Academic Achievement Results

Spring 2020

Spartanburg School District 2

Cassandra Davis, Principal

School Improvement Council Members

Crystal Barrs, Parent (Chair)

Lauren Beard, Teacher

Crystal Burns, Parent

Denise Burns, PTO President

Jennifer Cash, Parent

Cassandra Davis, Principal

Mitzi Gurley, Community Member

Debbie Hall, Teacher

Katie Hughey, Teacher

Amy Lawter, Parent

Shelly Martin, Community Member

Marlee Pettit, Parent Liaison

Mayo Elementary School

P.O. Box 130 - Mayo, SC 29368

864.461.2622

MES Mission Statement

Mayo Elementary School’s mission is to prepare our students

for tomorrow’s world through challenging and innovative ed-

ucational practices in a safe and supportive environment.

SC-PASS DATA

Percentage Scoring “Met” and “Exemplary / Exceeding”

Science Social Studies

4th Grade n/a n/a

5th Grade n/a n/a

District 2 n/a n/a

SC Elementary n/a n/a

SC-READY DATA

Percentage Scoring “Met” and “Exceeding”

ELA Math

3rd Grade n/a n/a

4th Grade n/a n/a

5th Grade n/a n/a

MES n/a n/a

District 2 n/a n/a

SC Elementary n/a n/a

MAYO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Report to the Community

2020 - 2021

Due to school closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there

were no state assessments administered in the spring of 2020.

PARENT & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

UPDATED NEEDS ASSESSMENT

STUDENT ACTIVIITIES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Continue to use data to enhance the school’s instructional focus to in-crease student achievement as indicated by iReady, SC-READY and SC-PASS.

Continue to provide professional development opportunities to ensure successful implementation of the SC College and Career-Ready Stand-ards.

Continue to expand technology needed to equip students with the nec-essary skill-set to be college and career-ready in the 21st century.

Continue to acquire nonfiction and fiction texts to enhance the media center and classroom libraries.

Continue to enhance home-school communication through increased electronic and social media outlets.

Monthly Kiwanis Terrific Kids

MES Spelling Bee

MES Science Fair

MES Art Show

Quarterly Awards Programs

PBIS Traveling Prize Store

PBIS Quarterly Celebrations

25 Days of Peace Celebration

Falcon Patrol

Mayo Singers

Gifted Art

Suzuki Strings

District 2 Honor Choir

Morning Math Club

Falcon Reading Club

Virtual Fall Book Fair

Book Battles

Red Ribbon Week

Holiday Spirit Week

Read Across America

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Spin to Win Book Reviews

Soaring Readers & Writers

D2 Reads

Terrific Kid of the Year ~ Brayden Willis

Spelling Bee Champion ~ Julian Crosby

We participated in annual fundraising drives benefitting the United Way and the Upstate Family Resource Center.

We collected, distributed and acted as liaison for various churches and businesses providing Christmas assistance to our families.

We maintained our strong partnership with USC-Upstate and Converse College by hosting and mentoring practicum teachers.

We continued our partnership with Johns Manville, providing weekend snack bags for students.

Our school webpage, Facebook page, SeeSaw and The Falcon Flyer e-newsletter continue to provide information relating to events at MES.

Regularly scheduled Spirit Nights brought our school family together outside of school hours.

We maintained a strong partnership with Chesnee High School to pro-mote service learning opportunities and teacher cadet experiences.

We continued our annual tradition of hosting Literacy Night and Math/Science Night.

We collaborated with other District 2 schools to collect non-perishable food to support the Upstate Family Resource Center

We continued our partnership with the Chapman Cultural Center to provide school-wide programming focusing on the arts.

We continued our partnership with the Boys and Girls of the Upstate to provide after-school programming offering opportunities in aca-demics, athletics and arts.

STAFF RECOGNITIONS & HIGHLIGHTS

Teacher of the Year ~ Lauren Beard

Grants and Awards Jr. League of Spartanburg - Carla Jolley Donor’s Choose - Ashley Brady SC Arts Alliance - Christina Sarris PetSmart - Lauren Beard

Quarterly Ambassadors

Kristy Reagan, Jeff Bledsoe, Kelly Lowe, Stacey Brunelli