🎺✨Excellence isn’t occasional in District 7 bands… it’s the standard.✨🎺
This Music in Our Schools Month, we’re celebrating a program that is SHINING from middle school to high school, where students aren’t just learning music, they’re finding their rhythm, their voice, and performing at the highest levels.
At Concert Performance Assessment (CPA), our bands delivered in a big way:
🎶Spartanburg High School Wind Ensemble — Superior Rating
🎶McCracken Middle (7th & 8th grade) — Superior with Distinction
🎶Carver Middle (7th & 8th grade) — Superior with Distinction
The highest honors. Across the board!
And the excellence continues…
🎷Viking Jazz Band earned a Superior Rating at the SCBDA Jazz Performance Assessment
🔥Gold Winter Guard — CWEA SAA Class State Champions
When it comes to marching season, Viking Band doesn’t just play the part; they take center field and own it. This season was nothing short of dominant:
🏆Reservation Tournament of Bands
First Place: Music, Guard, Percussion, In Class and Spirit Award. Top 3 Overall
🏆Chase Tournament of Bands
First Place: Visual, Overall Effect, Music, Percussion, Colorguard, and In Class. 2nd Place Overall
✨ Finished the season with an Excellent rating at State
What makes this program truly special goes far beyond the trophies.
This is a program on the rise—130 students strong—where students find their place, their passion, and their people.
✨ 22 Region Band students
✨ 4 All-State or alternates
✨ 5 selected for the USC Honor Band Clinic
From Friday night lights to the Spartanburg Christmas Parade, from the GSP Airport to performance stages across the state, these students are representing District 7 with pride everywhere they go.
With multiple ensembles having completed recent assessments and a culture built on excellence, this program continues to build momentum and hit every note along the way.
This is more than band.
It’s a family. A standard. A legacy in motion.
At the heart of it all are our incredible middle and high school band educators, guiding, inspiring, and setting the tone for every note of excellence.
This is what it looks like when passion meets precision. This is D7 Band.
#7Shines
This Music in Our Schools Month, we’re celebrating a program that is SHINING from middle school to high school, where students aren’t just learning music, they’re finding their rhythm, their voice, and performing at the highest levels.
At Concert Performance Assessment (CPA), our bands delivered in a big way:
🎶Spartanburg High School Wind Ensemble — Superior Rating
🎶McCracken Middle (7th & 8th grade) — Superior with Distinction
🎶Carver Middle (7th & 8th grade) — Superior with Distinction
The highest honors. Across the board!
And the excellence continues…
🎷Viking Jazz Band earned a Superior Rating at the SCBDA Jazz Performance Assessment
🔥Gold Winter Guard — CWEA SAA Class State Champions
When it comes to marching season, Viking Band doesn’t just play the part; they take center field and own it. This season was nothing short of dominant:
🏆Reservation Tournament of Bands
First Place: Music, Guard, Percussion, In Class and Spirit Award. Top 3 Overall
🏆Chase Tournament of Bands
First Place: Visual, Overall Effect, Music, Percussion, Colorguard, and In Class. 2nd Place Overall
✨ Finished the season with an Excellent rating at State
What makes this program truly special goes far beyond the trophies.
This is a program on the rise—130 students strong—where students find their place, their passion, and their people.
✨ 22 Region Band students
✨ 4 All-State or alternates
✨ 5 selected for the USC Honor Band Clinic
From Friday night lights to the Spartanburg Christmas Parade, from the GSP Airport to performance stages across the state, these students are representing District 7 with pride everywhere they go.
With multiple ensembles having completed recent assessments and a culture built on excellence, this program continues to build momentum and hit every note along the way.
This is more than band.
It’s a family. A standard. A legacy in motion.
At the heart of it all are our incredible middle and high school band educators, guiding, inspiring, and setting the tone for every note of excellence.
This is what it looks like when passion meets precision. This is D7 Band.
#7Shines
Relationship are essential to learning and that's why mentoring is a value at Carver! Huge congratulations to our Carver CEOs, a boys mentoring group within the My Brother's Keeper Alliance of SC. This past Friday at their Countywide Induction Ceremony, our students and facilitators took home some honors. Our Carver CEOs were named Countywide Club Champion and Mr. DuQuan Crawford was named Countywide Facilitator of the Year! Mr. Crawford, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Key-Lott and all of our mentees have been outstanding all year and have dedicated themselves to becoming men who lead. Help us celebrate them!
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
Carver's Fine Arts Department has done it again! Superior with distinction for our chorus!
✨ Follow the Yellow Brick Road with District 7! ✨
Spartanburg School District 7 proudly presents our annual district-wide musical, The Wizard of Oz—a magical journey filled with unforgettable characters, dazzling performances, and the timeless story we all love. If your family enjoys Wicked, they will love returning to the original story where it all began...
Join Dorothy, Toto (YES, A REAL DOG ON STAGE!), the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Glinda, and even those mischievous flying monkeys as they take the stage in a spectacular student production that truly shines. Our talented students have been working tirelessly to bring this classic to life, and you won’t want to miss it!
🎭 Performance Dates:
April 23–25 at 7:00 PM
April 26 at 3:00 PM
📍 Location:
D7 Fine Arts Center
Spartanburg High School
🎟️ Tickets:
Reserve your seats now at our.show/D7Wizard
In District 7, we say “7Shines,” and this production is a perfect example—where creativity, collaboration, and student talent come together most magically.
Attention parents of rising 7th graders!
Record of a t-dap vaccine is required prior to beginning 7th grade. The t-dap booster protects against tetanus, diptheria, and pertussus.
Please schedule the vaccine with your health provider ASAP.
If your child has already had the required booster, please send a copy to Nurse Neely at esneely@spart7.org.
