This week at our Board of Trustees meeting, we had the opportunity to celebrate several outstanding accomplishments across our district!
First, we recognized four students who earned a perfect score in one subject on the 2025-26 SC READY assessments!
Congratulations to:
McKenna Breitenbach (ELA)
Naima Chavez (ELA)
Hudson Grigg (Math)
Faith McCullough (Math)
We also celebrated three members of the D3 Board of Trustees who recently advanced to the next level of the South Carolina School Board Association’s Boardmanship Institute!
The Boardmanship Institute is a professional development and recognition program that helps school board members strengthen their knowledge of school governance, education policy, legal responsibilities, and school leadership.
Congratulations to:
Trustee Meg Cheshier
Trustee Sam Dawson
Trustee Sarah Dunn
Congratulations to Heavy Haul Solutions, our Daniel Morgan Technology Center (DMTC) Business Partner of the Month!
Heavy Haul Solutions has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing the next generation of professionals by hiring two Work-Based Learning (WBL) students this summer. Additionally, Heavy Haul's owner, Mr. Igor Tekmenzhi, was an early member of DMTC's Advisory Committee. DMTC appreciates Mr. Tekmenzhi and Heavy Haul Solutions for their partnership and work in creating meaningful career opportunities for our students!
We then had the opportunity to celebrate our incredible school leaders! October is Principals Appreciation Month, and we are so grateful for our principals. They work hard every day to make sure our students and staff have the best possible opportunities to succeed. Thank you for all that you do to make a difference in our schools!
We then had the opportunity to share the results of the South Carolina School Report Card ratings!
The 2025-26 South Carolina School Report Card highlights outstanding achievement across our schools!
Every D3 school earned an overall rating of Excellent or Good!
Cannons Elementary School, Cowpens Elementary School, and Clifdale Middle earned an Excellent rating, while Pacolet Elementary School and Broome High School earned a Good rating.
Pacolet Elementary and Cannons Elementary earned an Excellent rating in Academic Achievement. Cowpens Elementary and Clifdale Middle earned an Excellent rating in Student Progress.
Broome High School earned Excellent ratings in both Graduation Rate and College & Career Readiness. In all, 86.7% of Broome High School students were college-or-career-ready, well above the state average of 78.9%. The Class of 2026 also earned more than $5 million in scholarship awards!
Additionally, Schooldigger.com ranked Spartanburg School District Three the 10th highest-performing school district in South Carolina out of 75 districts!
We are proud of students, staff, school administrators, and D3 Instructional Team for their hard work in achieving these outstanding results!
We have so much to be proud of in D3! Congratulations to all!