Happy Pi Day! 🥧🎉
Our students and teachers had infinite fun doing Pi-themed activities and lessons!
Meet #A3AllStar, Mrs. Dawn Moore! 🌟📚
Mrs. Moore is the School Librarian at Starr Elementary School. Dawn has been a teacher for 27 years, all in Anderson 3. She started her career at Starr-Iva Middle, teaching 8th and 6th grade for two years. She then taught 3rd grade at Iva Elementary for four years before holding the position of Teacher Leader, splitting the week between Iva and Starr for seven years.
Moore is a proud Crescent alumnus. She earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education from Erskine College before obtaining a master's in Library and Information Science from USC. Dawn and her husband, David, have three children, Taylor, Will, and Draven.
"What do you value most about your position?"
"I love the fact that I get to interact with every student in my school each week. For at least five years, I get the privilege of watching these kids grow. They not only grow in stature, but they grow from beginning readers to advanced readers. I get the opportunity to read aloud, suggest new authors and genres, promote problem-solving, and guide students to become more independent learners. It truly is the best job in the school!"
Mrs. Moore is a Starr Elementary staple. We are blessed to have her; she is truly an #A3AllStar! Congratulations! 💛
Monday, March 13, is a Professional Development day for Anderson 3 Staff and a student holiday. Students will return Tuesday, March 14! 🎒🚌
🚨JUST POSTED🚨
Crescent High School is now looking for a Special Education Teacher to join their team for the 2023-2024 school year! 👩🏻🏫
For more information on this position and to apply, visit:: http://bit.ly/A3Careers
Over the next several weeks, our middle and high schools are raising money for United Way of Anderson County. To outshine last year's successful campaign, Starr-Iva Middle School has announced "Darts of Doom"...... 🎯😳
https://youtu.be/zOflsEC0AjY
During #FFAWeek2023 Crescent FFA Officers visited the South Carolina statehouse to thank local legislators for their support of SC Agriculture! 👨🏻🌾🚜🌾
Due to the potential for extreme weather conditions during dismissal time, especially high winds that cause dangerous conditions for bus operations, Anderson 3 will dismiss students early on Friday, March 3.
Middle and High School - 12:30 PM
Elementary - 1:30 PM
Meet the McCulloughs! 💕🐯
Dylan is our Chief Communications Officer, and Jordan is a 5th Grade Teacher at Iva Elementary! 📸👩🏻🏫
The pair met in elementary school and have been friends since 1st grade. "In high school, while working on the yearbook staff together, we began to 'talk,' but we didn't start dating until right after high school graduation. (Mrs. Sherry Holbrook called it long before we ever admitted it.) After four years of college and time together, we married in the infamous Covid year of 2020. Together, we live in Starr with our two long-haired dachshunds, Tillman and Sullivan, and are now expecting our first (human) child, Leland Wayne, in two weeks! In our free time, we love to travel together. Charleston, SC, is our personal favorite! P.S. Our picture is from our first year working together in Anderson 3, in Jordan's first classroom at Starr-Iva!" 💗
We are delighted to have these homegrown Tigertown Lovebirds in Anderson 3! 💛
How Cute are the Crafts?!? 🥰💞
Jeff is our Director of Athletics, and Shawn is a Digital Integration Specialist at the Elementary Level! 🥎💻
Lovey-dovey Info! 💕
"I first saw Shawn my senior year at Erskine, her freshman year. She was injured and lightly jogging along the sideline at soccer practice while I got the field ready for an intramural game….she was and still is the prettiest sight I have seen! We didn't really meet then; I just kind of followed her around campus for a few days trying to get the nerve to speak to her. She turned down my offer of a ride back to her dorm from her soccer practice TWICE (she denies this, but it's absolutely true!), and then I had a friend ask her if she would go out with me. I was and still am intimidated by her!😀 We eventually became a couple and got married in 1993, so getting ready for THIRTY YEARS!" -Jeff
