2025-2026 SIC Report to Parents

Rosewood Elementary

3300 Rosewood Drive

Columbia, South Carolina 29205

Office (803) 343-2930

Fax (803) 929-3849

School Hours: 7:05 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. http://rosewood.richlandone.org

ROSEWOOD MISSION STATEMENT

Rosewood Elementary School will prepare every student to be a successful, contributing citizen in a global society by providing an effective and high-quality education.

RICHLAND ONE MISSION STATEMENT

We are Richland One, a leader in transforming lives through education, empowering all students to achieve their potential and dreams.

These goals will continue to be a focus for the upcoming school year. This year actions taken to promote a child-centered, safe, and healthy school climate included instruction at all grade levels that addressed state health standards. Each month positive character traits were celebrated. Our classes participated in Go Noodle Brain Breaks, a program provided by Prisma Health to promote activity and movement for students during the day. Afterschool programs promoting safe and healthy behaviors included the YMCA On-Site Afterschool Program and our Compensatory Remedial Program. To promote safety and physical activity, students practiced a variety of safety drills and participated in physical education and health courses, and daily recess.

Efforts to increase student achievement and engagement in learning include student participation in various arts-based learning experiences. School based staff development focused on arts integration strategies and developing a common language for behavioral expectations.

To ensure students become proficient readers, Rosewood continued to implement our reading plan as part of our School Renewal Plan and all kindergarten through third grade teachers received LETRS training. In mathematics, there was continued focus on building conceptual understanding of mathematics at all grade levels.

All faculty members are highly qualified, eight have earned the distinction of National Board Teacher Certification, and all are in the process of completing or have completed training for a teacher certificate endorsement in reading.

For the 2025 ELA state assessment, 80.3% of students Met or Exceeded standards. In Math, 61.2% Met or Exceeded standards. For the 2025 4^th Grade Science SC Ready, 70.3% scored Met or Exceeded.

On the last SC School Report Card, Rosewood’s overall rating was “Good” with ratings of excellent in the area of Academic Achievement.

Participation and support from parents, community members, business partners, our Rosewood Educational Foundation, SIC, and PTO enhance our school climate, student achievement, and teacher and administrator quality.

ABOUT THIS REPORT

This report for Rosewood Elementary School provides information for parents. The report reviews the progress and growth that students made as measured through assessments, the last test scores from 2025, and then describes goals for the upcoming year. Enclosed you will find an account of the progress made toward accomplishing goals in 2025-2026. If you have any questions about the information provided, please contact Rosewood Elementary at (803) 343-2930.

For more information, you may view Rosewood Elementary’s S.C. School Report Card for 2024-25 online at www.ed.sc.gov.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS 

George Dorko (Parent) -- Chair

Matt Harrell (Parent) – Vice-Chair

Kerry McIver - Secretary

Christopher Lyons -- Principal

Eme Crawford (Community Member)

Janet Swigler (Community Member)

Catherine Griggs (Teacher)

Richland One School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, handicap, sex, age, lineage or national origin in its programs or activities.

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS

Total Enrollment - 322

White - 66%

African American - 21%

Hispanic - 4%

Asian - 2%

Two or More Races - 7%

 

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Based on the five-year goals from our School Improvement Plan, our performance goals for this year and next school year focus on:

1)       School Climate: To create, maintain, and enhance a school environment that is child-centered, safe, and promotes healthy behaviors.

2)       Student Achievement: To increase annually the percentage of students who meet or exceed state standards in the content areas assessed by state testing.

3)       Teacher / Administrator Quality: To ensure the faculty and staff are knowledgeable, competent, and productive.

ROSEWOOD HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS

Rosewood Elementary earned a Palmetto Silver Award, an honor given to schools that attain high levels of performance, high rates of academic growth and successfully closed achievement gaps, from the SC Department of Education.

Rosewood Elementary is a certified Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) School. ABC is funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission.

For the 2025-2026 school year, the PTO purchased each classroom a copy of The Circles All Around Us to integrate literacy into our annual arts day and arts experiences throughout the year.

Teacher Lynnsey Hanks was named the 2025-26 Rosewood Elementary Teacher of the Year. 

One third of Rosewood teachers have earned National Board Teacher Certification:  Steven Duerr, Caroline Carson, Heather Gilbert, Catherine Griggs, Ana Hernandez, Sybil Ely, Angela Peay, and Jill Lipscomb,

Rosewood received a Distinguished Arts Program Grant from the SCDE for $18,000. Funding from this grant was used to implement a school wide dance residency, create an exterior mural through a mural residency. All students had the opportunity to participate in both residency programs. It also funded resources and supplies to develop new music and art curriculum that helped to celebrate Rosewood’s centennial. The Rosewood Educational Foundation provided supplemental funds to help with the mural cost.

