Where Imagination Leads to Learning

Illuminate Academy

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Illuminate Academy is a tuition-free South Carolina public virtual charter school set to open in Fall 2026.

Does your child love to draw, design, or dream up their own stories and games? At Illuminate Academy (IA), we turn those passions into powerful learning. Through personalized instruction and exciting Digital Arts and Design courses, starting as early as elementary school, students build confidence, curiosity, and real-world skills in a school that feels like it was made just for them.

What Sets Us Apart?

Who Should Attend Illuminate Academy?

At IA, every student is seen, known, and empowered. Whether your child needs extra support, thrives on consistency, or craves advanced challenges, our unique virtual model unlocks their potential. With immersive digital arts and design courses, real-world application, and personalized instruction, we help students discover who they are, and who they can become.

Students Who...

Gifted students deserve more than busywork, they deserve inspiration. At Illuminate Academy, our gifted program offers advanced opportunities, accelerated content, and project-based learning that challenge students to innovate, lead, and shine.

Our instructors provide enrichment through inquiry, real-world application, and creative problem-solving. Students engage in deeper learning through immersive explorations and courses in digital animation, 3D modeling, and game development. Gifted learners don’t just stay ahead, they go beyond.

Some students need more than encouragement, they need a path built just for them. Illuminate Academy creates that path through our Personalized Learning Plans (PLP), which identify academic gaps and provide targeted instruction in foundational skills like reading, writing, and math.

With teachers who meet students where they are, we rebuild confidence step by step. Lessons are led through inquiry, gamification, and real-world exploration, helping students engage with their education in ways that feel meaningful and fun. As they design worlds and characters, create animations, and build games in their digital art courses, students develop both essential academic skills and a renewed belief in themselves.

Many students are capable but haven’t yet found what truly excites them. At Illuminate Academy, we spark curiosity and bring learning to life. Through structured support and engaging instruction, we help students stay on track while exploring creative passions.

Our digital arts and design programs invite students to express themselves in new ways, through storytelling, design, game development, and animation. In our core academic classes teachers guide them through inquiry-based lessons filled with quests, real-world challenges, and collaborative projects that make every day feel like an adventure. When students see the “why” behind what they’re learning, motivation skyrockets and so does their growth.

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Digital Arts & Design Courses

Where creativity comes to life through digital art, animation, and game design. Students explore, create, and build skills for the future - one project at a time.

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