Our Vision: The 4th Academy is a student-centered community of learners designed with the autonomy and flexibility to provide students with a rigorous curriculum. Learning is challenging, personally meaningful, and prepares students to be ready for college, careers, and global citizenship.

Our Goals:

• Prepare students with skills to graduate and be prepared for life after high school
• Provide rigorous curriculum for all students
• Structure curriculum to create independent and critical thinkers
• Personalize student learning by knowing our students well
• Create a community of learners who know and respect each other
• Increase parent involvement and communication

Students attending The 4th Academy can expect:

• To look beyond the world of people and culture they know
• To explore interest in business and the world economy
• To seek a pathway that will prepare them for their future by providing a variety of options to explore
• To access current technology
• To become a part of a community of learners who know each other and their teachers well

Explorers develop tools to solve everyday problems. They change the world for themselves and others. Do you …

• prefer working as part of a team?
• enjoy making connections within the community?
• want to be trail blazer?
• want to work with a team of teachers who will inspire you to learn?

A Day in the Life of a Student at The Exploration School:

• The day could start in Choir, AVID, Spanish, or Woodshop.
• Then it's off to Exploration Science where we are conducting experiments and collecting data for our Science Fair Project.
• In Info Tech, we are working on the 4Ps. Today, we are learning how to do Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations for our student-led conference.
• Then we go to Advisory class to prepare our portfolios for the upcoming student-led conferences.
• After Advisory, we are off to math class. Math is geared toward the academic needs of the individual, and we are creating 3-D images to help us understand mathematical calculations. We also use the math lab to reinforce our skills.
• In Language Arts, we are acting out the book, Lord of the Flies, to get a deeper grasp of story's plot.
• During lunch, the student council meets with its leadership team to plan fund-raisers, assist in planning an advisory, or brainstorming exploration field trip opportunities for their peers.
• In Social Studies, we choose a differentiated project to creatively demonstrate our understanding of the history of the world.
• For the student with a special interest in the study of Spanish and the culture, the day could end playing games to learn vocabulary.

Core Course Sequence at The Exploration School:

• 9th Grade
  • Language Arts (Honors available)
  • World Geography (Honors available)
  • Integrated Science I (Honors available)
  • Information Technology
  • Math (in sequence)
  • Available Electives:
    • Spanish (all levels)
    • PE/Health
    • Introduction to Business/Marketing
    • AVID
    • Read Right, ELL, Learning Strategies
• 10th Grade
  • Language Arts (Honors available)
  • Modern World History (Honors available)
  • Integrated Science II (Honors available)
  • Math (in sequence)
  • Available Electives:
    • Year-long:
      • Spanish (in sequence)
      • French (in sequence)
      • Read Right, ELL, Learning Strategies
      • AVID
    • Semester-long:
      • PE: Health, Quality Fitness, Weightlifting, Basketball, Volleyball
      • Art: Intro to Art, Ceramics, Drawing
      • Business: Intl. Business/Marketing