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Real-world opportunities
College credit, industry credentials, work experience, guest speakers, and visits that connect learning to life after high school.
Hiram Academy of Computer Science
Create the Future.
Lead the Change.
The HACS program is a four-year Academy experience where students learn to think, collaborate, research, and use computer science to solve problems that matter. Students move beyond consuming technology to creating solutions, building community, and becoming the leaders our future needs.
Four years. One connected experience.
Rigorous, Academic, Real-Life
HACS students move through high school as a close-knit cohort, challenging themselves in honors, Advanced Placement, and other rigorous courses that emphasize project-based learning, collaboration, and the real-world skills they will need to succeed in college, careers, and beyond.
ProgrammingPathway
Gaming and DesignPathway
Industry credentials
Dell Student Technicians Work-Based Learning Internship Opportunities
2020HACS established
4 yearsLearning with a cohort
2 pathwaysProgramming + Gaming and Design
#NoCeilingsThe HACS mindset
#NoCeilings in action
A program built around potential—and backed by progress.
Cognia STEM CertifiedEarned in 2025
HACS began with 22 students in 2020. Its first graduating cohort showed what can happen when rigorous learning, belonging, and opportunity grow together.
100%of the Class of 2024 accepted into postsecondary programs
$980K+in scholarship offers earned by graduating seniors in the classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026.
100%students qualifying as Dell Technicians
Learning connections includeGeorgia Tech Research Institute · Google · GPB Education · SMASH at Morehouse · University of West Georgia
Why HACS
More than a computer science class.
HACS combines challenging academics, purposeful technology, and a close-knit student community into one connected high school experience.
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Project-based learning
Interdisciplinary projects ask students to investigate authentic problems and build solutions for real audiences.
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Computational thinking
Students learn to become thoughtful creators of technology—not simply users of it.
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A place to belong
A four-year cohort gives students a close community while preserving access to the full Hiram High School experience.
The HACS journey
Built to grow with students.
The program connects computer science, advanced academics, research, communication, and real-world problem solving across four years.
Build foundations
Projects connect literature, history, biology, geometry, and computer science—from survival podcasts to tiny-house design.
Create and adapt
Students explore how people, systems, and societies change through cross-curricular investigation and digital creation.
Question systems
Advanced work joins research, rhetoric, mathematics, science, and technology to examine problems from multiple angles.
Make an impact
AP Capstone research, forensic inquiry, career portfolios, and public presentations prepare students to defend their thinking.
Student experience
A place where ambitious students find their people.
HACS students learn together, support one another, participate fully in Hiram High School, and discover who they can become through mentorship, leadership, college and industry experiences, and shared traditions.
“A place where everyone can be accepted and friends are easy to make.”— David, Class of 2025
01HACS Hive Link mentorship
02College and industry visits
03Guest speakers and internships
04Clubs, sports, and Hiram traditions
Life in HACS
Students building, discovering, and leading.
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Learning by doing
Students collaborate on hands-on investigations across disciplines.
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Design. Test. Improve.
Computer science becomes a tool for experimentation and creative problem solving.
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A community that grows together
A four-year cohort makes room for mentorship, leadership, and belonging.
Imagine your next four years
Could HACS be your place?
Applications are not currently open, but rising ninth-grade families can learn more and join the HACS interest list.
Questions families ask
Once a Hornet...Always a Hornet.
Can HACS students participate in sports, clubs, and extracurricular activities?
Absolutely. HACS students can participate fully in Hiram High School athletics, clubs, organizations, and other extracurricular opportunities.
Can students take electives outside the HACS program?
Yes. One class each year is dedicated to the student’s computer science pathway, leaving room in the schedule for electives and other interests.
What if a student does not live in the Hiram High School attendance zone?
Students from across Paulding County may apply to HACS. District transportation hubs are available for students who live outside the Hiram attendance zone.
Will students take every class only with their HACS cohort?
HACS-related academic classes are primarily taken with the student’s cohort. Electives and other courses include students from throughout Hiram High School.