School District of Pickens County

On Monday, February 14, 2022, the School District of Pickens County Board of Trustees approved the Superintendent’s recommendation for Mr. Josh Oxendine to become the next pr...

The Pre-K application process and 5K registration is now OPEN for the 2022-23 school year! For more information visit the links below: 3K and 4K Information For more i...

Arts, Music, and Enrichment (AME) Mini-Camp Opportunity for 1st-7th Grade Students - March 21 and March 22 SDPC and the Holly Springs Center are partnering to offer spe...

McKissick Academy of Science & Technology (MAST) has been named a 2022 Magnet School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America, the national association for magnet and...

Congratulations to the SDPC 2022 All-County Band members! SDPC offers two separate All-County auditioned Honors Bands annually. One All-County group for high school students and o...

Digital Learning Day Due to Inclement Weather Tomorrow - Friday, January 21, 2022 Friday, January 21, 2022, will be a Digital Learning Day (eLearning Day #3) for the School...

The School District of Pickens County (SDPC) will open on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 20, 2022 , due to the continued danger of ice on shaded areas and on secondary roa...

Updated DHEC Guidance for Quarantine & Isolation (1/3/22) As shared in the 1/1/22 email message to all SDPC families, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment...

Dear Parent, As we plan ahead for the 2022-2023 school year , applications are now open for the School District of Pickens County's Special Choice Programs : Central Academy...

November 28, 2021 Dear All, We are very thankful this week following Thanksgiving in the School District of Pickens County. It started with our very own Pickens High School ...

Monday, November 1, 2021 - No School As scheduled on the 2021-22 school calendar, there will be no school on Monday, November 1, 2021 . Enjoy the long weekend! 🎃 🍁 🍂

SDPC 4 week window for weeks 13, 14, 15, and 16 We would like to provide the schedule for our next 4 weeks. Note - while we have released 3 week windows to this point, thi...

We would like to provide the schedule for the next 3 weeks. As we continue the 2021-22 school year, our goal is to provide an uninterrupted face-to-face schedule of instruction --...

As we begin our 6th week of school this week, we would like to provide the schedule for our next 3 weeks. We shared with you on 8/19/21 that as a result of the current health ch...

The South Carolina Department of Education announced that school districts must again enforce the CDC’s order to require masks on school buses. Beginning Monday, August 30, ...

Safety Plan Revisions 2021-2022 School Year At school, face-to-face instruction will resume Monday, August 23rd for all SDPC students not enrolled in virtual options. This...

Due to the unexpected spread of COVID-19 in our schools, the School District of Pickens will move all in-person students to TEMPORARY VIRTUAL LEARNING (Remote Learning) from Mo...

Thomas Preisig has been named as the new principal of R.C. Edwards Middle School. This follows the departure of former principal, Jeff Duncan, as Duncan was previously announc...

Travis Smith has been selected as the new Executive Director of Operations for the School District of Pickens County. In the role of Executive Director of Operations, Smith ...

On Monday, August 9, 2021, the School District of Pickens County Board of Trustees approved the Superintendent’s recommendation to transfer Mr. Jeff Duncan to become principal of ...