SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY RECOGNIZED AS 2026 TITLE I DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BY GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) has been recognized as a 2026 Title I Distinguished School by the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). The Distinguished Schools designation recognizes the highest-performing Title I schools in Georgia and reflects the effective teaching and strong leadership demonstrated across the honored schools. This marks the third consecutive year SCA has earned the distinction and the third consecutive year it is the only Title I Distinguished School in Chatham County.

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SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY WELCOMES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) is pleased to announce the addition of three new board members to its governing body. SCA is one of the top performing charter schools in the Savannah area, and it maintains its excellence by employing the best educators and attracting high quality board members. SCA welcomes Joy Key-Smith, Stephen Rilee, and Tonya Imus as the newest additions to the school’s board.

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SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY CCRPI SCORES OUTPERFORM COUNTY AND STATE

Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) announces another excellent year for the charter school as the 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores are released by The Georgia Department of Education. SCA average scores consistently outperformed Chatham County schools as well as the overall scores for the state of Georgia for all grade bands- elementary, middle and high school.

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SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZED AS STATE LEADER IN LITERACY AND MATH BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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The Georgia Department of Education is recognizing schools that demonstrated exceptional achievement or growth in reading and mathematics during the 2024-2025 school year — naming Literacy Leader schools for excellence in reading and Math Leader schools for excellence in mathematics. Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) has been recognized by Georgia’s Department of Education (DOE) as both a ‘Literacy Leader’ and ‘Math Leader’ school for the second year. As one of only 406 schools achieving Literacy Leader status from among the state’s 2,314 schools, SCA has demonstrated strong achievement and growth in reading rates in the K-12 charter school’s Elementary, Middle and High schools. Georgia’s DOE recognized schools as Math Leaders by measuring the crucial importance of numeracy skills in fifth and eighth grades. SCA was one of 479 schools in Georgia meeting the qualifications to be recognized as Math Leaders.

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SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY STUDENT RESULTS ONCE AGAIN EXCEED DISTRICT AND STATE FOR 2025 GMAS

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Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) once again reports excellent results for the charter school as the 2025 Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) scores have been released by The Georgia Department of Education. These assessments measure student achievement in 3rd grade through High School in a range of disciplines including science, math, reading, English language arts, and social studies. For 2025 SCA students outscored the county public school system and the state of Georgia on all twenty-two achievement assessments.

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SAVANNAH’S SUSIE KING TAYLOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH IGNITE READING TO IMPROVE READING SKILLS FOR K–8TH GRADERS

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Susie King Taylor Community School (SKTCS) and Savannah Classical Academy has announced a partnership with Ignite Reading, a virtual one-to-one reading tutorial platform, to help children improve their reading skills.

The initial plans are for 20 students from each school to receive the one-on-one intensive virtual tutorial reading sessions. Chatham Educational Alliance is funding the entire $100,000 for the reading program at both schools.

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SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY OPENS NEW PLAYGROUND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE HODGE FOUNDATION

Savannah Classical Academy (SCA) students returned for the new school year on Aug. 5 with the completion of the Pre K-12 charter school’s newly restored playground. SCA has recognized The Hodge Foundation – an organization created through an endowment left by Sarah Mill Hodge designated to help the community – for its significant donation of $52,000 to this project. The new playground has been completely renovated with turf and a range of equipment. Through the support of Leslie and Angus Littlejohn of PlayPower Inc., a premier recreation equipment company, SCA was able to upgrade all of the playground equipment to provide the highest quality options for students.

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