Manning Elementary

📢 Support our students and save big with BJ's Wholesale Club! 📢

We're excited to partner with BJ's Wholesale Club for a special "Club for a Cause" fundraiser benefiting the Clarendon County School District! 🎉

Here's how you can join or renew and help us out:

* New Club Card Membership: Get a 1-year membership for only $20 (regularly $60)!
* New Club+ Card Membership: Purchase a 1-year Club+ Card Membership for just $40 and enjoy extra perks like 5¢ off/gal at BJ's Gas and 2% back in rewards!

Up to $15 will go directly to our organization for every membership sold or renewed through this fundraiser, helping to support our amazing teachers, staff, and students!

Who can participate? This offer is good for all Teachers, Staff, Friends, Families & Supporters of CCSD. Let's stay #UnifiedAsOne!

Ready to join or renew?
📞 Call: 800-313-8887 and reference group promo code: 823073
💻 Or join online: www.bjs.com/clarendoncountyschooldistrict

This offer expires 12/12/25, so don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to save and support our school district! Share, share, share! You can find the full flyer using the link 🔗 https://aptg.co/NVgrjx

Thank you for your continuous support! ❤️

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#BigThursday is almost here on November 20! Our Superintendent Dr. Shawn Johnson, Gwen Phillips, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, and Becky Minegar, Administrative Assistant of Student Nutrition for Clarendon County School District, are ready to celebrate South Carolina school nutrition and the incredible people who make it possible.

🍁 🍂 MES Fall Festival 🍁 🍂 Join us for a day of fun and celebration at the MES Fall Festival! Schedule: 3rd Grade: 9:00 – 10:30 AM 4th Grade: 10:45 – 12:15 PM 5th Grade: 12:30 – 2:00 PM Important Reminder for Parents: If you plan to attend, please stop by the front office to sign in before heading to the playground. Thank you for your continued participation and partnership! 🍁

🇺🇸 Hello Parents! 🇺🇸 Check out our Veterans’ Wall — it looks amazing! A big thank-you to everyone who has already participated. It’s not too late to join in! For just $2, your child will receive a plaque to take home and complete in honor of your favorite veteran. Let’s fill the wall by November 11th as we honor those who have served our country! ❤️💙 ✨ Special thanks to our 5th Grade Team for sponsoring this wonderful project! We appreciate your dedication and school spirit!

🎉 **MES Fall Festival** 🍂 📅 **Friday, November 14, 2025** 🍔 **Food Preorders Due:** All food preorders must be submitted by **Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at 12:00 noon**. 🥤 **Canteen Available:** Didn’t preorder? No worries! A canteen will also be open with snacks and drinks available for purchase.

📚🍂 October Teacher Feature & Star Staff Spotlight! 🍂📚 Excellence is happening every day at MES! 💛🖤🦁 🎉 Congratulations to Mrs. Loretta Brailsford, our October Teacher Feature, and a big round of applause for Mr. Gussie Thames, our October Star Staff Member! 🌟 Your passion, dedication, and creativity make MES a place where students are inspired to learn, grow, and reach their full potential every single day! ✨ #CCSDExcellence #TeacherFeature #StarStaff #MonarchSchoolPride #UnifiedAsOne

🚨 Red Ribbon Week continued! 🚨 Our students and staff showed their creativity and commitment to living drug free! Drugs Don’t Match My Character! 📚🎃✨ Today, we dressed as our favorite book characters and joined in a fun Book Character Parade and Trunk or Treat celebration! It was a great way to wrap up the week - promoting reading, imagination, and positive choices while celebrating a drug-free lifestyle! A big thank you to everyone who participated and helped spread the message: Be proud. Be strong. Be drug free. ❤️ #RedRibbonWeek #BookCharacterParade #TrunkOrTreat #DrugFreeCharacter #PledgeToBeDrugFree #MESMonarchPride #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

🚨 Red Ribbon Week continues! 🚨 Our students and staff are standing strong together and taking a firm stand against drugs! Drugs Can’t Find Me! 🐾🪖 Today, we’re wearing camouflage and animal print to show that we’re hiding from dangerous choices and staying focused on a bright, drug-free future! #RedRibbonWeek #DrugsCantFindMe #PledgeToBeDrugFree #MESMonarchPride #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

