Welcome to another incredible year of Best Buddies at Beck Academy! We are thrilled to kick off the 2026–2027 school year, and we can't wait for you to be part of something truly special. This marks our 4th year as a Best Buddies chapter, and we are proud of everything our students have accomplished together. Beck Academy has become a leader across South Carolina in creating meaningful opportunities for inclusion, friendship, leadership, and school wide events that bring our entire community together. Even more exciting, our chapter is recognized as one of the top fundraising programs in the nation, helping support the mission of Best Buddies while making a lasting impact.
At Beck, inclusion isn't just something we talk about, it is who we are. We believe every student deserves to feel welcomed, valued, accepted, and celebrated for exactly who they are. Through one to one friendships, events, leadership opportunities, and acts of kindness, we are building a school culture where everyone belongs.
Whether you're returning to Best Buddies or joining us for the very first time, there is a place for you here. We invite you to get involved, make new friends, create unforgettable memories, and help us continue building a school where inclusion is the norm every single day.
Here's to another amazing year of friendship, acceptance, leadership, and making a difference.
Best Buddies Friendship programs represent one of our organization’s five key mission pillars. These programs build one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), offering social interactions while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population that is often isolated and excluded. Through their participation, people with IDD form meaningful connections with their peers, gain self-confidence and self-esteem, and share interests, experiences and activities that many other individuals enjoy.