Greer Middle College Charter High School (GMC) is located on the Benson Campus of Greenville Technical College in Northern Greenville County. The school opened its doors in the fall of 2008 with approximately 100 freshmen. Greer Middle College Charter High School is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by creating a community of learners in which mutual respect, trust, integrity, and the pursuit of ideas are valued and appreciated. We provide our community of learners with an environment that promotes our school vision of rigorous academics to enter the global workforce of the 21st century. We demonstrate this vision by challenging our students with best practices to reach their full potential and by the continuous professional development of our teachers. We completed construction in 2017 on a 46,000 square foot classroom facility that we now call "home". A new 28,000 square foot activity center opened on July 21, 2020, allowing us to provide additional opportunities in the arts along with a home court for athletics.
The Class of 2021 garnered many accomplishments to include: almost $6 million in scholarship money, 2,250 hours of college credit, 10 Palmetto Fellows, and 2 National Merit Scholars.
Greer Middle College Charter High School has built a number of support systems into the daily life of the school. The school operates on an A/B schedule which allows students the opportunity to earn eight credits a year. With around 500 students, the staff at GMC can spend time identifying strengths and weaknesses for each student to promote individual and whole school growth. GMC provides academic assistance after school to help those students that are below mastery. Greer Middle College Charter High School has implemented several initiatives that provide support to help students be successful. Some of these initiatives include project-based learning, an advisory system, math and writing centers, continuous professional development for our teachers to promote student growth, senior project and senior project internship classes, a collaboration between high school and college instructors, student-led conferences, and collaboration between business partners and faculty/staff. This continuous evaluation of our student’s academic performance allows us to better meet the needs of all of our students. During the 2020-21 school year, Greer Middle College Charter High School students completed hundreds of college courses through Greenville Technical College. Greer Middle College Charter High School has established strong partnerships with SCPCSD and its members, Greenville Technical College, North Greenville University, the Middle College National Consortium, Public Charter School Alliance of SC, other charter schools, and businesses throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. This enables our students to participate in a collaborative vision of growth and life-long learning.
Donna Smith, Board Chair
Jimmy Armstrong, Principal/Executive Director
