2023-24 Profile*
Ralph Chandler Middle
4231 Fork Shoals Road
Simpsonville, SC 29680
Telephone: (864) 452-0300
Fax: (864) 452-0365
www.greenville.k12.sc.us/chandler/
Grades: 6th - 8th Grades
Enrollment: 762
School Location: 1 mile past Hwy 418 on Fork Shoals Road
Principal: Jeffrey Jenkins
Email: jjenkins@greenville.k12.sc.us
Awards and Honors
- Schools to Watch Designated: 2020
- Schools to Watch Redesignation: 2023
- 2024 South Carolina Band Directors Association Concert Performance Assessment Superior with Distinction
- 2024 Chorus Superior Rating SCMEA Choral Performance Assessment
- 2024 Chorus Superior Rating Carowinds Festival of Music
- 2023 Chorus Superior Rating SCMEA Choral Performance Assessment
- 2023 Chorus Superior Rating and 1st place at Dollywood Music in the Parks
- 2023 Regional Teacher to Watch for the Piedmont Region
- 2022 First Class Teacher Award
- 2023 Best in Show for Greenville County Schools Art Show
- 2023 1st Place Mixed Media for Greenville County Schools Art Show
- 2023 2nd Place 8th Grade Painting Category for Greenville County Schools Art Show
- 2023 Superior Ratings for Solo and Ensemble Band Students
- 2023 Superior Ratings for Solo and Ensemble Band Students
- 2023 Excellent Rating Strings Concert Performance Assessment
- 2021 Volleyball District Runner Ups
- 2022 Volleyball District Champions
- 2023 Softball District Runner Up
- 2024 Softball District Champions
For a closer look...
For more in-depth information on this school including programs, course offerings, extracurricular activities, and more - visit www.greenville.k12.sc.us/chandler/
If you would like information about the School Report Card rating, visit the State Department of Education Website, screportcards.com.
For more information, call INFOLine at 864-355-3100, visit our website at www.greenville.k12.sc.us.
Facilities
Completed Construction in August, 2008 • 109,754 Square Feet • 29 Academic Classrooms • Gateway to Technology Classroom • Music Wing with 4 classrooms, practice rooms, and a music library • Input Technology / Keyboarding Lab • Personalized Learning provides a Chrome Book for each student to use • Visual Art Studio with Outside Courtyard • Media Center with News Studio and Maker Space • Guidance Suite with Counseling Offices, Conference Rooms, and Mental Health Counselor • Dining Cafeteria with Stage and Surround Sound • Gymnasium with Collegiate-style Locker Rooms and Authentic Hardwood Floors • 4 Tennis Courts, Softball Field, Baseball Field, and Track. RCMS is the only school in Greenville County to house its own water treatment facility on campus. The treatment facility is another way to provide the students and the community with a safe and healthy learning environment.
Faculty Profile
- Administrators: 3
- Teachers/Professional Staff: 50
- Support Staff: 23
Outstanding Features/Programs
- Club time during the school day
- PBIS Program
- OnTrack
- Yearbook
- Career Education programs and events
- Professional Learning Communities
- Band Program
- Strings Program
- Chorus Program
- Drama Program
- Peer Mentoring
- Gifted and Talented Language Arts Program
- SC Junior Book Award Reading Program
- School Wide Self-Selected Reading Program
- Local Outreach with Community Partners with our Athletics Department
- Advisory Program
- State of the Art Media Center focused on developing standards for the 21st Century Learner
- PTSA and School Improvement Council
- Inclusion Classes
- High School Credit Courses including English, Mathematics, Keyboarding and Foreign Language
- $5,000- &10,000 dollars given in PTSA grants annually
- Virtual Classes in Creative Writing and Personal Finance
- Problem based and STEM learning opportunities
- Parent Communication Through Website, App, Phone Blasts, Letters
- 6th Grade Camp
- Community Support Through The Giving Tree
- Extended Day Program