Why Sophia Academy?
Your child will be known.
A study by Harvard University indicates that personalized learning plans and small classes promote advantage over even the best public schools. In fact, students in small classes are 450% more likely to connect with professors in college.
- All classes have a 12:1 ratio or less
- All learning differenced students receive personalized plans
- Parents, students and teachers collaborate on appropriate, personalized academic and social goals; ninety percent of students master these goals by year-end
- Every child's handprint is displayed in the school with his/her name on it, indicating their uniqueness
Your child will be taught by a specially-trained teacher.
Specially-trained teachers offer the best learning environment.
- All of our Language Arts teachers are trained in Orton-Gillingham (multisensory) instruction
- We have a Reading Specialist and Speech/Language Pathologist on staff
- Our core curriculum meets and exceeds the guidelines set out in the Georgia Performance Standards
- All staff attend at least two professional development conferences a year
- Over 50% of our staff have special education or advanced degrees
- Wednesdays dismiss at 12:45pm for staff professional development
- All staff complete education-based readings that are reviewed and discussed weekly
Your child will be supported.
Cutting-edge accommodations improve student performance and allow more individual time with teachers.
- Each student is evaluated for Assistive Technology programs and devices such as software and motor-skills tools which speed learning and improve output
- After-school tutorials are offered three times a week free of charge
- Our nationally-recognized school-wide organizational system will help your child become more organized and time-efficient
- Student use of technology improves interpersonal communications and builds social skills
- Our one-of-a-kind partnership with LearningRx offers training in cognitive functioning
Your child will be enriched with social and cultural experiences that will aid him/her in becoming a global citizen.
An extensive variety of extracurricular opportunities are offered which contribute to leadership and communications skills.
- All students participate in two on-stage performances a year
- Eighty percent of eligible students participate in sports teams or intramurals
- All students participate in community service that brings awareness of the world around them
- Students participate in annual Social Studies and Science Fairs, a Spelling Bee, and a Reading Challenge
- Students may audition for Drama Team or Select Chorus, which study classical works
- Students may run for Student Government; top achieving students may join Junior Beta Club
- Middle School students attend a week-long Mission Trip to serve those in need
Your child will learn in a faith-filled environment.
A faith-based education reinforces the discipline of thinking intellectually and behaving morally as well as acknowledges that truth and wisdom lie outside oneself.
- Our community of believers supports children making good choices which ensures likelihood of continuing their faith journey
- Studies indicate that a faith-based environment improves moral decision-making
- Biblically-based self-discipline builds character and increases the ability to learn in a classroom
- Studies indicate that students taking Christian Education demonstrate a broader worldview
- Education based on God’s word develops students' capacity to think abstractly, analytically, and critically
- Faith nurtures the soul of the student and points him or her to reach beyond themselves to God
