 Bold Bluejays: struttin' like peacocks; soaring like eagles!
Gadsden Elementary has been recognized as a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School. Congratulations to the students, faculty/staff and the entire community of Gadsden Elementary!
Gadsden Elementary was recognized as the 2010-2011: National Distinguished Title I School & South Carolina Distinguished Title I School
Special thanks to our newest business partners:
Big T's Bar-B-Q
Forester Company
The Pizza Joint - Forest Dr.
SCE&G Wateree - A SCANA Company
The Solomon Law Group, LLC
Columbia Hope in Christ Ministries
Superior Mailings
 Welcome to Gadsden Elementary:
A National Blue Ribbon School & A Place of Great Expectations!
The Gadsden Bluejay Creed: I am a Gadsden Bluejay and I have Great Expectations!
I expect to achieve! I expect to succeed!
Therefore, I will achieve and I will succeed because these are my Expectations! Gadsden Elementary School - Mission Statement for Student Learning: The mission of Gadsden Elementary is to prepare students to become confident, competent, lifelong learners and responsible citizens by providing a safe, supportive learning environment rich in innovative educational experiences
Gadsden Elementary School - Mission Statement for Customer Service: Believing that the students at Gadsden Elementary are our primary customers and believing that all individuals in our community are worthwhile and deserve a high quality of service, the staff at Gadsden Elementary School is committed to the following mission statement:
- We will serve our students, parents, and community with respect.
- We will attend to the needs of all we serve promptly and with courtesy.
- In all our communications and in all our problem solving situations, we will listen to all and will treat all with fairness and with impartiality.
2011-2012 School Theme - "Gadsden Elementary: Building ComeUnity (Community), One Relationship at a Time!"  
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Welcome to Gadsden Elementary! We are the home of the Bluejays and "A Place of Great Expectations."
As we usher out our first 45 days and enter into the second quarter, our faculty, staff and students have plenty to shout about! On September 16, 2011, Gadsden Elementary was name a 20ll National Blue Ribbon School, this is a distinction for which we are very proud and we will work diligently to maintain the high standards that have afforded us the opportunity to be so named.
Our students and staff have been very busy within these first 45 days of school. We have been Dominie testing, MAP testing, taking Common Assessments and using STAR reading and math to get baseline data for where our students began the school year and where we hope to take them by the year's end.
Our goal as educators is to individualize instruction for each student and meet each child where she/he is. Not only are the adults in the school looking at the data, students are also required to look at their data, analyze the results and set goals based on what they want to achieve academically. Additionally, we have begun interventions based on our students' indentified areas of weaknesses. Our goal is to turn our students'area(s) of difficulty into an area of proficiency and perhaps even into their strength! Through additional support in the form of tutorials from their teachers in the areas of ELA and math, students receive differentiated instruction based on their area(s) of need. This direct instruction is provided in small groups, as well as through computer assisted software. By identifying our students' needs early on, it is our hope that we will be able to provide them a better course of study and continue to make academic gains.
As we move into this new nine weeks, I ask parents/guardians to help your child set the bar high. Working together, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
As always, if I can be of service please do not hesitate to call.
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