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Kershaw County students graduate from South Carolina Connections Academy
SC Connections Academy
Seniors prepare to graduate from South Carolina Connections Academy during a ceremony in Columbia in June. Eleven students from Kershaw County were among those graduating from the statewide K-12 online public school. (Provided by Amy Chastain)
South Carolina Connections Academy, a tuition-free online public school serving students in grades K-12 across South Carolina, celebrated nearly 620 graduating seniors during the school’s annual high school graduation ceremony. Hundreds of family members, friends, teachers and administrators gathered in Columbia for the ceremony on Friday. Valedictorian Catherine Drosieko and Salutatorian Benjamin Owens served as student speakers.