Stone Academy is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by actively engaging them in a comprehensive, sequential, academic program interwoven with the arts and enriched with creative problem-solving experiences appropriate for all learning styles. Stone Academy is an inner-city arts magnet school of 540 students serving an assigned downtown neighborhood and students from across the county who apply to attend through Stone’s magnet program.  

During this school year, we continued addressing our 4 multi-year goals for continuous improvement that included:  Improving reading and writing achievement of all students across grade levels; improving math achievement of all students across grade levels; enhancing arts integration opportunities so that students can demonstrate mastery of content through varied art forms; and increasing the overall health and wellness of students, staff and families.

This year’s continued focus was on arts integration, data analysis, and Personalized Learning with the use of Chromebooks to differentiate math and reading instruction. Teachers participated in training that focused on integration of the arts, technology, reading and writing, and math instruction.  Our faculty also integrated South Carolina State Standards utilizing the arts to support them.   

Stone maintained, for the twenty-second year, its status as an ABC (Arts in the Basic Curriculum) Advancement Site.  The school-wide theme for the 2022-2023 school year was “Bee Kind.”   

The PTA and SIC supported the school wide goals by offering guidance and effort with parent involvement, math and reading, artist-in-residence opportunities, and overall school improvement.

Suzanne Shouse, Principal

Steve Hairston, SIC Chair