Check out the happenings this week at SHFA!
1 day ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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🎶🍕 Support SHS/FA Chorus Students! 🎶🍕 Join us for Percent Night at Village Idiot Pizza on Thursday, August 21 from 4:00 PM – Close! 📍 2009 Devine St, Columbia, SC 29205 ✅ Order to-go or dine-in! ✅ A portion of sales goes directly to support Swansea High Choir events this school year. Enjoy pizza, wings, garlic knots & more while helping our choir program shine!
1 day ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Congratulations to the following students who made the volleyball teams!
Varsity:
Carly Hall
Harlie Corley
JV:
Armani Dickerson
Zoey Brazier
Jasmin Gartman
Clarke Dean
McKaylee Rivera
Katherine Porter
5 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Welcome to High School! A Family Event August 13 5:30-6:30 pm Location: Swansea Freshman Academy 1195 IW Hutto Rd Swansea, SC Learn About: attendance high school credits chromebooks parenting strategies powerschool school resources Spanish Translation will be available!
5 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Come out tonight and support the Swansea Band programs!!!!!! When you order, be sure to mention that you are there for Swansea! 2299 Augusta Rd, West Columbia, SC 29169 #TigerPride
6 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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We want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. Dr. Kimberly Badger is a National Board Certified Math Teacher with over 20 years of experience in the classroom and a doctorate in Instructional Leadership–Higher Education. She has taught at the middle school, high school, and college levels, including courses at Aiken Technical College. While her primary focus has been mathematics, Dr. Badger has also enjoyed teaching STEAM, exploratory courses, and Freshman Success. Originally from Barnwell, SC, she is passionate about student growth, lifelong learning, and creating impactful educational experiences. Outside the classroom, she enjoys journaling and spending quality time with her family.
7 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Check the happenings this week at Swansea Freshman Academy.
8 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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To close out the week, students in math completed puzzles silently for team building collaboration.
9 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Students had an exciting first week of school getting their brand new Chromebooks, meeting their teachers, and learning how to navigate a new school. We are excited for the new year.
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Welcome to High School! A Family Event August 13 5:30-6:30 pm Location: Swansea Freshman Academy 1195 IW Hutto Rd Swansea, SC Learn About: attendance high school credits chromebooks parenting strategies powerschool school resources Spanish Translation will be available!
10 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Save the Date:
School Picture Day
October 15

Reserva la fecha:
Día de fotos escolares
15 de octubre
11 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you!

Mr. Andres Parra is an International teacher from Colombia. He is a graduate from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia with a bachelor's in modern Languages, Spanish and English. He also holds a Master’s degree in Language Teaching from the same University. Mr. Parra has been a teacher for 8 years. He loves spending his free time playing video games, cooking, exploring the outdoors, and traveling with his wife, Juliana Laverde, an ESOL teacher from Sandhills Middle School.
12 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Welcome to High School!
A Family Event
August 13
5:30-6:30 pm

Location:
Swansea Freshman Academy
1195 IW Hutto Rd
Swansea, SC

Learn About:
attendance
high school credits
chromebooks
parenting strategies
powerschool
school resources

Spanish Translation will be available!
12 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!! Please take a look at this week's "Week At A Glance" to stay up to date on events at Swansea Freshman Academy!
15 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you! Coach Green is a graduate of Swansea High, Lander University, and Columbia College with a Master's in Athletics. He serves as our Physical Education teacher, assistant athletic director, and Head Women's Basketball coach at Swansea High School. He and his wife, Jalysa, have three children, Kaysen, Kamden, and Jalea. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and coaching youth sports.
15 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you! We want to welcome Mrs. Angela Spires to our SFA family as the friendly face in our front office. She has proudly called Swansea home for the past 26 years, having spent her early years in West Columbia. She is married to Jason Spires and together have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Her hobbies are reading, painting, and above all spending time with her family.
16 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you! As a graduate of Albany State University, Mrs. McCray is starting her 10th year in the district as the Attendance Clerk at SHFA. She has also coached girls' basketball for 5 years at Sandhills Middle School and taught Digital Citizenship and Physical Education at Frances Mack Intermediate School. She is married to Demetrie McCray and has two children. Her hobbies include spending time with her family and traveling.
16 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you! Mrs. Laura Jumper is a graduate of Swansea High School. She spent time working in various roles as Admin Support to include Lexington School District Four, before returning to school for Nursing in 2005, where she attended Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College and earned an Associate Degree in Nursing in 2010. Nurse Jumper returns to Lexington School District Four to serve as the SHFA School Nurse. Nurse Jumper is a wife of 38 years to her husband Mark, they have three daughters, Alma, Emily, and Isabella, and two precious granddaughters, Analiese and Laurel. Favorite things include cooking (baking), thrifting antiques, music, missions/ministry opportunities, and anything with family.
17 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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We are so excited to meet the Class of 2029 on August 5! Welcome to Swansea Freshman Academy!
18 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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Over the next couple weeks, we want to introduce the Class of 2029 and their family and friends to the Swansea Freshman Academy staff and faculty. We are so excited to meet you! As a Licensed Practical Nurse of 24 years, and a 2000 graduate of the Midlands Technical Practical Nurse Program, Ms. Jeffcoat–Hayes has worked in multiple specialties in the Nursing field. Ms. Jeffcoat-Hayes will be teaching Health Science 1. Before this position, Ms. Jeffcoat-Hayes was a School Nurse for SFA and Richland School District Two. In her spare time, Ms. Jeffcoat Hayes loves to plan events, craft, go to sporting events, and church fellowships. She is elated and humbled to expand her career into the instructional portion of education and honored to do it with the leadership, staff, faculty, students, and community of Lexington Four for the 2025-2026 school year.
18 days ago, Swansea Freshman Academy
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