Nursery Road Elementary School
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Nursery Road Elementary School is a school located in the Irmo
/Seven Oaks
area in the U.S. state
of South Carolina
at 6706 Nusery Road. The principal is Christina Melton. The school is part of School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties. The school's mascot is a yellow person with his arms up; a "champion." The school offers K4-fifth grade, and after leaving the students continue to CrossRoads Middle School. After the students leave Crossroads, they go on to Irmo Middle School
, then Irmo High School
. Its mission is to produce citizens who Nurture, Respect, Experience, and Succeed. It is a national blue ribbon school and a first amendment school.
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
, the highest award an American school can receive.
Irmo, South Carolina
Irmo is a town in Lexington and Richland counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina and a suburb of Columbia. It is 12 miles outside of the city center of Columbia and is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area...
/Seven Oaks
Seven Oaks, South Carolina
Seven Oaks is a census-designated place in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States, 6 miles outside of Columbia. The population was 15,755 at the 2000 census...
area in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
at 6706 Nusery Road. The principal is Christina Melton. The school is part of School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties. The school's mascot is a yellow person with his arms up; a "champion." The school offers K4-fifth grade, and after leaving the students continue to CrossRoads Middle School. After the students leave Crossroads, they go on to Irmo Middle School
Irmo Middle School
Irmo Middle School is located at 6051 Wescott Road, Irmo, South Carolina. It is part of School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties. The school enrolls rising seventh and eighth graders, and after passing the eighth grade, students continue to Irmo High School. The principal is Mrs. Marie...
, then Irmo High School
Irmo High School
Irmo High School is a four-grade public high school in Irmo, a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina. Around 2,000 students are enrolled in any single year...
. Its mission is to produce citizens who Nurture, Respect, Experience, and Succeed. It is a national blue ribbon school and a first amendment school.
Awards and recognition
During the 1996-97 school year, Nursery Road Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, the highest award an American school can receive.