Lewis Greenview Elementary
Wins 2005 Riley Award
A.J. Lewis Greenview Elementary School was
named the winner of the 2005 Dick and Tunky
Riley Award at the Regional School Improvement
Council (SIC) Conference held in Columbia on
March 19.
Named for the former governor of South Carolina
and his wife, the Dick and Tunky Riley School
Improvement Award was created to recognize
the significant contributions made to public
education by the more than 17,000 SIC members
who volunteer in every public school in the
state. Each year a single winner is chosen
to receive the award; four additional SICs
receive honorable mentions.
Delores Gilliard, principal of Lewis Greenview,
accepted the award from Ted Riley, son of the
former governor.
The Lewis Greenview SIC developed four areas
of focus for its efforts:
- In its effort to ensure that "no
parents are left behind" (NPLB), the
School Improvement Council implemented a
series of educational workshops and events
that provided parents with PACT strategies
to better assist their children in the areas
of mathematics, reading and science.
- The
Lewis Greenview SIC recognizes that parent
involvement is a key to student success
and developed programs to address diversity
issues and support non-traditional parents.
D.A.D.S. (Dads Are Doing Something) promotes
father involvement in education and brings
men into the school in volunteer roles. The
Grandparent Program addresses the needs
of grandparents raising grandchildren and
also provides foster grandparent opportunities.
- A Greenview Community Health Fest was
held to address overall health and mental
health issues in the community. Partnerships
with the community provided support, services
and heightened community awareness of critical
health issues.
- The SIC was instrumental
in securing important partnerships with
Pepsi, Verizon and Wachovia, and the result
was the kick-off of the school’s
new High Performance Partnership.
This SIC has embraced all members of its community
to bring needed resources to the school door.
