Our students are strengthening their science thinking AND their note-taking skills! As they learned about weathering and erosion, they used guided notes to identify key concepts, record important details, ask questions, and summarize their learning. 🌧️🪨
This is what learning looks like when students do more than just hear the information—they organize it, think about it, question it, and make meaning from it! 💡👏
#PBLSchool #STREAM #ThePHESAAdvantage #Impact #ExcellenceEverywhere #ExcellenceEveryday
These three PHESA students brought their A-game and finished as our Top 3 Sellers in the PTO Fundraiser! ❤️🐾
🥇 1st Place — Jax Dickerson
🥈 2nd Place — Kat Langley
🥉 3rd Place — Sully Tanner
Way to go, Jax, Kat, and Sully! 🎊 We are so proud of your hard work and school spirit!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported our PTO fundraiser and helped make it such a success! ❤️
#PHESAFamily #ThePHESAAdvantage #Impact #ExcellenceEverywhere #ExcellenceEveryday
Our 4th graders are learning that strong scientists don’t just collect information. They organize it so it makes sense! As part of their Survive and Thrive PBL, students used two-column notes to compare weathering and erosion, record important details, and add sketches to show their understanding. These young scientists are building study skills while strengthening their science knowledge—one organized note at a time! 🧠✏️🌎
#SurviveAndThrive #FourthGrade #TwoColumnNotes #ScienceInAction #AVID #WICOR #STREAM #PHESA #PBLSchool #Impact #DiscoverTheAdvantage #ExcellenceEverywhere #ExcellenceEveryday
Our students worked with a partner to ask questions, observe objects, and decide: Is it matter or not matter? They used some serious problem-solving skills when they reached the tricky ones—a shadow and light from a flashlight! 💡👀
Hmmmmm…do they take up space? Do they have weight? What do YOU think? 🤔
#MatterDetectives #STREAM #ScienceInAction #ProblemSolving #Collaboration #PHESA #PBLSchool #Impact #DiscoverTheAdvantage #ExcellenceEverywhere #ExcellenceEveryday
At PHESA, our students set goals and celebrate their growth! Just look at the smiles in Ms. Julia Owens’ 1st grade class as her i-Ready Stars watch their scores grow! ⭐📈💚
These students are learning that hard work, persistence, and goal setting can lead to BIG progress!
#GoalGetters #iReadyStars #StudentGrowth #FirstGrade #PHESA #STREAM #Impact #ExcellenceEverywhereExcellenceEveryday #DiscoverTheAdvantage
Georgetown County School District’s next magnet application window will open on Monday, June 22, 2026, at 8:00 AM. Families interested in applying for a GCSD magnet program, including Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM Academy, may submit an application during this window.
Application Opens: Monday, June 22, 2026, at 8:00 AM
Application Window Closes: Monday, July 13, 2026, at 5:00 PM
Final Selections Sent to Families: Monday, July 20, 2026, at 5:00 PM
Parent Acceptance Window Closes: Monday, July 27, 2026, at 5:00 PM
To apply, visit:
http://georgetownmagnets.novuschoice.com
At Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM Academy, students experience learning through Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics with hands-on Project-Based Learning, environmental experiences, creativity, collaboration, and real-world connections.
Come discover why PHESA is Where Learning Is an Experience!
#PHESA #STREAM #MagnetSchool #WhereLearningIsAnExperience #DiscoverTheDifference #GCSDMagnetPrograms
It has been confirmed that June 22, 2026, to June 26, 2026, a FINAL transfer application window will be open for the 26-27 school year. If you have any parents and/or GCSD staff who have not yet submitted their request, please share this information with them. The link will be placed on the district's website during that period of time. The application will not be accessible to new transfer requests after June 26, 2026.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us or give us a call.
Thank you in advance for your assistance with this matter.
Sherilynn Williams, CEOE
Accountability & Assessment/Student Records
Georgetown County School District
Office phone number: (843) 436-7158
Your presence and continued support of our magnet program mean so much to our students, staff, and school community. Because of leaders like you, our students are able to engage in meaningful, authentic learning experiences that inspire curiosity, creativity, and a love for learning. Our students truly look forward to these opportunities to share their thinking, their process, and their growth—and your support helps make it all possible. Thank you for believing in our vision and for supporting the future of our learners! ❤️
#DiscoverTheDifference #PHESA #STREAM #PBLSchool #WhereLearningIsAnExperience #GCSDSchoolBoard #GCSD #PBL #Community #Partnerships
Our students will soon have the opportunity to show all they have learned this year! SC READY assessments are an important way for students to demonstrate their growth, problem-solving skills, and understanding of key standards.
