Intensives, also known as Winterim (grades 9-12): Using CCS’s Four Pillars of Academic Success, Upper School students embark on a week-long program, generally scheduled in February or March, that allows students to apply what they learn through the CCS curriculum to real life experiences, found outside of the traditional classroom. To find the date for Winterim each year, please check the CCS school calendar on the website.
Advanced Placement courses are also offered through project-based learning: AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, and AP Seminar.
Junior and Senior Year InternshipsAs part of our Entrepreneurship Pillar, our 11th and 12th graders engage in a year-long internship. Our Internship Program moves students out of the classroom and toward an environment that has a deeper focus on their passions, success skills, and professionalism within the work world. In addition to fulfilling all of the responsibilities assigned by their mentors, students write weekly reflections, complete research in the field of study, create an enhancement for the field or the workplace, and present their enhancement in a public exhibition. Any 11th or 12th grade NCS student who visits CCS will experience a one-day internship on Wednesdays during their stay.
Living Arrangements and Travel
Network students are housed with CCS friends or families. Students should plan for a one week or two week experience in order to have enough time to feel and see the beauty of “The Lowcountry.” The Johns Island area is known as one of the Sea Islands that includes Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, and Wadmalaw Island. Nearby areas of note include historic downtown Charleston, Folly Beach, Isle of Palms, and Sullivan’s Island. Students may fly into CHS, Charleston’s International Airport. It is about 45 minutes from Johns Island.
Charleston Collegiate Advisor Contact Information:
Advisor Name: Liz Boyd
Title: Head of Academics
Phone: (843) 559-5506 x 227
Charleston Collegiate School
Johns Island, SC
MISSION
Charleston Collegiate School’s mission is to empower students in a student-centered approach that values collaboration, innovation, and individuality to become resilient leaders for 21st century careers.
General Information
Located on Johns Island, just 10 miles from historic Charleston, our school is minutes away from Kiawah, Seabrook, and Wadmalaw Islands. The Charleston Collegiate environment values creativity, compassion for others, a passion for learning, and vibrant diversity. Charleston Collegiate School (CCS) is a co-educational, nonsectarian, independent day school. Our students begin in lower school as early as pre-school and transition into middle school at 6th grade and then into our upper school at 9th grade. CCS will welcome NCS students from grades 8 and up.
What Makes CCS Learning Experience so Special?
Though many schools have a similar curriculum for what students learn, CCS sets itself apart by how students learn. At the core of the CCS curriculum, one will find the traditional areas of math, science, English, history, and language. However, what makes CCS special is its commitment to placing students at the center of the learning experience. The CCS’s Four Pillars of Academic Success - Project-Based Learning, Arts and Creativity, Leadership through Outdoor Education, and Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship - are foundational components of a student’s daily experience.
Programs of Note
Outdoor Education: The curriculum for the Outdoor Education Education Pillar focuses on Leadership and Core Values, Outdoor Skills Development, and the Science of and the Sustainability of the Natural World. Specific courses in the upper school include Leadership Essentials, Ecosystem Management, and Wilderness Survival.
Arts and Creativity: Charleston Collegiate School’s Arts and Creativity Pillar provides a student-centered arts experience that exists to foster students’ capacity for creative expression, innovation, and individuality as they engage with, interpret, create, respond to, and express themselves through the Arts. Specific courses in the upper school include Visual Art, MMD (Music, Movement, and Drama), Studio Art, Film Making, and TEDx @ CCS.
Entrepreneurship: Charleston Collegiate School’s Entrepreneurship Pillar prepares students to enter the "real world" with a foundational understanding of business and an entrepreneurial spirit of problem-solving, creating solutions to problems in all areas of life. Students in upper school take specific courses in Personal Finance, Economics, Marketing, and Introduction to Finance.