If your child has a religious or medical exemption, please contact the nurse to make sure that document is on file in your child's records.
Your child will not be able to start 7th grade without the proper documentation.
Record of a t-dap vaccine is required prior to beginning 7th grade. The t-dap booster protects against tetanus, diptheria, and pertussus.
Please schedule the vaccine with your health provider ASAP.
If your child has already had the required booster, please send a copy to Nurse Neely at esneely@spart7.org.
If your child has a religious or medical exemption, please contact the nurse to make sure that document is on file in your child's records.
Your child will not be able to start 7th grade without the proper documentation.
✨ They didn’t just perform… they made history. ✨
This March, as we celebrate Dance in Our Schools Month, District 7 is SHINING a little brighter on the statewide stage.
D7 Dance made history at the first-ever State Dance Performance Assessment, hosted by the South Carolina Dance Association. Middle school ensembles from across the state were evaluated on movement acquisition and stage performance and our dancers delivered.
💙 McCracken Middle earned a Superior with Distinction
💛 Carver Middle earned an Excellent rating
This moment reflects the passionate educators leading the way:
✨ Caroline Pruitt – Pine Street Elementary (District Dance Coordinator)
✨ Demery Trantham – Carver Middle
✨ Ivey Whitaker – McCracken Middle
From our youngest dancers to our middle school performers, the arts are alive, growing, and thriving across D7 and this is just the beginning.
#7Shines
#DanceInOurSchoolsMonth
This March, as we celebrate Dance in Our Schools Month, District 7 is SHINING a little brighter on the statewide stage.
D7 Dance made history at the first-ever State Dance Performance Assessment, hosted by the South Carolina Dance Association. Middle school ensembles from across the state were evaluated on movement acquisition and stage performance and our dancers delivered.
💙 McCracken Middle earned a Superior with Distinction
💛 Carver Middle earned an Excellent rating
This moment reflects the passionate educators leading the way:
✨ Caroline Pruitt – Pine Street Elementary (District Dance Coordinator)
✨ Demery Trantham – Carver Middle
✨ Ivey Whitaker – McCracken Middle
From our youngest dancers to our middle school performers, the arts are alive, growing, and thriving across D7 and this is just the beginning.
#7Shines
#DanceInOurSchoolsMonth
As Music in Our Schools Month continues, we celebrate the united voices of middle school students from all seven Spartanburg County School Districts, who joined together to give a beautiful concert at the annual "Spartanburg Sings!" The event is hosted by the Rotary Club of Spartanburg, and we were thrilled to bring it to our District 7 Fine Arts Center this year.
For well over a decade, Spartanburg Rotarians have provided this unique opportunity for middle schools to collaborate. Congratulations to all our singers and their teachers, including Spartanburg High School students who were guest solo performers: Reese Crocker, Javian Smith, and Moss Evelyn Wise.
Thank you to the Rotary Club for sponsoring this wonderful concert!
#7SHINES
For well over a decade, Spartanburg Rotarians have provided this unique opportunity for middle schools to collaborate. Congratulations to all our singers and their teachers, including Spartanburg High School students who were guest solo performers: Reese Crocker, Javian Smith, and Moss Evelyn Wise.
Thank you to the Rotary Club for sponsoring this wonderful concert!
#7SHINES
Our 7th and 8th grade band did us proud today! They earned Superior with Distinction on their performance assessment.
Muse Machine visited our Fine Arts students today and showed them about the bagpipe and what it is like to be a professional musician.
This is probably our 8th graders favorite night of the year! 8th grade parents, let's buy these tickets. A catered dinner is included.
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
Congratulations to our dancers, who earned a score of "excellent" on their performance assessment this week! It was their first time going in front of the judges and they made us proud!
Our orchestra students also earned an "excellent" in their assessment.
Our orchestra students also earned an "excellent" in their assessment.
We had some Carver alums visit today as part of the Spartanburg High School AVID panel that presented to our 8th graders. Selected students were able to learn about the program at the high school level.
State Testing Dates Announced!
Carver will conduct mandatory state testing on the following days.
April 28 ELA Day 1
April 29 ELA Day 2
May 5 Math
May 7 Science (6th grade only)
No dismissals will be allowed on state testing dates until students have completed the exam. Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest the night before testing. Cell phones will be collected prior to administration of the test.
Carver will conduct mandatory state testing on the following days.
April 28 ELA Day 1
April 29 ELA Day 2
May 5 Math
May 7 Science (6th grade only)
No dismissals will be allowed on state testing dates until students have completed the exam. Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest the night before testing. Cell phones will be collected prior to administration of the test.
Our Black History Quiz Bowl Team always represents well at the Quiz Bowl hosted by USC Upstate! Today was no different with our team notching 2 victories and only 1 defeat! Let's congratulate our team and coaches on a great day. They are coached by Mrs. Beasley and Ms. Fernandez!
#OurStory
#OurVision
#OurExcellence
What a great team of faculty and staff at the SC Association of Middle Level Education Conference in Myrtle Beach this weekend! We're excited for the learning and development they're going to bring back to Carver!
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
Check out our Black History Quiz Bowl Team competing today at USC Upstate! They've worked hard preparing and we're excited to see them in action.
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
The classroom and personal learning our students did during Black History Month is inspiring! Here is just one example, A Century of Black History Timeline. Great job to our 6th grade hallway on these wonderful collective works!
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
Today's Wellness Wednesday had a Black History Month Theme! Teachers enjoyed a period of Black History Month Trivia! Lot's laughs and competitive juices flowing. A great reminder to celebrate things that matter and to take time to have fun with each other at work!
#OurStory
#OurVoice
#OurExcellence
Calling all competitive swimmers! Open season is coming up!
