SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!: ACADEMY BEACH DAY
Join the ACADEMY for a fun beach day! Connect with current Academy friends and incoming Academy students.
Who: Current, incoming, and interested families are warmly welcome!
What: Academy Beach Day
When: Saturday, August 12 from 1-3 p.m.
Where: 1 Granada Avenue, near Rosie's Dog Beach. Look for the Academy flag to find us!
RSVP on our Facebook event here (and tag a friend to join you!)
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GROWING OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
We have additional spaces in 9th and 10th grade for this year. As a community-based high school, the ACADEMY values looking to current constituents to help grow the school community.
If you are a member of a church, sports team, community organization or program, please notify your social network of the ACADEMY as a high school option. This is a good opportunity for any friends to join the ACADEMY!
For those interested, the first step is to complete an online application. Feel free to share the ACADEMY'S Facebook page for more information or contact Crystal Day at 562.283.4456.
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EXTRACURRICULAR OFFERINGS: GETTING INVOLVED!
We will be providing quality and varied extracurricular opportunities for students after school. Students at the Academy run a number of clubs representing a wide range of interests and identities. Clubs provide students with opportunities to get involved in the school, meet new people, and to take leadership positions. Additionally, many students have gained leadership skills through the experience of founding a club. All clubs are student-initiated with the support of an adult advisor.
- Music: Drumming
- Intro to Robotics
- Student Leadership
- Yearbook
- Cross Country
Read more about fall extracurricular activities here.
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UNDERSTANDING OUR PHILOSOPHY
Our educational philosophy and framework for instructional design are based on
a rigorous, college- and career- preparatory standards-aligned curriculum across core subjects. All core Academy courses will be CCSS-aligned, utilizing both the state content standards and frameworks as guides for curriculum and assessments.
Interwoven throughout the standards-based curriculum is an innovative emphasis on the development of
intellectual virtues. Acclaimed researcher
Carol Dweck and colleagues from Stanford wrote:
Most educational reforms focus on—what material is taught and how it is taught. In our pursuit of educational reform, something essential has been missing: the psychology of the student. Psychological factors—often called motivational or non-cognitive factors—can matter even more than cognitive factors for students’ academic performance. These may include students’ beliefs about themselves, their feelings about school, or their habits of self-control.
Educators, psychologists, and even economists recognize the importance of non-cognitive factors in achievement both in school and in the labor market. These factors also offer promising levers for raising the achievement of underprivileged children and, ultimately, closing achievement gaps based on race and income. Research shows that educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can transform students’ experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.
As students
learn how to learn and develop the skills and attributes of the intellectual virtues, all students are capable of success in our rigorous program.
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JOIN THE FAMILY ALLIANCE!
As a small, community-based school, we thrive on parent participation. We are looking for parents/guardians interested in forming our Family Alliance for the 2017-2018 school year. We are very interested in partnering with you to make key decisions about school programs.
Participation includes but not limited to:
- Family Alliance Association Leaders
- Chaperones
- Event Helpers
- Creative Makers and Thinkers
- Parent/Guardians To Be Included On Our Hiring Panel
- Athletic Groupies for Carpooling
- Landscaping
- ...and More!
Email Summer Sanders if you are interested in volunteering!
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STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT NEWSLETTER:
- Announcing our new community members;
and New Student Orientation information
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August 12, 1-3 p.m.- ACADEMY Beach Day
August 22, 7 p.m.- Movie on the Beach with the Academy Community: Sandlot
Look for the Academy flag!
August 28 and 29, 8:15 a.m.-1:47 p.m.- Mandatory New Student Orientation (all incoming 9th-grade and new 10th-grade students)
August 30, 8:15 a.m.- First Day of School and Welcoming Ceremony
Sept. 7, 6:30-8 p.m. - Back to School Night
Sept. 13, 8:30 a.m.- Coffee in the Cove
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SCHOOL DAY HOURS
The school doors will open at 7:30 a.m. and class will begin at 8:15 a.m. The school day ends at 3:27 p.m., except on Thursday, which ends at 1:57 p.m. The Academy closes at 5:30 p.m. Mon., Tues., and Wed., and 4:30 p.m. on Thurs. and Fri.
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
Study hall will be available on campus Mon., Tues., Wed. from 3:50 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thurs. from 2:20 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Fri. from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A teacher or tutor will be supervising the study hall during these time.
- 9th Grade- Individual schedules will be issued during New Student Orientation. Look for more information in the next newsletter.
- 10th Grade- Individual schedules will be emailed to your Academy email address before the first day of school. Parents will also be able to see schedules using Parent Portal in Illuminate.
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- Curiosity
Ask questions!
- Open-mindedness
Think outside the box!
- Intellectual Courage
Take risks!
CRITICAL THINKING VIRTUES
- Intellectual
Attentiveness
Look and listen!
- Intellectual Carefulness
Avoid errors!
- Intellectual Thoroughness
Go deep!
- Intellectual Autonomy
Think for yourself!
- Intellectual Humility
Admit what you don't know!
- Intellectual Tenacity
Embrace struggle!
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