Spencer County Elementary School

✖️🎉 Math was a BLAST in Mrs. Abell’s class! Our Cubs are diving into multiplication and put their skills to the test in an exciting game of “Array War.” 🔢⚔️ Students faced off against their partners to draw and solve multiplication facts — turning math practice into a fun challenge! 🙌🐾 Through this activity, our Cubs grew as Problem Solvers and Active Collaborators, showing how teamwork and persistence make learning powerful. 💡📚 At SCES, we Love. Learn. Lead. as mathematicians! ➗💙✖️

🔍🧪 Our 4th grade Cubs in Mrs. Metts’ class are learning to think like scientists! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 They’re practicing skills like observing closely, asking great questions, and exploring the world around them with curiosity and wonder. 🌎✨ Through this work, our Cubs are growing as Problem Solvers and Empowered Learners while discovering the power of science. 💡🙌 At SCES, we Love. Learn. Lead. through curiosity and discovery! 🌎✨📚

🏀✨ Hey 3rd, 4th & 5th grade girls… it’s GAME TIME! ✨🏀

Do you want to be part of this year’s Junior Lady Bears Basketball Teams? 🐻💙

📅 Tryouts: Wednesday, 8/27
📍 TES Gym

Grab your sneakers 👟, bring your energy 💪, and come show us what you’ve got! 🎉

📌 Check the flyer for details — we can’t wait to see you on the court! 🙌🔥

🔬✨ Check out this AMAZING new STEAM cart at SCES! Thanks to a generous donation from the Spencer County Education Foundation, our sensitive microscopes and robots now have a safe and organized home. 🤖 This gift will help our Cubs grow as Problem Solvers and Empowered Learners while exploring science, technology, and engineering in hands-on ways. 🙌 We are so grateful for this support as we continue to Love. Learn. Lead. every day! 🐾

🎨🐾 Our 4th grade Cubs had an AWESOME time in art with Ms. Pfiffer, our new art teacher! She challenged them to get creative by drawing half of their face in a realistic style 👀 … and the other half with elements that show off their unique personalities 🌟. This project encouraged our Cubs to be Empowered Learners while exploring their creativity and sharing who they are with others. ✨ We are so excited to see how Ms. Pfiffer helps our Cubs Love. Learn. Lead. through art this year! 💙

🏈We LOVE when our Spencer County Bears Football team helps greet our students on Friday mornings! Nothing starts the day better than big smiles, high-fives, and school spirit. 💙 Don’t forget to remind your Cubs to cheer “Go Bears!” to wish our team good luck on game days! 🎉 At SCES, we always Love. Learn. Lead. — and cheer on our Bears! 🐻

🔦✨ Flashlight Friday Fun! ✨🔦 Mrs. Tobbe’s 3rd grade Cubs and Mrs. Weekley’s 2nd grade Cubs got to experience the magic of reading in a whole new way today! 📚🐾 With the lights down low and flashlights in hand, our Cubs dove into their books and let their imaginations shine bright. 🌟 At SCES, we believe reading should be exciting, engaging, and FUN — and Flashlight Friday is just one of the many ways we help our students grow their love for learning. 💙 Every day is a chance to Love. Learn. Lead. … and today we lit up our learning in the best way! 💡🙌

Cub Connection 8-22-25

Dear Spencer County Families,

I am writing to you today with some exciting news regarding significant renovations and construction that will soon be underway at Spencer County Middle School and Spencer County Elementary School campus. This is a project we have been planning for some time, and it will bring much-needed updates to both of our schools.

This week, you’ve probably noticed the arrival of construction vehicles, equipment, and a job trailer as site work begins. This marks the start of an extensive, 20-month project that will transform both schools. We know that growth often comes with a few growing pains, and we appreciate your patience and cooperation as we navigate this process. There will be times when this work will impact our regular routines, especially during arrival and dismissal.

The work will be done in phases and will impact certain areas of the campus at different times. We plan to be in close communication with you through our regular channels as we get more detailed information about those impacts during each phase. The first phase will mainly impact exterior areas.

Just a few highlights of the work that will be completed:

Spencer County Middle School:
Major updates to the mechanical and lighting systems in each classroom
New flooring in the Great Hall / Lobby Area
A new, state-of-the-art multipurpose facility
A full renovation of the existing auditorium’s seating, lighting, and sound system

Spencer County Elementary School:
Major updates to the mechanical and lighting systems in each classroom
A new roof, guttering, and fascia
A brand new gymnasium
The repurposing of the old gym space into a music/performance space and the addition of classroom space.

