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SCISA Accredited - 2K-8 - Columbia, SC

A learning environment built for your child's growth.

Serious academics. Close classroom attention. Steady character built for life.

2K-8Pathway
1954Founded
SCISAAccredited
Understated excellence

Known. Challenged. Prepared.

Quiet excellence does not need to shout. Timmerman's strongest truth is simple: children are seen closely and asked to grow seriously.

Known

Small-school attention

Teachers, leaders, and families work as partners. The experience feels personal because children are seen closely, not processed at a distance.

Challenged

Rigorous daily habits

Students build strength in core academics while exploring STEAM, arts, athletics, language, and leadership.

Prepared

Confidence for the next step

The road reaches beyond the next grade toward thoughtful readiness for high school, college habits, and life beyond.

Programs

A complete 2K-8 path families can actually understand.

Families should be able to see the actual path: kindergarten, elementary, middle school, LOGIC support, summer, arts, athletics, and practical parent resources.

Kindergarten

Early childhood through 5K

Half-day 2K-4K and full-day 5K give younger students a stable start through play, early academics, social confidence, problem solving, and independent reading.

Kindergarten details
Elementary

Personalized foundations

Elementary school focuses on strengths, weaker areas, reading, handwriting, social studies, library, vocabulary, math, science, Spanish, PE, STEAM, and art.

Elementary detail
Middle School

High school readiness

Middle school adds a challenging academic schedule, character expectations, language arts classics, history, math, science, languages, and Teacher Cadet experience.

Middle school detail
LOGIC

Compassionate support

With over thirty years of experience, LOGIC offers a more individualized education path for differently-abled students through care, compassion, and conversation.

LOGIC detail
Summer

12-week summer camp

Summer programming includes water play, STEM projects, arts and crafts, puppet shows, plays, KidFit, tech days, weekly themes, reading time, and friends.

Summer detail
Academics

The basics are broad, serious, and repeated year by year.

Academic strength starts with core subjects and grows into practical discovery: literacy, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, library habits, language, and hands-on thinking.

Literacy

Reading is treated as the essential early skill, supported by comprehensive reading programs from 5K through 8th grade and weekly library visits for kindergarten and elementary students.

Writing

Students move from early sentence formation toward stronger expression, critical thinking, and middle-school research papers.

Mathematics

Math is taught as a core life skill for problem solving, analytical thinking, and creative reasoning, with middle-school math team strength as part of the tradition.

Science & STEAM

Science combines classroom fundamentals with hands-on STEAM experiences in technology, engineering, and art for elementary and middle school students.

History & Geography

Students learn culture, economics, geography, and history so they understand their place in the world and the choices that shape the future.

Languages & Library

Spanish, French, library, vocabulary, and research habits broaden the academic path and keep communication central.

Student life

School is more than the classroom schedule.

Arts, athletics, physical education, summer camp, lunch, campus events, and parent logistics are part of the daily experience families need to understand.

Athletics & PE

Sports and physical education emphasize sportsmanship, perseverance, character, active habits, team building, and individual goals.

Athletics page

Fine Arts & Dance

Fine arts are treated as part of a rounded education. Dance includes ballet, tap, acrobatics, jazz, ballets, and recitals.

Fine arts page

Campus Life & Events

Families can follow Facebook updates, media, the annual golf tournament, school calendar, lunch, uniforms, and supply lists.

Parent resources

Summer Camp

A 12-week summer program keeps students active through STEM, arts, water play, KidFit, tech days, themes, reading time, and friends.

Summer program
Elizabeth Jordan, Principal of Timmerman School
Principal's Welcome

A school-family on the road to success.

Elizabeth Jordan's welcome centers the school around continuity, partnership, rigorous academic experiences, real-world skills, and a positive, nurturing environment.

The message is straightforward: parents, teachers, and students work together; concerns are welcomed; and each child is helped toward goals with care and high expectations.

L. JordanPrincipal
Faculty & Staff

Meet the team by grade level and role.

Families should be able to find the people connected to their child's age and program quickly. The full faculty and staff gallery is organized by school path instead of one long wall.

