The Aiken Scholars Academy Selection Committee has offered and placed its second freshman cohort of 50 students, whose arrival in August will mark the start of the second year at Aiken County’s most exclusive high school.
The Aiken Scholars Academy is a groundbreaking collaboration between Aiken County Public Schools and USC Aiken to create an academic school of excellence unlike any other in the Southeast, according to a news release from the school district.
The academy, located on campus at USCA, offers advanced students an engaging educational experience that introduces and then immerses them into the collegiate environment beginning in their first year of high school as freshmen, according to the release.
“Taking on such an accelerated and rigorous curriculum means these students are looking for the best available academic challenges, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with each of them,” Aiken Scholars Academy Principal Martha Messick said. “As we get to know our newest students and their families more in the weeks and months ahead, I know they will be excited to learn about all we have been able to accomplish during our first academic year.”
The Aiken Scholars Academy’s second cohort of students is a diverse group of 50 outstanding students. Of the 50 accepted applicants, 32 are female and 18 are male.
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