Classical Charter Schools of Leland

Coastal Day School in Leland, North Carolina, is a private early childhood developmental center and preschool established in 2015 to serve children from toddler through kindergarten readiness (ages 1 to 6) across Brunswick County. Maintaining a low 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio, Coastal Day School utilizes the multisensory Letterland phonics program, hands-on mathematics manipulatives, and fine-motor stations to cultivate school readiness. The school provides a warm, inclusive setting that accommodates children with speech and language delays, sensory sensitivities, and emerging developmental differences, welcoming private therapists directly into classrooms for collaborative support.

Children at Indigo Forest Academy in Leland spend their mornings outdoors, climbing, digging, painting, building and, when it is safe, dancing in the rain. We are a nature-based preschool modeled on forest school, pairing child-led exploration with curriculum built on the state standards of North Carolina. Our three pillars, Head, Heart and Gut, cover critical thinking, managing emotions and trusting instinct. We run three half-day classes. Seedlings (ages 2 to 3) meet from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and focus on communication, motor skills and vocabulary. Sprouts (ages 3 to 4) gather 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., beginning foundational academics through play. Saplings (ages 4 to 5) attend 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., getting ready for kindergarten by practicing independence and conflict resolution. Families choose two days a week ($325 a month), three days ($425) or five days ($700). A $50 application fee holds a waitlist spot, and the enrollment fee is $150 a year. Each summer we run a nine-week nature camp with themes like farm life, water and ice, and bugs. Children ready for elementary school can continue at our sister school, Wild Forest Academy.

North Brunswick High School is the Brunswick County Schools high school for the Leland area, home of the Scorpions. Ninth through twelfth graders can take Advanced Placement classes through our AP Academy, join AVID, build skills in Career and Technical Education courses, enroll in JROTC, and study Spanish or French. Credit recovery and English as a Second Language instruction are part of the program as well. Our Exceptional Children department includes 12 special education teachers, and one assistant principal serves as the administrative liaison for EC services. Students can also turn to four school counselors assigned by last name, a career development and special populations coordinator, a school psychologist, a behavior specialist, a school social worker and a school nurse. Outside class, students take part in cultural arts, choral events, soccer and other athletics, and use the school library media center. Seniors take ACT WorkKeys, and the district provides bus routes and school lunch.