Ruth Mims

Principal

Ms. Mims has spent 40 years working in Dorchester IV and is starting her eighth year at Williams Memorial Elementary School.  This will be her sixth year serving as the Principal at WMES, and I am so excited! 

Prior to coming to Williams Memorial Elementary School, she was the Assistant Principal, a TAP Evaluator, and the Textbook Coordinator at Harleyville-Ridgeville Middle School (2012-2016); the Curriculum Specialist, textbook coordinator, and Site Coordinator for Making Middle Grades Work at St. George Middle School (2010-2012); the Curriculum Specialist (2007-2010), the Director of the Freshman Academy (2008-2010), and the English Departmental Chairperson (2000-2007) at Woodland High School. She began her educational career teaching second and third grades at St. George Elementary School (1984-1994) and later transitioned to high school to teach Reading/English at St. George High School (1994-1999) and Woodland High School (1999-2007). She received her Bachelors degree from the University of South Carolina (go Cocks!) in Early Childhood Education, her Masters in Elementary Education from South Carolina State University, her Masters +30 in Reading from the College of Charleston, and completed the program for certification in Educational Leadership at The Citadel. She is certified in the areas of Early Childhood, Elementary Education, and Elementary Principal and Elementary Supervisor.