The Scholars Academy:

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• The Scholars Academy
• An Accelerated Program forHorry Countys Gifted
  Learners

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What We Are

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

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Where We Are

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

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Who We Serve

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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 Baccalaureate
  program their junior year.
• Students graduate with a high school diploma from
  their base schools with up to two years college
  credit.

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How We Work

• Students remain enrolled in their base schools
  and retain opportunities and eligibility for fine
  arts, sports, and other extracurricular
  activities.
• Students are bused to and from the base high
  schools to CCU.

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How We Work

• Ninth and tenth graders are taught and supervised
  primarily by teachers from Horry County Schools
  with some integration into Advanced Placement and
  dual credit courses.
• Eleventh and twelfth graders take a combination
  of Advanced Placement and college courses.

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CCU Campus
The Wall Building
The Prince Building
The Edwards Building
Bill Baxley Hall
CINO Grille
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COURSE OF STUDY
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Requirements

• Students are required to take the following
  courses
• AP English Literature
• AP English Language
• AP Government Politics
• AP US History
• One AP mathematics
• course
• One AP science course
• At least one college course each semester
  beginning with the spring semester of the
  freshman year.

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Requirements, continued

• Students are expected to 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 on 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 must reimburse the district for the cost
  of the course and the textbook(s).
• Students complete 24 Hours of Community Service
  each year.

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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 Government Politics
• AP World History
• AP US History Constitution
• AP Comparative Government

• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Physics

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NINTH GRADE

• Fall Term
• English 1 Honors or
• English 2 Honors
• Geometry Honors or Algebra 2 Honors
• Physical Science Honors
• AP Government
• Freshman Seminar
• Music Ensemble

• Spring Term
• English 1 or 2 Honors
• Algebra 2 Honors or
• Pre-calculus Honors
• Chemistry Honors
• AP Government
• Economics Honors
• Dual Credit Foreign Language (110)
• Physical Education

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TENTH GRADE

• Fall Term
• AP Language Composition
• AP US History
• Biology Honors
• Algebra 3-Trig Honors, AP Calculus, or AP
  Statistics
• Dual Credit Foreign Language (120)
• Music Ensemble, Yearbook or Newspaper

• Spring Term
• AP Language Composition
• AP US History
• Physics Honors
• Pre-calculus Honors, AP Calculus, or AP
  Statistics
• Dual Credit Foreign Language (130)
• Physical Education
• Music Ensemble, Yearbook, or Newspaper

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ELEVENTH GRADE

• Fall Term
• AP Literature Composition
• AP World History or dual credit history
• AP Calculus or AP Statistics
• AP Biology or AP Chemistry
• Dual credit electives

• Spring Term
• AP Literature Composition
• AP World History or dual credit history
• AP Calculus or AP Statistics
• AP Biology or AP Chemistry
• Dual credit electives

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TWELFTH GRADE

• Fall Term
• AP Calculus or AP Statistics
• AP Physics or AP Biology
• AP Comparative Government
• College English
• College mathematics (Calculus III,
  etc.)
• Teacher Cadet

• Spring Term
• AP Calculus or AP Statistics
• AP Physics or AP Biology
• AP Comparative Government
• Dual credit electives
• College English or math
• Teacher Cadet

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Distinctions

• AP Success Rates
• We administered 13 different AP content area
  exams in May 2008, to all students who took an AP
  course.
• Success rate of students scoring 3-5 was 95.
• The percentage of 4s and 5s scored on all exams
  was 74.

