Greetings from the Administrator:

Thank you for your interest in Hawthorne Christian Academy. We hope that you will find the information you need on this web site. If not, you are encouraged to call our office or stop by the school. 

We are a non-profit, church sponsored (First Free Will Baptist Church - Chester, SC) Christian school. The school is in it's eighth year and begins caring for children as young as infants and continues this training through the 12th grade. The church sponsoring the school as well as the faculty and staff believe that we are operating an important mission, "One of reaching children and young adults for Christ". Our staff are professing Christians who are active members in their local churches. We believe that it is important for those who are touching the lives of children to have first been touched by Christ.

We also believe in academic excellence at HCA and we have graduated seventeen students in the last six years. The education these graduates received has helped them succeed after Hawthorne in various public and private colleges. Hawthorne uses the A Beka curriculum, the most widely used Christian curriculum in the country, and we are members of SCACS (South Carolina Association of Christian Schools) and AACS (American Association of Christian Schools), our preschool is DSS registered (DSS 905), and our cafeteria is DHEC inspected (A rating).

Over the last several years, we have had many accomplishments including the addition of a sports program. We participate in a Christian school athletic league and our students enjoy playing volleyball, basketball, golf, and cheerleading. 

In addition to academics and athletics, we believe in developing the total person which includes being active in our community through various outreaches to senior citizen centers, care packages to our military, and the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child program.

The school also has many social events available to students and parents throughout the year including our annual sports banquet, high school formal,  open house, a Christian reading week, a Fall Festival, a Thanksgiving luncheon, a Christmas pageant, and a Christmas luncheon.

The school is constantly growing and in recent years we have added new playground equipment, opened a new library, upgraded our computer lab and network, and created a science lab with modern chemistry, physics, and biology equipment. This year we have added a new art center which will give all of our students the opportunity to use their creative talents in a learning environment.

It is our prayer and hope that you will find all of the information you are looking for and consider being a part of the Hawthorne family. If you have any questions,  or would like to take a tour of our campus please feel free to call or email us for further details.

Sincerely,

Michelle D. Cassady, Hawthorne Christian Academy Administrator