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The Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology (shortened as AAST or The Academy) is a branch school of the
Horry County Schools Horry County Schools (HCS) is a public school district serving Horry County, South Carolina and is the third-largest school district in South Carolina. It serves over 45,000 students (as of the 2018–19 school year) in 56 schools (as well as off ...
system in
Horry County Horry County ( ) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 351,029. It is the fourth-most populous county in South Carolina. The county seat is Conway. Horry County is the central ...
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South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...
. It has a focus on specific career majors and has qualifying status as a
Blue Ribbon School The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
and as a New American High School. However, despite the popularity and successes of the school, by a vote of the Horry County School Board on October 21, 2019, the program was partially dismantled and converted into a two-year program.


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* * https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/board-aast-only-for-juniors-and-seniors-scholars-to-be/article_0b92c5e2-f46b-11e9-b42d-e3b3bce76d10.html Public high schools in South Carolina Schools in Horry County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-school-stub