334 Lakeview Cir
Lugoff, SC 29078

Wateree is a great school. We are a miliary family with two kids, we have been through several elementary schools and this has been the best. The atmosphere of the school is happy and laid back but the kids are very well behaved. The new principal is doing a really good job of moving the school foward. The entire staff really seems to care about the kids...from the teachers on down. The teachers are doing more with less due to the budget cutbacks. The PTO of the 2010-2011 school year seem open minded to trying new things to make the school better for everybody...Bingo night was a huge success. We moved to Kershaw County only because of the schools and we have no regrets. Other elementary schools in the county may have a better rating currently but things are changing at Wateree for the better and I doubt you could find another school with the same atmoshere for learning and making it fun as this...my kids actually love school now and that's the best thing about Wateree.

We moved here at the beginning of my daughters 7th grade year. All of the kids and faculty were so welcoming. My child is in AP classes and so far all of the teachers have been awesome and we haven't had the first bit of trouble with any of the faculty. Something I really enjoy about the school is the electives. She is in the music program which is a whole year course. At her old school she was able to take music(whole year)and the required PE and Spanish classes and that was it. At LEMS she still does her full year music class but also changes electives every 9 weeks so she has the chance to do more which is nice. Love that even through 8th grade they get recess. Kids need a break and it may only be 15-20 min it's better than nothing. Pick up and drop off is awesome and moves smoothly everyday. I haven't heard of too much trouble going on at the school. Don't hear of fighting and stuff like that very often. Over all we LOVE this school especially compared to other schools have went to and ones our friends and families kids go to. The horror stories. Thankful for such a great school.

The most violence I have seen from a high school. Check the news, they have made the news for numerous fights, and it is still a problem today. What other HS has fights on the first day and multiple on the first week of school? The hallways are so overcrowded that is becomes a mosh pit to get to each class unless you have a class in the middle school building (the Annex). The fights are what I worry about the most. Parent/teacher communication is slack as they have too many students to know personally or even to begin to have a conversation with parents. I had to request a parent/teacher conference as my child was marked absent for a week and he insisted he was raising his hand saying here. They tried to tell me via email (because it is hard to get anyone on the phone) that he must be skipping. This is an honor roll student who has life 360 and I can see his Apple iPhone, watch, and air pods are at the school. We called my child into the meeting, and the teacher proceeded to tell me this was not my child. A student passed away last year, and nothing was really mentioned of it like the student didn't even go there. This student took their life and no counseling was offered. It just seemed to fade away in the wind like these teens are supposed to just simply sort their own feelings on the matter. Food- yes lunch is free but your child will constantly complain on how nasty it is so that is pointless. Also, you can't bring your child lunch if they forgot it at home nor if they wanted to eat with you. Nope, none of that. My child told me kids vape right in class and the teachers see it and do nothing because if they are sent to administration, they simply come right back. How is that okay? How does this show you are responsible for your own actions? And negative actions have consequences.