SLS Parent Compacts

South Lawrence School was opened in the fall of 1985 when three local elementary schools were consolidated. Loretto Elementary, which had previously been consolidated with students from Liberty Grove Elementary and West Point Elementary, Saint Joseph Elementary, and Iron City Elementary. Construction was not complete at the beginning of the 1985-86 school year, so there were parts of the building that could not be used at first. Lunches were prepared at Loretto Elementary and brought over daily. Thirty-two teachers, twenty staff members, and a principal made up the staff of the new school located just south of Loretto High School. The school housed students in grades K-8 and competed in basketball. In May of 1986, South Lawrence was adopted by First Farmers and Merchants Bank and Loretto Casket Company as a part of the Adopt-A-School program. Today, South Lawrence is a PreK - 8 school with thirty-eight teachers, thirty-two staff members, and a principal and assistant principal. There are lots of opportunities for students including basketball, softball, baseball, soccer, football, cross country, volleyball, cheerleading, FCA, Jr Beta, and 4-H.