A PowerPoint presentation by Port Royal Elementary School Improvement Council, Beaufort County School District, South Carolina. The Port Royal Elementary SIC was given the Honorable Mention award for the 2012 Dick and Tunkey Riley Award for School Improvement Council Excellence.

1. Susanne Baisch, SIC Chair
Jo Shirley, Principal
Beaufort County School District

2. • Main Street School in the Town of Port Royal for 100 years
• Second oldest, continuously operating school in the state
• 260 students
• 25 bus riders
• Most students walk to school or are car riders
• Classes walk to Town Hall, the Post Office,
Fire Station & Police Department
• Charting Our Course to Excellence!
Palmetto Gold & Silver Awards 2010, Silver 2011

3. 1. Increase community involvement to meet
student needs due to increasing poverty.
2. Involve community in our Centennial
Celebration as the Center of Town for
100 years.
3. Increase community collaboration to
revitalize Port Royal Elementary (PRE) as
an ongoing, vibrant neighborhood school.
Our 2010-11 SIC Goals

4. • Percent of students with federally
subsidized meals increased 22% over
previous year.
• Significant increases of students:
* In single parent homes and/or being raised by grandparent(s)
* With deployed military parents
* With unemployed parents/guardians
* Of homeless students/students from local child abuse shelter
Our students needed more material and socio-
emotional support!
Increase community involvement
to meet student needs
due to increasing poverty.

5. School supplies,
book bags, and
uniform vouchers
were supplied by
the local
community.

6. •Centennial Planning Committee
Representatives:
SIC Task Force Chair, Town Council, Historic Port Royal Foundation
President and VP, businesspersons, neighbors, faculty and staff….
Planned events for our celebration:
Student murals, School wall murals, Centennial
Celebration Day in fall of 2011, Guest Speakers, Art
Show, School Tours, Children’s Tour of Town….
Involve community in our Centennial
Celebration as the Center of Town
for 100 years.

7. Celebrating our
Centennial
involved the
community!

8. • Define our niche as a neighborhood
school.
• With help from our parents, our neighbors
and the Town, convince the County of the
importance of PRE to our community.
• Conduct a positive campaign to prevent
the closure of Port Royal Elementary!
Increase community collaboration to
revitalize Port Royal Elementary as an
ongoing, vibrant neighborhood school.

10. It Takes a Town to Raise
the Children of
Port Royal Elementary!