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The Scholars Academy: The Scholars Academy:

An Accelerated Program for An Accelerated Program for Horry County’s Gifted Learners Horry County’s Gifted Learners

What We Are…

Established in 2003 as Established in 2003 as Established in 2003 as Established in 2003 as a partnership between a partnership between Horry County Schools and Horry County Schools and Coastal Carolina University, the Scholars Academy Coastal Carolina University, the Scholars Academy program enables gifted learners to meet the program enables gifted learners to meet the requirements for a high school diploma while requirements for a high school diploma while requirements for a high school diploma while requirements for a high school diploma while being challenged by a combination of honors, being challenged by a combination of honors, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement, , and dual credit courses. and dual credit courses.

Who We Serve…

College

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College High School Diploma HSAP

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Learning X X X

Where We Are…

The Scholars Academy The Scholars Academy The Scholars Academy The Scholars Academy is located on the is located on the campus of campus of C t l C li C t l C li Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina University. University. The high school The high school g classroom setting is in classroom setting is in Baxley Hall, but Baxley Hall, but students have classes students have classes students have classes students have classes in other locations as in other locations as well. well.

How We Work…

• Students enter the Scholars Academy as

9th graders only.

• They may remain at the Scholars Academy

for 4 years or enter the International y Baccalaureate program their junior year.

• Students graduate with a high school

diploma from their base schools with up to diploma from their base schools with up to two years college credit.

How We Work…

Students remain enrolled in their base Students remain enrolled in their base

schools and retain opportunities and eligibility for fine arts sports and other eligibility for fine arts, sports, and other extracurricular activities.

Students are bused to and from the base

hi h h l t CCU high schools to CCU.

How We Work…

Ninth and tenth graders are taught and Ninth and tenth graders are taught and

supervised primarily by teachers from Horry County Schools with some integration into y g Advanced Placement and dual credit courses.

Eleventh and twelfth graders take a combination

• f Advanced Placement and college courses.

CCU Campus CCU Campus

The Wall Building The Prince Building g The Edwards Building CI NO Grille Bill Baxley Hall

COURSE OF STUDY COURSE OF STUDY COURSE OF STUDY COURSE OF STUDY

Requirements Requirements

Students are required to take the following

Students are required to take the following courses: courses: courses: courses:

• AP English Literature

AP English Literature

• AP English Language

AP English Language AP English Language AP English Language

• AP Government & Politics

AP Government & Politics

• AP US History

AP US History

• One AP mathematics

One AP mathematics course course

• One AP science course

One AP science course

• At least one college course each semester

At least one college course each semester beginning with the spring semester of the beginning with the spring semester of the freshman year. freshman year.

Requirements, continued Requirements, continued

Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average on all

high school and college courses.

Students who make below a C in any course are placed

• n Academic Probation Earning a grade below a C in
• n Academic Probation. Earning a grade below a C in

any class the following term results in dismissal from the program.

Any student who makes below a C in a college course

t i b th di t i t f th t f th d must reimburse the district for the cost of the course and the textbook(s).

Students complete 24 Hours of Community Service

each year.

Advanced Placement Opportunities

Face-to-face learning opportunities in the following

Advanced Placement Opportunities

Face to face learning opportunities in the following Advanced Placement courses are currently available to students at Scholars:

• AP English Literature & Composition
• AP English Language & Composition
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Government & Politics
• AP World History
• AP US History & Constitution
• AP Statistics
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry

AP US History & Constitution

• AP Comparative Government

AP Chemistry

• AP Physics

NINTH GRADE

Fall Term Spring Term Fall Term

English 1 Honors or

English 2 Honors Spring Term

English 2 Honors Algebra 2 Honors or

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Geometry Honors or

Algebra 2 Honors Pre-calculus Honors

Chemistry Honors AP Government Physical Science Honors AP Government

F h S i

AP Government Economics Honors Dual Credit Foreign Freshman Seminar Music Ensemble

g Language (110)

Physical Education

TENTH GRADE

Fall Term

AP Literature & Composition

Spring Term

AP Literature & Composition AP Literature & Composition AP World History Biology Honors AP Literature & Composition AP World History Physics Honors

gy

Algebra 3 Honors or

Advanced Placement Calculus AB or BC y

Pre-calculus Honors or

Advanced Placement C l l AB BC Calculus AB or BC

Dual Credit Foreign

Language (120) Calculus AB or BC

Dual Credit Foreign

Language (130) g g ( )

Computer Applications Yearbook or Newspaper

Language (130)

Physical Education Music Ensemble

ELEVENTH GRADE ELEVENTH GRADE

Fall Term Spring Term Fall Term

AP Language &

Composition Spring Term

• AP Language &

Composition

AP US History AP Calculus AB or BC

• AP US History
• AP Calculus AB or

AP Biology or

AP Chemistry BC

• AP Biology and/or

Dual credit Electives

AP Chemistry

• Dual credit Electives

TWELFTH GRADE

Fall Term Spring Term

AP Statistics AP Physics or AP Biology

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• AP Statistics
• AP Physics or AP Bio

AP Comparative

Government College English

• AP Comparative

Government D l dit El ti

College English College mathematics

(Calculus III, etc.)

