Our school is helping all students develop the world class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by creating resilient learners and empathetic citizens, fostering, supporting, and promoting excellence in learning in an engaging, technology rich environment balanced with the social and emotional developmental needs of today’s student. The vision of our school is aligned with the purpose of the SC Charter School Act to “create new, innovative, and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system, with the goal of closing achievement gaps between low performing student groups and high performing student groups.”
Our staff implement national best practices of technology learning with teacher-led instruction in a school culture that also nurtures social and emotional learning needed for success throughout our children’s lives. Our emphasis is on small group and individualized instruction to ensure instruction is targeted at the appropriate levels of our students. Direct instruction and online technology utilizing a classroom rotation, blended learning model allows us to meet the specific needs of each student at their particular pace. Every child has their own iPad that travels home with them each evening. Our rigorous instructional programs include reading and writing materials from the Teacher’s College at Columbia University and Singapore Math strategies embedded in the Eureka Math Program. Enrichment programs include weekly lessons in Coding and Robotics in our STEM Lab.
Carolina Voyager teachers loop with their students. Being with each student for two years, teachers are able to thoroughly and accurately observe and assess students’ academic, social, and emotional development, building strong relationships with their students and parents while maximizing instructional time. Working collaboratively with Panorama Education, parent and student survey data is analyzed throughout the school year to continually improve our SEL programs.
The student body at Carolina Voyager is diverse, both racially, as well as socioeconomically. Fifty-four percent of our student body is white and forty-six percent represented by five minority groups. Students come to Voyager from all across Charleston County.
Carolina Voyager is proud of our student’s accomplishments in our first four years of operation and we are well poised for a bright and promising future.
Dr. Harry Walker, Principal
Kara Crowell, Board Chair
