Red Ribbon Week 2026
Our Fall Arts Festival featuring our focus groups and second graders!
💥 Happy School Custodian Appreciation Day! 💥Today we celebrate and thank our amazing custodians for all they do to keep our school clean, safe, and welcoming each day. Your hard work, dedication, and care do not go unnoticed, and we are grateful for everything you do for our students, staff, and school community.
Grandparents Breakfast is always a special time! Thank you to everyone who could join us.
🚌💛 Fun in Kindergarten! 💛🚌
🚌✏️🍎Learning is always more fun when we can get creative—and eat our creations, too! 😋💛
🚌✏️🍎Learning is always more fun when we can get creative—and eat our creations, too! 😋💛
There was a lot of excitement 🤩 in the building this morning! Our play for this year was announced by some of our amazing drama team members. They had a Nemo and Friends parade to celebrate! 🎉
The students in our afterschool program enjoyed a creative session painting friendship rocks . 🎨
Kindergartners have been learning about the journey from “farm to plate,” so today they took their learning on the road with a fun trip to Publix! 🛒🍎
Students got a behind-the-scenes look at how some of their favorite foods are prepared. They learned about bread baking, cake decorating, meat cutting, seafood, and fresh fruits and vegetables. The class loved seeing how food gets from the store to their plates and asked lots of great questions along the way.
What a fun and tasty way to bring learning to life! 🍞🍓🥕
Students got a behind-the-scenes look at how some of their favorite foods are prepared. They learned about bread baking, cake decorating, meat cutting, seafood, and fresh fruits and vegetables. The class loved seeing how food gets from the store to their plates and asked lots of great questions along the way.
What a fun and tasty way to bring learning to life! 🍞🍓🥕
"Careers on Wheels" Day
👀 A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who was able to come out for "Breakfast and Bookfair" this week! 📚 It was a big success! 🎉
Our GT Art students have been hard at work this year making masterpieces! They are now getting started on their dioramas to start working on their 3-D skills.
Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Sierra McDowell! And to our Support Employee of the Year, Elaine Boykin!
Navy Love and Maj Borei represented Duncan Elementary School of the Arts at the SC Music Educators Association Conference this weekend as members of the 2026 SC Elementary Honor Choir. Both students earned their spots through competitive auditions — a wonderful achievement that reflects their hard work and dedication. Bravo to these talented performers!
Snow Days are FUN days!
Holiday Dress Up week was a success!
🎉Congratulations to our new Beta Club members! 💛🖤 What an honor to be the first members for Duncan Elementary School of the Arts! Continue to impact our school through the ideals of achievement, character, leadership, and service!
Mrs. Bourgeois and Miss Hipp’s classes designed a spoon 🥄 of thanks to create a family tradition & share their gratitude around the Thanksgiving 🦃 table. Students also went around & shared what they were thankful for. We are so grateful for their caring & thankful hearts. 🧡🤎
Thank you Veterans for your service!
Today we had the honor of having Sergeant William McAlister speak to our students at Duncan Elementary School of the Arts. Sergeant McAlister was a Marine for nine years. He has two children who attend DESA.
Red Ribbon Week was a success this year!
Our 5th grade students traveled to ☀️ Charleston on Friday. Students began the trip by touring Charleston's Barrier Islands and then went to Boone Plantation to learn about SC history in the low country. What a great way to end the week! 🦀 🐚 ⛴️