Charleston Collegiate School

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Charleston Collegiate School
A learning community where everybody matters
Location
2024 Academy Drive

Johns Island, South Carolina 29455

Information
Type Independent, non-sectarian
Established 1972
Headmaster Hacker Burr
Faculty 33
Grades PS-12
Enrollment 215
Campus 36 acres
Color(s) Blue and Gold         
Mascot Sun Devil
Accreditation(s) SAIS Southern Association of Independent Schools, SACS Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, NAIS National Association of Independent Schools
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:

  • QUEST – A program focusing on leadership, character education, and physical and mental well-being.
  • PLT (Project Learning Tree) – An outdoor education program which focuses on environmental stewardship.
  • OEC (Outdoor Education Classroom) - An 15 acre outdoor classroom with a low ropes course with elements designed to teach students how to work together to solve problems in non-routine situations.
  • Entrepeneurship - (taught by Hacker Burr) "From speaking and presentation skills to their math and forecasting techniques, students are pulling knowledge from everywhere to be made into their own vision… a vision with a measurable result."
  • 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
  • Summer Programs

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.

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 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 - 2011 Project Learning Tree SC Teacher of the Year and SCISA 2010-11 Lower School Teacher of the Year
  • Teddy Turner - Board President, SC Maritime Foundation
  • Brian McDermott - 2008 SCISA "Teacher of the Year" runner-up
  • Randy Neale - Member of Actors' Equity
  • Austin Starowicz - IT Administrator

Traditions

  • Blue and Gold Days
  • Fall Festival
  • Fine Arts Week
  • Fall and Spring Plays
  • Science Night
  • Green Week
  • Holiday and Spring Concerts
  • Gingerbread House Day
  • Grandparents' Day
  • Prom
  • Senior Nights (Athletics)
  • Senior Dinner
  • Commencement
  • Oyster Roast
  • Auction
  • Winterim

Facilities

  • Upper School, Middle School, and Lower School buildings
  • Multi-purpose gym and cafeteria
  • 30+ acres
  • 1 mile nature trail
  • 3 outdoor classrooms
  • Football and baseball fields
  • Arts building
  • Media lab/Library
  • Multi-media production lab
  • Weight room
  • Science building

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

  1. ↑ "Charleston Collegiate About". Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Charleston Collegiate About". Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  3. ↑ Haynie, Connie Walpole. Images of America: John's Island (Charleston:Arcadia, 2007) 108.
  4. ↑ "Charleston Collegiate". Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Charleston Collegiate About". 

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Coordinates: 32°42′39″N 80°3′53″W / 32.71083°N 80.06472°W / 32.71083; -80.06472

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