Christine Owens

BEAUFORT, S.C., August 24, 2026 — Eligible juniors and seniors at Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), a K12-powered online school, can now participate in a dual enrollment cohort through a new partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL). Participants can earn both high school and college credit while taking college-level courses, with CASC covering tuition and all fees associated with the program. The new program gives students the opportunity to experience...

CASC offers a level of flexibility many schools cannot match. See how Sephorah makes time for her passion for flight while keeping up with her studies!

From an idea to provide virtual learning to South Carolina students to creating a school with a sole purpose to serve students who have faced academic challenges, the 12-year history of The Heron Institute was recently preserved in the form of a documentary produced by Charter Institute at Erskine . Choice Stories: Always a Heron tells the story of South Carolina Learns, the predecessor to The Heron Institute. It features perspectives from its long-tenured leadership staff as well as from...