Calhoun Academy, located outside of downtown St. Matthews, South Carolina

St. Matthews, South Carolina

St. Matthews is a town in Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,107 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.St. Matthews is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:St...

, was chartered in 1969 by an elected Board of Directors. Calhoun Academy is a private educational facility educating students of the community in required courses of education.

Academics

Calhoun Academy offers three courses of study: an Academic College Preparatory Diploma, a General College Preparatory Diploma and a General Basic Diploma. Calhoun Academy is a member of the South Carolina Independent School Association, and is a fully accredited

Accreditation

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 institution.

Athletics

The academy also offers a diverse Sports/Athletic Program, including football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, soccer and golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. The Cavaliers' varsity football team were the 2004 SCISA Class AA State Football Champions. http://www.scisa.org/athletics/football/. The varsity baseball team also won the 2008 AA state championship.