GREETINGS FROM HERITAGE ACADEMY
GLORIA SHOEMAKER
It’s a great year to be a student at Heritage! Our
dedicated teachers, residential instructors, and coaches
have assisted students with transitioning into school,
residential life, and training regimens with care. I
applaud our students’ many wonderful school and golf
achievements since mid-August. Not even a hurricane
impeded their success in settling into a new school, new
academic understanding and rigor, and
new social groups with confidence,
resilience, and hard work. meetings, school pictures, yearbooks, college admissions
and commitments, college fairs and visiting reps, as
well as other interests. Spirit Day/ Pizza Day is the last
Wednesday of each month. We had our first Student of
the Month assembly in September to recognize students
at middle school, undergraduate, and senior class level
who consistently display of one of the school’s Honor
Code traits: humility, ethics, respect,
integrity,
tolerance,
accountability,
generosity, and effort.
Our successful Synchronous Education
@ Heritage Academy instructional
delivery program is growing. Real time
life-size video conferencing seamlessly
integrates
remote
students
with
their teachers and classmates on the
Hilton Head campus through multiple
screens and AV feed. This technology
can also serve students who are away
from school for tournaments and
emergencies. Students dial into the
class on their computers and receive
instruction. Synch Ed is just another way
we prioritize learning opportunities! We are also proud
of the multiple academic support services available now
at the Learning Center@ Old Carolina! Seniors will be measured for their
graduation caps and gowns soon. The
PSAT test for Grade 11 students will
be administered at school on Oct. 17.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness
month when students and staff are
encouraged to wear shades of pink in
support of treatment research. Through
taking on school leadership and service
roles, students can earn the Mayor’s
Youth Award for Community Service.
We encourage all students to stretch
themselves to earn this distinction.
Heritage now has a chapter of the National Junior Honor
Society, and our middle school students are building
their resumes of scholarship, leadership, character, and
service.
Classes are filled with students from 20 countries this
year, and all students are actively learning about their
subjects AND peers. We place great importance in
enrolling a student body so reflective of our world. It
is a joy to see students making new friends and taking
responsibility for academic and interpersonal decisions.
Students are also stepping forward to organize social
and service events. Student leadership at school is at an
all-time high. We have remarkable students!
Events are underway for leadership and service
opportunities. To date, the Service Club, the Senior
Class, and National Honor Society members have begun
volunteering and fundraising for an International Feast
Day, the PEP Gala, the Palmetto Ocean Conservancy, NHS
Fall induction, and more. Campus is alive with advocacy
Our school community collectively shares in facilitating
the ways in which our students find academic, personal,
and golf success. We believe in the power of education
today to shape a better world for tomorrow. We are here
in partnership with you to support our students’ learning
and to inspire and assist them in reaching their goals. Our
annual theme for this year is “BElieve in YOUrself!” We
hope every student does just that because we have great
faith in their abilities. On behalf of the faculty, I thank
you for your partnership. Our focus is consistently on our
students’ academic and personal growth and attention
to your expectations.
Gloria Shoemaker, Head of School
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