The mission of Humanex Academy is to support neurodiverse students looking for a safe and supportive community where they can celebrate their strengths and uniqueness, while stepping away from a deficit focused approach.
What all our students have in common is the need for a place to be around peers that are like themselves. This allows for both academic and social interactions where it is safe to make mistakes and where conflict, disagreement, and resolution, are possible with embedded adult coaching.
At Humanex, we focus on students' strengths, the need to maintain momentum in areas of success, and the importance of maintaining a safe space for them to approach areas of challenge.
Our academic environment tends to be a quiet one.
Our students most broadly can be defined as Internalizers, where they feel things profoundly and their response to frustration or overwhelm tends to be held inside, rather than expressed through external behavior responses.
Students come to us with diagnoses such as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), Anxiety, and a wide range of learning disabilities including executive functioning challenges.
Additionally, many of our students are identified as Twice Exceptional (2E), where they present with areas of great strength and co-occurring areas of weakness, which can make it challenging to consistently tap into those strength areas.
There are two tuition levels: for middle school students and high school studentsHumanex Academy has an open enrollment policy so tuition is pro-rated depending on a student\'s start date.A financial-need based scholarship may be available for qualifying families.
At Humanex Academy we help guide students and parents on a journey
of personal growth and academic progress. Our environment allows
students to be themselves and to truly thrive within a school
environment. We build confidence, social skills, emotional
strength, and intelligence in each student by focusing on building
positive and trusting relationships. This allows for corrective
redirection and in-the-moment social coaching in a manner that
doesn`t make students feel like a problem to be fixed. Our goal for
every student is to find personal fulfillment and their place in
the world beyond Humanex.
A student`s academic progress is a byproduct of their ability to be
curious, accept support, communicate, to be accountable to others,
and to use the other skills in our personal growth model.
As students begin their journey at Humanex, the main focus is on
learning how to learn and how to use the first two levels of the
personal growth pyramid. As they build confidence, grow, and mature
they will increasingly use all levels of this pyramid. We also know
that growth in these areas is not linear and at times we will see
students move backward before progressing once again. No student
will take on this challenge in the same manner and maintaining
progress can be quite the balancing act. Some students may come in
with more skills initially, but grow slowly, while others may come
in with minimal skills and progress at a higher rate. Either way,
our program is designed to ensure students feel good about where
they are and progress in a manner that makes sense for them. Our
focus is on generating and maintaining momentum that is sustainable
on an individual basis. We want all of our students to embrace this
challenge of balancing a pyramid on its point and to learn that the
resilience required to do this, while challenging, can be both fun
and fulfilling. These are the skills they will use for a
lifetime.
Humanex Students meet the following academic, social, and
behavioral criteria:
A desire to engage and participate in the Humanex Academy
community.
Benefit from a school program that focuses equally on academic
and social growth.
Ability to positively interact with peers and adults within the
building.
Ability to take redirection and support from staff as
needed.
In order for us to maintain our program effectively and meet the
needs of our student population, Humanex Academy does not accept
students who:
Require intensive one-on-one academic support.
Have recent history of significant disruptive behavior or
physical aggression within the school environment.
Are currently using drugs or alcohol.
Curriculum & Accreditation
Our curriculum focuses on a Universal Design approach, in
order to ensure that content is accessible to all learners and is
aligned with Colorado State Standards. The courses offered at
Humanex are designed for individual educational excellence for
every student and are self-paced to ensure that students are being
assessed on content understanding. Although Humanex enrolls
students from 6-12 grade, the skill levesl of our students vary
and, because of our small class sizes, teachers are able to meet
each student their academic level across content areas. Our unique
approach to curriculum and instruction allows for all students to
be challenged appropriately and show growth.
Humanex Academy is a fully accredited educational institution
through Cognia (formerly AdvancED), is a part of the
North Central Association of Colleges & Schools. Every five years
Humanex undergoes a rigorous review of our curriculum program and
practices to receive a determination of accreditation as well as
professional guidance and accountability for continuous growth.
Grades: 6-12 | 18 students27.3 miles 3131 Indian Road Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 554-7363
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School Reviews
511/25/2020
This has been a great fit for our son, who has severely suffered from anxiety at school. The teachers and administrators are so caring and create a safe, calm learning environment. Our son is finally thriving at school, and our family is thrilled to have found Humanex Academy.
- Posted by Parent - Hilda
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