OCA Calendar | 2/17/2026 7:48:00 PM
Mt. Pleasant, SC – I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather over our long President's Day weekend.
WOW! Do we ever have some amazing teachers here at OCA!! We are so blessed to have so many great teachers.
I have been really focusing on getting into the classrooms of late and OCA is blessed to have so many great teachers! The OCA staff is one of the top staffs I have ever seen. We have teachers who are teaching from bell to bell and you can see their passion as they instruct our students. The teachers here truly care about their students and it shows. Also, I can see that our teachers enjoy their profession.
Please make sure you support your children's teachers.
Last week, on Tuesday, we had a mini college fair in the student lounge. We hosted the following colleges who were on campus to recruit our students.
Gallery: (2-17-2026) College Day 2026
Click
HERE for the latest edition of the OCA Guidance newsletter from
Tiffany Richardson.
We've got some exciting news to share from Athletics. Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, Oceanside Collegiate Academy will be adding Wrestling to our athletics program—making it the first wrestling team in school history.
This is a huge step as we continue to grow OCA Athletics and create new opportunities for students to compete, train and represent our school. Whether you're an experienced wrestler or someone interested in trying something new, this is an exciting addition to our program.
More details, including interest meetings and program information, will be shared soon — so stay tuned! We're looking forward to seeing what the future holds as we bring wrestling to OCA
Yearbooks
Friday is the final day to guarantee your copy of the 2025-26 Oceanside Collegiate Academy Yearbook. Orders placed after the deadline cannot be guaranteed for distribution day. Place your order
HERE.
Upcoming Events
ACT and Accuplacer Testing
The only students that will be attending OCA in person on February 24th will be students who are taking the ACT and Accuplacer tests. All ACT test takers will need to be at school by 7:30 a.m. Accuplacer will also be a schoolwide testing day. That test usually takes between one and two hours, but you will have two groups of testers, one in the morning and one in the afternoon session.
- As a reminder, the SAT will be held on March 10th. All students, regardless of session, will arrive at campus at 7:15am for testing. Please bring a charged chromebooks and a pencil.
- ACT/SAT Bootcamp weekend is coming up February 27-March 1.
- If you have any questions regarding the ACT or SAT, please reach out to Alecia Robinson.
Prom
We are going to have an amazing prom this year!
Oceanside's 2026 Prom will be held on March 21 from 8 – 10 p.m. at The Grand at 81 Mary in Downtown Charleston. Juniors and Seniors are invited to enjoy an elegant evening of music, dancing and celebration as we bring this year's theme,
Once Upon a Time, to life.
Tickets are $65 per person and must be purchased online. Detailed ticket information and individual access codes have been sent to students and parents via email.
We look forward to a safe and memorable evening for our Landsharks!
Seniors Cap/Gown Distribution
Cap & Gown distribution for seniors is scheduled with Jostens for April 27 in the cafe from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. If you are a senior, or are the parent of a senior, please make sure to get your orders done ASAP. Visit
lowcountrygrad.com to place those orders.
See the link below for information on the school trip to Carowinds in April.
Carowinds Info
Dual Enrollment
Trident Technical College will be on campus March 11 and 12 to register students for dual enrollment classes for the 2026-27 school year. Only those students who have not yet started dual credit classes will meet with the high school programs department to create their TTC account and complete the free application. Students will need to come to school prepared with their social security number and their signed parent permission form. More details to come.
Team Oceanside
As I mentioned before, OCA is blessed with amazing teachers. To support our teachers and staff at OCA, please donate to Team Oceanside or feel free to contact me. This helps us pay for special treats, like coffee, and special faculty meals. We want to make sure our teachers feel the support and love from our OCA families. Click
HERE to donate.
About Oceanside Collegiate Academy: Oceanside Collegiate Academy (OCA), located in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., serves high school students in a safe, small and family-centered setting. Our students seek the opportunity and challenge of rigorous curriculum, high academic standards and elite athletics while earning up to two years of college credit. OCA serves students in grades 9-12 using an honors curriculum in 9th and 10 grades with a dual enrollment curriculum in 11th and 12th grades
Learn more about OCA by visiting our website at OceansideCollegiate.Academy and by following us on social media on Facebook, Instagram and X. For video content, visit our YouTube channel.
