Fairfield County Schools
Fairfield County School District
District office: 1226 US Hwy. 321 By-Pass South, Winnsboro
Telephone: 635-4607.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 pm
Fairfield County has one public school district with 10 public schools. The district has a board of trustees made up of seven members, each elected from a single-member district every two years. The district has one high school and one middle school.
The Learning Center, an alternative school for students facing expulsion is considered a model in South Carolina. The Career Center offers many areas of vocational training, and it has a highly successful school-to-work program for students.
Athletics offered in the schools include football, baseball, tennis, golf, boys and girls basketball, and girls softball.
The district also has a summer enrichment program, during which media centers and computer labs are open for students. Child development classes and all-day kindergarten are offered to pre-schoolers.
Private school Choices in Fairfield County:
Old Chester Road, Winnsboro.
Telephone: 635-5494.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Richard Winn Academy is the county's only private school. It is accredited by the State of South Carolina and by the S.C. Independent School Association. RWA has kindergarten for 3-, 4- and 5-year olds. A daycare center on the campus is available for the students from noon, when kindergarten is dismissed, to 6 p.m. The school is divided into a lower school for grades one through five and an upper school for grades six through 12. The curriculum is focused on academics and, for older students, preparation for college. Competitive athletics include football, softball, volleyball, tennis, golf, and basketball. Contact the school for tuition information.
ROAR SC
Perhaps the best way of inspiring a young child with a desire of learning to read is to read to him.
- Horace Mann, 1898
Program Description:
- Through Reach Out and Read (ROAR), every child starts school with a home library of at least ten beautiful children's books, and parents understand that reading aloud is the most important thing they can do to help their children learn to love books and to start school ready to learn.
- Reach Out and Read (ROAR) is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care.
- Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their patients books to take home at all pediatric check -ups from six months to five years of age.
How ROAR Works:
Volunteer readers in the clinic waiting room read aloud to children as they wait for their appointments, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques of looking at books with children.
Pediatricians are trained to counsel parents about the importance of reading with young children, offering age-appropriate tips and encouragement.
The doctor gives the child a new developmentally and culturally appropriate children's book to take home and keep at every check-up from six months to five years of age.
Reach out and Read-Fairfield is located at the Kudchadkar Clinic, Winnsboro.
For more information please contact Trista Davis at 803-635-6411.
We need volunteers for the Program!
