About Augusta Circle Elementary School

Physical Address

100 Winyah Street
Greenville, SC 29605

Phone

• Telephone: (864) 355-1200
• Fax: (864) 355-1212

Email

School: acircle@greenville.k12.sc.us

Principal: Mimi Melehes
mmelehes@greenville.k12.sc.us

Webmaster: Kelly Sech
ksech@greenville.k12.sc.us

Profile

Grades: K - 5th Grade
Enrollment: 555

Facilities

Three-story brick building built in 1923, major addition completed in 2002

• Computer Lab • Science Lab • Art Room • Music Room
• TV Studio • Media Center • Auditorium/Gymnasium
• Promethean Boards in all Classrooms

School Awards

• Alliance Teacher Grants
• Cultural Arts Grants
• Governor’s Award for Citizen Participation in Education
• National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
• National PTA Award for Excellence – Parental Involvement
• PTA Council Unit For the Year - 2009
• Palmetto’s Finest Award
• Palmetto Gold Award 2002 - 2005, 2009 - 2014
• Palmetto Silver Award 2007
• Red Carpet Award
• Safe Kids School
• Safe Routes to School State Grant
• SCPTA 100% membership Award for 50 Years
• Showcase School Award

Outstanding Features/Programs

• Accelerated Reader (Computerized Reading Incentive Program)
• ACE Morning News Show (Live Digital Broadcast; Student Centered)
• After-School Day Care
• Augusta Circle Circus
• Bringing Up Grades (BUG) Club
• CATCH School (Coordinated Approach to Child Health)
• Chorus (4th and 5th Grade Auditions)
• Compass Learning Educational Software
• Computer Lab with Computer Teacher
• Early Reading Intervention
• Fall Family Fun Night
• Family Reading Night
• Gifted Education Program
• Grade Level Musicals
• Permanent Art Gallery of Student Work
• PTA Newsletters
• Promethean Boards in Every Classroom
• Recycling Program
• Student Council
• Student Helper Program
• Continuous Quality Improvement School
• Science Lab
• Orff Musical Enrichment After School