Our Model

A Future of Limitless Possibilities Starts Here

Meeting Street Academy serves the whole child, which includes a student’s academic, social, emotional and physical needs. We take the long view and consider what a child needs today to be prepared for success in the future.

We Challenge Students with Rigorous Instruction

Students develop critical thinking skills through engaging lessons. We push our students to question, create and apply what they learn through project-based activities rooted in real-world examples.

We offer a full-day academic program a full year earlier than traditional schools. Both 3- and 4-year-olds are encouraged to develop social, emotional, intellectual and physical skills.

We Shape Students’ Character and Support Overall Well-Being

We aim to create future leaders. We focus on cultivating the characteristics that are associated with successful and happy adults. This Path to Success for students includes the following traits:

• Gratitude
• Self control
• Optimism
• Empathy
• Citizenship
• Grit
• Curiosity
• Integrity
• Academic Achievement

We also support students’ physical development needs. Our on-site services include:

• Early childhood specialists who diagnose children and counsel parents
• Speech and occupational therapy
• Dental, vision and health screenings

We Offer Stimulating and Enriching Experiences

Students are encouraged to expand their horizons and find new passions through exposure to a range of opportunities. Field trips start in kindergarten and older students go on overnight excursions.

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Extracurricular Activities

• Art
• Karate
• STEM
• P.E.
• Watoto
• Yoga

3rd – 5th Grade

• Basketball
• Coding
• Coastal Expeditions
• Entrepreneurship
• Gardening
• Invention Convention
• Middle School Prep
• Public Speaking
• Sailing
• Redux Art Studio
• Strings with Charleston Academy of Music
• Soccer
• Theater
• Typing
• Watoto

Extended Day Program

• Board Game Mania
• Book Club
• Cooking Class
• Golf with First Tee
• Piano with Charleston Academy of Music
• Skateboarding with Waves of Women
• Surfing with Waves of Women
• Soccer
• Tennis with LTP
• Young Gents Club

We’re Committed to Our Alumni

We help students navigate the admissions process of the top middle and high schools in the Lowcountry to find the school that’s best for them. Our students earned $1.4 million in scholarships for the 2024-25 school year.

Additionally, students who graduate from the Academy are eligible for college scholarships of up to $40,000.

Families are Our No. 1 Partners

We are ambitious in our commitment to our families and expect ambitious commitment in return. Our students, families and faculty must work together and work hard to achieve our goals. Our unique Partnership Agreement outlines expectations around academics, health and well-being, social emotional development, and communication, and we each commit to our responsibilities.