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"Learning to thrive and not just survive"
The Academy at SOAR is designed for individuals whose primary learning style is experiential and/or kinesthetic in nature. It is based on the Walkabout Education Model, in which emphasis is placed upon applying knowledge to real situations, developing the whole person, and demonstrating the competence to thrive in society (Gibbons, 1994). Activities are experiential, challenging, risk-oriented, and student-directed. As well, they provide a significant confrontation with self and facilitate an appropriate transition to adulthood (Knapp, 1989).
"Every opportunity to succeed"
Our courses are designed to promote the gifts and strengths of each participant. The challenges on this program and their resultant successes build self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance. One success, however small, builds on another as students begin to recognize and acknowledge their own worth. Each student is challenged at their own ability level with a variety of adventure opportunities, such as backpacking, fishing, sea kayaking, rock climbing, and whitewater rafting. They are asked to stretch past perceived limits and are provided the necessary support and encouragement to make such a move. They are asked to take responsibility for all aspects of their life. As a result, they walk away from the course with self-awareness, a zest for learning, and a sense of self-sufficiency unknown before.
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"Learning that goes beyond books"
The Academy at SOAR realizes the critical need for quality education, the necessity to meet students at their individual level of achievement, and to key into their unique learning style. To do so requires developing an individualized academic plan for each student and providing instruction utilizing traditional and alternative teaching methods. Understanding the individual learning style of each student is one critical step in this process. When a new student arrives at SOAR, one of their first tasks is to complete the C.I.T.E. Learning Styles Inventory. Students will also complete a StrengthsQuest © Evaluation, identifying his or her “Top 5” individual strengths. This information increases self-awareness, and is utilized in both the presentation and reinforcement of academic material.
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The Academy at SOAR is a certified private school that serves youth ages 13 to 18 who thrive in an environment that provides individualized academic curriculum, focuses on strengths and abilities, and combines academic instruction with adventure-based learning. Based out of North Carolina, we offer expeditions in the costal souteast, desert southwest, the Appalachian Mountain, the Rocky Mountains, California and Latin America.