Mission Statement
The school will provide equitable opportunities for all students to acquire an education focused on linkages among rigorous academics, technology and careers to produce graduates who are prepared for success in the global workforce of the 21st century.

Charter School Definition
A charter school is a public school and part of the local school district. The South Carolina Charter Schools Act of 1996 was enacted to

• improve student learning;
• increase learning opportunities for students;
• encourage the use of a variety of productive teaching methods, and
• assist South Carolina in reaching academic excellence.

• Providing a strong academic foundation.
• Creating a project-based curriculum modeled after real workplace practices.
• Offering technical training for employment and advancement in the contemporary economy.
• Individualizing academic roadmaps.
• Developing critical and independent thinking skills.
• Requiring community service for each student.
• Providing career and academic advisement and close association with adult mentors from business and industry and college faculty and staff.

• Intellect: High academic standards.
• Citizenship: Opportunities to be a leader in the school and community and preparation to exercise the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship.
• Employment: Participate in an education program that links technology, careers and a rigorous academic program.
• Responsibility: Held accountable to a code of moral and ethical conduct.

1. Read, write and communicate effectively.
2. Use mathematics, the arts, computers and other technologies effectively.
3. Define, analyze and solve complex problems.
4. Acquire, integrate and apply essential knowledge from the core academic disciplines: language arts, history, geography, economics, government, mathematics, science, a world language, physical education and health.
5. Study and work effectively.
6. Demonstrate personal, social and civic responsibility.
7. Be placed, within 90 days after graduation, in a related post-secondary program or related workplace employment.

1. Project-based learning: Rigorous academics will include methodologies that integrate academic and technical components. Project-based learning gives each student, individually or in teams, the opportunity to apply content areas based upon real life experiences.
2. Time on Task to Learn: Longer periods of time spent in active laboratory; hands-on learning results in much stronger retention and subsequent application of skill. Each student will spend at least one-third and up to one-half of daily learning time in technical laboratory or workplace learning environments.
3. Individualized Program: Each student will develop a four-year academic road map, including career goals, with the assistance of a counselor, mentor(s) and his/her parents or sponsor. During grades 11 - 12, students may earn dual-credit (both high school and college) by taking college courses at Greenville Technical College.
4. Technical Curriculum: Each technical concentration is in a competency-based format identifying what students need to know and be able to do in the workplace within the respective career area.
5. Technology: GTCHS staff will make extensive use of technology in the preparation and delivery of instruction.

• The program is focused on post-secondary success.
• The school has a career focus not a general education focus.
• Students are expected to be active learners engaged in activities that are real life applications of valued knowledge and skills.

• develop a personal profile and take inventory of strengths and areas for improvement in grade 9.
• learn how to manage personal affairs and explore a range of personal and professional lifestyles and goals in grade 10.
• focus on a particular career pathway and learn individual and interpersonal skills including teamwork and conflict resolution valued in the workplace in grade 11.
• prepare for the workplace and the community through further career research and the practice of a range of communication skills in grade 12.

For more information on Greenville Technical Charter High School, located on the Greenville Technical College campus, call (864) 250-884

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