2024 Awards Banquet
The sixth annual Charter Institute at Erskine Awards Banquet was hosted on Thursday, May 16, at the Columbia Convention Center. This was the biggest Awards Banquet yet with 600 attendees from the Institute’s 26 schools. Students, parents, volunteers, teachers, and school leadership were present, along with leadership from Erskine College.
2024-2025 Nathan Yon institute Teacher of the year
M.E. Farmer
AMerican LEadership Academy Lexignton
2023-2024 institute student of the year Winners
2024 elementary school Student of the year
Abigail Rogers
Virtus Academy of South Carolina
2024 middle school student of the year
Winson Cheung
Libertas Academy Boiling Springs
2024 high school student of the year
Lexzy Maybelle Scott
Calhoun Falls Charter High School
2023-2024 Lynn higgins volunteer of the year
2023-2024 lynn higgins volunteer of the year
Christopher Gordon
Montessori School of Camden
2024 state advocate of the year
2024 state advocate of the year
Dr. Stewart Weinberg
2024 champions
Federal programs champion
Michael White
SC Learns
finance champion
Louise Cathcart (Accepted by Kevin Thomas)
Midlands STEM Institute
student services champion
Shalonda Toomer
Royal Live Oaks Academy
communications champion
Julianne Lang & Desiree Lemons
Lowcountry Leadership Charter School
powerschool champion
Lori Lindler
Calhoun Falls Charter School
Testing champion
Nohora Williams
Royal Live Oaks Academy
School board member champion
Jennifer Hincapie
SC Learns
Assistant principal champion
Casey Hallman
Gray Collegiate Academy
rookie of the year
Kenneth Coles
Mevers School of Excellence