Mark your calendars, SDPC! There will be no school for students Friday, October 9, through Tuesday, October 13. We hope our students and families enjoy the extended break!
📅 View the SDPC District Calendar for additional important dates throughout the school year.
🧹💙 Happy SDPC Custodians Appreciation Day! 💚🐬
Today we celebrate the incredible custodians who work behind the scenes each and every day to keep our schools clean, safe, welcoming, and ready for our students and staff!
And we are especially thankful because West End has THE BEST! 💙💚
✨ Kristy
✨ Lisa
✨ Ashley
✨ Mark
Comment below to help us give our amazing custodial team a BIG THANK YOU! 🐬💙💚
West End is better because of you!
Today we celebrate the incredible custodians who work behind the scenes each and every day to keep our schools clean, safe, welcoming, and ready for our students and staff!
And we are especially thankful because West End has THE BEST! 💙💚
✨ Kristy
✨ Lisa
✨ Ashley
✨ Mark
Comment below to help us give our amazing custodial team a BIG THANK YOU! 🐬💙💚
West End is better because of you!
Our “Campfire Magic” Book Fair begins tomorrow and will open each day at 7:30 am. There are various kinds of books, graphic novels, journals, posters and more! We hope to see you there!
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending in money for your student to shop.
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday - Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending in money for your student to shop.
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday - Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
This week's Dolphin Digest Newsletter is here for 9/27-10/3. We have a lot going on including the Book Fair!
Link to the newsletter here: https://app.smore.com/n/g5v4u-dolphin-digest
It is almost time for our Campfire Magic Book Fair! Visit literati.com/store to get your student their very own digital gift card, the handiest tool for gathering books from the fair. (They make great teacher gifts too!)
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending money for your student to shop.
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending money for your student to shop.
Fitness Friday friends! Thank you! I love you!
Start your search for popular books, games, and more right now at literati.com/store. Then join us in person for the Campfire Magic Book Fair:
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending money for your student to shop.
Visit our Online Book Fair to shop or purchase a gift card until October 2, 2026.
Your purchases allow us to add books to our school library!
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
PLEASE add 7% SALES TAX when sending money for your student to shop.
Visit our Online Book Fair to shop or purchase a gift card until October 2, 2026.
Your purchases allow us to add books to our school library!
🐬💦 It's the two day countdown! Click this link to watch a video for details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikPdKa2NdHekaHCa67sazxI1YCIH9YcK/view?usp=sharing
Join us this Thursday, September 24, from 4:30–7:00 PM for our Family Math Splash Bash!
RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/3HS1ArRU88Vkd6oM9
We can’t wait to see you there!
Help your teacher hook new classroom books! Shop their digital wishlist on our school’s Literati Store page: literati.com/store and join us in the Media Center for our in-person Book Fair:
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
September 28 – October 2, 2026
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
This week's Dolphin Digest newsletter is here! This link will take you to the newsletter so you that you can read about all of the upcoming events: https://app.smore.com/n/63ed0-dolphin-digest
🐬💦 FAMILY MATH SPLASH BASH OPEN HOUSE! 💦🐬
💦 It's almost time- join us for our Family Math Splash Bash Open House on Thursday, September 24!
⏰ Drop in anytime between 4:30–7:30 PM and enjoy an evening packed with fun learning experiences for the whole family!
📚 Classroom Sessions Start Times:
4:30 PM • 5:00 PM • 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM
👮 Easley Police Department Sessions:
5:00 PM • 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM
🎲 FREE Take-Home Math Games!
Every child will get a math game to take home and keep the learning going!
🚒💦 FIRE TRUCK SPLASH — 6:45 PM!
The fire truck will be here to SOAK the kids! Make sure your family has visited the classroom and participated in the activities around the building before 6:45 PM.
🧴 Don’t forget:
• Bring a towel
• Students need to wear clothes/shoes that can get WET
• Once the fire truck spray begins at 6:45 PM, students will not be allowed back inside the building.
