BCSD ESSER III FUNDING STAKEHOLDER AMENDMENT INPUT SURVEY

2022-23 Instructional Calendar

Please note that this calendar is subject to change prior to and during the school year. We advise you check this link occasionally for updates.

SC READY & SCPASS testing information

SC READY & SCPASS testing dates for grades 3-8

Board receives update on new state funding metric, considerations impacting FY 2022-2023

The new funding formula, outlined in the Ways and Means FY 2023 annual appropriations budget, takes all new funds for education and applies them to a new formula that creates a metric called the State Aid to Classrooms Program Allocation.

Head Start now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year

APPLICATIONS ARE TAKEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.  Children must be 3 or 4 years of age before September 1st.

2022-2023 pre-k, kindergarten and new student registration opens April 4

In an effort to streamline the efficiency of enrolling students and to simplify the registration of your child, we have implemented a web-based registration process in which all aspects of student registration, including document submission, can be completed online.

Social Media Dangers Parent Training Schedule

This parent training will be presented by the BCSD Security and Emergency Management team at multiple schools across the District.

BCSD to suspend Test to Stay and quarantine; BCSD will stop contact tracing, testing and masking of close contacts without symptoms

Congratulations to BCSD's 2022 Rookie Teachers of the Year!

Berkeley County School District would like to recognize its Rookie Teachers of the Year! The BCSD Rookie Teacher of the Year committee will independently review applications to narrow down its search for the District Rookie Teacher of the Year.

2022 Teacher of the Year Ms. Kadijah Walker; Rookie Teacher of the Year Ms. Emily Tuffy

SSE is well represented by these great teachers and our students are lucky to have them.

Updated COVID-19 guidelines and drive-through testing site information

A holiday message from Superintendent Deon Jackson

"Our communities have continued to rally in support of our student and employees. For that, we will forever be thankful."

Sponsor a child for Berkeley ONEderland

Berkeley County School District is currently welcoming residents to sponsor its most at-risk students during the holidays through the Berkeley ONEderland program.

VIDEO: Teacher gets kids dancing during SSE brain break

If you aren't familiar with brain breaks, they are exactly how they sound. Short, fun breaks from work have shown to help children focus and remain productive.

5 internet safety tips for kids

Sharing photos, posting comments, playing video games -- these are just a few of the ways that kids interact online. But when sharing goes beyond friends and family, it can be risky.

Completed free/reduced meal applications help your school!

Each completed application helps to provide or justify funding that will support ALL STUDENTS in Berkeley County School District.

BCSD school bus face covering disciplinary measures

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) issued a memorandum stating it would again enforce the CDC’s order requiring the use of face coverings on buses

SCDE to require use of face coverings on state owned, operated school buses

All districts must be in compliance with this requirement no later than Monday, August 30, 2021.

COVID-19 Exposure & Quarantine Guidelines

Per guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), exposure occurs if a person has been in close contact (within six feet) for greater than or equal to 15 minutes with a person with COVID-19 over a 24-hour period.

VIDEO: Kicking off the 2021-2022 School year

Check out a video featuring some photos from around the district of teachers getting ready for the new school year, as well as students returning to the buildings on the first day of school.