District Five Family:
We know there are so many in our school and district community who are without right now, and we want to help! ❤️
Tomorrow, Monday, September 30, we’ll be offering FREE MEALS at Byrnes High School from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m, to any students, staff, families, or community members who need them 🍽 All meals will be packed “to go”, and can be picked up in the outdoor patio area beside the school cafeteria 🏫 Simply park in the senior parking lot off North Main Street and come pick up your meals 🍎 🥦 🥪 We’ll serve until 2:00 p.m., or until the meals run out.
We’re ONE District Five family, and we’re in this together. Please know our hearts are with you! ❤️

Due to the impact of Tropical Storm Helene, all District Five schools and buildings will be closed on Monday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 1. 🏫 As there are widespread power and internet outages, there will be NO E-LEARNING EXPECTATIONS on these days. Our number one priority is the safety of our students, staff, and their families. ❤️ You are in our thoughts, along with our entire community. Please stay safe! #WeAreD5

Administrators from all across District Five showed their support for our Kinship Caregivers by wearing yellow Middle Tyger Community Center shirts in honor of Kinship Care Awareness Month 💛 Currently, over 50,000 SC children reside with kinship caregivers 🫶 D5 is proud to support MTCC as they launch our state's very first evidence-based kinship care navigation program.🏠 If you are a kinship caregiver, past or present, we thank you for your dedication to the wellbeing of children needing a loving home. ❤️










Due to the potential impact from Hurricane Helene, Friday, September 27 will be an e-Learning day for all District Five students and staff. 💻 School will continue as normal on Thursday, September 26. All after school programs and activities have been canceled for Thursday and Friday. ✅
Teachers will communicate with students regarding assignments. 📝
Should conditions change and impact school for Thursday, we will communicate with our parents, families and staff as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience as safety is always our top priority! 💯 #WeAreD5

We were so proud to honor 34 outstanding District Five students at our Board of Trustees meeting Monday night for achieving a 🌟MAXIMUM SCORE🌟 on either the math or ELA portion of the 2023-24 SC Ready assessment 📝Congratulations to: Roman Lukovsky, Hendrix Sturgis (Abner Creek Academy), Korbin Hier, Nikita Morozov, Bryson Puckett, Van Vu, Matthew Wellington (Beech Springs Intermediate), Kenneth Beaver, Daniel Ishizuka, Phillip Morelock, Caleb Rimes (Berry Shoals Intermediate), Jacob Berry (D.R. Hill Middle School), Oliver Burke, Jaxon Eubanks, Parker Johnson, James Marra, Greta Parlow (Duncan Elementary), Cal Dinger, Jozaleigh Gibson, Olivia Ledford (Florence Chapel), James Arnold, Kenneth Graham, Natasha Maali, Pilip Novak (Lyman Elementary), Paisley Burgess, Nikolina Cumura, Aurora Frangella, Aiyana Lunsford, Charlie Malone, Patterson Reimer, Sharon Tamayo (Reidville Elementary), Bobby Ward (River Ridge Elementary), Daniel Flores Rios, and Arthur Petrichko (Wellford Academy). We're so proud of all of you! 🙌 #WeAreD5

Pep rallies at Florence Chapel Middle School are always fun 🎉 We love the school spirit!📣 #WeAreD5









Students in Mr. Cheshier's class at Byrnes Freshman Academy explored physical and chemical reactions in the lab! 🧪 From bubbling beakers to color changes, there's nothing more fun than hands-on experiments💥🔥 #WeAreD5










"Great teachers change lives." We're so thankful to have so many great teachers in District Five! 💯 Congratulations to Geoff Turner, our AVID teacher at Beech Springs Middle School, who was nominated and selected by the College Football Playoff Foundation to receive the "Extra Yard For Teachers" Game Ball Award! 🏈 Mr. Turner was nominated for the incredible impact he has on students & his school every day! 👏 #WeAreD5

Will an orange sink or float in water? 🍊These Reidville Elementary 3rd graders are testing the scientific method today ✅💯 #WeAreD5





What fun at Abner Creek Academy today for International Dot Day! 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣⚫️⚪️ Inspired by the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds, the day celebrates creativity, courage, and collaboration ❤️Make your mark, Gators! 🫶 #WeAreD5










How cool is this?! 🤩 Photography students at Byrnes High School are learning how to develop film in Mrs. Chambliss's class today 🎞️ Art comes in so many different forms! 💯 #WeAreD5




🍎 How's this for a delicious dive into learning! 🍎 1st graders at Reidville Elementary explored all things apples and even got hands-on in the kitchen, making their very own applesauce! 🍏👩🍳🍏 Nothing like a tasty lesson to sweeten the day! ❤️💯 #WeAreD5










A solemn and special time outside Byrnes Freshman Academy this morning, as our community gathered to remember 9/11 🇺🇸 Incredible job by our cadets as we reflected, remembered, and paid tribute to the heroes and victims of that tragic day ❤️ #NeverForget #WeAreD5










A special visitor popped in Ms. Griffith's class at Lyman Elementary this morning! 🥰 Dr. Gary had fun reading "Duck for President" to 1st graders, and taking questions 📖🪿 #WeAreD5




Fall is for 🍎APPLES🍎!!! First graders at Reidville Elementary are learning all about this favorite fruit this week 🍏 Mrs. Hoenshel's students used their math skills to graph which ones were tastiest 📈🥰 #WeAreD5





Future teachers in the making! 🍎👩🏼🏫 Our Rebel teacher cadets attended the iTeach conference in Greenville Thursday 📝📚 Students were a part of interactive workshops & scholarship sessions to help them on their path to becoming educators!💯 Way to go, Rebels! 💙#WeAreD5






Science ROCKS! 🔬👩🔬📏 Mrs. Cummings' 7th grade science students at Beech Springs Middle School tested their tool knowledge this week, to see if they know the top ones they'll use in the classroom 💯 Keep working hard, students! 👏 #WeAreD5






Mr. Verity's econ students made a splash in the Shark Tank at Byrnes High School this week! 🦈💼 Students wowed us with their creative business plans, presentations, and commercials! 🎬👏 Congrats to the winners! 💯 We're proud of all these future entrepreneurs! #WeAreD5






In District Five, we're building better leaders 💯 Today, our assistant principals spent time learning and sharpening their leadership skills 📝 It's all about growing for the sake of our students 🍎📚 #WeAreD5 #D5Family





AVID Scholars from Byrnes Freshman Academy got a glimpse of life on a college campus this week! 💯 Students toured USC Upstate, where they learned about what college offers, from admissions to policies & procedures.🎓It's all part of a unit researching colleges and career paths🏫




