• Presentation at SCASA in June 2016

• Summer Reading Program

• Summer Teacher Technology Institute

• CS First Club

• Guided Math Professional Learning Community

• Googling for Jeans with Dr. Vinson

• Chapman Reading Partnership

• Box Tops in Education:  $360.00

• Moovin’ and Groovin’,  Honor Roll,  Perfect Attendance Celebrations 

• First Year Teachers Professional Learning Community

• Good News Club continued partnership

• Honors Chorus community outreach: Christmas Concert at Rosecrest

• Healthy Lifestyle Opportunities:  Blood Drive, Walk to School Day, water bottle fountains installed, Healthy Smiles, and Flu Clinic

• Principal’s Writing Scoops K-2

• Special Olympics

• Family Pumpkin Contest

• Partnerships for fundraising:  Scholastic, McDonalds, Chick-fil-A, Boosterthon, Papa John’s, Attraction Coupon Books, and Believe

• Monthly Terrific Kids Award Ceremonies

• Red Ribbon Week

• Career Day with a STEAM connection

• 3 Teachers going through Reading Recovery Training

• 10 students being served in Reading Recovery

• Safety Training for Front Office

• Monthly Use of Gift in Kind

• Bin filled of toys for Operation Christmas Child

• 980 canned goods collected for the Community

• Backpacks of Hope Partnership

• Increase in participation in Parent Portal

• Faculty Council Professional Groups

• Creative Writing Arts Partnership with HSM

• First Tee Challenge @ Woodfin Ridge 

• Furman Consortium

• Two Elementary School requested visits to NPE

• Professional Learning Communities on topic of Grit and Growth Mindset

• Monthly Safety Meetings

• Duke Energy Presented:  Conservation Caper

• Use of Khan Academy and Front Row

• Spartanburg Watershed Ecology Center Partnership

• Increased participation in Parent Conferences

• Olweus Pep Rally and Kickoff

• Student Electronic Portfolios

• Junior Achievement Partnership

• Renee Phillips from State Department:  Observed Reading & 4K Partnership

• Veteran’s Day Parade:  6th Grade excel Students 

• Veteran’s Christmas Card Project 

• Palmetto Pride Litter Awareness Show

• Relay for Life

• Author visit: David Biedrzycki

• Jump Rope for Heart

Accomplishments

• 2016 South Carolina Distinguished Arts School

• Jill Tyner, Teacher of the Year

• 42 students qualified for Duke Tip Talent Search in grades 4-6

• 1:1 Chromebooks in grades 2-6, 2:1 Chromebooks in grader K-1

• School Facebook Page & Twitter Launched

• Conferences:  STEAM, Math, Reading & Reading Recovery, Guidance, Science, GT, EdTech, S.C. Association of School Librarians

• Title One Meetings-added all grade levels 2017-2018

• Intervention and Nurturing Groups:  serving 247 students

• NPE presented the Summer Studio program to the Board of Trustees

• Student MAP Challenge-Met Challenge

Arts

• Artist in Residence:  Yoshiko Moon, Porkchop Productions, Sarah Hammond, Jim Creal

• In December we had a December celebration with a musical performed by 1st and 2nd grade, Principal’s Art Gallery, Strings and Band Performance. 

• Dance Instruction for grades 2-5 first 9 weeks

• Broadcasting Class

• MUSE Partnership:  Natalie Daise, Ballet Spartanburg, Orisirisi

• Strings was invited and attended a concert at Wofford College

• Collaboration with Arts Matrix

• NPE students featured at FOCUS Gallery at Upstate

• Studio Art

• Partnership with CHS Theater Department

• Chapman Cultural Center Art Exhibition

• Fifth Grade Veteran’s Program

• Greenville Little Theatre performed Alexander the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

• Southern Night of the Arts spotlighting 3rd grade, 6th grade, strings, band, Honors Chorus and Principal’s Art Gallery

• Engineering Day

• DOT Day Celebration

• Presentation to D1 Cabinet on the Intervention Model

• Battle of the Books