We support our scholars academically and concentrate our efforts on preparing them for success in high school and beyond. Our approach extends beyond the classroom. For graduating scholars, we offer additional support by providing one-to-one coaching for scholars as they navigate the path to their future. Our College and Career Advisor also supports scholars with planning, matching to the school that is best for them, completing applications, applying for scholarships, and submitting the FAFSA for federal student aid.
At LHA, we believe that educational process and product are inextricably linked. While we hold all students to rigorous academic standards, we are more focused on the process by which they meet them. We prioritize how students organize their thinking, represent and articulate their thinking, and take risks, and we value effort and hard work. We create space for students to argue and defend their work and value mistakes as a learning tool to dig deeper into misconceptions. We strengthen our learning process with intentional planning, open-ended questions, and, where possible, rubric-based grading to create critical thinkers with meaningful understanding of the information they learn.
We create numerous opportunities for scholars to collaborate with multiple communities. Scholars use thematic and project-based learning to engage with students at all levels. The Student Voice Committee allows students to contribute to school-based policy decisions. Engagement with local communities emphasizes that scholars have the opportunity and obligation to work to make any community they are part of better
Our scholars take an active role in setting their academic goals and evaluating how well they accomplish them. Student-led clubs and activities encourage students to identify and explore their interests. Year-long projects that culminate in end-of-year exhibitions enable students to set a goal, identify priorities and strategies for meeting it, and see a project through to completion. Student-led conferences emphasize the active role students play in driving their education: rather than a teacher-generated report card being sent home, scholars themselves are actively engaged in discussion and evaluation of their learning.
The years leading up to college are critical for our scholars. The educators at our CPA are specially equipped at teaching the critical academic skills required to ensure your scholar is college ready-academically and emotionally.
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encourage our scholars to round out their education by participating in extracurricular activities and to take advantage of educational enrichment opportunities.
