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Discover Florence

A warm, welcoming school where students are known, loved and challenged to reach their full potential. Our dedicated staff, strong family partnerships, and commitment to high quality insturction create a community where children feel they belong and are empowered to succed.

Experience Why Families Choose Us

Our school culture is built on strong student-staff relationships, cultivated by a team dedicated educators who genuinely care. We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our students and their families.

Clubs and Student Life

GRACE, GOT IT, Go Far, Cowboy Chorale, Garding Club, Battle of the Books, Student Council

Student supports

  • Exceptional Children (EC) Services: Individualized instruction and specialized support for students with disabilities based on their unique learning needs.

  • Targeted Intervention & Tutoring: Additional small-group and individualized support in reading and mathematics for students who need extra time and instruction to master essential skills.

  • Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Student progress is closely monitored so that academic, behavioral, and social-emotional supports can be provided based on individual needs.

  • Collaborative Student Support Team: Teachers, specialists, support staff, and families work together to identify student needs and develop appropriate supports.

Points of Pride

  1. Strong Academic Growth: Florence has a consistent history of meeting or exceeding expected student growth since 2018, reflecting our comitment to ehlping every child make meaningful progress.

  2. Dedicated, Student Centered Staff: Our staff build strong relationshiops with students and work tirelessly to meet their individual academic, social, and emotional needs.

  3. A Place Teachers Want to Stay: Strong Teacher Working Conditions data and low staff turnover reflect a positive, collaborative culture where educators feel supported and valued. Ninety five percent of teachers felt Florence is a great place to work and learn.

  4. High Quality Instruction: More than 95% of our teachers are fully certified, 40% are National Board Certified Teachers, and 95% are veteran educators with more than five years of experience. Our students benefit from an exceptionally experienced and highly qualified team committed to providing rigorous, responsive instruction every day.

  5. Strong School-Family Partnerships: Families are welcomed, valued, and viewed as important partners in their children's success.

Academic Programs & Opportunities

  • Academically Gifted (AG) Services: Enrichment and advanced learning opportunities for students who need additional academic challenge.

  • STEM Education: Students experience hands-on STEM learning and participate in STEM as a dedicated Specials class, building creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

  • Well-Rounded Specials: All students participate in Art, Music, Physical Education, STEM, and Media, providing opportunities to discover and develop interests and talents.

  • Rigorous, High-Quality Curriculum: Students engage in standards-aligned instruction designed to build strong foundational skills while challenging them to think deeply and apply their learning

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School Discovery Month

All GCS families and future families are invited to explore our amazing schools during School Discovery Month.  Visit, ask questions, meet our staff, and see all the opportunities GCS has to offer in your attendance zone, as well as our Choice schools and programs.

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The Guilford Guarantee

One district.
Many possibilities.

No matter whether you choose your neighborhood school or a Choice school or program, GCS has a school that's right for your child.  Through the Guilford Guarantee, all schools will help students understand their potential and provide multiple pathways to success after high school.

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Learn about the Guilford Guarantee

College Credit 

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Opportunities to earn college credit while in high school.

Career Credentials 

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Access to industry recognized credentials in high demand fields.

Real-World Experience 

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Hands-on learning through internships, apprenticeships and work based learning.

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Choice Application Window
October 9 through December 4, 2026, at 5 p.m.

Elementary & Middle School Selections
Step Date
Lottery and Notification Friday, December 11, 2026
Family Accept and Decline Offers Deadline Friday, December 18, 2026
High School Options Selections
Step Date
Lottery and Notification Friday, February 5, 2027
Families Accept or Decline Offers Deadline Friday, February 12, 2027