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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Bridging School
to the RealWorld
CHaRLESTON
COLLEgIaTE SCHOOL
C harleston Collegiate School is one of the area’s best-
kept secrets. Nestled in a quiet setting, its curriculum
is one-of-a-kind in the Lowcountry.
What sets Charleston Collegiate apart is its curriculum
built around project-based learning – working together
through hands-on activities and creative thinking.
The end goal is making sure students understand the
real world in relation to the things they learn in the
classroom. They are empowered to become actively
invested in their education.
Bridging the connection from school to the real world
enhances learning at CCS. For example, an on-site micro-
farm allows students in the early grades to grow food that is
not only served with lunch on campus but also sold at local
farmers markets. In middle school, students focus on careers
through job shadowing, guest speakers and internships.
Entrepreneurship is emphasized in the upper school, where
students are required to construct a business plan which they
present at a competition sponsored by YES Carolina.
According to Head of School Hacker Burr, every senior
graduating from CCS is accepted to a four-year college.
Because of its physical setting, students can interact with
the physical world. The 30-acre campus includes a forest,
nature trails and an outdoor classroom. The school offers
basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, tennis, soccer,
golf, volleyball, baseball and archery teams.
With a 25-percent minority population, CCS is the most
diverse co-ed, non-sectarian, pre-K-12 independent school
in the Southeast. Need-based and academic scholarships are
offered, thanks to private donors. And with the convenience
of the school’s own bus service, students come to CCS from
all over the Charleston area.
“Our students are learning some of the most
important real-world skills that we could ever teach,” Burr
commented.
To learn more, visit or call
843-559-5506.
Congratulations
to the classes of
2015 and 2016 on
their College
Acceptances!
Anderson University
Appalachian State
University
Auburn University
Bard College
Brevard College
Charleston Southern
University
Clemson University
Coastal Carolina University
College of Charleston
Drexel University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Furman University
Georgia Institute
of Technology
Georgia Southern
University
High Point University
Mercer University-Honors
Miami University
Mississippi State University
Newberry College
North Carolina
State University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Presbyterian College
Purdue University
Roanoke College
Rochester Institute
of Technology
Savannah College of
Art and Design
Union College
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of California
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of
Louisiana Lafayette
University of New Orleans
University of Miami
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Oregon
University of
South Carolina
University of Tennessee
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and
State University
Winthrop University
CHARLESTON
COLLEGIATE2024 Academy Drive • Johns Island, SC 29455
Phone: (843) 559-5506 •
Project-Based
Learning
Financial
Literacy and
Entrepreneurship
Creativity and
the Arts
Leadership
through
Outdoor
Education