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West Ashley CAS Spotlight
Your Career Grows Here
Program of Studies
Grow your future at the Center for Advanced Studies.
Serve students attending St. Johns, Baptist Hill, and West Ashley.
Review our Programs Here
Clubs
At the WACAS, we offer a wide range of clubs, to empower students to become better professionals and career ready.
Real World Experiences
Gain experiences thru internships, apprenticeships and work-based learning programs. Talk to a Career Specialist today.
Serving Schools in Charleston
At WACAS, we serve students from three Charleston area schools.
Baptist Hill High School, St. Johns High School, and West Ashley High School
Why Grow your Career Here
Check out our student run news program and our YouTube page.
Why the Center for Advanced Studies
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Completer Pathways
12 Completer Pathways
to be college and career ready
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Schools Served
We Serve
3 local schools West Ashley HS, Baptist Hill HS, St. Johns HS
483
Certifications
Industry Certifications
students earn industry certifications
103
Senior Completers
25-26 Senior Completers
Seniors who successfully completed a CTE pathway offered to be college and career ready.
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Full Time
Teachers
Full Time Teachers
from industry in their related field or pathway
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Clubs
We offer clubs and organizations
which are nationally recognized to empower students to be come better professional & career ready
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CAS
CCSD Offers 3 Center for Advanced Studies
West Ashley, East Cooper and Cooper River offerings students real-world training.
$78,357
Avg. Teacher
Salary
CCSD base teacher pay is more than $67,000
CCSD teachers are among the highest paid in non-union school districts nationwide.