Bryanna Olalde is a Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy OG, one of the first students to enroll at the academy when it opened in the fall of 2023.

Grandparents, parents and guardians play a vital role in the education of the young people in their lives. The familiar adage — ”You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child” — rings true for adults seeking the best path through high school for the next generation.

Many young people move through high school with a bright sense of possibility. Evyn Wright, by contrast, struggled under a darkening cloud.

A group of graduation candidates and educators from Lowcountry Acceleration and Carolina Shores Acceleration Academies — two South Carolina public charter high schools — joined more than 1,000 other students, parents and teachers in celebrating National School Choice Week at the South Carolina...

At Carolina Shores Acceleration Academy, the learning opportunities extend beyond reading, writing and arithmetic — all the way into the future college and career paths of students, also known as graduation candidates, working hard to earn their high school diplomas.

Lowcountry Acceleration Academy (LAA) celebrated its newest class of graduates at a ceremony honoring the way each of the 34 young learners had pushed through challenges to earn a high school diploma many might have thought out of reach.

Bryanna Olalde’s mom came to South Carolina to give her children a shot at a better life than they might have had in Tijuana, Mexico. The key to that life, she firmly believes, is education.

Just two short years ago, Lowcountry Acceleration Academy alumna Carolina Dominguez Lopez wasn’t sure she’d ever finish high school. Mired in depression, overwhelmed by the crowded classrooms and harsh social dynamic of her old high school, she felt little but despair.

Lowcountry Acceleration Academy (LAA) celebrated its biggest-ever class of graduates, learners who arrived from across South Carolina’s Lowcountry with one thing in common — a drive to earn the high school diplomas that will make their futures bright.