"We met while I was playing soccer, and he was lining off the intramural field at Erskine. I rejected his offer for a ride across campus at least thrice until he wore me down - or I finally felt sorry for him. After dating on and off my freshman year, we got engaged my senior year. He made me promise I wouldn't make him move back down to Florida, and I made him promise we wouldn't move to Iva - again, he wore me down, or I felt sorry for him! We were married a year later, in June 1993." -Shawn
About Y'all! 👨👩👦
"We have two great kids, Eric and Ellie…and both are A3 grads. Free time is rare, but we try to make the most of it when we have it. "Date nights" are usually at Tiger athletic events, but we have made the time to take a couple of AWESOME trips over the last few years. We are different in many ways; she would tell you that she is the adult in the relationship and that I act like a small child. And she is probably correct. But nothing is greater than going through life with your ABSOLUTE best friend. We have FUN together….or at least I do! Shawn makes me smile, and that is a wonderful thing. FUN "FACT" (or fiction, possibly): Shawn really LOVES Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida, the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia, and other "old school" tourist stops. She also has the recently-acquired uncanny ability to determine the nationality of dogs simply by looking at them. I DO NOT. It's truly amazing." -Jeff
Meet our Tuesday Lovebirds, the Grays! 🥰💞
Cade is the Physical Education Teacher at Starr Elementary, and Aimee is the Chief Information Officer for Anderson 3. 🎾💻
Aimee was visiting a friend that went to Lander University one weekend in 1996. The friend's roommate had a crush on Cade and drove them all night in her Suzuki Samurai, looking for him. When they finally found him at a fraternity party, Cade tried to talk to Aimee, but she was uninterested because she had a boyfriend back at Clemson. Fast forward ten months, and they found themselves both single and at a mutual friend's apartment playing a game of Trivial Pursuit. When Aimee correctly answered a sports trivia question, Cade knew she was The One. They were married in March 1998. ⚾️
"Talking about outkicking your coverage; I kicked it through the end zone and out of the stadium." -Cade 🏈
"We have three wonderful kids, Landon (24), Ivey (20), and Caroline (14). We spend our time watching or playing sports and traveling. Fun Fact: When they first started dating, Cade worked construction with a man named Allen. He would tell Aimee about how crazy and funny Allen was, and he would talk to Allen about the girl he was dating. He mentioned Aimee's last name to Allen about two months into dating. That's when Allen realized that Cade was dating his daughter! Cade quit construction shortly after that." Another fun fact: Cade does all the laundry and dishes and puts gas in Aimee's car, and in return, Aimee makes all of his spreadsheets, proofread his Facebook posts, and fixes his computer every time he messes it up. 🧺💛
Have You Heard? 🦻🏼🎺🎶
Flat Rock Elementary is seeking a Music Teacher for the 2023-2024 School Year! For more details on this position and to apply, visit: bit.ly/A3Careers
While Bus Driver Appreciation Week may be over, we appreciate our drivers and aides all year! Thank you for safely transporting #A3Students 💛🚌
We LOVE the Russells! 💕🐯
Marty is a 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher, and Amy is the School Librarian, both serving at Starr-Iva Middle School! In addition to teaching, the pair are also heavily involved in Tiger Athletics as Coaches. 🏐📚
"We met in the gym at Crescent. I was coaching volleyball there during my junior year of college, and Marty had accepted a long-term sub position even though he was a certified teacher. He walked through the gym and smiled at me...and that was it. After that, we started doing FCA together at Crescent, and the rest is history!" 🥰
"We have three kids. Brody is a senior, Blake is a junior, and Branyon is in the 8th grade. Marty and I love to travel; our family has been to 45 states. We plan to check off three more this summer!" 🌎✈️
Loveuary continues with the Moores! 💕
David is an Assistant Principal at Starr-Iva Middle school, and Dawn is Starr Elementary's Librarian! 📚
"We both attended Starr-Iva, Crescent, and Erskine College at the same time, so we knew each other for years. However, we didn't go on our first date until about two weeks before David graduated from Erskine in 1994. We were married a year and a half later, in December 1995."
