Expanded Learning Kaleidoscope

On Wednesday, October 16th, students from the Kaleidoscope Program at North Charleston Elementary and Sullivan's Island combined for an afternoon beach clean-up with the IOP Beach Cleanup Crew. Susan Smith instructed students on what to look for and emphasized how cleaning the beaches protects our ecosystems and public health. Way to GO IOP Beach Cleanup for facilitating this engaging and meaningful community-building experience!

https://youtu.be/UpdLWV6BxoA

Last Thursday, North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary Kaleidoscope was invited by Academic Magnet to have some of our 1st and 2nd graders participate in a tug of war against their varsity football team at their pep rally!!

WE WON!!🏆

🍎🍏🍎ALL ABOUT APPLES🍎🍏🍎

St.Andrews School of Math and Science Kaleidoscope program kicked off the month of September with apple activities and arts and crafts. Students also participated in an “Apple Taste Test”, and voted on their favorite 🫶.

What a treat!

Kaleidoscope at Pepperhill Elementary School has been awarded a grant to activate at least 100 youth in service on September 11, 2024 for YSA's We Serve to Remember 2024. Thank you Youth Service America and AmeriCorps!

End of School Year Celebration!!

Belle Hall K-Scope held its 2nd Annual Talent Show! The children practiced for a few weeks prior and were able to perform in front of their friends and families. It was a great evening with a lot of singing, dancing, comedy, and more!

We hope all of our families have a safe and fun summer break. 🌞

Belle Hall Elementary School

Check out this ABC Rap Video! Created by the staff and students at James Simons Montessori School Kaleidoscope. It's sure to put a smile on your face, and make you nod your head. Special shoutout Mr. Pierre and Ms. Alexis for having fun and putting this together with the kiddos.

Charleston County School District

May 24, 2024

The 5th Grade Junior Counselors at Charles Pinckney Kaleidoscope have been busy as the end of their year long leadership program approaches. For the final project, A Day on the Job, Pinckney Kaleidoscope partnered with Joey Bag A Donuts to provide the students with a live hands-on experience! Where they had the opportunity to use the soft skills they've developed this school year through various opportunities. The Junior Counselors had a great time working the Donut Truck and serving sweet treats to Kaleidoscope families, school faculty, and the surrounding school neighborhood.

To wrap up this program in an intentional way, the students also enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Smith, the Internship Teacher at CAS. She worked with them to begin building their resumes and recognizing their 5th grade accomplishments. As well as highlighting experiences and leadership roles. Ideally, as they progress through their school-aged years they will think back and tie in the real world connections and may use this resume as a baseline for the future as they continue to develop their future goals.

Charles Pinckney Elementary
Joey Bag A Donuts
Charleston County School District

Over the last few weeks, Springfield/MCS Kaleidoscope has had the privilege of hosting MotheRead/ FatheRead in-person & Zoom classes for our parents. One of our lovely parents, Mrs. Jeehan Dinwiddie, is also the facilitator for the class and has been a huge hit offering this class at no cost to our parents! Her dedication has allowed our parents to learn how to encourage and promote their children's reading abilities. Not only are they learning how to read in an exciting way, but they also get to read and practice dual language books. They are given literacy tools, practical strategies, lesson plans, and every book they cover they get to keep! - Leanna Gallagher, Springfield Site Coordinator

Springfield Elementary School

"We have a new station at Belle Hall Kaleidoscope. It’s sewing!! We offer different stations each day for the children to pick from including: art crafts, group games, blocks/legos, cooking stations and more. We wanted to incorporate some stations that they can take with them later in life as they grow into teens and adults. So we bought a sewing machine and started a sewing station this week. The kids absolutely loved it and Ms. Sydney and Ms. Hannah did a fantastic job showing the kids how to sew. We’re going to having sewing as a station once or twice a week now!" - Dylan Deckard, Belle Hall Asst. Site Coordinator

Belle Hall Elementary School
Charleston County School District

🌍Earth Day celebration photos from Oakland Elementary

K-Scope kids at Ladson enjoyed story time with one of their very own parents! Mr. Drayton read us his book called "Keep Your Colors". He shared with our kids the importance of being true to yourself. We also took time to celebrate Earth Day by planting sunflowers and eating popsicles. - Ladson Site Coordinator, Mari Alice

Keep Your Colors: Graphic Novel
Ladson Elementary School
Charleston County School District

Huge shout out to Pepperhill's K-Scope program for hosting the End-of-Season Celebration for Technovation Girls on Tuesday! Students formed teams consisting of all girls. Then with the assistance of their mentors they created useful apps to help the community. - Pepperhill Site Coordinator, John Logan

South Carolina Afterschool Alliance
Technovation
Charleston County School District

This week is Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week!! A dedicated week to recognize, appreciate, and advocate for those who work with young people during out-of-school hours. Show some love by celebrating your Afterschool Site Coordinator, Assistant, and Counselors. Pictured are our amazing Kaleidoscope Site Coordinators. Thanks for all you do team! We definitely have the best of the best. 🍎😀❤️

Kaleidoscope is blooming at St. Andrew's School of Math and Science! With stem-based and literacy focused lessons happening every day. The ever-evolving art wall is full of student work along with responses to the weekly writing prompt. Such as:

-“What if Mr.Taylor, (Assistant Principal), were a Leprechaun?”
-“What if Mr. Thomas (Principal) was an alien?”