Teachers work with students in completing individually styled projects. South Shore offers full-day kindergarten, world languages, and physics in all grades. Parents, who are welcome in classrooms at any time, are involved in teacher selection and curriculum development. Students and parents are involved in staff evaluation. Students are encouraged to progress through the curriculum at their own pace.
Many families take advantage of the optional extended day and extended year programs.
Academic progress is tracked and can be accessed by parents on EduCore, an interactive computer system that matches each student's work with his or her Personal Education Plan. South Shore Charter School was the vision of Timothy Anderson, a consultant who, in 1989, was hired by the Hull Council for Business and Cultural Development to propose a restructuring of the public school curriculum under the town's former superintendent. California Achievement Test and the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program.