Editor’s note: The following is 23rd in a series of articles previewing the school year at each public and private school in Athens and Limestone County.

School name: Creekside Primary School

Principal: Matt Scott

Amount of time as principal: 14th year

Grades: Pre-K-2

Total number of students: 525

Total number of teachers: 30

Total number of support staff: 20

New programs: “We have a large focus on reading and math. We have 90 minutes of reading instruction each day, and we’re looking at AMSTI. We’re an AMSTI school, so we’re definitely focusing on that, and we’re focusing on using technology in the classroom.”

What makes Creekside Primary special: “I definitely think it starts with the kids. We have awesome kids and great parents and a great community that supports our school. We have an awesome PTO and dedicated and hardworking teachers who love students.”

Primary objectives for 2017-2018: “One of our goals this year is to have a very high attendance, so attendance is a goal for us. We want to have 95 percent or higher attendance every day and we’re meeting that. … Our reading instruction and math instruction are two core areas that we’re looking to improve in.”

What the principal is looking forward to: “Just seeing the kids every day and them growing throughout the school year and improving. Just having fun each day with school.”