A Message from the Principal.

Our Mission:  We are Edward E. Taylor Elementary School, a leader in transforming lives through education, empowering all students to achieve their potential and dreams.

All of us at Edward E. Taylor Elementary School are eager and excited to begin what promises to be the best year ever. This year is going to be "Great" as we continue to provide academic experiences for our students that are rigorous, relevant, and builds relationships.

As your principal, it is important to me that everyone who steps through our doors-staff, students, and parents-are excited to be here! This attitude enables us to meet the challenges of academic excellence in a positive, fun and nurturing environment.



Ms. Debbie Hunter
Principal

December 2- Half-Day 

The schedule will follow the usual flex-day pattern, apart from the early dismissal.  

7:30-8:30am- Morning Meeting/Office Hours 

8:45-10:00am- District Literacy PLO- Cohort-based or NIET PD for Virtual Program Teachers

10:00-10:30am- Office Hours/Intervention 

10:30am- Student Dismissal 

Parents, please join us November 4th at 3:00 pm for our virtual Annual Title One Meeting. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Please come and learn what it means to be a Title One school and hear how Title One funds will be allocated this year to help our students. We hope to see you there!

Please take a moment to read about our Impact Aid Survey.  We need a survey filled out for every student here at Taylor. You can access the digital survey here: 2020 Federal Impact Aid Survey Form Link.  Remember.  If you have more than one child, please fill the survey out for each of them.  Thank you for your help.

Notification to Parents of Elementary Level Students Requesting Transfers from the Virtual School Program to the Phase-in (Hybrid) Model or from the Phase-in Model to the Virtual School Program

 More than 2300 requests for transfers into or out of the Virtual School Program were received by the deadline of October 19. Our goal is to accommodate as many of your requests as possible with the least amount of disruption to learning. As has been stated on numerous occasions, however, staffing and spacing must be considered in making moves of this magnitude.

Additionally, soon as we have determined which transfers can be accommodated based on spacing and staffing, all affected students must be moved within PowerSchool. Finally, coordination with the Offices of Transportation and Nutrition Services must be completed to ensure transportation routes and meal prep/meal pickup plans are accurate. All of this behind-the-scenes work takes time.

Parents will be notified on or before November 4 as to whether their request for transfer has been approved.

Until the transfer process has been completed, parents who requested transfers should note the following:

1. If your child is currently in the Virtual School Program and you requested a transfer to the Phase-in (Hybrid) Model, your child will continue to be served in his/her Virtual School Program classes until further notification. Please have him/her log in for classes in Microsoft Teams, as usual.
2. If your child is an elementary level student in grades PreK-2 in the Phase-in Model and you requested a transfer to the Virtual School Program, your child’s teacher will provide asynchronous assignments for your child beginning Monday, October 26. Simply stated, the teacher will provide activities that your child can do independently or with little assistance. Some of this work will be a review of what has been learned during first quarter.
3. If your child is an elementary level student in grades 3-5 in the Phase-in Model and you requested a transfer to the Virtual School Program, your child’s teacher will provide asynchronous assignments for your child on November 5-6. Simply stated, the teacher will provide activities that your child can do independently or with little assistance. Some of this work will be a review of what has been learned during first quarter.

If you have questions, please contact your child’s principal.

Click the following link to find out about upcoming Flu vaccine opportunities in your area  Flu Vaccine

Click Here: Richland One Reopening of Schools Plan

PowerSchool Parent Portal

Returning School Verification is going on NOW.  Please register

your kids for the 2020-2021 school year in your Power School Parent Portal Account. Every returning student must have a completed returning student verification. If you already have a parent portal account, but have forgotten your password, please email your name and your child's name and a password reset request to Mrs. Brown at tracy.brown@richlandone.org or Ms. Flateau at kimberly.flateau@richlandone.org. If you do not have a parent portal account, you will need to email them and ask for your child's access ID and access password in order to create the parent portal account. Returning student verification must be done in parent portal for the 2020-2021 school year. Please upload your two proofs of address within the portal if possible.  One must be your lease or mortgage and the other a utility bill.

Click here to go to the page:  https://richland1sc.powerschool.com/public/