📚💚 Read Across America Week Reminder! 💚📚
Tomorrow is Tuesday, March 4, and we’re celebrating Green Eggs and Ham by wearing GREEN! 🍳🌿💚 Join in the fun and show your Seuss spirit by dressing in your best green outfit.
Let’s make Read Across America Week a storybook success! 📖✨
🎶🔬 Making Music with Science! 🎶🔬
Mrs. Phillips' 5th-grade students took their learning to the next level after reading a nonfiction text about sound! Using their knowledge of vibrations, pitch, and volume, they designed and created their own musical instruments from materials collected around the school. 🥁🎸🎺
To top it off, Mr. Sears stopped by to check out their creative designs, and students got to showcase their musical inventions in action! 🎶👏
📢 Kindergarten Registration is NOW OPEN at Wellford Academy! 📢
Do you have a child who will be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2025 or 5 years old on or before September 1, 2025?
📚 Wellford Academy offers full-day 4K (need-based program) and 5K for residents in our area!
⏰ Enrollment Hours: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
📌 What to Bring for Registration:
✅ Legal Birth Certificate
✅ SC School Entry White Immunization Form
✅ Proof of Residence (water/power bill or lease agreement with ID)
✅ Copy of Medicaid Card (4K only, if applicable)
✅ Proof of Custody (if child does not live with both parents)
📞 Have questions? Call Wellford Academy at 864-949-2385 for more information!
📚✨ Author Visit at Wellford Academy! ✨📚
Today, our students had the amazing opportunity to meet Kevin Kurtz, a talented nonfiction children's book author! He shared his journey to becoming a writer and inspired our young readers with his fascinating stories.
A huge thank you to Mr. Kurtz for visiting, signing books for students who ordered them, and taking time for photos! These special memories will stay with our Wolfpack for a long time. 🐺❤️
📚✏️ Elevating Note-Taking with AVID! ✏️📚
Our AVID team is always looking for ways to help students succeed! This week, they collaborated and shared strategies with teachers on how to take note-taking to the next level in their classrooms. From interactive graphic organizers to structured Cornell notes, they’re equipping teachers and students with tools to enhance learning and organization.
Great things happen when we work together to support student success! 💡👏
Mrs. Blizard and Ms. Back's 2nd graders had a blast exploring nature at Hatcher Garden yesterday!
🪴From discovering plants and wildlife to enjoying the beautiful outdoor scenery, it was a day full of hands-on learning and adventure. 🌳We love seeing our Wellford Wolfpack connecting with nature and expanding their curiosity outside the classroom! 🐾🐺❤️
📚✨ Our Wellford Academy Book Fair is coming soon! ✨📚
Can’t wait until our in-person fair from March 24th-28th? No worries! You can shop online now and preview amazing books from the comfort of your home.
🔗 Shop here: https://literati.com/store/?school=01837fcf-77d9-c53b-6240-87511b55005b
🎥 Preview video: https://vimeo.com/1042534554
Every purchase supports our school—happy reading, Wolfpack! 🐺📖❤️
📚🎉 Get ready to celebrate Read Across America Week at Wellford Academy! 🎉📚
📅 March 3rd - March 7th
✨ Monday - Sleepy Monday: Wear your school-appropriate pajamas to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book!
💚 Tuesday - Green Eggs and Outfits: Dress in green!
🤪 Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday: Wear your wackiest clothes—mismatched, backwards, or inside out!
🎩 Thursday - Cat in the Hat Day: Wear your favorite hat to celebrate Cat in the Hat!
🌍 Friday - Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Wear your favorite school, college, or team shirt!
Let’s make this a Seuss-tastic week of fun and reading! 📖🐱🎩
📢 Reminder, Wolfpack Families! 📢
Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26th, Wellford Academy will be dismissing early at 11:30 AM. 🚗⏰ Please make necessary arrangements for pickup and after-school care.