Please register here if you have not already done so: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2X1LS-dyKUA-su1_lR8jvPS3EhdaXd8-fXpXFgiyoAGEWZg/viewform
💦 It's almost time- join us for our Family Math Splash Bash Open House on Thursday, September 24!
⏰ Drop in anytime between 4:30–7:30 PM and enjoy an evening packed with fun learning experiences for the whole family!
📚 Classroom Sessions Start Times:
4:30 PM • 5:00 PM • 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM
👮 Easley Police Department Sessions:
5:00 PM • 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM
🎲 FREE Take-Home Math Games!
Every child will get a math game to take home and keep the learning going!
🚒💦 FIRE TRUCK SPLASH — 6:45 PM!
The fire truck will be here to SOAK the kids! Make sure your family has visited the classroom and participated in the activities around the building before 6:45 PM.
🧴 Don’t forget:
• Bring a towel
• Students need to wear clothes/shoes that can get WET
• Once the fire truck spray begins at 6:45 PM, students will not be allowed back inside the building.
Please register here if you have not already done so: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2X1LS-dyKUA-su1_lR8jvPS3EhdaXd8-fXpXFgiyoAGEWZg/viewform
Join us around the campfire for the Literati Book Fair. Visit our Media Center September 28 – October 2, 2026, or shop online at literati.com/store. Every purchase benefits our school!
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
🍎📚 A VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR MRS. PORTER’S CLASS!📚🍎
We are SO excited to announce that Mrs. Porter’s 1st grade classroom at West End Elementary was selected as the winner of the very first Ray Marie Books Classroom Book Box!
Bentley, the character from the story and the author Ms. Rachel Marie visited her classroom today!
Mrs. Porter’s students each received:
📖 A paperback copy of "Bentley Goes to the Apple Orchard"
🍎 An activity book
✏️ Red pencils & bookmarks
🎉 Stickers, an eraser, and an apple pin
We are so excited for our Dolphins to join Bentley on his apple orchard adventure and enjoy a little extra reading fun this fall!
Thank you, Ray Marie Books, for helping make reading even more special for our students today!❤️
We are SO excited to announce that Mrs. Porter’s 1st grade classroom at West End Elementary was selected as the winner of the very first Ray Marie Books Classroom Book Box!
Bentley, the character from the story and the author Ms. Rachel Marie visited her classroom today!
Mrs. Porter’s students each received:
📖 A paperback copy of "Bentley Goes to the Apple Orchard"
🍎 An activity book
✏️ Red pencils & bookmarks
🎉 Stickers, an eraser, and an apple pin
We are so excited for our Dolphins to join Bentley on his apple orchard adventure and enjoy a little extra reading fun this fall!
Thank you, Ray Marie Books, for helping make reading even more special for our students today!❤️
📚🐬 Little Dreamers Preschool Storytime is BACK!🐬📚
Join us for our first Little Dreamers Preschool Storytime of the year on Thursday, September 17 at 10:30 AM!🎉
This special storytime is for children ages 0–4 and their caregivers. 💙💚
We can’t wait to welcome our littlest Dolphins for a morning filled with:
📖 Interactive stories
🎶 Music & movement
🧩 Fun pre-literacy stations
✨ Lots of learning, laughter, and fun!
Come make some memories with us and let your Little Dreamer dive into a love of reading! 🐬📚💙💚
Register here online: https://forms.gle/q6RbahmUTM6qNdDo8
We can’t wait to see you Thursday!
School Picture Day is Tuesday, September 15th!
Join our School Improvement Council or submit the name of an amazing member of the #dolphinpodsquad today!
Submit your nominations the link! https://forms.gle/UxbT9CyUrMzHQikN8
Submit your nominations the link! https://forms.gle/UxbT9CyUrMzHQikN8
SDPC is beginning the search for our next superintendent.
Following 13 years of leadership, Superintendent Dr. Danny Merck will conclude his service at the end of the 2026–2027 school year. With advance planning, the Board of Trustees is beginning the search process now to support a thoughtful and seamless transition.
