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Mill Springs Academy has full Academic Accreditation status from SACS, SAIS and GAC and is a member of the following:
Program Description Mill Springs Academy bases learning strategies on Academic Plans developed for each student by our multidisciplinary staff. Learning strategies are generated from psycho-educational evaluations, previous school records, diagnostic skills assessment, observations, communication with other professionals involved with the student and our continuing experiences with the student. Mill Springs Academy is committed to a comprehensive, holistic program design that is multifaceted to meet the needs of the “total child”.
Mill Springs Academy provides a carefully structured environment within a warm, supportive atmosphere. Our structural approach is a milieu environment that involves our Community Levels System, daily values groups, individualized contracts and Life Space Interview techniques. Parent Education Groups are conducted throughout the year to afford parents the opportunity to understand and utilize our philosophy and techniques. Our Parent Groups positively enhance school-parent interactions. Conferences with parents are scheduled throughout the term and others are based on the immediate needs of the student as defined by the student, family or school. Our Community Levels System is a school wide, reality-based structure that clearly defines the responsibilities and privileges associated with each level of responsibility. The system allows the student to make fully informed choices resulting in privileges or consequences. It allows the staff members to function as facilitators. Community meetings are led by the principal of each school component and involve both staff and peer feedback.
The community monitors the interactions of its members and enforces the Levels System while academic expectations and interventions are individualized. Interactive expectations are the same for all students – to respect oneself and all others of the community. When students accomplish this major goal with the help of the MSA Community, they will have acquired sound social problem-solving skills, as well as, joy and self-satisfaction in their interactions with others.
Laptops for Learning
Our Laptop for Learning program encompasses grades 4 through 12. This program emphasizes the computer’s use as a tool for learning and as an individualized intervention for learning. Because it is an intervention tool, students use their computers at home and at school. The faculty also uses laptops in the same manner, including Lower School faculty. Students in 1st through 3rd grades begin with desktops. Microsoft Outlook is used to handle e-mail, inside and outside of school. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are used for organizing, writing, editing, and turning in assignments. We use the computer for research on the Internet that is integrated into our curriculum. This program is used for completing, maintaining and presenting our challenging academic work. In addition, we also use an organizational website to help families and students organize their activities. We use IBM ThinkPads as our laptop of choice. Mill Springs Academy admits qualified students of any sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin. All students are entitled to all of the rights, privileges, programs and general activities accorded or made available to other students. For more information on admission, please contact our Admissions Director, Sheila FitzGerald. We schedule Open Houses for prospective parents and students. Please check our Calendar to see if an Open House is scheduled for this month
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