• Dual credit Electives
• Teacher Cadet

(Calculus III, etc.)

Teacher Cadet

Distinctions Distinctions

AP Success Rates AP Success Rates

We administered 8 different AP content area

We administered 8 different AP content area i M 2008 ll d h k i M 2008 ll d h k exams in May 2008, to all students who took an exams in May 2008, to all students who took an AP course. AP course.

Success rate of students scoring 3

Success rate of students scoring 3-

• 5 was 93%.

5 was 93%.

69% of students scored either a 4 or 5 on their

69% of students scored either a 4 or 5 on their respective exam(s). respective exam(s).

AP Comparisons

Distinctions

There are 5 National Merit Semi-Finalists in the district this year. Three of them are Scholars Academy students: Ben Brittain, MBHS Zack Graham, SHS Chris Peterman, CFHS Chris Peterman, CFHS

State Champions: 06-07 and 07-08 We the People

Sophomore Class 06-07 Sophomore Class 07-08

2007-2008 District Financial Literacy Team Winners Literacy Team Winners

The SA Financial Literacy winners, freshmen Kevin Ahearn and Joey Laniado, placed 1st in the District competition. These MBHS freshmen competed against teams comprised only of seniors from across Horry County. g p y y y SA teams have placed in the top 3 for 3 years in a row.

Regional Mock AP Calculus BC g Competition Winners

Sophomore Logan Chestnut (CHS) won First Place and senior Moshe Laniado (MBHS) won Third Place competing against Calculus BC students from the southeastern region of SC. g

Science Students Win Big

Ahmed Jaraki, a CHS sophomore, won First Place and Zack Graham a SHS junior won Third Graham, a SHS junior, won Third Place competing against CCU college chemistry students and

• ther AP Chemistry students from
• ther AP Chemistry students from

Horry and Georgetown counties. Scholars AP Biology students swept the team awards at the Sand Hills Regional Science Fair Sand Hills Regional Science Fair at Francis Marion University with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. CFH sophomore Ben Ujcich was sophomore Ben Ujcich was named the overall Grand Prize Winner.

Induction into Phi Eta Sigma Induction into Phi Eta Sigma

Scholars Academy students Katie Fellner (SJH), Greer Baxter(CFH), Chloe Rockow(MBH), Taylor Warner (MBH), Zack Graham (SHS), Chris Peterman (CFH), and Moshe Laniado (MBH) were inducted into Coastal’s chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the freshmen honor society.

SAT Data

Scholars Gov Sch AMHS State Nation Average Reading 661 686 617 488 502 Average Math 677 690 621 497 515 Average Writing 677 681 616 476 494 Composite 2015 2057 1854 1461 1511 Composite 2015 2057 1854 1461 1511

SAT Data SAT Data

2500 1500 2000 500 1000 Scholars Gov Sch AMHS 500 AMHS State Nation

GPA Comparison with CCU F h

The cumulative GPA

CCU Freshmen

The cumulative GPA

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University freshmen University freshmen at the end of the spring 2008 p g semester was 2.822. Comparatively, S h l A d Scholars Academy seniors’ GPA was 3 822 3.822.

Scholars Academy Graduates…. y

The graduating class of 2008, only 13 students, earned almost 1 2 million dollars in scholarship

D k U i it

earned almost 1.2 million dollars in scholarship

• money. Currently, SA graduates are attending:
• Duke University
• Coastal Carolina University-Honors Program
• College of Charleston-Honors College

College of Charleston Honors College

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Northeastern University
• Hamilton College
• Hamilton College
• Wesleyan
• Wofford
• University of South Carolina-Honors College

Current Seniors’ First Choice…

Coastal Carolina University,

Honors Program

University of South Carolina,

Honors College Honors Program

• College of Charleston,

Honors College Honors College

• Washington and Lee

University g

• Columbia University
• Duke University

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• West Point
• Yale University

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• Johns Hopkins
• Massachusetts Institute of

y Technology (MIT)

• University of Pennsylvania
• Rose Hullman Institute of

Technology

CWRA Scoring and our CWRA Results Results

Holistic assessment

• f common skills
• f common skills
• Critical Thinking
• Analytic Reasoning
• Written Communication
• Problem Solving

Measurement of college readiness g Blue dots = 168 colleges Red triangles=colleges that also Red triangles colleges that also tested high school seniors Solid red triangle=SA seniors