The search will be guided by our Innovate ’28 Strategic Plan and shaped by input from the people who know and care about SDPC — our students, employees, families, and Pickens County community.
🗣️ Your voice matters.
The Board of Trustees, in partnership with the South Carolina School Boards Association, is gathering community input to help identify the qualities, experience, and leadership priorities that should guide the search for SDPC’s next superintendent.
The first opportunity to share your input:
📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026
📍 Liberty High School (124 Red Devil Drive, Liberty, SC 29657)
⏰ 6:00 PM
Additional opportunities for community input will be announced as the search progresses.
Learn more about the superintendent search and how you can participate: https://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/article/3112602
#SDPC #EngagingToday #EmpoweringTomorrow
Following 13 years of leadership, Superintendent Dr. Danny Merck will conclude his service at the end of the 2026–2027 school year. With advance planning, the Board of Trustees is beginning the search process now to support a thoughtful and seamless transition.
The search will be guided by our Innovate ’28 Strategic Plan and shaped by input from the people who know and care about SDPC — our students, employees, families, and Pickens County community.
🗣️ Your voice matters.
The Board of Trustees, in partnership with the South Carolina School Boards Association, is gathering community input to help identify the qualities, experience, and leadership priorities that should guide the search for SDPC’s next superintendent.
The first opportunity to share your input:
📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026
📍 Liberty High School (124 Red Devil Drive, Liberty, SC 29657)
⏰ 6:00 PM
Additional opportunities for community input will be announced as the search progresses.
Learn more about the superintendent search and how you can participate: https://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/article/3112602
#SDPC #EngagingToday #EmpoweringTomorrow
🎉 75 YEARS OF IMPACT 🎉
For 75 years, the School District of Pickens County has been more than a collection of schools - it has been a place where students discover their passions, build lasting relationships, and create memories that shape their futures.
Throughout this anniversary year, we’ve celebrated the people, places, and programs that have made SDPC special by sharing stories from across our schools and community.
Now, those stories come together in one place.
📖 "75 Years of Impact: Past. Present. Potential." is a commemorative magazine that celebrates the legacy we’ve built and the Experience SDPC that continues to make our district unique.
Inside, you’ll find the moments, milestones, and voices that reflect who we are - and the commitment that continues to guide us as we engage students today and empower them for tomorrow.
👉 Explore the magazine: https://www.flipsnack.com/BFD76799E8C/75-years-of-impact-sdpc-2026
#75YearsOfImpact #ExperienceSDPC #EngagingToday #EmpoweringTomorrow
For 75 years, the School District of Pickens County has been more than a collection of schools - it has been a place where students discover their passions, build lasting relationships, and create memories that shape their futures.
Throughout this anniversary year, we’ve celebrated the people, places, and programs that have made SDPC special by sharing stories from across our schools and community.
Now, those stories come together in one place.
📖 "75 Years of Impact: Past. Present. Potential." is a commemorative magazine that celebrates the legacy we’ve built and the Experience SDPC that continues to make our district unique.
Inside, you’ll find the moments, milestones, and voices that reflect who we are - and the commitment that continues to guide us as we engage students today and empower them for tomorrow.
👉 Explore the magazine: https://www.flipsnack.com/BFD76799E8C/75-years-of-impact-sdpc-2026
#75YearsOfImpact #ExperienceSDPC #EngagingToday #EmpoweringTomorrow
🚌 SDPC Families – Does your child need bus transportation this school year?
If your student will be riding the bus to or from school, please take a moment to complete the 📝 SDPC Transportation Form to ensure they are scheduled for 🚌 pickup and drop-off before August 1.
🔗 Find the form linked here: https://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/page/transportation
If your student will be riding the bus to or from school, please take a moment to complete the 📝 SDPC Transportation Form to ensure they are scheduled for 🚌 pickup and drop-off before August 1.
🔗 Find the form linked here: https://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/page/transportation
