SAM is an academic movement created to increase educational achievement across Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
SAM is a movement driven by a deep belief that Spartanburg County’s economic vitality depends on raising the value we place on educational achievement to levels that feed an economy in which know-how and expertise are key drivers of success. We work to ensure, promote, and magnify student success throughout our County. We do this by focusing the collective impact of community leaders in education, business, and nonprofit services along a cradle-to-career continuum.
SAM is a movement driven by a deep belief that Spartanburg County’s economic vitality depends on raising the value we place on educational achievement to levels well above the demands that were sufficient for a textile economy, to levels required by the knowledge economy of today, in which know-how and expertise have replaced the labor-intensive requirements of the past.
SAM works to ensure, promote and magnify student success throughout Spartanburg County by engaging an all-in partnership of community educators, leaders, and service providers in our community across a cradle-to-career continuum.