🚨 Red Ribbon Week continues! 🚨 Our students and staff are keeping the celebration going and showing their commitment to living drug free! Drugs Are Old News! 🕺📼✨ We’re throwing it back to the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s to show that staying drug free never goes out of style! #RedRibbonWeek #DrugsAreOldNews #PledgeToBeDrugFree #MonarchPride #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

🚨 It’s Red Ribbon Week! 🚨 Our students and staff continue to show their commitment to living drug free! 💙 Day 2: Color My World Drug-Free 💚 Each grade level showed their spirit by wearing different colors to represent unity in living drug free. Let’s keep spreading the message - our future is too bright for drugs! 🌈✨ #RedRibbonWeek #MonarchPride #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

🎃 Manning Elementary School is seeking sponsors and participants for our Trunk or Treat event this Friday, October 31st @ 10:30AM. 🎃 We’re asking for candy donations to help ensure every child enjoys a fun and treat filled event. If you would like to set up and decorate your car trunk, we’d love to have you join in on the fun! 📅 Date: Friday, October 31, 2025 @ 10:30AM. 📍 Location: Manning Elementary School 📞 Contact: 803-435-5066 Come help us make this a spectacular night for our students and community! 🎃

🚨 It’s Red Ribbon Week! 🚨 This week, our students and staff are taking a stand and showing their commitment to living drug free. Let’s make healthy choices and celebrate being drug free together! ♥️ Day 1: Superheroes Don't Do Drugs. Dress as your favorite superhero! Real heroes make healthy choices. #RedRibbonWeek #Superheroes #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

MES continues to shine as a place where kindness, acceptance, and inclusion grow every day - and today’s Unity Program was the perfect reminder! 🧡 A huge thank you to Mr. Jason Montgomery for being our special guest speaker today and sharing such an inspiring message about the Golden Rule - “Treat others the way we want to be treated.” We also want to recognize our amazing students for doing an excellent job participating in today’s Unity Program, and a big shout-out to the MHS Drumline for bringing great energy and excitement! 🥁 At MES, we’re reminded that we must put the Unity back into CommUNITY- and it can begin right here with us. 🖤💛🦁 #UnityDay #MESStrong #GoldenRule #KindnessMatters #UnityInCommunity #CCSDExcellence #UnifiedAsOne

📚✨ September Teacher Feature & Star Staff Spotlight! ✨📚 We might be a little late, but great work is always worth celebrating! 💛🖤🦁 Congratulations to Mrs. Terri Harrelson, our September Teacher Feature, and a big shoutout to Mrs. Mildred Nick, our September Star Staff Member! 🌟 Your dedication, hard work, and positive spirit help make MES an incredible place for our students to learn, grow, and succeed. Thank you for everything you do to support our school’s mission each and every day! 🙌 #CCSDExcellence #TeacherFeature #StarStaff #MonarchSchoolPride #UnifiedAsOne #CSDEducatingAndEmpowering

The title of the experiment was Savor the Flavor! The students had the opportunity to slowly enjoy and appreciate the full taste of sweet, fruity, flavorful gum. They also learned to incorporate the scientific method to carry out an experiment. Students worked in groups to form a testable question, researched what they know about gum flavors, created a hypothesis, recorded their data, and observations, analyzed their results, and conclusions.Ms. C. Britt is doing an excellent and exceptional dob.

SAVOR THE FLAVOR! Reviewing the scientific method has never been so fun! Scholars were able to put the scientific method into play experimenting with the different flavors of gum. The testable question was does the type of brand affects how long the flavor lasts. The scholars had the opportunity to slowly enjoy and appreciate the full taste of sweet, fruity, flavorful gum. They also learned how to use the scientific method to carry out an experiment. Working in groups, scholars developed a testable question, researched what they knew about gum flavors, created a hypothesis, recorded their data and observations, analyzed their results, and drew conclusions.

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✨ Today is School Custodian Appreciation Day! ✨ MES proudly celebrate our custodians—the true heroes of our school. Each day, they work tirelessly to keep our school clean, safe, and welcoming. Their dedication ensures our students have the best environment to learn, grow, and succeed. 🖤💛🦁 To all of our custodians: THANK YOU for the countless ways you serve our school, staff, and students. You are truly appreciated! 🙌 #CCSD #CustodianAppreciationDay #SchoolHeroes #ThankYouCustodians #TeamCCSD