High School Good Grades
The Problem
- Bad Grades
- Bad Friends
- Bad Attitude
When you've talked to your teenager recently, does it seem that academics got lost somewhere between the iPod, the cell phone, the living room couch, and adolescence? Does it feel like you have to brace for a fight every time the subject of missing homework and failing grades comes up? If you're nodding yes, maybe its time to consider a change of pace for your teen's less than enthusiastic approach to school.
Let's face it. Public and even expensive private schools aren't always the best place for students who aren't motivated. Some are more interested in what they are wearing or what their friends are driving. They have been lost in the shuffle, confused by the varying social cliques and values that fill the halls each morning, or just plain don't care.
Whatever the reason adolescence is hard enough for some kids without throwing in the inevitable lack of direction and identity that many teens feel.
Add to this friends that support them and attitude is sure to follow.
What if you could remove your child from these unimportant distractions?
The Solution
We put your child in an environment where he knows exactly what he is supposed to do at all times.
Our system of rewards and consequences for behavior is consistent and predictable. This eliminates confusion about what is acceptable or expected. Knowing what is expected can be a bit of relief even for a terribly disciplined teenager.
Students are surrounded by classmates that are used to succeeding, and they use "positive" peer pressure to help modify behavior. Among their classmates are scholar students in the Air Force Falcon program who upon graduating are accepted into the Air Force Academy. Along with 150 Senior ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as Army 2nd Lieutenants. These friends do not spend hours a day watching TV, gaming, or wandering the mall.
The norms are absolute in terms of right and wrong, what you can wear, and how to behave. Values, tradition, clarification and training are engrained in our environment. This nearly eliminates negative peer pressure that is an enormously influential force in young people's lives.
