Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences
Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences is a high school in the Belmont community of Charlotte, North Carolina. The school existed in many forms before becoming CMS’s first medical magnet program designed for a student capacity of 600–800. Renovation of the original buildings, constructed between the 1940s and 1960s, was completed in 2015 by Morris-Berg Architects of Charlotte.
| Hawthorne Academy High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1411 Hawthorne Lane , 28205 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | Mid-1900s (Hawthorne Junior High) 2006 (current school) |
| CEEB code | 340662 |
| Principal | Diann Weston |
| Color(s) | Red, White, and Black |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Website | School Website |
US News & World Report ranked Hawthorne 36th for high schools within North Carolina. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Hawthorne High is 93%. The total minority enrollment is 88%, and 58% of students are economically disadvantaged. Hawthorne High is 1 of 35 high schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
MGLA Merger
Hawthorne Academy is also home to the Military, Global Leadership and Public Safety Academy. In the school year of 2017–2018, high school students from Marie G. Davis came over to Hawthorne in a landmark merger. Hawthorne Academy is a small school, with around 400 students in total. Hawthorne doesn't have any sports teams, students play sports for their home schools. Hawthorne is truly unique, however, students excel academically.
The Past of Hawthorne
Hawthorne Academy, before the Health Science program, was a drop-out prevention school. The Dolly Tate Day Care Center, a program once offered, allowed students to have their children looked after while they attended to their studies. This program was phased out as the Health Science program was introduced. Before this, Hawthorne was a neighborhood middle school, and before that, its status is unknown. However, students from the shuttered Midwood High School were said to have moved over to Hawthorne sometime in the past, but this is unconfirmed. Midwood High's building is now home to a religious organization.