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Welcome to Horry County Education Center

Mission

The mission of Horry County Education Center, a diverse community of selected learners, is to enhance the lifelong learning process within our students, develop interpersonal skills to levels appropriate for success for returning to regular academic setting, and build citizenship by encouraging students to be contributing citizens in our communities through modeling, mentoring, and service learning through the commitment and teamwork of our expert staff, in partnership with students, parents, communities and businesses, including a wide variety of cutting edge strategies in an environment of respect, dignity, and integrity.

Objectives

• To have 100% of students remain in school until graduation or achievement of their individually prescribed program
• To have 100% of students demonstrate positive self-esteem and tolerance of individual differences
• To have 100% of students achieving at their appropriate grade level.
• To provide presentations/consultants/counselors for training students and staff to assist in guiding the participants in making the right choices and realizing their own resiliency.
• To assure professional growth for all staff members through a comprehensive staff development program.
• To assure all students meet criteria in academics, attendance, and behavior to return successfully to the regular school setting.
• To prevent violence and other delinquent activity by at-risk youth.

Tactics

• To provide a nurturing environment conducive to learning
• To provide on-going academic instruction to meet individual student needs.
• To provide supportive academic and social counseling.To improve student behaviors to the degree that the student will be able to return to the regular school site for instruction after one quarter or semester.
• To develop a personalized learning plan for each student.