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Fairfield County Schools
Fairfield County School District
District office: 1226 US Hwy. 321 By-Pass South, Winnsboro
Telephone: 635-4607.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 pm
Fairfield County has one public school district with 10 public schools. The
district has a board of trustees made up of seven members, each elected from a
single-member district every two years. The district has one high school and
one middle school.
The Learning Center, an alternative school for students facing expulsion is
considered a model in South Carolina. The Career Center offers many areas of
vocational training, and it has a highly successful school-to-work program for
students.
Athletics offered in the schools include football, baseball, tennis, golf, boys
and girls basketball, and girls softball.
The district also has a summer enrichment program, during which media centers
and computer labs are open for students. Child development classes and all-day
kindergarten are offered to pre-schoolers.
Richard Winn AcademyPrivate school offers educational choice.
Old Chester Road, Winnsboro.
Telephone: 635-5494.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Richard Winn Academy is the county's only private school. It is accredited by
the State of South Carolina and by the S.C. Independent School Association. RWA
has kindergarten for 3-, 4- and 5-year olds. A daycare center on the campus is
available for the students from noon, when kindergarten is dismissed, to 6 p.m.
The school is divided into a lower school for grades one through five and an
upper school for grades six through 12. The curriculum is focused on academics
and, for older students, preparation for college. Competitive athletics include
football, softball, volleyball, tennis, golf, and basketball. Contact the
school for tuition information. ROAR SC
“Perhaps
the best way of inspiring a young child with a desire of learning to read is
to read to him.”
Horace Mann, 1898
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
·
Through
Reach Out and Read (ROAR), every child starts school with a home library of at
least ten beautiful children’s books, and parents understand that reading
aloud is the most important thing they can do to help their children learn to
love books and to start school ready to learn.
·
Reach
Out and Read (ROAR) is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric
primary care.
·
Pediatricians
encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their
patients books to take home at all pediatric check -ups from six months to
five years of age.
HOW ROAR WORKS
- PROGRAM COMPONENTS
·
Volunteer
readers in the clinic waiting room read aloud to children as they wait for
their appointments, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques
of looking at books with children.
·
Pediatricians
are trained to counsel parents about the importance of reading with young
children, offering age-appropriate tips and encouragement.
·
The
doctor gives the child a new developmentally and culturally appropriate
children’s book to take home and keep at every check-up from six months to
five years of age.
Reach
out and Read-Fairfield is located at the Kudchadkar Clinic, Winnsboro.
For
more information please contact Trista Davis at 803-635-6411.
We need volunteers for the Program! |
