Gifted and Talented / B.E.S.T. Honors Academy
Calhoun County Public Schools supports academic and artistic gifted learners and offers the B.E.S.T. Honors Academy as an accelerated pathway into high-school and college coursework.
How services work: Gifted services are designed to nurture knowledge, creativity, confidence, and independence. Selected middle-grade B.E.S.T. students take high-school courses on the high-school campus and can progress to dual-credit courses and associate-degree study with Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College.
How students are identified: Gifted identification follows South Carolina's statewide academic and artistic criteria. The district also publishes separate probation and removal procedures; families should contact Student Services for current referral and screening dates.
- Grades
- Grades 1–12 gifted framework; middle-to-college honors pathway
- Last reviewed
- September 4, 2026