Susanne Baisch, SIC Chair

Jo Shirley, Principal

Port Royal Elementary School

A Century of Learning: 1911-2011

Beaufort County School District

Port Royal Elementary

•Main Street School in the Town of Port Royal for 100 years

•Second oldest, continuously operating school in the state

•260 students • 25 bus riders

• Most students walk to school or are car riders

•Classes walk to Town Hall, the Post Office, Fire Station & Police Department

•Charting Our Course to Excellence! Palmetto Gold & Silver Awards 2010, Silver 2011

Our 2010-11 SIC Goals

1. Increase community involvement to meet student needs due to increasing poverty.

2. Involve community in our Centennial Celebration as the Center of Town for 100 years.

3. Increase community collaboration to revitalize Port Royal Elementary (PRE) as an ongoing, vibrant neighborhood school.

Goal 1. Increase community involvement to meet student needs due to increasing poverty.

•Percent of students with federally subsidized meals increased 22% over previous year.

•Significant increases of students:* In single parent homes and/or being raised by grandparent(s)

*With deployed military parents

*With unemployed parents/guardians

* Of homeless students/students from local child abuse shelter

Our students needed more material and socio-emotional support!

School supplies, book bags, and

uniform vouchers were supplied by

the local community.

Goal 2. Involve community in our Centennial Celebration as the Center of Town for 100 years.

•Centennial Planning CommitteeRepresentatives:

SIC Task Force Chair, Town Council, Historic Port Royal Foundation President and VP, businesspersons, neighbors, faculty and staff….

Planned events for our celebration:Student murals, School wall murals, Centennial Celebration Day in fall of 2011, Guest Speakers, Art Show, School Tours, Children’s Tour of Town….

Celebrating our

Centennial involved the community!

Goal 3. Increase community collaboration to revitalize Port Royal Elementary as an

ongoing, vibrant neighborhood school.

•Define our niche as a neighborhood school.

•With help from our parents, our neighbors and the Town, convince the County of the importance of PRE to our community.

•Conduct a positive campaign to prevent the closure of Port Royal Elementary!

Port Royal students

thrilled that school

will remain open

PORT ROYAL, SC (WTOC) - The

Beaufort County School Board

recently made some tough

decisions as they voted to close a

number of schools for next school

year. …Port Royal Elementary

School was also on the chopping

block, but the board unanimously

voted to keep it open….

It Takes a Town to Raise the Children

of Port Royal

Elementary!