Greer Middle College Charter High School (GMC) is located on the Benson Campus of Greenville Technical College in Northern Greenville County. The schoolopened its doors in the fall of 2008 with approximately 100 freshmen. Greer Middle College Charter High School is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by creating a community of learners in which mutual respect, trust, integrity, and the pursuit of ideas are valued and appreciated. We provide our community of learners with an environment that promotes our school vision of rigorous academics to enter the global workforce of the 21st century. We demonstrate this vision by challenging our students with best practices to reach their full potential and by the continuous professional development of our teachers. We completed construction in 2017 on a 46,000 square foot classroom facility that we now call "home". Currently, a new 28,000 square foot activity center is under construction that will allow us to provide additional opportunities in the arts along with a home court for athletics.
The school had its eight graduating class this year. The Class of 2019 accomplished many new benchmarks to include: $6,000,243 in scholarship money, earned 2,691 hours of college credit, 12 Palmetto Fellows, awarded 7 Associate Degrees, 10 graduates had a 4.0 at Greenville Tech, and 1 of those had of those a perfect 4.0 in the Honors College at Greenville Technical college.
Greer Middle College Charter High School has built a number of support systems into the daily life of the school. The school operates on an A/B schedule which allows students the opportunity to earn eight credits a year. With around 450 students, the staff at GMC can spend time identifying strengths and weaknesses for each student to promote individual and whole school growth. GMC provides academic assistance after school to help those students that are below mastery. Greer Middle College Charter High School has implemented several initiatives that provide support to help students be successful. Some of these initiatives include project-based learning, an advisory system, math and writing centers, continuous professional development for our teachers to promote student growth, senior project and senior project internship classes, collaboration between high school and college instructors, student led conferences, and collaboration between business partners and faculty/staff. This continuous evaluation of our student’s academic performance allows us to better meet the needs of all of our students. During the 2018-19 school year, Greer Middle College Charter High School students completed hundreds of college courses through Greenville Technical College. GMC had six seniors earn 7 associate degrees from Greenville Technical College this year. Greer Middle College Charter High School has established strong partnerships with Greenville Technical College, North Greenville University, the Middle College National Consortium, Public Charter School Alliance of SC, other charter schools, and businesses throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. This enables our students to participate in a collaborative vision of growth and life-long learning.
Donna Smith, Board Chair
Fred Crawford, Principal/Executive Director
