Are you searching for something beyond the traditional middle school program? Would you like the flexibility to learn on your own schedule? Are you a middle school student involved in athletics, the arts, or a future career that often pulls you away from the regular school schedule? Have you been a part of a home school, private, or charter school program and now you're wanting to connect more with schools in the School District of Pickens County so that you increase the opportunities you have in athletics, the arts, clubs, access to the Pickens County Career and Technology Center, and much more? If so, you're looking in the right place!
Our 360 Academy of Careers and Innovation is a middle school hybrid program that involves the best of independent learning in an asynchronous virtual environment, live lessons online with your teachers through synchronous virtual learning, and in-person learning opportunities through days at your home school campus, days at the Career and Technology Center, field trips, participation in related arts at your home school (band, art, chorus, PE, cyber security, American Sign Language) and much, much more!
Our students have four content area teachers who are right here in the School District of Pickens County. Our parents and students connect with these educators like you've never had the opportunity to do before now.
360 Students increase their life skills by increasing their independent learning, developing solid communication skills, exploring their interests, and collaborating with others. Our students are accessing grade level content and extending their learning in a project based learning environment that connects them to the community around them through their research and experiments. Every student is taught through a GT for all model, and our GT students will extend their learning in a GT specific program in 2025-2026.
Everything you've ever wanted as a student and everything your parents have envisioned as a part of your middle school education can be yours through 360 Academy of Careers and Innovation. Use the application link below to learn more about the program and to apply! We look forward to meeting you and exceeding your expectations in 2025-2026!