Awards
Best of Irmo Chapin Life 2025
SC Whitmore School was named the 2025 Best Charter School by the Irmo Chapin Life. Irmo Chapin Life Magazine started in 2018, to share community news. The magazine distributes 28,000 copies bi-monthly in the community with more than 60,000 readers a month. Learn more about the Irmo Chapin Life here.
Best of Columbia 2024
SC Whitmore School was named the 2024 Best Charter School by the Post and Courier’s Free Times. The Best of Columbia contest was founded in 1989, making it the longest-running and most prestigious readers’ choice contest in the Midlands. Over 300,000 votes were cast during the 2024 Best of Columbia contest. Learn more about the Best of Columbia Contest here.
Top Work Places 2023
SC Whitmore School has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2023 honor by The South Carolina Top Workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few. Learn more about the Top Workplaces Award here.
Best of Irmo Chapin Life 2023
SC Whitmore School was named the 2023 Best Charter School by the Irmo Chapin Life for the second consecutive year. Irmo Chapin Life Magazine started in 2018, to share community news. The magazine distributes 28,000 copies bi-monthly in the community with more than 60,000 readers a month. Learn more about the Irmo Chapin Life here.
Best of Irmo Chapin Life 2022
SC Whitmore School was named the 2022 Best Charter School by the Irmo Chapin Life. Irmo Chapin Life Magazine started in 2018, to share community news. The magazine distributes 28,000 copies bi-monthly in the community with more than 60,000 readers a month. In 2022, over 15,000 votes were cast during the Best of the Irmo Chapin Life contest. Learn more about the Irmo Chapin Life here.
Best of Columbia 2020
SC Whitmore School was named the 2020 Best Charter School by the Post and Courier’s Free Times. The Best of Columbia contest was founded in 1989, making it the longest-running and most prestigious readers’ choice contest in the Midlands. Over 450,000 votes were cast during the 2020 Best of Columbia contest. Learn more about the Best of Columbia Contest here.
Top Workplaces 2019
SC Whitmore School was named the #2 Small Business Workplace in South Carolina in the 2019 edition of the Columbia Business Monthly. Since its founding in 2011, more than 1000 students, many whom were at-risk of dropping out of high school, have graduated from SCWS. Learn more about Columbia Business Monthly here.