Schools

Sandy Island School

Counties: Georgetown County
Type of Location: Schools

Built in 1932 by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington of Brookgreen Gardens, this school started as a primary school, serving grades 1-8. The Huntingtons also built the Brookgreen School and Brown Chapel (part of the Brookgreen Charge) on the northern side of Brookgreen Gardens at the same time. It was the first nine-month school on the island, but it also educated the island’s adults in handicraft.

In the 1950s, as voting laws required Black Americans to pass tests in order to vote, the school served as a Citizenship School, one of the few outside of Charleston that has been identified. The building currently functions as a community center, and it is the recipient of a 2017 African American Civil Rights Grant from the National Park Service.

Parkersville School

Counties: Georgetown County
Type of Location: Schools

Being one of the 35 Rosenwald Schools, Parkersville holds onto the Pawleys Island Child Development Center but risks that title. As a Rosenwald School, Parkersville holds both a historic and significant piece of the area by providing education to African Americans in the South. With a teetering preservation in the future, many are working to make sure this school is upkept and saved.  

Howard School

Counties: Georgetown County
Type of Location: Schools

This historic marker stands as a representation of the once all African American school formally called Georgetown Colored Academy and its history entrenched within the walls. As the school served as a place for primary education, merged with another school in the district providing rich and diverse academia to its students in the past, but now stands as a historical marker preserved by the Delta Sigma Theta, Georgetown Chapter. 

Christian Friendly Aid Society Hall

Counties: Georgetown County
Type of Location: Historical Markers, Schools

Known also as the Rosemont School, the CFAS was an African American segregated school on the Rosemont Plantation, and was unveiled just recently in honor of the society. In providing a place of community and education for descendants of the slaves to Rosemont, it continues to do so today for visitors and locals alike. 

Choppee High School

Counties: Georgetown County
Type of Location: Schools

 Choppee High School used to be the one of few schooling institutions offered to the area for many years. Within the last decade, CHS has merged with Pleasant Hill High School to offer access to many different counties. With an extensive extracurricular program, the school slowly is growing to offer the best for its 800 students enrolled.