Greetings Angel Oak Elementary                 
                                                                                   
   I want to welcome you back to another exciting, academically rigorous and stimulating year.  As many of you are aware, Angel Oak Elementary School was bestowed with several awards and grants last year. Our focus on literacy has resulted in 80% of our students reading on grade level. We would not have received this recognition or made these gains without a team approach in educating our students. Thank you students, parents, grandparents and teachers for your efforts and dedication in this endeavor.  The faculty and staff at Angel Oak Elementary School are very excited and enthusiastically committed to each student’s success. Our motto is educating the “whole child” and our theme this year is “The World Around Us”.
This school year, the focus at Angel Oak Elementary School and the Charleston County School District will be on increasing the number of students at the proficiency level, closing the achievement gap and increasing the graduation rate.  Angel Oak Elementary will accomplish these goals by continuing to improve our Results, Access, Diversity and Partnerships through a literacy focused approach.  Angel Oak Elementary will continue to challenge all students with a Rigorous and Relevant curriculum, offer Equity and Choice through a variety of programs and continue to build Relationships with our community. You will see these values reflected in the daily operations of Angel Oak Elementary School. 
We will continue to offer a variety of programs to meet each student’s needs such as the Positive Behavior Intervention program (PBIS). This program reinforces positive behavior by utilizing specific incentives and re-teaching expectations for behavior.  The development of good character and positive behaviors is an essential skill that all individuals must exhibit in order to be productive successful members of society.  Angel Oak Elementary School was recognized last year as an “Exemplar School” for our success in implementing the PBIS program and was recognized by the SC State Department of Education.  It is our hope our Angel Oak parents will continue to remain active participants in their child’s positive behavior at school while simultaneously reinforcing positive behavior at home.  We will continue several of our academic programs including reading and math interventions, the use of technology including iPads and enrichment programs which have resulted in an increase in the amount of students who qualify for our Gifted and Talented programs.

Angel Oak Elementary will expand the choice of program options for students. This is our third year offering a multi-age program. This two year program is offered to some of our six and seven year old students. In addition we have a kindergarten, third grade and a fourth grade class that will remain with the same teachers from last year (Loop).  These programs are researched based and have shown to enhance teacher/student/parent relationships resulting in increase student performance.  Informational meetings will be held throughout the school year on these two programs.

Rodney Moore

Principal