Good morning parents, students and staff, just a friendly reminder that food boxes will be delivered this morning at 9:00a.m. to our community in the parking lot of the old Fred's parking lot. Abbeville County School District, along with some of our FFA students from both high schools and National Honor Society students at our Career Center will help distribute the food boxes. I hope this will be a blessing for you all. Have a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving. Principal Jackson

Good Afternoon WMS Parents! Progress Reports will go home with face-to-face students tomorrow. Parents of iTech students may pick up their Progress Reports in the Main Office of WMS from 11 AM-1 PM. Just a reminder: TODAY is the last day to order from the WMS Team Store. If you would like to place an order, you may do so by logging on to BSNTEAMSPORTS.COM and enter Access Code WMS2020TS. Thank you and as always, Go Wildcats!

Good Morning WMS Parents! We have just a few announcements for you this morning: -Wrestling Practice has been cancelled today. -Parents, we just want to remind you that students may be dropped off at the main (covered) entrance on mornings that it is raining. -It's FUNDRAISER TIME! WMS has recently partnered with BSN to provide WMS apparel. To access our team store, simply go to BSNTEAMSPORTS.COM and enter Access Code WMS2020TS. The store will be open through November 18th. Thank you and as always, Go Wildcats!

Good evening WMS parents, please make sure you fill out the survey for your child's instructional setting for the spring semester. The deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, 2020. Please make sure to check PowerSchool weekly and make sure that your child is completing his/her work. Grades will determine retention or promotion for the next grade. Have a great evening! Go Wildcats!

Good evening 7th and 8th grade students and parents, just a friendly reminder that boys' and girls' basketball tryouts begin tomorrow. Girls' tryouts start right after school until 4:15p.m.. Boys' tryouts will start at 4:30 p.m. and end at 6:00p.m.. Parents please be on time to pick up your child. Have a great night! Go Wildcats!

Good Morning, WMS Students and Parents! Just wanted to remind you of a couple of things we have going on this week: -Make Up Pictures will be Friday, October 30th. iTech Students may report to the band room for pictures from 8:00-10:00. -"Boo-Gram" Fundraiser order forms and money are due Tomorrow, October 28th. -For any 7th & 8th Grade Students planning to try out for basketball, Sports Physicals are due to Lt. Banks no later than November 2nd. -This week's football game against Clinton Middle School has been moved to tomorrow (Wednesday), Oct 28th. Thank you and have a great day!

Good Afternoon, Parents. Tomorrow is an Early Release Day. Bus Riders will be dismissed at 10:45 and Car Riders at 11:00. Report Cards will be sent home with Face to Face Students and iTech Report Cards may be picked up from 11:30 to 3:00 in the Main Office. Report Card Pick-Up will only be for iTech Students. Any 7th or 8th Grade iTech Student wishing to try-out for basketball needs to have a Sports Physical before November 2nd. Sports Physical forms will also be available for pick-up in the main office from 11:30 to 3:00 tomorrow. Have a GREAT day and Go Wildcats!

Good afternoon parents, tomorrow your child will return to Wright Middle face to face. Please have your child here no later than 7:50a.m. We will have a meeting with students to go over rules, procedures and schedules. Students need to report to the cafeteria. If your child is a car rider, please drop them off at the cafeteria entrance. We are excited about their return. Have a great evening! Sincerely, Principal Jackson

Good morning ITECH parents, picture day is Thursday, October 8 from 10:00a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for ITECH students. Students will enter and leave through the outside band room door only. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday. Have a great day! Principal Jackson

Good morning ITECH parents, I hope all is well. Today progress reports can be picked up from 2 to 2:30 or from 3:30 to 4:00. These times are right before car rider dismissal and after car rider dismissal. Please come at one of these times. Thank you and have a great day! Principal Jackson

Good afternoon parents, there will be no football practice today. Practice will resume tomorrow after school. Thank you and have a wonderful afternoon. Principal Jackson

Parents, due to the recent announcement by State Superintendent Molly Spearman of masks now being required in every public school building, the ACSD iTECH Academy registration deadline has been extended until Monday, August 3, at midnight. Parents wishing to make any changes to an already submitted registration, please contact your child’s school by Monday afternoon. Any parent in need of Internet services at home for a child enrolled in the iTECH Academy, please contact your child’s school to see if you qualify for free Internet services, provided by Abbeville County School District.

Parents, if you have a rising 5K student who did not attend one of our 4K programs last year OR a child who is new to our district, please go by the school on Tuesday, July 28th, between 8:30 and 3:00 to complete the new student registration packet. Parents, if you need assistance completing the online registration form for your returning ACSD student, you may go by the child’s school on Tuesday, July 28th, between 8:30 and 3:00. Computers will be available for use, and a staff member can assist with questions you may have.

