Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy - Charlotte, NC

Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy (Scholars Academy) is located in Charlotte, North Carolina in an urban neighborhood. Scholars Academy was established in 2000 as an independent, public, charter school. The school mission is to serve highly gifted children in kindergarten-eighth grade by meeting their educational needs intellectually, socially, and emotionally. The program is built around a differentiated and challenging curriculum that supports the development of the whole child. With highly trained teachers in both gifted education and content expertise, a full array of enrichment programs, and a focus on social and emotional learning, students experience a school where they feel safe to take risks and be pushed to reach their potential with intellectual peers.

Scholars Academy's vision for their students strives for intellectual engagement with insightful thinkers, lifelong learners, and thoughtful communicators. The vision includes a focus on social awareness to develop compassion, self-awareness, and flexibility to embrace diversity. The vision also focuses on emotional confidence to develop students secure in themselves, with a growth mindset, and tools for self-regulation. Scholars Academy strives to implement these visionary pieces into all components of their program.

Scholars Academy is proud of their diverse student population and collaboration among school staff and school families. 100 percent of Scholars families volunteer towards making the school successful with their time, talent, and/or treasure. As a school that has a history of success, it continues to focus on ways to meet their student needs and be innovative in the field of gifted education to prepare its students to make positive contributions to their community and the global world.