Vision: The Richmond County School System will provide an equitable education for all students to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.

Mission: Building a globally competitive school system that educates the whole child through teaching, learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Virtual Kindergarten Round Up

Do you have a student that will be entering Kindergarten next school year but have not registered the student, now is the time.​ We are working on schedules for next year and would like to have new students have a schedule for open house.​ So let's get them registered!!

Please email Stefanee Berry at berryst1@boe.richmond.k12.ga.us for details.

Please read these important Title I documents.

Parent Engagement Policy

Parent Compact

Complaint Procedures Policy

RCSS Parent & Family Engagement Policy

Hephzibah Elementary School (HES) is a candidate school for the Primary Years Programme.  We are pursuing authorization as an IB World School.  These are schools that share a common philosophy – a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Hephzibah Elementary School believes is important for our students.

HES IB PYP Brochure

Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes:  the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the Career-related Programme (CP).  Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.  For further information about the IB and it programmes, visit http:  www.ibo.org.