Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! We are off to a great start and are looking forward to many great things to come. 

As we embark on our District One journey, we invite parents and community members to learn more about our schools by visiting our updated district website, www.spart1.org. 

We also encourage parents to download the Spartanburg District One mobile app, and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter!  

Our #Day1inD1 was a wonderful start to the new school year. Let's take a look at what was accomplished on our very first day of school:

• More than 1,500 students had a safe school bus ride to and from school. Our buses cover an average of 1,000 miles each day!
• More than 4,000 students were served a healthy breakfast or lunch (or both!) at school today. Our cafeteria staff is amazing and take such pride in keeping our students fed!
• Our schools were clean and our grounds were beautiful. Our maintenance and custodial crews spent the summer making sure floors were waxed, buildings were in tact, and our grounds were well maintained.
• Front office staff greeted and assisted students and parents who had questions throughout the day with cheerful smiles and attitudes.
• Our teachers, principals and other professional staff greeted students, helped them find their classes, and did an exceptional job of orienting students to their new classrooms. Many teachers spend much of their summer preparing for the next school year so that things start off smoothly and positively for their students.
• District administrators, principals, and Board Members spent a great deal of time over the summer making sure the district was focused on how to best provide D1 students with a quality, student-centered education. The coordination of over 5,100 students, 1,100 staff, 10 school buildings, and 1 career center does not happen by accident, it takes a great deal of collaboration and attention to detail!
Thank you for a wonderful ‪#‎Day1inD1‬!

We are pleased to welcome our newest AmeriCorps VISTA member, Samantha Sloan, who will serve as the Coordinator of Health Fitness and Wellness for the 2016-2017 school year.

In this role, she will work collaboratively with all District One schools to facilitate and promote overall good health habits and wellness, as well as assist in the implementation of health initiative grants awarded by the Boeing Children’s Wellness Center. 

“I applaud the efforts of District One and fully support their cause to strive for wellness, because school health is ultimately where the process begins. Children spend so much of their time and receive many of their life-shaping experiences in their school years. I believe a healthy lifestyle should be part of that experience,” she says.

Sloan is a graduate of Adrian College in Southeast Michigan and received her Masters in Public Health from West Virginia University in May of 2016. As a VISTA member, Sloan has made a year-long, full-time commitment to serve at a nonprofit organization or public agency for a modest living allowance and limited health benefit options. Sloan says that AmeriCorps encourages their members to live on this stipend in order to fully appreciate a lifestyle led on a near-poverty level income and have the ability to offer first-hand advice to the community members in which they serve. VISTA members focus their efforts on building the organizational, administrative, and financial capacity of organizations that fight illiteracy, improve health services, foster economic development, and otherwise assist low-income communities.