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About
Heritage Elementary
Principal, Ms. Martha Kinard
Who are
we? We are the Heritage Family! We are 600+ students strong, with
our parents standing solidly behind us. We are a wonderful blend of unique
faculty members who are led by strong administrators. We live in a
community rich with traditions that enable us to look excitedly forward to the
future !
Mission
Statement
The Mission
of Heritage Elementary is to foster lifelong learning in a global community by
providing innovative, quality, inquiry-based educational experiences, which
emphasize critical and creative thinking. Comments are welcomed!
 History
Our
facility is relatively new. It was created out of necessity, when the former
Travelers Rest Elementary School was suddenly declared to be unsafe and its
students and teachers were re-located to nearby Gateway Elementary until a new
facility could be constructed. In August of 1994, students and faculties
from the former Ebenezer and Travelers Rest Schools joined to establish Heritage
Elementary in a new facility located on Geer Highway, just across the road from
Northwest Middle School.
Location
Located
in Northern Greenville County, we enjoy a spectacular view of the Blue Ridge
mountains from our front doors. Since we occupy a former rice field, it
will be some time be fore
our landscape boasts tall trees and thick lawns. However, we have begun a
serious landscaping effort that employs the efforts of both students and staff,
and already are enjoying a variety of plant life that graces our school's main
entrance and playground areas. Our Beta Club, led by guidance counselor
Jean Patten, has developed a "Secret Garden" that sparks the
imagination of its visitors and lends a sense of calm to the area. The
facility's perimeters show evidence of student landscaping efforts and provide
an ever-changing array of colors with each season.
Students
Our
student population continues to increase each year, and we anticipate a flurry
of growth over the next decade in this part of Greenville County. Once our
students enroll in Heritage, they tend to stay in the area, which keeps our
population fairly stable.
Faculty
Our
faculty is nearly fifty strong, and is second to none! We are a unique
blend of experienced and recently trained teachers who work side by side for our
students. Any given day will find our teachers involved in a variety of
before and after-school endeavors geared at enriching the lives of our students.
We serve on over twenty committees that make our day-to-day routines flow more
smoothly, and provide opportunities to work together outside the classroom
setting.
Vision Statement
We envision a school...
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in which learning is
exciting for everyone.
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which uses community
resources and technology to enhance instruction.
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which will prepare
students to be lifelong learners, responsible citizens, and international
competitors. in which learning is exciting for everyone.
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where students are allowed
to be risk-takers.
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in which self-esteem and
self-discipline are nurtured.
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in which students are
encouraged to respect others and to take responsibility for their actions.
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that is respected as
a model for other schools.
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in which it is as
important to access and use information as it is to acquire it.
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in which educational
activities are accessible to the community.
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in which all students are
respected for their goals, dreams, and cultural backgrounds.
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in which all students have
the opportunity to reach their potential.
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in which education is the
cooperative effort of the students, parents, school and community.
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where no topic is too
small or too large to investigate.
Click above for Heritage Elementary "Report
Card" for 2008
The Report Card assigns ratings to each school and district in South
Carolina--Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, or Unsatisfactory. Each
school is assigned three separate ratings; an Absolute Rating based on student
test scores, and Improvement Rating that compares student test scores from one
year to the next, and a Composite Rating that combines the Absolute and
Improvement ratings. Districts receive Absolute and Improvement ratings
only. All ratings are based on mathematical formulas set by the South
Carolina Education Oversight Committee, which was created by the General
Assembly.
More Information about Schools Report Card Ratings
Beliefs
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We believe the school must provide
a safe, caring environment that encourages and supports students in reaching
their potential.
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We believe the school must provide
an intellectually challenging environment in which students can develop a
vision for their futures.
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We believe that educating our
children must be a cooperative effort of students, home, school and
community.
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We believe that the school must
instill basic values and knowledge to function successfully at work, at home
and at play.
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