Parent/Community Involvement  6 students named to Region Band  Host Site for Officer Allen Jacobs  11 students named to “All County” G.R.E.A.T. Summer Camp Band (3 named 1st chair)  Greenville Drive Reading Challenge  SC Band Directors Association Concert Performance Assessment - Perfect  PTA received 4 grants, totaling a value Score of $12,550  One student participated in SC State Student Achievements Elementary Honors Choir Sterling School ~ Charles Townes Center  93 Students Inducted into Elementary  14 students elected to National Jr. Art Jr. Beta Club; 54 Inducted into Middle Honor Society Dr. Josh Patterson, Principal  2018 American Mathematics Competi-  Student placed 3rd (Bio & Health Divi- Mr. Jeremy Murphy, Assistant Principal tions - #1 school team in state; One sion) at the SC Regional Science Fair student placed 2nd Mrs. Antrina Harris, Administrative Assistant  Student won Greenville County Soil and  1st Place SC Math Counts Water Conservation Essay Contest  2019 Black History Quiz Bowl Champions School Achievements  2019 Battle of the Books District Cham-  2018-2019 Teacher of the Year: Kara pions Tallman  Two students were Scholastic Art & Writ-  Greenville City Police Department Spe- ing Award recipients cial Community Recognition  PTA Reflections Program (“Heroes  Sterling Food & Nutrition Team received Around Me”) - 1 District Award of Merit, perfect score from DHEC 3 District Awards of Excellence, 1 State Award of Merit  Sterling School featured in Reading to Make a Difference (2019, published by  45 students scored Perfect on at least Heinemann) by Kelly and Laminack one section of SC Ready in 2018  Sara Newell, 5th grade CTC teacher,  10 students scored Perfect on at least published in Gifted Child Today School Improvement Council Members one section of SCPASS in 2018  Samantha Lunsford, Sterling 1st grade  50 students named Junior Scholars teacher, wins WYFF Golden Apple Catherine Schumacher, Chair - Parent Holly McGinness - Parent Award  10 students named to SC Music Educa- Julie Cwynar, Vice Chair - Parent Shayla Read - Community Member tion Association Honor Region 2 Orches-  Gifted Educator Conference featuring tra Dr. Donna Ford, 80 attendees Lance Feldman, MD - Secretary - Parent Catherine Saunders - Teacher  2 students named to “All State” Orches-  Faculty present at inaugural SCASCD Crystal Andrews - Parent Jane Snyder - Community Member tra Whole Child Conference Chameka Duncan - Community Member Kara Tallman - Community Member  2 students named to “All State” Band  Leadership South Carolina Host Site Christy Guth - Teacher Niki Peters - PTA President, ex officio Assessment Performance Results for 2017 - 2018 Lisa Helsel - Teacher Josh Patterson, PhD - Principal, ex officio Subject SC Ready % Exceeds & Meets District Avg. State Avg. Ra’Kenya Lewers - Parent ELEM 69% READING 49% 42% MIDDLE 98% Sterling School Mission Statement ELEM 73% “The mission of the Sterling School is to provide a MATH 53% 45% differentiated, challenging education to meet the MIDDLE 99% distinctive intellectual, social, and emotional Subject SC PASS % Exemplary & Met District Avg. State Avg. needs of our students.” ELEM 72% SCIENCE 56% 49% MIDDLE 99% Sterling School SOCIAL ELEM 81% 75% 69% 99 John McCarroll Way ~ Greenville, SC 29607 STUDIES MIDDLE 100% Updated Activities Updated Needs Assessment Instructional Supports  DownTOWNES  Promethean Boards in all classrooms &  Furman University Teacher Partnership computer labs  Read Across America  TE21/MasteryConnect benchmarks data  Continue to advocate for the “Whole Child” analysis review  Middle School Advisory by furthering our efforts to create a school  Instructional Coaches, Student-Centered  MakerSpace Coaching Cycles, & Instructional Rounds Parent/Community Involvement environment that is challenging, engaging,  Chromebooks 1:1  Parent Teacher Association (PTA) supportive, healthy, and safe. School Climate & Safety  School Improvement Council  Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) - “P.R.I.D.E.” behavior  Mentor Upstate  Strengthen our focus of Personalized Learn-  “The Weekly Griffin” weekly updates, Fa-  Nicholtown Child & Family Collabora- ing, specifically Inquiry-Based/Project Based cebook page & Twitter account tive Learning (PBL) and Guided Reading/Math  Quarterly Middle School Griffin Days  Readers Arrrgh Leaders Community Readers Day  PBIS Quarterly Punch Card Celebrations while emphasizing specific strategies to en-  Gifted & Talented Parent Information  Health & Wellness Committee sure all students are engaged in critical think- Series (4 sessions)  Guidance Support Groups  $16,000 in Arts Integration support through MAC SmartARTS Program ing, creativity, collaboration, and communi-  Middle School Student Improvement cation. Council  5th Grade Mural Project (MAC Smart-  Middle School Advisory ARTS) International DOT Day  Utilize data to develop and enhance our  SafeCeiver Emergency Communication  System school’s instructional focus to increase  Veteran’s Day Program  School Messenger & Teacher Webpages  Black History Celebration achievement as indicated by Mastery Con-  Custodians cleaning/safety inspections  Butterfly Garden/Work Days Teacher Quality nect benchmarks, SCReady, SCPass, and on-  PTA Staff Appreciation Luncheons  Guided Math Professional Development going formative assessments.  Sterling PTA Nights @ Local Restaurants  Inquiry-Based/Project Based Learning  Relay for Life  Develop our MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Professional Development  Compassionate Schools Professional De-  Middle School Dances (3) Support) framework to strengthen our PBIS velopment  Talent Show, sponsored by Beta Club Educational Enrichments (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports)  Spirit Week - Lucky Pup Rescue  Enrichment Days efforts while also implementing Greenville  Digital Safety & Citizenship Workshop  Response to Intervention (RtI) County School’s OnTrack System of Student  Family STEM Night  After School Program Support.  Prospective CTC Families Open House/  W.O.K.E. After School Program Program Preview  After School Clubs  Middle School Curriculum Night  Field Trips: RMSC, Barrier Island, Paris  April Arts Mountain, Greenville Zoo, Peace Center, etc.  Cops on the Court  3rd Grade CTC Curiosity Project  Host Site for Governors School of Sci- ence & Math Summer Camp  7th Grade CTC Activism Project