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Welcome!. Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Program Overview. The Scholars Academy Mission. To attract and graduate

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  1. Welcome! Wednesday, November 19, 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. Daily Schedule 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. 3 classes each day MWF, T Th Honors/AP/Dual Credit (college credit) 12-12:30 p.m. Lunch at USC Upstate 12:30 p.m. Return to home school Take at least one class there. Participate in extra-curriculars.

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

  6. 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

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

  8. 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

  9. PTSO Lori Walter, President, Cohort 1 Fred DeAngelis, Vice President, Cohort 2

  10. Cohort 1 Results 2007-2008

  11. Scholars making only As & Bs

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

  13. 2008-2009

  14. 107 Applicants for Cohort 229 Cohort 2 Freshmen 21 Cohort 1 Sophomores Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

  15. Boiling Springs 9th grade Boiling Springs High School Broome High School Byrnes 9th grade Byrnes High School Chapman High School Chesnee High School Dorman Freshman Campus Dorman High School Landrum High School McCracken Junior High School

  16. Course Schedule

  17. Summer ScholarsEnglish I Honors online (14)Algebra I online (1)PE at DFC (6)Summer Leadership at USC Upstate

  18. Sophomores 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 Sophomore Seminar

  19. 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

  20. 8th Grade Student/Parent Meetings • Monday, December 15, 2008 • Monday, January 12, 2009 7-9 p.m. CLC Ballroom

  21. For more information… Contact Melissa DeLoach • mdeloach@uscupstate.edu • 503-5506 www.uscupstate.edu/scholars

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

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