Allendale County Schools

Good morning Tiger Family, we need your help today! Click the link below now to take our survey regarding the reopening of schools this Fall. https://bit.ly/2zFXMBL

Happy Memorial Day from ACS

The MUSC School-Based Health team is excited to be able to continue to offer telehealth services while school is closed due to COVID-19 to students in Allendale County School District. MUSC School-Based Health providers are available to continue to see patients for asthma and acute care needs through a secure video connection (or via phone if the family does not have access to the internet). To request an appointment, please call 843.609.9317 between the hours of 8am-4pm until the end of the school year. Below are the links to the enrollment forms: English Enrollment Forms Spanish Enrollment Forms To learn more about the program, please visit: https://sctelehealth.org/Schools

Good afternoon Allendale County! We'd like to thank our partners including SmartBox and Healthy Learners for helping the citizens of Allendale County complete the 2020 Census questionnaire at the SmartBox food drive. If you have not completed the 2020 Census, visit www.2020census.gov or call (844) 330-2020.

Congrats to the 2020-2021 ACS Teachers of the Year: Mr. Miguel Lawrence – Fairfax Elementary School Ms. Nardia Tavares – Allendale Elementary School Mrs. Dorothy Priester – Allendale-Fairfax Middle School Mr. Jim Shuman – Allendale-Fairfax High School #ChampionsintheClassroom

We're wishing our teachers a happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Today is National School Principals’ Day. We salute our wonderful principals in Allendale County Schools. We appreciate your leadership and dedication!

It's not too late to complete the 2020 Census! Visit www.2020Census.gov or call 844-330-2020 to be counted. The process is easier than ever before and is vital for federal funding for our school district and Allendale County. Do your part in helping our community today!

Happy Assistant Principal's Week to the best Assistant Principals in the world! Fairfax Elementary School: Mrs. Tammera Suggs Allendale Elementary School: Ms. Audrey Patterson Allendale-Fairfax Middle School: Mr. Willie Robinson Mr. Ferdinand Cooper Allendale-Fairfax High School: Ms. LaChonna Avery Mr. Coby Brandyburg Ms. Mona Lisa Anderson

We had a blast seeing our scholars during our drive-thru parade this morning! We love you and we miss you, Tiger Family! #ChangingtheHeadlines #AllendaleFORWARD

Tiger families, we can hardly contain our excitement for the Drive-Thru Parade that will take place on Friday, April 3rd! The caravans will come through each neighborhood beginning at 9:30 while meals are delivered to our students. We'll see you then!

Next week, Mar. 30th - Apr. 3rd is Virtual Spirit Week and we’re wrapping up all of the fun with a Drive-Thru Parade on Apr. 3rd. We miss our students and we can’t wait to see you again. Until then, we’ll see you online! Use this hashtag: #TigersCONNECT

To support school district's E-Learning platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic, AT&T is now providing two months of free internet service to families who participate in SNAP. Click on this link to apply: https://m.att.com/shopmobile/internet/access/#!#startedStep

ACS Families, here's an article that lists five helpful responses for families during the school closure due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. http://bit.ly/5responses

Effective Monday, March 23, 2020, the five-day lunch delivery will change to a three-day lunch delivery. Students will be provided with 2 lunches on Monday - one for Monday and one for Tuesday. Students will be provided with 2 lunches on Wednesday – one for Wednesday and one for Thursday. Students will be provided with 1 lunch on Friday.

Tiger Families, e-Learning technical support is being provided by the ACS Department of Technology each day from 8 AM – 12 PM. For assistance with technology, please call (803) 584-5453. Refer to the ACS website (www.acs.k12.sc.us) for further updates.

Good Afternoon Tiger Family: Allendale County Schools will begin distributing meals to all students beginning tomorrow, March 17, 2020. Please see this link for locations: https://www.acs.k12.sc.us/article/211173?org=acs See you tomorrow at each school for iPad distribution and eLearning materials. Dr. Gilmore, Superintendent

All Parenting Partners workshops and Saturday School sessions have been cancelled in light of the Coronavirus pandemic until further notice.

ACS Parents: Free internet access is currently being offered through Comcast and Spectrum. Use this link for more information https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19 for Comcast or call 1 (844) 488-8395 for Spectrum. Check the ACS district website for further updates.

In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, Governor McMaster has declared all South Carolina schools closed effective immediately. All ACS schools will be closed for 2 weeks. All ACS employees will report to work on tomorrow at regular time to prepare e-Learning (online learning) for our students.