2008 CWRA Results Stated…

“Hi h h l i t Th S h l ’ “High school seniors at The Scholar’s Academy performed, as a group, better than 99 percent of the 168 four-year p y undergraduate institutions that tested college freshmen in fall 2007. This result takes into consideration the academic takes into consideration the academic abilities of your high school seniors and classifies their performance as Well Above E t d ” Expected.” …from the CWRA College Readiness Report p

From the

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Students: Students:

Community Service y

Student Learning Opportunities g pp

Shakespearean Building a Pyramid of Cups in Geometry Shakespearean Festival Cups in Geometry We The People We The People Competition

Student Learning Opportunities Opportunities

Poetry Out Loud Balloon Powered Car Races Literary Character Day

Students in the St.A.R.T. program: p g

• participate in real on-going

research with CCU professors

Stormi Stormi Chadwick Chadwick i ti t i ti t

• learn advanced research

techniques and develop an

• riginal research project

investigate investigate s circadian s circadian rhythms in rhythms in fruit flies fruit flies

• enter research projects in

local and regional science fairs

• present research at CCU’s

“Celebration of Inquiry” during the spring

Logan Chestnut, CHS g

St A R T St.A.R.T

St d t l th Students learn the nature of science first hand under the first hand under the guidance of Coastal faculty. faculty.

Campus Life p

SA Traditions – Spring Gala SA Traditions Spring Gala

SA Traditions – FFA Leadership Camp

Travel

Base School Student Involvement Base School Student Involvement

• Sports: track cheerleading basketball baseball golf
• Sports: track, cheerleading, basketball, baseball, golf,

tennis, cross country, volleyball, football, soccer

• Orchestra and band
• Orchestra and band
• National Honor Societies, Beta Club,

Academic Teams Academic Teams

• Mock Trial
• Student Government
• Student Government
• FCA

MBHS Marching Band

Applicant Selection Process pp

Round One:

Round One:

Round One:

Round One:

PSAT/EXPLORE Scores PSAT/EXPLORE Scores

• PSAT/EXPLORE Scores

PSAT/EXPLORE Scores

• Aptitude/Achievement Scores

Aptitude/Achievement Scores

• Academic Course Grades

Academic Course Grades Academic Course Grades Academic Course Grades

• Discipline & Attendance Records

Discipline & Attendance Records

• Application Responses

Application Responses

• Academic Recommendations

Academic Recommendations

Applicant Selection Process pp

R d T R d T

Round Two:

Round Two:

• Student Interview

Student Interview

• Essay

Essay

Prerequisite for Admission Consideration: Honors Algebra 1 Prerequisite for Admission Consideration: Honors Algebra 1 Strongly Recommended Prerequisites: Strongly Recommended Prerequisites: Honors Geometry and Honors English 1 Honors Geometry and Honors English 1

Opportunity to Visit at Scholars at Scholars

Eighth Grade students may schedule a time Eighth Grade students may schedule a time Eighth Grade students may schedule a time Eighth Grade students may schedule a time to visit the Scholars Academy to visit the Scholars Academy once a

• nce a

completed application is on file completed application is on file completed application is on file completed application is on file. Please call 349 Please call 349-

• 4117

4117 to schedule a time to visit during the to schedule a time to visit during the to schedule a time to visit during the to schedule a time to visit during the months of December and January. months of December and January. Tours last 2.5 hours and will be Tours last 2.5 hours and will be conducted by Scholars Academy conducted by Scholars Academy upperclassmen. upperclassmen.

Applications pp

2009-2010 applications pp are available on our website at http://scholars.horrycountyschools.net.

• r from your guidance office.

Applications are not evaluated until the closing date of January 16, 2009. date of January 16, 2009. Applications received after the deadline will only be considered if space is available be considered if space is available.

Horry County Schools y y Accelerated Secondary Programs

h l d i l l Scholars Academy I nternational Baccalaureate (I B)

• Full-time 4-year program
• Housed at Coastal Carolina

Uni e sit

• Full-time enrollment required

in diploma program T ansfe of en ollment to the University

• Students enter as 9th graders
• Combination of high school

honors courses, Advanced Placement courses, and

• Transfer of enrollment to the

IB schools a requirement

• Must enter as 11th grader
• Housed at Aynor High School

and Socastee High School , College courses for dual credit

• Students earn up to two years
• f college credit
• Enrollment remains in base

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• Curriculum is a defined

program of study set by IB

• Students often take AP exams

in IB courses

• Major prerequisite and
• Enrollment remains in base

high school

• Bus transportation provided

to and from base schools

• Can transfer into IB in 11th
• Major prerequisite and

requirement is advanced study

• f foreign language

(4 courses prior to 11th grade highly recommended) grade

• Bus transportation is not

provided