School Details
- Principal: Karen Fiery
- District: Aiken County Public Schools
- County: Aiken
- Community: Suburban
Characteristics
- Academic Excellence - Faculty formally collaborate and learn from each other (e.g., interdisciplinary teams, PLCs)
- Developmental Responsiveness - Faculty uses well-developed procedures for effective classroom management
- Organizational Structures and Processes - Professional learning is supported, ongoing, high quality, and relevant to middle-grades education and instructional practices
- Social Equity - Fluid approach to addressing student needs with short and longer-term intervention support
Description
New Ellenton STEAM Middle School serves grades 6 through 8 with a magnet focus where science technology engineering arts and math shape the daily schedule. Students learn through the Engineering Design Process in STEM explorations such as coding, robotics, digital media, and design challenges that move from research to prototypes to presentations. Core classes strengthen reading, academic writing, math problem solving, and inquiry based science labs, with projects that connect content to real community questions. A makerspace style approach supports collaboration, precision, and creativity, and students build communication skills through teamwork, reflection, and goal setting routines. Fine arts options such as band, chorus, theater, dance, and visual arts add strong performance and production opportunities. It is a school culture that feels focused, supportive, and proud of every learners progress.
Contact Us
- 803-652-8200
- kfiery@acpsd.net
- https://www.acpsd.net/NEMS
