The Alexandria Academy was founded in 1988 as an alternative academic program for gifted students. Since that time, it has grown to include special needs children and anyone for whom the existing traditional system does not fit. The school does not support classes but rather one-on-one mentorship between a teacher and a student. The philosophy of the school has always been that young people should be taught with intellectual peers rather than chronological peers.
Our students come from all over the greater Los Angeles area as
well as from other states. We have taught young people from
Los Angeles, Agoura, Riverside, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, Glendale,
Norco, Encino, Oxnard, etc., as well as students from Florida,
Pennsylvania, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon. Our students go
on to colleges and universities all over the country including
Harvard, Brown, Columbia, USC, UC schools around the state, Reed
College, and many more. Most have been able to enter their
first choice schools. We do not use a set curriculum.
Instead, the teacher assesses the student`s abilities in every
subject area and then uses a curriculum which best fits with the
child`s abilities and needs. Because of this, a student may
be working in one curriculum for math but in another for
English. This is true for all curricular areas: English,
history, science, mathematics, ethics, electives, etc. The
Alexandria Academy has found great success with a wide variety of
students. Some have come from the entertainment industry,
from athletics, music, dance, and writing. We have more
recently been sought to educate students who are having trouble
learning in the traditional atmosphere. We have had students
with Asperger`s Syndrome, depression and other problems which have
caused the parents and counselors to look for alternative education
opportunities. We work with any child to help him/her reach
full natural potential.
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