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Charleston Collegiate School 
A learning community where everybody mattersLocation 2024 Academy Drive Johns Island, South Carolina 29455
Information Type Independent, non-sectarian Established 1972 Faculty 33 Grades PS-12 Enrollment 215 Campus 36 acres Color(s) Blue and Gold Mascot Sun Devil Accreditation(s) SAIS [[1]], SACS [[2]], NAIS [[3]] Website Official Website
Charleston Collegiate School is a co-educational, nonsectarian, independent day school organized by Lower School (preschool-4), Intermediate Level (5-6), Middle School (7-8), and Upper School (9-12). It offers a college-preparatory curriculum. The school has an enrollment of approximately 220 students, with a minority enrollment of over 25%.[1] There are generally 12-15 students per class, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 6:1. [2]Programs offered at CCS include:
- Academic Achievement Program - Offers services and/or accommodations to meet the needs of individual students
- QUEST – A program focusing on leadership, character education, and physical and mental well-being.
- ACE (Academic Challenge and Enrichment) – An extracurricular program that allows students to explore interests such as aviation, robotics, debate, world cultures, etc.
- PLT (Project Learning Tree) – An outdoor education program which focuses on environmental stewardship.
- 4th Grade Exhibition – a culminating project which displays the student’s readiness to move on to the Middle School
- 8th Grade Exhibition – a culminating project which displays the student’s readiness to move on to the Upper School
- Senior Exhibition – a culminating project involving a presentation, paper, and creation of a “product,” which displays the student’s readiness to move on to college
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History
Originally organized in 1969 by John’s Island, SC, residents as Sea Island Academy, the school held its first classes, grades 7 through 12, at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Maybank Highway. In 1971, the small private school merged with Sea Island Baptist School, an elementary school since 1966 at First Baptist Church of John's Island.[3] Now called Charleston Collegiate School, the institution presently occupies an oak-shaded, 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus. The original 12 acres (49,000 m2) were given by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hills in 1972. Ground was broken for the school’s first building on May 7, 1972, and the first classes were held in the new school building the following October. The school was renamed Charleston Collegiate School in 2002.
ACE Program
ACE Academic Challenge and Enrichment Courses for 2011-12
Upper School Middle School - Aviation
- Debate
- Math Workshop
- Reading and Writing Workshop
- The Great Outdoors
- Project Learning Tree
- Robotics and Structural Engineering
- Yearbook
- AP Calculus (extension of class time)
- Glee Club
- Cooking
- Community Service
- Theater
- Painting
- T-Shirt Design
- Journalism
- Board Games
- Glee Club
Exhibition of Mastery
At the end of the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades, each Charleston Collegiate School student participates in an Exhibition of Mastery. These culminating events serve as assessments of the student's readiness to move on to the next division or to college. In each, students complete a number of interdisciplinary components including writing a paper, creating visuals and/or an original plan or product, and presenting their ideas orally.
Senior Exhibition Supported by a committee of adults and peers, each senior pursues a year-long, self-defined, research project resulting in a paper and "product." Past products created by seniors have included films, original art and photography collections, interior designs, novels, business plans, furniture, etc. Seniors present their research at the Product Exhibition and Senior Symposium held in May. Successful completion of the Senior Exhibition is a requirement for graduation.
Eighth Grade Exhibition Eighth graders complete a major investigative project involving research, interviews, surveys, data collection, a paper, and a presentation on a current topic of personal interest and relevance to teenagers.
Fourth Grade Exhibition Fourth graders identify a topic about which they are passionate; these topics are generally problems facing people, animals, or the environment. After researching the topic, the student designs a program to improve the situation and presents their research to the school community.
Athletics
Charleston Collegiate School participates in the South Carolina Independent School Association or (SCISA)[[4]]athletics program.
Sports Offered
- Basketball (Boys' JV and Varsity, Girls' JV and Varsity)
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Football
- Tennis
- Volleyball
Club Sports
- Sailing
- Lacrosse
Faculty
- Jodie Haynie - Project Learning Tree "Teacher of the Year"
- Teddy Turner -
- Bryan McDermott - 2008 SCISA http://scisa.org/ "Teacher of the Year" runner-up
- Jenny Pringle -
Admissions Policy
Charleston Collegiate School admits students of any race, color, sex, disability, nationality, or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students in the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, nationality, or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic, and other school-administered programs. [4]
Affiliations
Charleston Collegiate School is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS, the South Carolina Independent Schools Association (SCISA), the Palmetto Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), the National Center for Independent School Renewal (NCISR), the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES), and the Education Records Bureau (ERB).[5]
Notes
- ^ [www.charlestoncollegiate.org/about/overview "Charleston Collegiate About"]. www.charlestoncollegiate.org/about/overview. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ [www.charlestoncollegiate.org/overview/about "Charleston Collegiate About"]. www.charlestoncollegiate.org/overview/about. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ Haynie, Connie Walpole. Images of America: John's Island (Charleston:Arcadia, 2007) 108.
- ^ [www.charlestoncollegiate.org/admission/admission_process "Charleston Collegiate"]. www.charlestoncollegiate.org/admission/admission_process. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ [www.charlestoncollegiate.org/about/accred "Charleston Collegiate About"]. www.charlestoncollegiate.org/about/accred.
External links
Categories:- Private schools in South Carolina
- Elementary schools in South Carolina
- Middle schools in South Carolina
- High schools in South Carolina
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