Tall Pines STEM Academy

06/03/2026

We want to know…. What does your family’s ideal summer family vacation look like???

Drop your emoji, in the comments, that matches your summer plans (or dream vacation):

🏖️= beach
⛰️= mountains
🛳️= cruise
🏡= staycation

No matter what your summer plans are, we hope you have fun, spend time with your family and make all the memories you can!

Ready….
Set….
Vote!!!!!

06/01/2026

Rising Aiken High Students - Don't miss this!

05/28/2026

Its not too late! Yearbooks can still be ordered with shipping directly to your house. Follow the instructions on the flyer to get yours!

05/28/2026

Congratulations to all! We had a wonderful time this evening celebrating TPSA greatness! A special congratulations to our 2025-2026 Students of the Year, Teacher of the Year and STARS!

5th Grade: Rett McCullough
6th Grade: Peyton Young
7th Grade: Lily Welty
8th Grade: Paisley Still and Ellis McDowell
Teacher of the Year: JT Wooten
STARS: Karen Ignaffo and Daniel Abney

Thank you to Cedar Creek Church for a welcoming venue to celebrate with our families.

05/27/2026

Aleppo celebrated their 2025-2026 championship with a trip to Radioactive Pinball Arcade and Generations Park for a fun day of games and lunch! Congratulations to Aleppo!

05/26/2026

As our school year winds down, we want to take a moment to sincerely express our appreciation to our Community Service partners. Our students perform 2 hours of community service each quarter in various places throughout the school year through their Leadership class. Accumulating nearly 3000 service hours, this is only possible with the welcoming support of many! Thank you to all of the businesses and agencies that welcomed our students into their spaces. We hope our students were able to serve you, and we know they learned invaluable lessons from you too. THANK YOU!

ACTS Soup Kitchen
ACTS Thrift Store
Advance Logistic Care, LLC
Aiken Animal Rescue
Aiken Community Theatre
Aiken County Animal Shelter
Aiken County EMS
Aiken County Historical Museum
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office
Aiken Horsepower
Aiken’s First Baptist Church Preschool
Beta Club @ TPSA Earth Night
Boy Scouts of America
Built a Playground for a local church
Children’s Place
Citizens Park
Creekside Neighborhood - Trash pickup
Earth Night at TPSA
Fearless Church
Gatewood - Free Yard work for a neighbor
Gem Lakes
Goodwill of Aiken
Graniteville Community Church of God
Great Oak Equine Assisted Program with TPSA’s Elliottii Pack
Hammond Square Senior Living
Hope for the Hooves Rescue
Hugs for Soldiers
JD Lever Elementary
Keep Aiken Beautiful
Kennedy Middle School Literacy Night
King’s Ridge HOA
Lake Day @ TPSA
Lakes and Streams - Weekly dinner for a widower and veteran
Local Blessing Boxes
Long Branch Baptist
Midland Valley Fire Department
Millbrook Baptist Church
New Beginnings Ministries
North Augusta Recreation - Softball Coaching
Run United
Safe Haven Sanctuary
Salkehatchie Summer Service - Black Swamp Camp
SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare
St. Thaddeus Church
Talatha Baptist Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Aiken
Trolley Run Area Beautification
United Way of Aiken
Women’s Club of Cayce

05/20/2026

8th Graders enjoyed a morning at Camp Long on the high ropes adventure course!

05/20/2026

We are excited to announce that Tall Pines STEM Academy is officially certified as a Green Steps School! After working diligently for multiple years, our staff and students have worked to create and implement multiple ongoing projects to promote environmental education. We are proud to now be a Green Steps School through the Environmental Education Association of South Carolina. Thank you to our GSS mentors, participating faculty, energetic students, and encouraging school that made this goal achievable. A special thank you to Mrs. Chevonne Slack for leading our school to this achievement. Her dedication made this possible!

Projects include a worm tower, upcycled art sales, Girls in STEM Club, plant sale, upcycled STEM projects, Lithium Ion Battery Recycle Drives, Adopt a Stream, rain barrel installation and usage, Keep Aiken County Beautiful tree plantings, pollinator garden with feeders, victory gardens, Green STEM Parade with upcycled floats, plant propagation, Trash to Treasure litter prevention, growing cut flower gardens, indoor & outdoor composting.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Aleppo for earning their way to the top of the Pack Points race for 2025-2026!

05/19/2026