Please mark your calendars and help us ensure students are present, on time, and ready to do their very best each day. We are so proud of their hard work and know they are going to shine! 🌟
#PHESA #DiscoverTheDifference #LearningIsAnExperience #SCReady #StudentSuccess
Let’s fill our school with parents, friends, and community members as we celebrate our 3rd PHESA STREAM Showcase! 🎉 Come experience our students’ incredible PBL projects, where they will share their learning, creativity, and growth through meaningful, real-world connections. You do not want to miss out on this exciting event! We can’t wait to celebrate with you and showcase the PHESA difference!
#PHESA #STREAM #DiscoverTheDifference #LearningIsAnExperience #PBLSchool
Join us on March 5, 2026 for a SEUSS-tastic evening of Reading, Food, and Resources as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday! 🎂
📍 PTO Meeting at 5:30 PM in the auditorium
🎉 Celebration to follow in the cafeteria
This is a Title I sponsored event and we can’t wait to celebrate with our PHESA families! ❤️💙
#PHESA #PHESASTREAM #DiscoverThePHESADifference #LearningIsAnExperience #FamilyLiteracyNight #ReadAcrossAmerica
March 2–6, 2026 we’re celebrating reading and Dr. Seuss in the most SEUSS-tastic way! Students can join the fun all week with themed dress-up days, a green reading challenge, wacky outfits, silly socks, and more! Don’t miss Family Literacy Night on Thursday at 6:00 PM for reading resources, fun, and food! Let’s celebrate the joy of reading together! ❤️💙
#PHESA #ReadAcrossAmerica #Seusstastic #LearningIsAnExperience
We’re celebrating the joy of reading all across Georgetown County March 2–6! ❤️
From Andrews to Carvers Bay, Georgetown to Waccamaw — and even out in the community — we’re spreading the love of books everywhere! 📖🌎 Check the schedule to see when we’ll be in your area and get ready to READ, celebrate, and make literacy shine! 🌟
#ReadAcrossGeorgetown #LoveOfReading #GeorgetownCountySchools #ReadersAreLeaders
🎉 It’s National Magnet Schools Month! 🎉
Join us all month long as we celebrate National Magnet Schools Month throughout the month of February! Each day, we will be highlighting what makes Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM Academy (PHESA) such a special place to learn—from our innovative PBL curriculum and student voice and choice to community partnerships, leadership, and diversity.
Our students learn through STREAM with an environmental focus, using Project-Based Learning (PBL) to explore real-world problems, collaborate, and create meaningful solutions. We can’t wait to share the incredible learning happening in our classrooms and across our school! Follow along daily as we celebrate the PHESA Magnet experience all month long! 💙
#NationalMagnetMonth #PHESA #PBL #STREAM #WhereLearningIsAnExperience #DiscoverTheDifference
✨ Student Voice. Student Choice. Real Learning. ✨
At PHESA, Project-Based Learning gives our students meaningful choices in how they show what they know about the South Carolina State Standards — and 4th grade took it to the next level! Mrs. Stone kicked off their new PBL unit by mysteriously sharing clues about their upcoming challenge… and then asked students to do something powerful: create the title for their own learning journey! After brainstorming, narrowing their ideas down to two finalists, and voting as a class, the winning title was revealed. 🗳️🎉 Take a look at what they chose — and let the learning begin!
#DiscoverTheDifference #WhereLearningIsAnExperience #PBLSchool #StudentVoice #VoiceAndChoice #PHESAProud #STREAMInAction #4thGradeRocks
Our youngest PHESA innovators rolled up their sleeves and turned into real engineers today! After their Putt-Putt field study, students worked collaboratively to draw blueprints of the obstacles they saw on the course — curves, tunnels, ramps, and all!
Now they’re busy transforming those sketches into actual prototypes that will become part of our very own PHESA Putt-Putt Course! How cool is that?! 🤩 Hands-on learning, teamwork, creativity, and engineering all in Kindergarten — that’s the PHESA difference! 🐻💛
#PHESA #STREAM #PBL #EngineeringInKinder #FutureEngineers #DiscoverTheDifference
💙 PHESA on the Move for Education! PHESA proudly participated in the Georgetown County School District’s Relay for Education! Our team came together to celebrate learning, leadership, and community spirit—showing that at PHESA, we truly believe in Excellence Every Day! 💫
#RelayForEducation #GCSD #PHESA #STREAM #MagnetSchool #Community #DiscoverTheDifference
👏 Give a huge PHESA cheer for Everette Owens, Jayce Hanna, Jaelyn Cooper, and Charlotte Hodges! These outstanding students were selected to represent our Magnet School and share their voices, ideas, and leadership as part of our PHESA family. 💪✨ We know they will represent us with excellence, creativity, and PHESA pride! ❤️❤️
#PHESA #MagnetProud #StudentLeaders #STREAM #DiscoverTheDifference #ExcellenceEveryday
