Today, our Intermediate School students will visit our friends at the newly renovated Village Library.
Discover the Charleston County Public Library system.
Read more about our signature program, Learning Outside the Classroom.
Annual LOTC to SEWE
Since our founding in 2007, our students have enjoyed the animals, food, art, experiences, fellowship, and more at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. This annual excursion is a treasured part of our school year! It is a powerful and joyous learning activity in downtown Charleston, and we are grateful to the SEWE team and everyone involved for making this possible! Follow the fun on our Facebook page.
For more information on SEWE, visit their website.
Learn more about our Learning Outside the Classroom experiences.
Students Remember Pearl Harbor
University School students heard first-hand from WWII Veterans about the attack on Pearl Harbor at the 82nd Annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony at Patriot’s Point.
December 7th marks the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy Air Service, the start of WWII and a pivotal moment in US history.
USL attends this ceremony annually and returned in 2022 after a 2-year hiatus.
Students arrived early, greeted Veterans, and listened to personal stories from them and active duty service members and then observed and took part in the ceremony. They were well received, acknowledged for attending and participated in the wreath throwing memorializing the fallen by tossing a wreath into Charleston Harbor.
Attending events like this brings our nation’s history off the book page and breathes life into it. It serves as a model of some of the values USL stands for: civility, civic education, and honoring our military service men and women.
WCIV television coverage of the event.
Annual Exploration of Faiths and Cultures
As a Signature Program of University School, our annual Exploration of Faith Learning Outside the Classroom experiences allow students to examine religions up close and personal.
Annual Day of Caring
Every year, Trident United Way coordinates Days of Caring, a community-wide service initiative where volunteer groups offer assistance to area nonprofits. University School of the Lowcountry has participated in Days of Caring for over 15 years. This demonstration of learning in action has become a hallmark Learning Outside the Classroom experience for University School students.
YALLFest
YALLFest is a public two-day annual young adult book festival in Charleston, South Carolina that is the largest of its kind in the South. Many amazing events are scheduled all day with some of YA’s best-loved authors! Talk to Ms. Peck early to get your tickets.
Don’t forget to send Mr. Kreutner your selfies with your favorite authors!
YALLFest Guest Speaker: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
YALLFest is a public two-day annual young adult book festival in Charleston, South Carolina that is the largest of its kind in the South. Because of one of our teachers, Sara Peck, is a long-time organizer of this unique event, we get especially excited about this special event for fans of young adult literature.
Today, our students will enjoy a special guest speaker as part of YALLFest, author Maggie Tokuda Hall, author of The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, and its sequel, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy. For more on Maggie, you may visit her website.
To learn more about YALLFest and see the event schedule, visit the event website.
Annual Election Day Exit Polling LOTC
University School students conduct exit polls across the country in neighboring precincts to make statistical predictions based on their collected data. This enables students to see first hand the difference in turnout rates for the many types of elections, from Congressional to Mayoral, regional, and statewide, occurring in both even-numbered years or odd-numbered years, respectively. We employ this hands on civics project practice to produce educated and active stewards at the local and national levels.
USL Students Explore Hampton Park and the Citadel
In December, with Hampton Park as our home base, we learned more about the Park, explored The Citadel, discovered more about Denmark Vesey, enjoyed socializing, and had fun with PE and field activities.
Jennie Stephens, Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation CEO, helps USL students learn about heirs’ property issues for LOTC
On September 30, Dr. Jennie Stephens, CEO of the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, based in Charleston, spoke with our students. She also fielded questions from our students.
Our school has a solid civics and understanding government component: we watch the news every day to stay abreast of current events. We invited Dr. Stephens to speak following the Highway 41 issue and its possible impact on the historic Phillips African-American settlement community. The interest in learning more about the heirs’ property issue evolved naturally.
This presentation was part of our annual Fall exploration of government and elections and culminates in our exit polling project on Election Day. Students also heard from candidates from various political parties, political scientists, and others. Talking with them enables our students to form their own opinions based on research and first-hand experience – key concepts in developing students who will think critically for themselves.
The Center is a nonprofit protecting heirs’ property and promoting its sustainable use to provide increased economic benefit to historically underserved families. Ms. Stephans has been with Heirs since its inception in 2005. She has spent over 25 years in the nonprofit field.
To learn more about Ms. Stephens’s work and the Heirs’ Property Preservation, visit their website at https://www.heirsproperty.org/.