 

Congratulations to the Rosewood students who were selected to participate in the 2025 South Carolina State Fair Student Art Exhibit:

Danny Wilder, Bruce Kennedy, Hazel Meyer-Gutbrod (honorable mention), Hunter Anderson, Ryn Fogle (honorable mention), Mia Ely, Ainsley Beresford, Alayna Davis, Eve Young, Anna Collins, Guthrie Whitehead (1st place 3D), Mary Myers Pfrommer (3rd place 3D) Ann Maynard (honorable mention), Henry Ramsey, Iris Dorko, Vinnie Cucinella, Hampton Reaves, Mary Mac Coleman, Margot Tommason, Samantha Renbarger, Eason Zhao (honorable mention), Jonah Wood (honorable mention) Miles Hamilton, Andy Wicker, Sean Powers (honorable mention), Nelle Kersbergen, Whit Watson, Camden Lachenmeyer, Jonah Wood, Cece Arrington, Ellie Ramsey, and Aurora Blackwell.

 

Congratulations to the Rosewood students who were selected to participate in the 2026 Bloomin’ Art Show in collaboration with the Columbia Club Council of Greater Columbia:

Tolly Thomas, Camden Lachemer, Jake Hammond, Kionte Turner, Anna Collins, and Gabby Pratt.

Congratulations to the Rosewood students who were selected to participate in the 2025-2026 Richland One Elementary Art Exhibit:

Erynn Parks (Permanent Art Collection Winner), Monroe Jensen (1st Place), Max Mardis (2nd Place), Amina Stanley (3rd Place), Sean Powers (Honorable Mention), Luke Eng (1st Place), Cam Wells (2nd Place), Rhett Seal (3rd Place), Demir Ozturk (Honorable Mention), Teel McNeal, Zaal Batmanghelidj, Skylar Kidd, George Hall, James Simmons, Raegan Dorsey, Yousef Elsayegh, Louise Green, William Myers, Shivansh Raut, Ellery McGovern, Levon Grant, Jonah Wood, Rosie Pennyway, Faran Haque, Lily Eng, Sam Dragovic, Ellison Wall, Sawyer Denton, Julia De Vries, Margot Thomasson, Yara Elsayegh, TaLeah Young, Lottie Wellborn, Demir Ozturk, Nora McGovern, Thomas Collins, Adelaide Beets, AlexPeryshkova, Mia Ely, Parker MacDonald, Mia Ely, Archie Flerx, Nima Mathis, and Cara Mazyck.

Four students were selected for the Richland One Honor Choir:

Surahbi Raut, Hazel Meyer-Gutbrod, Lydia Smith, Lenore Hollis

Congratulations to the Rosewood Fitness Team for taking 2nd place at the Richland One Fitness Bowl. 

Sally Brooks, Maya Dragovic, Danny Wilder, Bruce Kennedy, and Ollie Watson were recognized with All-District honors.

Members of the 2025-26 Rosewood Fitness Team also include:

Anna Collins, Bess Hammond, Claire Watson, Cole Sandifer, Eve Young, Gabby Pratt, Hiram Sipes, Iris Dorko, Jack Shuster, Jordan Jones, Lydia Smith, Murdock Thompson, Naomi Phillips, Nora McGovern, Rhett Daves, Rhett Seal, Tess Simmons, Thomas Collins, and Will Lyons 

 2025-26 Rosewood Science Fair Ribbon Winners:

Third Grade: 1st: Wyatt Beresford, Holden Parrot, Hampton Reaves, 2nd: Weller Goff, 3rd: Jane Kennedy

Fourth Grade, 1st: Dylan Huyck, 2nd: Anna Collins, Maya Dragovic, Lydia Smith, 3rd: Oscar Kneas, Marcus Mandsager

Fifth Grade: 1st: Hiram Sipes, 2nd: Danny Wilder, 3rd: Cara Mazyck, Vivian Pickle

2025 Richland One STEM Fair and the 2025 USC Region II Science and Engineering Fair.

5th Grade - Hiram Sipes 1st Place -Biological and Environmental Science R1 STEM Fair and 5th Grade – Danny Wilder 2nd Place - Biological and Environmental Science R1 STEM Fair

5th Grade-Hiram Sipes and Danny Wilder received awards for “Projects of Highest Distinction” at the USC Region II Science and Engineering Fair.

TECHNOLOGY

All classrooms are equipped with SMART Boards, computers, and document cameras to enhance learning. All teachers and students in grades K – 5 were issued laptop computers.