We are in the College Success business.
Our MISSION is to PREPARE, PACKAGE, and POSITION Students for College Success
PREPARE students and their families Financially-Academically-Socially-Technically (FAST) for College Success.
PACKAGE students with Grades-Rank-Experience-Activities-Tests (GREAT) for the colleges of their choice. We want to make it easy for the college or university to admit and offer funding to the student.
POSITION students through Selection-Application-Funding-Enrollment (SAFE) to the college of their choice.
Our PURPOSE is to provide the Greatest Range of College OPTIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, and CHOICES
We look at five OPTIONS for College – Regional state or private college, Alternative or online college, Community and Junior colleges, Elite and competitive colleges, and Scholarship Competition. We call these “Exit Strategies.” There is a specific mix of strategies to PREPARE, PACKAGE, and POSITION students based on their Exit Strategy.
We seek OPPORTUNITIES for our students to obtain the best Package of Merit, Institutional, Need-based, and Entitlement Money for College. Most of our graduates receive significant college funding and scholarships.
We provide our students CHOICES to Accelerate–Graduate High School Early, Earn Dual College/High School Credit, and complete high school and college in 6 years. We have had our students graduate from college as young as 16 and sent 19 year olds to medical and law school.
Our FUNCTION is to provide Strategies for the Student and the Student’s family to Achieve Their Goals. We have five STRATEGIES: COLLEGE BOUND – LEARNING – ACADEMIC – SUCCESS – SUPERVISION
College Bound Strategies:
PSAT-ACT-SAT Skills (PASS) – We have a nationally rated preparation program for college testing, and the testing process is integrated into the student’s schedule. Students receive individual training and coaching.
College Advisory and Planning Services (CAPS) – Based on the Exit Strategy, students are placed on a track to achieve their goals and objective leading to their college choice. Students and families receive individual and personal advice and consultation.
Learning Strategies:
Read-Study-Test-Write (RSTW) – This is our foundation of success as we train students to integrate Tactics – Techniques – Time – Tools – Tuning to Learn Better, Faster, Easier.
Mastery Standard – We have only two grades: A and Incomplete. Our students learn that making an A is easier and faster than making a lower grade.
Academic Strategies:
Our Curriculum is Accessible via PC/Internet, Embedded Learning Strategies, Individualized to the Student, Optimized with No busy work, and Unencumbered from obsolete methods.
Our Homeschool Program is Hassle-Free, has Online Delivery, leaving the Parents in Control, and is Easy to Implement.
Students can Accelerate their progress because we Schedule in Blocks, have a Twelve-Month Program, provide opportunities for Early Graduation and College Ascension, we use a Programmed Instruction model and focus on Student Pacing.
We Enhance Student Performance with our Master Criteria (“A” or Incomplete), Develop Student Erudition (How to Teach Oneself and be Independent), Train the Socratic Method (Learning Through Questions), and Expand the student’s scope with the Heuristic Process (Process of Discovery).
Success Strategies
Students are trained to use SMART Systems: SMART Goals (Specific, Measureable, Action Oriented, Realistic/Relevant, and Time Sensitive), SMART Mind Set, SMART Skill Set, and SMART Assets.
- How to Understand Yourself and Others
- Communication Skills
- Conflict Resolution Techniques
- Essential Life Skills for Independent Living
- Stress Management
- Sharing with Others
Supervision and Support
We form a Success Team with Mentors, Parents, Coaches, and Advisors around each student to provide Tracking-Evaluation-Accountability-Monitoring of student progress.