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Academy Students
Students choose to attend an AdvancePath Academy for a variety of reasons. Students who enroll in the academy come from a diversity of backgrounds and have differing academic needs. AdvancePath Academics provides students a new option to find success because we can address some of the specific challenges that students face.
Academic support
Some students in an AdvancePath Academy struggled in traditional schools because they had gaps in learning that were never addressed. Students move through their AdvancePath courses at their own individual pace and are provided intensive support and coaching from their teachers to ensure that they master each skill. This self-paced, mastery-based academic approach ensures that each student is successful and also enables some students to accelerate their progress and graduate sooner.
Family-care and employment obligations
As students become teenagers and take on more responsibilities outside of school, external obligations can interfere with their academic careers. In some cases, when students have primary obligations to care for a family member or fulltime jobs, they cannot attend school during the regular school day forcing them to end their education prematurely. With an AdvancePath Academy, students can balance their academic careers with their other obligations by choosing to attend the four-hour session (morning, afternoon, or evening) that best fits their individual schedules. Academies are also open on many Saturdays and during the summer, giving students the opportunity to make up missed sessions and get ahead.
External social challenges
Teenagers can sometimes make bad choices that can lead them down the wrong path – such as running with the wrong crowd, problems with the law, or suspension from school. Alone, it can be very difficult for students to turn themselves around. At an AdvancePath Academy, teachers become personal advocates for students. AdvancePath teachers and students develop mentoring relationships that are very different from the teacher-student relationships typically developed in a traditional high school environment. Together, students and teachers work explicitly on developing students’ motivation and self-esteem, life skills – goal setting, time management, study skills, conflict resolution, interviewing, etc. – skills that are essential for the students’ post-secondary success. Students in an AdvancePath Academy have a clear path to get back on track.
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