Student Determined,
Director Monitored
Individual Projects
(first Friday of the month,
afternoons plus weekly time)
Presentations during MAY
Each student will agree with the Director and his parents on a topic of interest to explore during the coming school year. Each student's schedule will provide at least 30 minutes each week of dedicated school time for work toward the completion of a project in each student’s chosen field of study. The first Friday afternoon of each month will be reserved as a time when everyone in the school is working on their individual projects to allow for assistance across the faculty to the students who require it from faculty with whom they do not have daily contact. The project can be different from year to year or an extension of the prior year’s project.
During the month of May, the student will display his findings to an audience consisting of parents, other students, faculty, staff, and interested community members.
These fields of interest will be as diverse as the student population and are certainly not limited to the following, but could include any of these avenues:
- Magic (tricks, show, theory, history)
- Art (show, individual, history, creations, media)
- Mathematics (examples in daily life, theory)
- Religion (holidays, traditions)
- Lego creations
- Authoring a book or series of books
- Revamping a game show to a school subject
- Song or other tradition from another country
- Origin of common objects or expressions
- Biography of famous or not so famous person
- Everything a quarterback needs to know
- Stamp, bottle cap, horseshoe collecting
- Skits, poems, plays, presentations
- Speeches on any subject
- Outfits sewn or designed
- Foods cooked or prepared
- Garnishes
- Models (airplanes, boats, cars, buildings, bridges)
Any subject that is of interest to the student will be acceptable as a contract to be fulfilled. The Director will have the ultimate responsibility to monitor the progress of the student and ensure that the project fully demonstrates the student's abilities. An individual faculty member with knowledge of and the ability to facilitate and guide the student will also be assigned to assist the student on a weekly basis.
Presentations will be in May, during the day, in evenings and on weekends. Families will be scheduled, whenever possible, to appear within the same time period. Attendance is only mandatory for performing students. Timing will be determined in conjunction with the families to make every attempt to allow as many family members, relatives, and friends to attend the presentations.
Items which can be sold on the open market which are created by the students during these project (clothing lines, music, books, etc.) will be produced through Clearwater Publications. Any profit received from these endeavors will be earmarked as college scholarship money for the student through to their age 25 (and beyond if they are continuously enrolled in higher education coursework). After the student passes age 25 any continuing proceeds will be directed to the Academy’s general scholarship fund.
Academy Mission Statement
As an Educational Institution we strive to foster creative, critical, logical thinkers who exploit their unique talents in original ways to become active, self-sufficient, contributing respectful members of society living positive values on their journey of life-long learning.
As a Teaching Institution we strive to foster creative, critical, logical Educators who exploit their unique talents in original ways to become active, self-sufficient, contributing respectful members of society living positive values on their journey of life-long learning and are well prepared and do equip the students entrusted to their care with these same attributes.