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Welcome, Spartanburg County Principals!. Monday, August 4, 2008. Program Overview. The Scholars Academy Mission. To attract and graduate
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Welcome, Spartanburg County Principals! Monday, August 4, 2008
The Scholars Academy Mission To attract and graduate students with a life-long passion for learning and compassion for others, and enable them to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action in their communities and the world.
Funding $2.6 million grant under No Child Left Behind's Voluntary Public School Choice Program --bus transportation --personnel --tuition, etc.
Governance • Executive Board • Exec. Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs • Dean, School of Education • Lead district Superintendent • Lead district Asst. Superintendent for Curriculum/Instruction • President PTSO
Governance • Advisory Board • 7 Asst. Superintendents (1 per district) • Academy Director • University Liaison • Dean, School of Education • Dean, College of Arts & Sciences • President PTSO
Requirements • Maintain A’s & B’s in all courses • Begin as a ninth grade student • Commit to graduate the program • Be self-motivated, academically gifted • Have parent support
Cohort 1 Results 2007-2008
Scholars making only As & Bs
“Think Globally; Act Locally.” Freshmen Projects
PanelDr. Paul Grady, US History professorSherrie Grant, Math teacherCohort 1 Scholars: Jonaca Cooper-Rookard Ben Horton Kortney SchumannParents: Peggy Cooper Kara Schumann
107 Applicants for Cohort 229 Cohort 2 Freshmen 21 Cohort 1 Sophomores Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Summer ScholarsEnglish I Honors online (14)Algebra I online (1)PE at DFC (6)
Fall Precalculus 126/127 (dual credit) Biology 101 (dual credit) English III Honors Sophomore Seminar Spring Precalculus 127/Calculus 141(dual credit) World History 101(dual credit) AP English Language and Composition Chemistry (dual credit) Sophomore Seminar Sophomores
Freshmen Fall Algebra II Honors/Geometry Honors English II Honors (yr.-long) US History to 1877 (dual credit) Freshman Seminar (CP elective yr.-long)Spring Geometry Honors/Precalculus 126 English II Honors US History from 1865 (dual credit) Physical Science P (dual credit) Freshman Seminar
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur “Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected.”