next amazing 79 days of the school year!
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.
North Aiken will celebrate the 101 days of learning tomorrow by dressing in black or white! Students can dress as Dalmatians by decorating white shirts with black dots. We are excited for tomorrow and will dismiss at 11:30 am. We appreciate your flexibility with the impending winter weather.
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.
As we approach the MLK Jr. Holiday Weekend, please note that district administration alongside local Emergency Management officials is monitoring the winter weather system that may impact our county next week. On Monday, January 20, all schools and offices will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to a threat of potential inclement weather next week, students will come home from school with their laptop and charger tomorrow.
South Carolina school districts are limited to five e-learning days each school year. We used the first of those e-learning days last Monday (January 6), making up for the closure September 27 due to Hurricane Helene. Friday, January 10’s school closure will be made up on the March 14 Weather Makeup Day as designated on our district’s 2024-25 school year calendar. Notice will be shared at a later date regarding the format of March 14’s Weather Makeup Day. The format of the March 14 Weather Makeup Day, more specifically, if the day will be made up in person or through e-learning, is contingent upon the number of e-learning days that remain available for our district to use as we near the end of this very cold winter.
A final decision regarding school operations for Tuesday, January 21, will be announced by 3 p.m. on Monday, January 20. As always, we appreciate your continued support. We look forward to seeing students at school tomorrow and wish your family a wonderful long weekend.
Congratulations to our very own Dr. Pee! Today our principal was recognized as an honor court finalist for Principal of the Year!
The ACCESS testing window will open on Tuesday, January 21st and remain open through March 7th! Students will be tested during this time and we are so excited for students who are tested to show what they know! As a reminder, we are asking that students arrive on time for school, be sure to bring their laptops fully charged to school, eat a healthy breakfast and get a good night's sleep, and of course, always try their best!
Class picture day is Thursday January 16th! Please contact the front office with any questions!
