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Welcome, Spartanburg County Principals!

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!

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  1. Welcome, Spartanburg County Principals! Monday, August 4, 2008

  2. Program Overview

  3. 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.

  4. Funding $2.6 million grant under No Child Left Behind's Voluntary Public School Choice Program --bus transportation --personnel --tuition, etc.

  5. 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

  6. Governance • Advisory Board • 7 Asst. Superintendents (1 per district) • Academy Director • University Liaison • Dean, School of Education • Dean, College of Arts & Sciences • President PTSO

  7. 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

  8. Cohort 1 Results 2007-2008

  9. Scholars making only As & Bs

  10. “Think Globally; Act Locally.” Freshmen Projects

  11. PanelDr. Paul Grady, US History professorSherrie Grant, Math teacherCohort 1 Scholars: Jonaca Cooper-Rookard Ben Horton Kortney SchumannParents: Peggy Cooper Kara Schumann

  12. 2008-2009

  13. 107 Applicants for Cohort 229 Cohort 2 Freshmen 21 Cohort 1 Sophomores Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

  14. Summer ScholarsEnglish I Honors online (14)Algebra I online (1)PE at DFC (6)

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Spring Break PolicyDiscipline Policy

  18. Crescat scientia, vita excolatur “Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected.”

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