Parents and community members,

First of all, thank you for choosing The Academy to assist you with the education of your children.  We assure you that all decisions made by the Academy Board of Directors are made in the best interest of the students.

Thank you to those of you who took the time to give us feedback on possible measurements for the new Strategic Plan.  This plan will provide us with a measurable road map to increase student achievement and improve the learning environment in alignment with The Academy Mission.

The measurement committee came up with the following five measurements for the PreK-12 school as a whole: Graduation Rates, Internal Grades, College Acceptance, ACT Scores, and CSAP/TCAP scores.  They are finalizing the culture measurements at this time.  Please look for further updates that will be posted to the website.

In the midst of evaluating how best to achieve our goals, it has become apparent that there is a need for better PreK-12 alignment.  To attain this ability we are supporting the Administration’s request to have a late start one day a week, beginning the 2012-2013 school year.  During this time, the teachers and administration will be able to communicate and share ideas within a structured environment. This will benefit our children because it will give our great teachers the ability to become even better.
We are still working out logistics on the late start.  To answer a few of the questions you might have:
1) There will be supervised areas available at both locations for children of families that need to be dropped off early.
2) This will not decrease our teaching time.  Some of the other teacher in- service days have been eliminated.
3) We are currently planning on Tuesdays with a probable start time of around 9:30 a.m.
In trying to become more transparent to the members of our community, we wanted to get this information out to you as soon as possible to help you plan for the next school year. We will let you know more as it becomes finalized, so please look for more announcements to come.   

Sincerely,
The Academy Board of Directors

Attention All!

Starting January 17, 2012 the Main Entrance at the Main Campus will have an active security system. All visitors will need to ring the buzzer to gain access to the building. The doors will remain locked until school personnel authorize your entrance.