All applicants will be considered for enrollment
regardless of the last grade completed. However, all students must
be at least 16 years of age to enroll and students who are under
the age of 18 must provide a parent or guardian’s signature
of approval. Continental Academy’s self-paced home study programs
are designed for students that could not or did not finish high school
and for families who want a complete (grades 9-12) quality online
curriculum to study from the comfort of their own homes.
What is the purpose or mission of Continental Academy?
Continental Academy provides quality high school completion programs for a broad community of alternative learners in the United States and abroad. The institution aims to put practical, academically-rewarding and affordable, high school education within the reach of alternative and life-long learners ill-served by more traditional, mainstream instructional systems.
What is the institution's philosophy?
Vision Statement: Continental Academy recognizes the need among
a broad spectrum of secondary education students in the United States
and those with access to the institution residing abroad for an
alterative approach to high school education. This alternative
approach includes novel instructional strategies and varying, distance-based
delivery models. Through these indices, Continental Academy provides
alternative students with the curricula, tools and support to achieve
academic success in their own "classroom of one." The
institution possesses a wealth of experience in meeting the needs
of many alternative students. It is our belief that this experience
and the expertise gleaned over more than a dozen years in operation
can be leveraged to make Continental Academy a significant leader
in alternative education, an arena poised to continue exponential
growth over the next decade.
Continental Academy was established in response to the belief that
the traditional classroom-based model for secondary education is
unsuitable for a significant, alienated and disenfranchised portion
of the population—the alternative learners. This community
of learners is best served by educational philosophies other than
those of the conventional mainstream. We recognize that students
maintain various learning styles, and that the alternative learner
may have obstacles which interfere with their learning and therefore,
require flexibility in their academic program as well as a means
of support. We believe in utilizing alternative instructional strategies
as well as fashioning our program in a way that caters to our students’ needs.
Therefore, students who may have traditionally struggled in the conventional
classroom will find a greater degree of success at Continental Academy.
In order for alternative learners to experience a sense of academic
accomplishment, they must learn in an environment that sufficiently
supports their intellectual growth. Our pedagogy, which is based
on the learning philosophies of Constructivism, Cognitivism and the
Sudbury Model, reflects the belief that the learner finds his/her
own meaning through practice, and prior knowledge. Ideally, learning
is a process you do, not a process that is done to you. Our program
recognizes, validates and successfully reconciles what struggling
students already know: there are many ways to learn without the intervention
of a teacher. The institution’s aim is to put a practical,
academically-rewarding, and affordable, high school education within
reach for students ill-served by more traditional instructional methods,
taking into account their hardships, diverse learning styles and
various rates of progress.
Our distance based model is part of an emerging trend
that is becoming widely popular around the globe. This style of learning
and instruction is recognized as an effective means of delivering
quality instruction that allows alternative students to personalize
their education so they may navigate through the coursework at their
own pace. All the while, our alternative students have access to
ongoing academic support that will guide them through the process.
Additionally, we maintain curricula premised on academic rigor ensuring
that students will be prepared for their future endeavors.
The structure of Continental Academy’s program allows alternative
students the flexibility to pursue their academic goals regardless
of their outside responsibilities, time commitments, or location,
thus making Continental Academy a practical option for students of
all ages to pursue their educational goals. Our program offers a
more fulfilling and personalized experience that guarantees success,
which will furnish alternative students with a wide array of opportunities
in employment and higher education. The foundation of Continental
Academy’s educational philosophy is our conviction that all
alternative students can become successful learners and that there
are no preordained limits to what alternative students can accomplish
at any age.
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