Ralph Chandler Middle School

Initial Designation: 2021

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School Details

  • Principal: Jeff Jenkins
  • District: Greenville
  • County: Pickens
  • Community: Rural

Characteristics

  • Academic Excellence - Exemplars of high-quality work are shared with students
  • Developmental Responsiveness - Curriculum is socially significant and relevant to student interests
  • Organizational Structures and Processes - Adoption of a shared vision for our school's high performance
  • Social Equity - Fluid approach to addressing student needs with short and longer-term intervention support

Description

Ralph Chandler Middle School provides diverse learning opportunities that strengthen critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Students benefit from problem based and STEM learning, Gifted and Talented Language Arts, high school credit courses, virtual classes, and a schoolwide self selected reading program. Advisory, peer mentoring, OnTrack, and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports help students build strong relationships, confidence, and responsible habits. Learners can explore their talents through band, strings, chorus, drama, athletics, career education, and clubs held during the school day. Professional Learning Communities support responsive teaching, while inclusion classes and an extended day program provide additional academic and social emotional support. National School to Watch redesignation reflects the schools sustained commitment to excellence. Ralph Chandler is a supportive Panther community where every student can discover new strengths and move forward with purpose.
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