Stallings Island Middle School

Stallings Island Middle School It is the site of the oldest pottery in North America, dated more than 4,000 years ago. Sassaman, a professor of anthropology at the University of Florida.

SIMS mission is to foster an academically challenging environment where education is valued and students are empowered to achieve their greatest potential to become independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and responsible citizens. Stallings Island Middle School:

The oldest civilization ever recorded in Columbia County was the Stallings Island culture, hunter-gatherers who built a series of shell mounds on Stallings Island in the Savannah River near our school site. A series of archeological studies in the 20th Century, including those by researchers from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum (1931), by the Works Progress Administration (1940) and by the University of Florida (1999) have attached astounding historical importance to Stallings Island. A 1961 story in The Augusta Chronicle, as the site was being considered for status as a National Historic Landmark, called the inventive native American occupants of the island “CSRA Edisons.” The Stallings Island culture created advanced pottery work, which included the addition of fiber to strengthen their clay pots; they built large shell-midden mounds and elaborate burial chambers; and even attempted what appears to have been an early version of brain surgery. The island, subjected to extensive looting in the past century by artifact-hunters, is now designated as a National Historic Landmark and is owned by the Archaeological Conservancy. In addition to the island itself, the name is shared by Stallings Island Road and by the Stallings Place development. For a comprehensive historical reference to Stallings Island and its prehistoric culture, see “People of the Shoals: Stallings Culture of the Savannah River Valley,” published in 2006 by Kenneth E. Researched and Contributed by Barry Paschal, Columbia County News Times Editor

Showing their Redhawk spirit today and ready for some football! Come out and support our football team at 6pm today at L...
09/15/2026

Showing their Redhawk spirit today and ready for some football!

Come out and support our football team at 6pm today at Lakeside! Let’s go, Redhawks!

PSAT Testing Day is October 14!On October 14, all Columbia County School District 8th and 10th grade students will parti...
09/15/2026

PSAT Testing Day is October 14!
On October 14, all Columbia County School District 8th and 10th grade students will participate in PSAT testing at no cost.

✅ 8th Grade Students will take the PSAT, an excellent opportunity to become familiar with college-readiness assessments like the SAT while receiving personalized feedback to help guide future learning.
✅ 10th Grade Students will take the PSAT/NMSQT, which provides valuable SAT practice and helps identify areas for improvement as students work toward potential qualification for the National Merit Scholarship Program in the future.

This is another way we're helping students prepare for tomorrow while keeping The Promise of CCSD today.

09/14/2026
Finalist!
09/11/2026

Finalist!

Red, white, and blue all around the island today!
09/11/2026

Red, white, and blue all around the island today!

09/11/2026

Awesome short video from Mrs. Brunk’s Spanish class!

Shine Club spreading positivity around the island!
09/11/2026

Shine Club spreading positivity around the island!

Mr. Walker’s science class put their skills to the test with a little egg-drop fun! Students connected what they’ve been...
09/11/2026

Mr. Walker’s science class put their skills to the test with a little egg-drop fun! Students connected what they’ve been learning about different types of matter and cells while designing ways to protect their eggs from the big drop.

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