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CSAA Graduation Candidate Featured in Black History Month TV Program

To celebrate Black History Month, a Myrtle Beach TV station invited a graduation candidate from Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy (CSAA) to introduce viewers to the story of pioneering astronaut Dr...


Academy News & Events

TV Stations Highlight Carolina Shores During First Year

This article was originally publish on Oct. 5, 2023, and updated on Feb. 16, 2024. Myrtle Beach TV station WMBF covered the official opening of the new Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy (CSAA), spo...


Academy News & Events

Radio Program Puts Spotlight on South Carolina Academies

The fast-growing South Carolina Acceleration Academies in North Charleston and Myrtle Beach were featured on episodes of the Kids First Radio show, with each school’s leaders extolling the benefits of...


South Carolina Acceleration Academies Policy – Gavin’s Law

THE BOARD OF SOUTH CAROLINA ACCELERATION ACADEMIES, INC. And Its Schools:  LOWCOUNTRY ACCELERATION ACADEMY  and  CAROLINA SHORES ACCELERATION ACADEMY  Student Safety Policy: Erin’s Law and Gavin...


Alternative Education

CSAA’s Bryanna Olalde: ‘An Excitement That I Haven’t Felt in a Long Time’

Bryanna Olalde’s mom came to South Carolina to give her children a shot at a better life than they might have had in Tijuana, Mexico. The key to that life, she firmly believes, is education. For most ...


In The News

LAA Grad Rises to Leading Charleston Pastry Chef

South Carolina’s biggest newspaper this week put a spotlight on Carolina Domínguez Lopez, one of the first graduates of Lowcountry Acceleration Academy — and now a culinary leader at one of Charleston...


CSAA & LAA FY24 Board Approved Budget


Charter Schools

Carolina Shores Academy Featured on South Carolina Radio Broadcast

The new Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy (CSAA) took a star turn on the Kids First radio program in South Carolina recently, as Dr. Jacinta Bryant answered questions about the new school and the f...


In The News

South Carolina Newspaper Group Features New Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy

The new Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy (CSAA) was featured recently in a news article in a group of Horry County, SC, newspapers and the MyHorryNews.com website.  The article, headlined “New Cha...


Alumni

Young Pastry Chef: LAA Was My Key Ingredient

Just two short years ago, Lowcountry Acceleration Academy alumna Carolina Dominguez Lopez wasn’t sure she’d ever finish high school. Mired in depression, overwhelmed by the crowded classrooms and hars...


Graduations

Celebrating the LAA Class of 2023: ‘It’s Just a Completely Different Way of Doing School’

Lowcountry Acceleration Academy (LAA) celebrated its biggest-ever class of graduates, learners who arrived from across South Carolina’s Lowcountry with one thing in common — a drive to earn the high s...


Academy News & Events

Sneak Peek of Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy

With only three months left until the first day of school at Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy (CSAA), we’re excited to share the first look at our space in Myrtle Beach, SC.


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