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At-A-Glance
- Southside Christian School serves approximately 1100 students beginning at 18 months of age and continuing through 12th grade on one campus.
- SAT scores for the middle 50 percent of the Class of 2007 averaged 568 verbal; 537 math; 558 writing.
- Ninety-eight percent of the class of 2007 received college acceptances.
- Forty-two members of the class of 2007 received college scholarships.
- In 2007, 81 Upper School students took 126 advanced placement (AP) exams. Sixty-seven percent of the exams were scored a "3" or higher. Most colleges and universities give course credit or advanced standing to students who score a "3" or above on the AP exams.
- The Upper School offers nine AP and 17 honors and advanced placement courses.
- Colleges and Universities that have accepted SCS students include Clemson Honors College, USC Honors College, The Air Force Academy, Harvard Law School, Georgia Institute of Technology, West Point, Furman University, Tulane, Virginia Tech, University of Florida, University of Miami, Wake Forest, Penn State, The Citadel, and Auburn and Christian institutions including Bryan College, Liberty University, Bob Jones University, Cedarville University, and Wheaton College.
- Six members of the class of 2007 qualified for the Palmetto Fellowship. The criteria for the Palmetto Fellowship include all of the following: 1200 or higher on the SAT or 27 on the ACT, 3.5 grade point ratio, and a ranking in their class of the top 6% during the sophomore, junior, or senior year; or 1400 or higher on the SAT or 32 on the ACT and 4.0 grade point ratio.
- The students of SCS were the first ever recipients of The Order of the Silver Crescent presented by the state of South Carolina. Governor David Beasley, in his State of the State Address, referred to our students as “the inspiration for a new state honor, patterned after The Order of the Palmetto, to recognize extraordinary youth.” The Governor went on to say, “These young people represent the best of South Carolina.”
- More than $185,000 in financial aid assistance was granted to SCS families for 2007-08.
- Southside offers After School Care and Extended Day Programs.
- The Fine Arts Department offers 12 music performance groups. In 2002, the High School band was selected as the South Carolina Musical Ambassador to the National Memorial Day Celebration in Washington DC.
- The Speech and Drama Department stages full theatrical productions which in recent years have included Fiddler on the Roof, Little Women, Treasure Island and The Sound Of Music.
- SCS students compete in the SC High School League in 18 sports.
- SCS offers two interactive science labs for students in the Early Education program and the Lower School. The EE Explore Lab won recognition by ACSI as an "Exemplary School Program."
- Two computer labs are available to SCS students in the Lower School and Upper School. The computers in our labs are replaced every four years to ensure that our students are being taught on current technology.
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