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AP Comparisons
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Distinctions

• There are 6 National Merit Semi-Finalists in the
  district this year. Three of them are Scholars
  Academy students
• Denrey Christy, AHS
• Ben Ujcich, CFHS
• Logan Chestnut, CHS

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State Champions06-07 and 07-08We the People
Sophomore Class 06-07
Sophomore Class 07-08
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SA Students Win in Math
Denrey Christy and Clayton Turner took 1st and
2nd places on the mock BC Calculus exam at the
Regional Math Competition. Kaylen Warren and Lisa
Lynn Schexnayder took 2nd and 3rd in the AB
Calculus competition. Denrey Christy also won 2nd
place in the individual category at the AVX/CCU
Math Competition.
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SA Students Win in Science
AP Biology students earned awards at the
Sandhills Region IV Science Fair at Francis
Marion University with 1st place finishes in the
Social/Behavioral Category, 1st and 2nd place
team finishes, and several individual 2nd and 3rd
place wins.
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Induction into Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Eta Sigma, a national honor society for
college freshmen, has invited 34 Scholars Academy
students to join based on their number of college
credit hours and a college GPA of 3.5.
Anna Dierksheide, CFHS
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2009 Seniors SAT Data
Scholars Gov Sch AMHS
State Nation Average Reading
661 674 625 486
501 Average Math 706
682 626 496 515 Average
Writing 650 669
618 470 493 Composite
2017 2025 1869 1452
1509
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SAT Data
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GPA Comparison with
CCU Freshmen
The cumulative GPA of Coastal Carolina University
freshmen at the end of the spring 2009 semester
was 2.822. Comparatively, Scholars Academy
seniors GPA was 3.8.
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Scholars Academy Graduates.
The graduating class of 2009, only 13 students,
earned 3.6 million dollars in scholarship money.
Currently, these and former SA graduates are
attending

• Duke University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Virginia Tech
• Stanford University
• Wofford College
• University of Central Florida
• Coastal Carolina University- Honors Program
• College of Charleston-Honors College
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• University of South Carolina- Honors College

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CWRA Scoring and our CWRA Results

• Holistic assessment
• of common skills
• Critical Thinking
• Analytic Reasoning
• Written Communication
• Problem Solving
• Measurement of
• college readiness
• Blue squares 177 colleges
• Orange squaresschools that also tested high
  school seniors
• Solid orange squareSA seniors

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2009 CWRA Results Stated
Without adjusting for academic ability, your
participating seniors performed, as a group,
better than 99 of the institutions of higher
education that tested college freshmen as part of
the CLA in fall 2008. Adjusting for ability as
indicated on SAT and ACTyour seniors performed
well above the expected performance of first-year
student samples at CLA colleges with similar mean
EAA. from the CWRA College Readiness Report
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From the Students
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Community Service
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Student Learning Opportunities
Canstruction Project
AP Chemistry Halloween Show
Balloon Powered Car Races
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Student Learning Opportunities
Teacher Cadets
Poetry Out Loud
Hands-On Calculus
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• Students in the St.A.R.T. program
• participate in real on-going
• research with CCU
• professors
• learn advanced research
• techniques and develop an
• original research project
• ? enter research projects in
• local and regional science
• fairs
• ? present research at CCUs
• Celebration of Inquiry
• during the spring

Erin Kelly, SHS, with CCU professor
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Campus Life
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SA Traditions
The Coffeehouse
Tailgating
The Dance
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SA Traditions
Huntington Beach State Park
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Base School Student Involvement

• Sports track, cheerleading, basketball,
  baseball, golf, tennis, cross country,
  volleyball, football, soccer, and swimming
• Orchestra and band
• National Honor Societies, Beta Club,
  
• Academic Teams
• Mock Trial
• Student Government
• FCA

MBHS Marching Band
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Applicant Selection Process

• Round One
• PSAT/EXPLORE Scores
• Aptitude/Achievement Scores
• Academic Course Grades
• Discipline Attendance Records
• Application Responses
• Academic Recommendations

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Applicant Selection Process

• Round Two
• Student Interview
• Essay

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

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Opportunity to Visitat Scholars

• Eighth Grade students may schedule a time to
  visit the Scholars Academy once a completed
  application is on file.
• Please call 349-4117
  to schedule a time to visit during
  the months of December, January, or February.
• Tours last 1.5 hours and will be
  conducted by Scholars Academy upperclassmen.

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Applications
2009-2010 applicationsare available on our
website at http//scholars.horrycountyschools.net
. or from your guidance office.Applications
are not evaluated until the closing date of
January 31, 2010. Applications received after the
deadline will only be considered if space is
available.
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Horry County Schools Accelerated Secondary
Programs