These long-overdue updates will ensure our students continue to learn and thrive in a safe and modern environment. We are committed to minimizing disruptions as much as possible while maintaining the highest safety standards for our students and staff.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we begin this important work. We will keep you updated on our progress and any logistical changes throughout the project.

Sincerely,
Dr. Willie Foster
Superintendent, Spencer County Schools

🎳 Ms. Miles’s 2nd graders had a strikingly good time practicing their Friends of Ten with a bowling game! 🎉 We 💙 to Love. Learn. Lead. each day — and today we rolled into math fun in the best way! ➕🔟🙌

✨🐾 Our SCES teachers are the BEST! 🐾✨ This year we have a brand new collaborative space where our amazing teachers can come together with our Instructional Coach, Mrs. White! 💡📚 Today she hosted Cupcakes with the Coach 🧁👩‍🏫 — a sweet time for grade-level teams to collaborate, share ideas, and focus on student learning. Together, they are finding the best ways to help ALL our Cubs succeed at SCES! 🐻💙 A huge THANK YOU to Mrs. White and our incredible teachers for making SCES such an amazing place to Love 💙 Learn 📖 Lead 🌟 every single day! #SCESCubs #LoveLearnLead #BetterTogether

🐞📖 Ms. Hutchins’ kindergarteners brought the classic Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly to life by retelling the story to their 4th grade buddies in Ms. Hester’s class! 🎶👵✨ The kinders loved sharing their storytelling skills, and the 4th graders were such encouraging listeners 💙🙌. What a sweet way to build connections across grade levels! 🐴🐦🐱

🎨✨ Our 5th graders had a blast in art class with our new art teacher, Ms. Pfeiffer! They got creative with modeling clay to design toppers for their very own food trucks 🚚🍔🍦 Students learned about graphic art elements like lettering, color schemes, and symbols 🎨✏️🌈. They combined all of these skills to create unique names and logos for their trucks—and they turned out AMAZING! 🙌👏 So proud of their creativity and big imaginations! 💡💖

Only the 10th day of school and our 4th & 5th grade Cubs are already showing what it means to be empowered learners 🐾✨ They’re taking charge of their math journey by tracking their own progress 📊➕➗ and setting goals to keep growing! 🙌 We are so proud of their hard work, focus, and determination 💪🧠 #SCESCubs #EmpoweredLearners #MathGoals

💛 Mrs. Mac’s classroom has been busy learning all about kindness and being a good friend! 🌟 The Cubs did a sorting activity to practice kind vs. unkind choices 👍🚫 and even made their very own Kindness Hats 🎩💖 to celebrate spreading smiles everywhere! 😃✨

✨ Mrs. Dill’s 1st graders are becoming number ninjas! 🧮💡 They’re learning ways to make numbers within 10 using hands-on games 🎲 and Play-Doh fun 🎨. Math is always better when we can play, create, and learn at the same time! 🙌❤️

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Spencer County Community;

As we navigate this young school year, we want to ensure our district communication systems are a point of pride. Your ability to receive timely and accurate information, especially during an emergency, is one of our top priorities.

Today, we are conducting a comprehensive test of our communication systems, which includes phone calls, text messages, emails, and app notifications. This test will help us verify that our systems are working correctly and that your contact information is up to date.

To help us ensure a seamless communication experience for everyone, we kindly ask that you take a few moments to do the following:

Update Your Information: Whenever you change your phone number or email address, please call your child's school or the district office to have your contact information updated. We can't reach you if our records aren't accurate!

Keep Your SC Schools App Updated: Please make sure the SC Schools app is installed and regularly UPDATED on your device and that notifications are turned ON. This is one of the fastest ways we will communicate important information.

Let Us Know If You Didn't Receive It: If you did not receive this message as a phone call, text, email, and app notification, please let us know so we can help resolve the issue for you.

Thank you for your partnership. We are committed to making sure we can connect with every one of our families. We look forward to a fantastic school year!

Sincerely,
Dr. Willie Foster,
Superintendent

Updated colors of the week! Wear yellow on Thursday. 💛 This Friday we have our first Learning Celebration. Wear your house color (if you know it) or SCES/Spencer County spirit wear.

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