Academy of Arts and Sciences

We are currently inviting parents to pre-enroll their children at Academy of Arts and Sciences for the 2011-2012 school year. Once your pre-enrollment form is received, a school representative will contact you to discuss enrollment options.

Pre-enrollment is now open to all students residing in the respective school district. Academy of Arts and Sciences can accommodate students entering into kindergarten to 8th grade. It is imperative that parents submit enrollment applications for each student planning to enroll, as early as possible.

Academy of Arts and Sciences implements a thematic, interactive program that incorporates multiple learning styles. Mornings are dedicated to building solid skills in the core subject areas of reading, writing, math and science. While the afternoons are reserved for foreign language, music, physical education and a daily 90-minute block of Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Paragon curriculum.

The Paragon curriculum is interdisciplinary, engaging, discovery-based and multi-cultural. The hands-on approach of Paragon addresses the multiple intelligences and individual learning styles. This enhances students’ communication skills, analysis and self-expression.

Academy of Arts and Sciences also offers an emotionally and physically safe learning environment, access to computers and technology, committed and qualified teachers and staff and encourage parental involvement. Teachers will conduct regular goal setting conferences with individual children and their parents, to ensure the student’s success.

To pre-enroll, click here .

Lorain, OH. (Mosaica Education, Inc.) September 1, 2010 – The Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Walking with Giants program does more than inspire, it provokes positive change that extends globally.

Listening tentatively, students at AAS grew inspired and motivated by Pastor Lori Loomis, a local missionary, during a recent visit. Pastor Loomis spoke about her time serving as a missionary in Africa, as part of the Walking with Giants program. Through AAS’s innovative implementation of the Paragon Curriculum, it takes the Walking with Giants program to the next level, by inviting local ‘Giants’ to the school to address students monthly.

As a result, students at AAS decided to collect school supplies for students in Africa. The collection will continue until September 30, 2010, and all donations may be brought to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, 201 W. Erie Avenue, Lorain, OH 44052.

The “giant” personifies a positive character trait that AAS instills in its students. Along with these visits, AAS also has a school-wide positive character trait that is taught monthly. Students from each class who demonstrate the designated trait are rewarded, at our monthly pep rally.

Jennifer Ditzenberger is a curriculum implementation specialist for AAS.

“Our Paragon program instills such virtues as kindness and compassion for others by teaching them that though we may have cultural differences we all have similar needs,” Ditzenberger said. “After the children saw the needs of their peers in Africa they made a commitment to help them through the school supply collection.”

For August, the character trait was kindness. After Pastor Loomis’ explained to students at AAS that there are classrooms in Africa, where students share a single pencil, they quickly decided to collect school supplies for the African students in Nairobi and Kenya to show kindness. This is the second year students have been inspired to do this.

About AAS

The Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAS), a charter school in Lorain, OH., serves students in kindergarten to 3^rd grade. AAS implements a thematic, interactive program that incorporates multiple learning styles. Mornings are dedicated to building solid skills in the core subject areas of reading, writing, math and science. While the afternoons are reserved for foreign language, music, physical education and a daily 90-minute block of AAS’s Paragon curriculum.

The Paragon curriculum is interdisciplinary, engaging, discovery-based and multi-cultural. The hands-on approach of Paragon addresses the multiple intelligences and individual learning styles. This enhances students’ communication skills, analysis and self-expression.

Visit AAS online, at http://academyartssciences.org.