News and updates from CCS-America and our campuses.
“All the world’s a stage…” CCS-America Celebrates William Shakespeare Quarter 1 wrapped up with CCS-America’s twelfth annual Shakespeare Week celebrations! Throughout the week, campuses hosted a variety of engaging activities and lessons centered on William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era. Each campus had…
What is Direct Instruction? All CCS-America schools utilize Direct Instruction, a research-based instructional approach that emphasizes the use of intensive, small group instruction, using carefully designed lessons. Through Direct Instruction, complex cognitive skills are broken down…
Top National Rankings for CCS-Leland and CCS-Whiteville CCS-Leland and CCS-Whiteville have tied for #1 and #3, respectively, among more than 250 schools nationwide in the Classic Learning Test’s (CLT8) 2025 CLT8 School Rankings. Of the 20…
State Archery Tournament The CCS-Leland and CCS-Whiteville Archery teams competed in the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) state tournament last month in Winston-Salem. CCS-Leland finished in fifth place and CCS-Whiteville in eleventh place. Along with…
Classical Charter Schools of Wilmington Names New Headmaster Wilmington, NC— Classical Charter Schools of Wilmington, one of four area Classical Charter Schools of America (CCS-A) elementary schools managed by The Roger Bacon Academy in Leland, has…
LELAND, North Carolina –The Charter Day School network of charter schools, anticipating further growth and heightened enrollment demands, is adopting a new name reflecting the schools’ unique classical curriculum and emphasis on civic virtue: Classical Charter…
