Baptist Hill Middle High School (BHMHS) provides opportunities for all students to develop the world-class skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate which empowers each graduate to contribute to and compete in a global, innovative economy. Our school supports students’ awareness of 21st-century transformation and the importance of their ability to compete in a global society by offering programs and opportunities that foster critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, media and technology skills, as well as life and career skills.
As a community school, Baptist Hill offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes English Language Arts, World Languages, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science, Economics, and Social Sciences. Our Career Technical Education (CTE) program contains 14 different pathways, which includes Barbering/Master Hair Care, PLTW Biomedical Sciences, Health Science, Sports Medicine, Computer and Information Systems Security, Information Support and Services, Digital Art and Design, Building Construction, Business Information Management, and Welding Technology. We currently partner with the West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies with the intent of expanding our students’ opportunities. BHMHS also offers the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program, sponsored by the US Armed Forces, to instill leadership, citizenship, and life skills in its high school students. These programs allow students to gain the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to succeed after high school. The district and school’s one-to-one Chromebook initiative ensures every student has access to technology and wireless connectivity in the classroom, fostering digital literacy, collaboration, and personalized learning. Our ongoing professional development by our site-based instructional coaches, district-level curriculum and instruction experts, and national educational consultants guides our teachers in the proper use of technology in the classroom to build information and media technology skills. Students are challenged to further develop critical thinking skills through the academic offerings in Dual Enrollment courses with Trident Technical College, Advanced Placement courses, AVID elective courses, as well as differentiated instructional practices in all classrooms.
Sixteen 8th-grade students received high school credit for Honors Algebra 1. Thirteen 8th-grade students received high school credit for Honors English 1.Twenty-eight students earned a “C” or above in college-level courses while thirty-three students successfully completed Dual Enrollment courses. Three students earned their associate's degree from Trident Technical College. Students also developed key workplace skills such as adaptability, productivity, leadership and responsibility through a variety of Career and Technology Education Pathways. Fifty-one Baptist Hill seniors qualified as CTE Completers in one or more Career Clusters: Digital Art and Design, Barbering, Business Information Management, Biomedical Sciences, Welding Technology, and Building Construction. Eight students completed and became certified in Stop the Bleed. Nine students received a National Construction Certification in OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), in electrical construction (Level 1), and basic skills.
Baptist Hill offers career-specialized training in Master Hair Care, Digital Art and Design, Business Information Management, Building Construction, and Biomedical Science. Our school-based enterprise is used to train students in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and social skills needed in the workplace. Through our school-based enterprise, we are able to offer products and services to students and staff, while partnering with local businesses to design logos and print advertisements. In the area of technology, our middle school students participate in Gateway to Technology, a Project Lead The Way Program, designed to engage middle school students in computer science, coding, and robotics. Of our graduating class of 2025, thirty-four credentials were earned in Work Ready Math, Work Ready Reading, and Work Ready Data.
Our Fine Arts Department offers a course of study in Studio Art, Band, Strings, and Theater. Students who engage in Studio Art collaborate and create original pieces which provides cross-cultural experiences. Our students typically compete in local competitions such as the James Island County Park Christmas Card Decorating Contest, the Coastal Carolina Fair Art Show, a band festival held in Daniel Island, and the Spoleto Festival. Additional academic competitions include the Middle School participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, participation in YEScarolina State Business Plan Competition, CCSD Build-A-Shed competition, and barbering competitions. .
In order to ensure students develop content knowledge, thinking skills and receive the social and emotional support necessary to be effective, productive citizens, teachers receive ongoing professional development and extended practices in engaging and motivating students, effective social emotional learning strategies, AVID strategies, and how to incorporate the latest technology into best teaching practices. Teachers also receive instruction and support from instructional coaches, outside agencies, and district personnel in order that they are able to continuously move students toward grade level proficiency in reading, writing, and math. Teachers routinely analyze classroom, district, and state level data in order to ensure instruction is tailored to students’ needs and is rigorous and high quality. This job-embedded, on-going professional development in weekly Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) ensures teachers are equipped to develop students’ content knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need in order to succeed in work and life. Each year as a school team, we move closer to realizing the vision of being a comprehensive, high performing community school that nurtures students, supports educators, and serves the community.
Principal-Jason Drayton
SIC Chair-Deshawn Washington Jenkins
