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The Academy welcomes students to a unique environment where creativity, knowledge, skill application, and intellectual challenges are sought. We encourage tomorrow's leaders to build a network of high-achieving peers and to explore the issues facing the world today...and in the future.
The Academy welcomes students to a unique environment where creativity, knowledge, skill application, and intellectual challenges are sought. We encourage tomorrow's leaders to build a network of high-achieving peers and to explore the issues facing the world today...and in the future.
Providing a juncture for students to work at a collegiate level, students can enhance and complement existing school activities or programs such as advanced placement classes or extra-curricular interests.
Providing a juncture for students to work at a collegiate level, students can enhance and complement existing school activities or programs such as advanced placement classes or extra-curricular interests.
Students must attend an informational session and complete an application to be considered for the program.
Students must attend an informational session and complete an application to be considered for the program.
GT Enrichment Class
GT Enrichment Class
Designed for 10th-grade students, the course is project/portfolio based and devised to aid students in lifelong career and education goals. (ICAP) Leadership skills will be addressed and enhanced through classroom activities, readings, and simulations. The teacher will be facilitating projects and assignments through outside mentors in the education and career field per student choice and interest.
Designed for 10th-grade students, the course is project/portfolio based and devised to aid students in lifelong career and education goals. (ICAP) Leadership skills will be addressed and enhanced through classroom activities, readings, and simulations. The teacher will be facilitating projects and assignments through outside mentors in the education and career field per student choice and interest.
Junior Colloquia Research
Junior Colloquia Research
Junior Colloquium is a discussion-oriented seminar featuring the intellectual and scholarly examination of significant ideas from varying disciplines pertinent to the human story. Participating in a variety of intellectual experiences, students will examine social-emotional elements of their continuing growth. Texts of differing facets of the human experience are explored. Projects and activities integral to the articles/topics are also utilized. A research project proposal is to be developed during the course of the class. Mentorship opportunities will be provided to enhance student post-graduate networks and communication skills that promote and support post-secondary and career readiness.
Junior Colloquium is a discussion-oriented seminar featuring the intellectual and scholarly examination of significant ideas from varying disciplines pertinent to the human story. Participating in a variety of intellectual experiences, students will examine social-emotional elements of their continuing growth. Texts of differing facets of the human experience are explored. Projects and activities integral to the articles/topics are also utilized. A research project proposal is to be developed during the course of the class. Mentorship opportunities will be provided to enhance student post-graduate networks and communication skills that promote and support post-secondary and career readiness.
Senior Colloquia Research
Senior Colloquia Research
The research project proposal developed in the Junior Colloquia is to be completed and presented during the course of the class. Mentorship opportunities will be provided to enhance student post-graduate networks and communication skills that promote and support post-secondary and career readiness.
The research project proposal developed in the Junior Colloquia is to be completed and presented during the course of the class. Mentorship opportunities will be provided to enhance student post-graduate networks and communication skills that promote and support post-secondary and career readiness.
Students will select an issue/question/problem in their area of interest and will practice the steps of a college-level research project including the steps below. Students will write up and present their findings.
Students will select an issue/question/problem in their area of interest and will practice the steps of a college-level research project including the steps below. Students will write up and present their findings.
Purpose of research/design approaches
Purpose of research/design approaches
Identify a problem
Identify a problem
Literature review
Literature review
Refine hypothesis
Refine hypothesis
Data collection and analysis
Data collection and analysis
Report and evaluation
Report and evaluation
Student Objectives
Student Objectives
Plan, research, and present an in-depth career and educational plan and/or research project which reflects expanded knowledge and experience in mentorship field.
Plan, research, and present an in-depth career and educational plan and/or research project which reflects expanded knowledge and experience in mentorship field.
Develop the skills necessary to succeed in a professional setting.
Develop the skills necessary to succeed in a professional setting.
Actively pursue individual intellectual gifts by conducting research to uncover the complexities within a chosen field.
Actively pursue individual intellectual gifts by conducting research to uncover the complexities within a chosen field.
Gain an awareness of the lifestyle of professionals in the field explored.
Gain an awareness of the lifestyle of professionals in the field explored.
Become involved in activities to the maximum extent the student, teacher, and mentor deems appropriate.
Become involved in activities to the maximum extent the student, teacher, and mentor deems appropriate.
Mentor/Internship Objectives
Mentor/Internship Objectives
Provide the structure, supervision, and advanced content knowledge for the student.
Provide the structure, supervision, and advanced content knowledge for the student.
Encourage the student's intellectual development.
Encourage the student's intellectual development.
Provide appropriate experiences to give a student a broad, realistic view of the roles, responsibilities, and rewards of professionals in the field.
Provide appropriate experiences to give a student a broad, realistic view of the roles, responsibilities, and rewards of professionals in the field.
Advise the student regarding the education and training required to advance in the field.
Advise the student regarding the education and training required to advance in the field.
Review student's weekly letters and provide routine evaluation on student's mentorship activities.
Review student's weekly letters and provide routine evaluation on student's mentorship activities.
Assist the student in identifying and developing an appropriate research project.
Assist the student in identifying and developing an appropriate research project.
Motivate students to do more than they imagine possible, recognize strengths, inspire!
Motivate students to do more than they imagine possible, recognize strengths, inspire!
Teach new skills, techniques, concepts, protocols.
Teach new skills, techniques, concepts, protocols.
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