Nursery Road Elementary School

Nursery Road Elementary School is a school located in the Irmo/Seven Oaks area in the U.S. state of South Carolina at 6706 Nusery Road. The principal is Christina Melton. The school is part of School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties. The school's mascot is a yellow person with his arms up; a "champion." The school offers K4-fifth grade, and after leaving the students continue to CrossRoads Middle School. After the students leave Crossroads, they go on to Irmo Middle School, then Irmo High School. Its mission is to produce citizens who Nurture, Respect, Experience, and Succeed. It is a national blue ribbon school and a first amendment school.

Awards and recognition

During the 1996-97 school year, Nursery Road Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,^[1][2] the highest award an American school can receive.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ White, Neil. "MIDLANDS HOME TO SEVEN OF 13 BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS", The State (newspaper), May 22, 1997. Accessed October 8, 2007.
2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
3. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
4. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."

External links

• official site

Coordinates: 34°03′44″N 81°11′23″W / 34.0620938°N 81.1898187°W / 34.0620938; -81.1898187