31Faculty and staff
2K-5KEarly childhood path
1st-8thElementary and middle
LOGICSupport and enrichment

Leadership & front office

The first family touchpoints: school leadership, admissions conversations, and day-to-day office support.

3 people
Elizabeth Jordan, Principal
Elizabeth JordanPrincipal
Ron Herd, Assistant Principal
Ron HerdAssistant Principal
Becky Causey, Front Office
Becky CauseyFront Office

2K-5K early childhood & kindergarten

Youngest learners are grouped from two-year-old kindergarten through 5K so parents can scan the early childhood path in order.

11 people
Meagan Dales, Two Year Old Kindergarten
Meagan DalesTwo Year Old Kindergarten
Jenea Gayton, Two Year Old Kindergarten
Jenea GaytonTwo Year Old Kindergarten
Dianna Smith, Three Year Old Kindergarten
Dianna SmithThree Year Old Kindergarten
Arah Cline, Three Year Old Kindergarten
Arah ClineThree Year Old Kindergarten
Sierra Hunter, Pre-K Suite
Sierra HunterPre-K Suite
Mandy O'Neill, Pre-K Suite
Mandy O'NeillPre-K Suite
Christina Hall, Pre-K Suite
Christina HallPre-K Suite
Lorrie Craft, Four Year Old Kindergarten
Lorrie CraftFour Year Old Kindergarten
Shelbi Lewis, Four Year Old Kindergarten
Shelbi LewisFour Year Old Kindergarten
Karen Fordham, Five Year Old Kindergarten
Karen FordhamFive Year Old Kindergarten
Rhonda Bouknight, Five Year Old Kindergarten
Rhonda BouknightFive Year Old Kindergarten

Elementary & lower school

Lower school leadership and classroom teachers are ordered from first grade through upper elementary.

6 people
Allison Clark, Director of Lower School and STEAM
Allison ClarkDirector of Lower School & STEAM
Erin Casanega-Wert, First Grade
Erin Casanega-WertFirst Grade
Ansley Grier, Second Grade
Ansley GrierSecond Grade
Lindsay Sorrell, Third Grade
Lindsay SorrellThird Grade
Tori Vincent, Third Grade
Tori VincentThird Grade
Tanya Allen, Fourth Grade
Tanya AllenFourth Grade

Middle school & upper math

Middle school faculty are grouped together, including the upper math and STEAM role that bridges fourth grade and middle school.

5 people
Tracy Sutherland, Director of Middle School
Tracy SutherlandDirector of Middle School
Molly Kate Herrmann, Middle School
Molly Kate HerrmannMiddle School
Kaitlyn Causey, Middle School
Kaitlyn CauseyMiddle School
Valerie Burnett, Middle School
Valerie BurnettMiddle School
Forrest Harvird, Middle School Math and STEAM
Forrest HarvirdMiddle School Math & STEAM; 4th Grade Math

Support, enrichment & student life

Specialized support, arts, library and technology, aftercare, athletics, and physical education complete the student experience.

6 people
Beth Bultman, LOGIC Program
Beth BultmanLOGIC Program
Shelly Kennedy, Art
Shelly KennedyArt
Tabitha Burch, Librarian and Director of Technology
Tabitha BurchLibrarian & Director of Technology
Nancy Glen, Director of Aftercare
Nancy GlenDirector of Aftercare
Shane Matthews, Athletic Director
Shane MatthewsAthletic Director
Darryl Fleming, Physical Education
Darryl FlemingPhysical Education
Admissions

Begin with a visit.

The admissions path is clear: call or email, come to campus, then schedule entrance testing and begin the application process.

01

Call or email

Schedule a campus tour with the front office at 803-782-2748 or info@timmermanschool.org.

02

See the campus

Visit 2219 Atascadero Drive and see the classrooms, tone, people, and expectations in motion.

03

Test and apply

Schedule entrance testing, complete the application, and use the fee schedule and handbook to move forward with clarity.

Admissions & Front Office

Request a family tour

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