"We have three children. Taylor and Will are in college, and Draven is in elementary school. We both love to travel. David loves all things history, so many of our trips include multiple stops for taking pictures of historical sites or visiting historic homes and museums. We also love music and try to catch as many concerts as possible. Over the years, we have spent much of our time at soccer fields across the Southeast. Our older children played club soccer, and now Draven has started his soccer journey." 💖⚽️
This morning Starr-Iva Middle School staff volunteered at the Golden Harvest Food Bank. The group packed BackPack SnackPacks for Anderson County students! 🎒🍽️
Meet College Sweethearts Chad and Wendy Johnson! 😍❤️
Mr. Johnson is the Physical Education Teacher at Flat Rock Elementary, and Mrs. Johnson is a Social Studies Teacher at Crescent High School!
The couple met in 1992 during their sophomore year at Newberry College. After meeting in a math class, they started dating and have been together ever since, marrying in 1997. 🐺
Together the Johnsons have two children, Mason and Emma, who are both Crescent graduates. They enjoy attending both kids' sporting events (which often keeps them very busy.) They are now "empty nesters," which has been an adjustment, but the pair enjoy things they haven't had much time for, like traveling. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 2022! 👰♀️🤵🏻♂️
Happy Valentine's Day from Today's Lovebirds, Jordan, and Amber Hall! 🥰💕
The Halls are both teachers and coaches in Anderson 3. Jordan is the Physical Education Teacher at Iva Elementary, and Amber is a Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Teacher at Flat Rock Elementary.
Prologue: Amber and Jordan attended different high schools in the same county but didn't know each other existed. Their schools were playing baseball against each other, and Amber happened to notice the 2nd baseman on the opposing team. After finding out his name, Amber HAD to add Jordan on MySpace because he was "sooooo cute!" 🤭
A few months after the meeting, the pair went on their first date to Chick-Fil-A! They made their relationship "Facebook official" in 2009. "Since we started dating as 'babies,' we've gotten to grow up together! We've gone from first cars, proms, and high school graduations, to college experiences such as first 'real' jobs, formals, getting through exams, and college graduations. We got engaged in the fall of 2018 at the beautiful Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, one of our favorite places! 🤍 Two years later, we got married on a gorgeous fall day at Trinity Episcopal Church, aka 'the pink church' (of course) in Abbeville. We started our teaching careers together and are so blessed to be in the same school district!!"
"We LOVE to travel! We love a spur-of-the-moment day/weekend trip. I (Amber) will take alllll the pictures, and Jordan will scope out the best foodie restaurants to try. But, while we get the travel bug often, our favorite nights are together at home. A perfect evening for us is listening to old records and cooking supper, then dining on the front porch while watching the sunset on the lake." ✈️🌅
We can't get enough of these two! 💗😍
This morning a water leak was found at Iva Elementary in a 1st Grade Classroom. School and district staff quickly jumped in to get classrooms dry and ready for students. We are thankful for our A3 Family! 💛🖤
#PridePurposePassion
How Cute are the Nelsons??😍 💖
Don is an Anderson 3 Special Needs Bus Driver, and Trish is a Special Education Paraprofessional at Flat Rock Elementary.
The pair were reintroduced in February 2001 and married on December 22, 2001. They first met at a ballpark in Homeland Park and had known each other for many years but never dated. ⚾️
Together Don and Trish have a blended family of 5 kids, ten grandchildren, and 3 1/2 great-grandchildren. The pair loves to visit the mountains (especially Dollywood with Iris), complete projects around the house, and spend time with family. 💕
5K Registration is Now Open!🎒✏️
Visit https://bit.ly/A3-ENROLL to register. Children must turn five on or before September 1, 2023. Students enrolled in our 4K program do not need to be registered through the new student portal.
📍 To view our elementary attendance zones visit: https://bit.ly/A3AttendanceZones
