
At our most recent board meeting, there were a lot of people wearing blue and gold! Berkeley High's baseball team was recognized by the BCSD Board of Education for its state title win this spring! Plus, Co-Presidents Keller Wofford and Jace Dye represented the BHS Beta Club and were congratulated for the club's National Beta Convention first place finish!




Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the start of the new school year at the OneBerkeley Back to School Festival!
This morning's event was held at the Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex with thousands of attendees who enjoyed a bookbag distribution, face painting, jump castles, visiting food trucks and more . Kelly Services was this year's lead Bronze Sponsor, and Planned Administrators, Inc. was the Patron Sponsor.
Berkeley County School District looks forward to seeing students return to school on Aug. 13!
This morning's event was held at the Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex with thousands of attendees who enjoyed a bookbag distribution, face painting, jump castles, visiting food trucks and more . Kelly Services was this year's lead Bronze Sponsor, and Planned Administrators, Inc. was the Patron Sponsor.
Berkeley County School District looks forward to seeing students return to school on Aug. 13!

Tomorrow is the big day! Stop by the Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex on Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. to grab a free backpack and have a blast at the OneBerkeley Back to School Festival!


We're kicking off the new school year with celebration, connection and community! Today, our central office, maintenance and technology team gathered together for lunch in anticipation of students being back in the classroom.



Congratulations to Viola Mitchell on winning the Bus Driver Longevity Award from the South Carolina Association for Pupil Transportation! This coming school year will be Viola's 50th behind the wheel! What motivates her to stick with it? She loves being with the kids!



Our students took home some hefty hardware from the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference! Because they placed within the Top 10, Berkeley High's Jayden Moorer and Cane Bay High's Sophia Tiwari are winners on the national stage. They are also the only two high school students from South Carolina to accomplish this feat!


BCSD Extended Day registration is now open! Parents/guardians will be notified within five business days on the status of their registration. Register for before and after school care at all participating schools at https://www.bcsdschools.net/extendeddaylinks


Starting July 2, all BCSD schools and offices will be closed in observance of July Fourth. Schools and offices will reopen Monday, July 7. We wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July!


Mark your calendars! BCSD Extended Day registration opens on Monday, July 7 at 10 a.m.. These programs provide before and after school care on 25 of our school campuses.


Teaching takes a lot of heart! At Monday night's board meeting, we recognized our 12 South Carolina Teaching Fellows, plus one student who was named an alternate, for pursuing a future career in the classroom.


In a short time, Karmello Jones has already made a name for himself. He excels on the football field, was Cross High's Class of 2025 salutatorian and was one of 750 students nationally selected for the highly-coveted Gates Scholarship. To celebrate him being a Gates Scholar, Karmello was recognized for this incredible accomplishment at our most recent board meeting.

Is your student coming back to BCSD? Then don't forget to complete the Returning Student Update through the PowerSchool Parent Portal! For more information, visit https://www.bcsdschools.net/registration.

Our retirees made a positive difference in Berkeley County! Last Thursday, we celebrated our 88 retirees with a reception at Cypress Gardens. We can't thank these folks enough for dedicating their professional lives to serving our students.

Track and field students weren't the only state champions we had in the board room on Monday! Philip Simmons High's boys golf team was represented by Coach Garrick and recognized by the board for winning a state championship, too!

Whether its pole vaulting, the high jump or running as fast as their feet can carry them, these students excelled at the track and field state meet this year! At our most recent board meeting, we invited all our individual track and field state champions and Philip Simmons High's girls track team to come and be celebrated.

We've got some rock star readers at Westview Elementary and Hanahan Middle! Both schools were named i-Ready Super Schools for achieving the most growth in their i-Ready reading scores over the spring semester.

Congratulations to Carolyn Lewis School and Cainhoy Elementary on being named i-Ready Super Schools! Throughout the second semester, both schools showed the most growth in their i-Ready math scores.

Wow, Emily Bohl at Goose Creek High is a 🌟SUPERSTAR🌟 school communicator! Over the course of the spring semester, she sent 9,507 Rooms messages. Because of her dedication to keeping parents and students informed, Emily got a bag of district swag and four tickets to the RiverDogs!

Cane Bay High's AFJROTC unit ended this year on a high note by being recognized at this week's board meeting for receiving the "Sword of Excellence" by the South Carolina Air Force Association. This award annually goes to the best AFJROTC unit in the state.

Representing District 8, Jerald Borden was sworn in at the start of last night's board meeting.