Thank you for your support! ❤️🖤
📸 Spring Picture Day is Coming! 📸
Say cheese, Wolfpack! 🐺🌸 Spring pictures will be taken on Monday, March 10. Be sure to dress your best and bring your brightest smiles! 😊✨
📅 Date: Monday, March 10
📍 Location: Wellford Academy
Don't miss this opportunity to capture a special memory! 💕
📢✨ A HUGE success! ✨📢
Wellford Academy’s first-ever Black History Month Celebration was an unforgettable event! 🎉 Our students and teachers put in hard work after school to research and prepare incredible presentations about famous African American scientists, showcasing their groundbreaking contributions to the world. 🔬⚡
We were also honored to welcome LaShonn Edmunds, founder of CAIRS SHOES, who shared her inspiring journey of designing and creating shoes to solve real-world problems. 👟💡 Her story of innovation and determination left us all motivated to dream big and make a difference!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success! ❤️🖤
Check out Facebook for all the pictures!
Our 3rd graders had an out-of-this-world experience at the planetarium today! ⭐️✨ They explored the wonders of space, gazed at the stars, and learned all about the planets in our solar system. It was a stellar day filled with curiosity and discovery! 🚀🔭
🚀✨ National Engineering Week in PLTW! ✨🚀 Our 1st–5th graders at Wellford Academy have been busy exploring, designing, and discovering the incredible world of engineering! 🏗️🔬 🔦 1st Grade: Researching light and sound to design communication devices. 💡 2nd Grade: Studying inventors for Black History Month & brainstorming their own inventions. 📺 3rd & 5th Grade: Learning how AI, computer science, and engineers bring live sports to our screens with Amazon Future Engineering & Prime Video Sports. 🗺️ 4th Grade: Using Google Earth & gaming strategies to study Earth's land features—culminating in map creation and a documentary! STEM is alive and thriving in PLTW, engaging ALL students in real-world engineering experiences! 🌎💡
❄️ A huge shoutout to our incredible admin team, security, welcoming crew, PAW Patrol members, and SRO for making sure our students started their snowy morning with smiles and warmth! Your dedication to creating a safe and welcoming environment—no matter the weather—does not go unnoticed. Thank you for all you do! ❤️🐺
🎉❄️ Polar Plunge Pizza Party Champions! ❄️🎉 Congratulations to Mrs. Collins' 2nd-grade class for being the top fundraisers in our Polar Plunge challenge! 🍕🏆 Their hard work and generosity earned them a special pizza party with some incredible guests—Officer Wright, Chief Green, Mayor Watson, and Mr. Bringer! 🚔👮♂️🎩 We are so proud of our Wellford Wolfpack for supporting such a great cause. Way to go, 2nd grade! 👏🐺
📢REMINDER📢
🌟 You're Invited! 🌟
Join us at Wellford Academy for a special Black History Celebration as we Think Like a Scientist! 🧪✨
📅 Date: February 21, 2025
⏰ Times:
📖 8:30 AM – K-2
📖 9:30 AM – 3-5
We’re excited to welcome LaShonn Edmunds, founder of CAIRS SHOES, as our guest speaker! Plus, our 5th graders will showcase their own presentations, celebrating Black innovators in STEM. 🚀🔬
Parents and families, don’t miss this inspiring event! 💡 We can't wait to see you there!
🏆🐺 Top Cub Club Winners! 🐺🏆 Congratulations to our Top Cub Club winners from 3rd-5th grade! 🎉 These students have shown outstanding character, leadership, and hard work. We are so proud of their dedication to making Wellford Academy a great place to learn and grow! 🌟👏 Keep up the amazing work, Cubs! ❤️🖤
It’s a winter wonderland at Wellford Academy! ❄️ We’ve had snow not once, but TWICE this week, and the excitement is through the roof! Our Wolfpack is making the most of these rare snowy school days—enjoying the magic while learning and playing. Who else is loving this surprise winter treat?!
Mrs. Collins’ 2nd graders have been hard at work exploring the world of weather! Through their reading unit, they’ve been researching and writing informational texts about dangerous weather. From tornadoes to hurricanes, these young meteorologists are learning how to inform and engage their readers with fascinating facts! ⛈️📚
🥰Mrs. Gregory’s kindergartners had a special treat today with a guest reader from fourth grade! 🥰
Our young learners loved listening to a story read by their older peer—what a great way to build a love for reading and foster connections across grade levels!
