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Area Schools
Private Schools
The Charlotte area also offers a wide variety of private schools offering instruction from Kindergarten though high school. Click here to view a list of private schools in the Charlotte community.
Public Schools
the Sanctuary is served by Lake Wylie Elementary School, Southwest Middle School and Olympic High School. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system’s magnet schools are other options. Click here for more information on Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools, including magnet schools.
Lake Wylie Elementary School (Grades K – 5)
13620 Erwin Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28273
Phone: (980) 343-3680
Principal: Beverly Newsome
Approximate enrollment: 1,300
- In 2004-05, Lake Wylie was named an Honor School of Excellence* and met 100 percent of its Annual Yearly Progress Federal Education Standards (AYP) Goals.
- Students may participate in programs within the school, including Pirates News Network (closed-circuit morning news program), Spanish club, chess club and more. The chess team has won first place in both CMS and state competitions, and the Fire Safety Bowl team won first place six years in a row.
- The staff provides the educational foundation for each student, while promoting citizenship and lifelong learning.
Southwest Middle School (Grades 6 – 8)
13624 Steele Creek Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28273
Phone: (980) 343-5006
Principal: Dr. J. Michael Shrader
Approximate Enrollment: 900
- Southwest Middle School opened in August 2003. The school has 43 classrooms; nine science labs, four computer labs, three music rooms, and other specialty classrooms; a large media center, two gyms, a dance studio, and a cafeteria-auditorium.
Olympic High School (Grades 9 – 12)
4301 Sandy Porter Road, Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (980)343-3800
Principal: Pam Espinosa
Approximate Enrollment: 1,600
- Newsweek, in its May 16, 2005 issue, listed Olympic in its “100 Best High Schools in America” list. Olympic came in at #104 out of 27,000 high schools in the country. This national ranking (2004 Challenge Index) is averaged by taking public high schools throughout the country and dividing the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) tests taken by the number of graduating seniors.
- Olympic is the magnet school for the Center for Leadership and Global Economics. Students who participate are immersed in a rigorous academic program that prepares them for global citizenship and future leadership roles in their chosen area of concentration. The program includes summer experiences and internships. And, students are also trained in The Seven Habits of Successful Students. (Through a CMS partnership with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, community leaders trained in Covey strategies work directly with students.)
- In May 2005, Olympic was named one of seven high schools in the state to be involved in a new partnership with the New Schools Project and the New Technology Foundation, both of which are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Olympic will use the planning grant to specifically support the math, science and pre-engineering (enhanced technology) small school that is being developed.
* Honor School of Excellence is the state's highest rating. Schools with this designation met the new federal standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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