The online registration portal for returning students is now open. You should be receiving another email with your snapcode information soon. If you completed registration when we originally launched it on June 16th, you will not need to re-register.

Parents, due to unforeseen circumstances, online registration has been suspended for the time being. Please stay tuned for updated information regarding online enrollment. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Attention Parents of ACSD! Your input is needed as we make plans for our upcoming school year. Please complete the Parent Survey on re-opening our schools for the 2020-21 school year by clicking on the following link - https://forms.gle/iEGbLMB4Wv1mD2mFA.

Attention! Online registration begins today. Parents, you should receive an email soon with a new snapcode and instructions on how to get started. For any questions, please contact David Myers at dmyers@acsdsc.org.

Locker Clean Out! Thursday, April 30th Students will be able to come to school to clean out lockers this Thursday. Please see each homerooms scheduled time and location to enter building listed with details in the news section.

Per State Superintendent Molly Spearman, schools will remain closed for the rest of the year. More details will be forthcoming about procedures for turning in instructional packets, returning devices and textbooks, and gathering items from lockers. Please understand, just because we are not returning for face-to-face instruction does not mean instruction stops for this school year. We remain committed to having students ready for the next grade, course, or next steps post-graduation. Stay tuned for more information in the coming days and stay safe!

Due to power outages at Cherokee Trail and Dixie, no meals will be served today. Both schools will serve meals tomorrow 11:30-12:30. Students will receive meals for the remainder of the week. Our normal meals service is each Monday 11:30-12:30. Students receive meals for the entire week. All other schools will have meals available today 11:30-12:30.

This week, the South Carolina Department of Education launched SCRemoteLearning.com, a website offering digital teaching and learning resources for teachers, parents and students during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Stay safe!

Parents/Guardians, please see the Alternative Learning Parent Letter below for information on the newest instructional packets for students, which includes dates for picking up and dropping off materials. Contact your individual schools with any questions you may have. Alternative Learning Parent Letter (Phase 2) - https://5il.co/ei0b

Meals are available at the following locations 12:30 - 1:30: Abbeville High, Cherokee Trail Elementary, Diamond Hill Elementary, Dixie High, John C. Calhoun Elementary, Long Cane Primary, Westwood Elementary, Wright Middle. Meal service dates: Wednesday, April 1st students will receive meals for the remainder of the week. Monday, April 6th students will receive meals for the entire week. Beginning April 13th meals will be available each Monday and Wednesday through April 30th.​

Need some resources for schooling at home? Check out this informative presentation called Let's Go Exploring! Let's Go Exploring - https://5il.co/eh6r

An announcement was made this afternoon by Governor McMaster and State Superintendent, Molly Spearman, that SC schools will be closed through April 30. Should this timeline need to be adjusted by ending sooner or by being extended, an announcement will be made at that time. ACSD was braced for the announcement of a school closing extension as a result of the daily SCDE and State Superintendent briefings provided to district superintendents. With other decisions being made in our state and those in states like NC, it seemed to be a matter of time. I do think it gives our students, especially our seniors, a window of hope that the school closure through April 30 will have helped to flatten the curve and the month of May will usher in the possibilities of returning to school, holding prom and graduation, etc. although there are still no guarantees. ACSD is busy preparing for the second wave of providing instructional packets and eLearning plans for students. We stand ready to provide the best services possible to our students at this time. We are currently awaiting guidance from the SCDE on decisions governing some instructional components and will share and implement these once received. Our focus is on what students have already been taught and what they need between now and the end of the year in order to be prepared for the next grade level or course content in a sequence or for graduation. - Dr. Julie Fowler, ACSD Superintendent

The SCDE's request for the assessment and accountability waiver has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education and is supported by the State Board of Education. For more specific information on the tests that are affected, please click on the following link - https://5il.co/e2ec Spring 2020 Assessment and Accountability Updates - https://5il.co/e2ec

FEMA has developed a Rumor Control page for COVID-19 on FEMA.gov. Please click on the link below for more information: FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control - https://www.fema.gov/Coronavirus-Rumor-Control

WCTEL wifi hot spot information- https://5il.co/dwkm

See most recent SCHSL update on COVID-19 by clicking on the following link https://5il.co/dsng

Due to information received from the state, Abbeville County School District will be adjusting procedures for meal service. Beginning Monday, March 23rd, Abbeville County School District will provide 5 breakfast and 5 lunch meals for each child 18 and under at the following sites: Wright Middle, Cherokee Trail Elementary, Diamond Hill Elementary, and John C Calhoun Elementary School. You will be picking up breakfast and lunch for the entire week. Pick up will begin at 12:30 - 1:30 on Monday only. Students must accompany the parent or adult for pickup. Parents can bring all children 18 and under and special needs students 21 and under to receive weekly meals. ​

Teachers and Parents, click here for high-quality, age-appropriate lessons and materials during the current school closure. http://bit.ly/SCDEresources