History:

Sardis-Girard-Alexander Elementary School was established in the fall of 1988 and the students attended school in the building that once served as S.G.A. High School (pictured above). Mr. John MacDonald was the principal of S.G.A. Elementary until the fall of 1990 when Mrs. Linda Murray accepted the position.

Under the direction of Mrs. Murray, the faculty and staff accepted their pledge to be a school of "Unity and Excellence". The school housed in grades three through six, but soon the six grades student were transported to the newly built Burke County Middle School in Waynesboro.

In the fall of 1995, the new Sardis-Girard-Alexander Elementary School opened at 1265 Charles Perry Avenue under the direction of the principal, Mrs. Linda Murray. The new school combined the two elementary schools that were present in Sardis at that time: Cousins Elementary which enrolled students in pre-k through second grade and S.G.A. Elementary at 604 Burke Street that enrolled students in grades three through five. When Mrs. Linda A. Murray left the elementary school and became the principal of Burke County Middle School in 1998, Mrs. Nancy Sello-White became our new principal and served as principal for two years.