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Annual Impact Report

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To inform our community and celebrate our success, The Academy develops an Annual Impact Report each summer that details our yearly progress toward realizing the vision outlined in our Strategic Plan.The Academy’s 5-Year Strategic Plan was developed in collaboration with the Board of Directors, senior administration, committee members, and staff leaders. Learn more about our Strategic Plan by clicking the button to the right. Continue reading below to hear about the progress we made over the past year.

Strategic Plan

At the start of the 2021-22 school year, we released our new 5-Year Strategic Plan. Click the link below to read more.

Download the Plan

Our Vision

 

This graphic illustrates the application of The Academy's three Navigational Stars

Our approach to vertically aligning the full educational experience for our students from youngest to oldest centers around three notions – Prepare, Explore, and Empower – that keep us grounded in The Academy’s mission and vision as we set priorities and make decisions that impact instruction and school culture.

Our Progress

The Academy's Board of Directors and Senior Admin Team track the school's progress toward key strategic goals using a scorecard for each of our Strategic Plan categories: Instruction, Culture, Finance, and Operations. Learn more about our accomplishments in these areas by opening the accordion menu below.

Scorecard Explainer

Highlight on Prepare: Senior Class of 2024

All students develop the academic skills needed to prepare for lifelong success

The Academy's mission is to prepare students to become college ready, exemplary citizens. Our graduating class of 2024 is an inspiring example of that mission made reality. This group of students includes so many interesting, engaging, and impressive individuals who will go on to do amazing things with their lives. Their graduation from high school is the culmination of years of preparation, exploration, and empowerment at The Academy  - for some since they started with us all the way back in kindergarten. We are so proud of our graduates!

Academy Graduate

Preparing the Class of 2024 for College

  • 83% of 4-Year Seniors graduated on time
  • 2 Juniors graduated a full year early
  • During the fall 2023 semester, Academy students successfully earned a total of 139 college credit hours through coursework with Front Range Community College with a 94% pass rate, saving their families $104,759.60 in tuition costs
  • 2 seniors were accepted into military service with the Air Force Academy and Army National Guard
  • 1 senior was named a Daniels Scholar, a distinction that comes with a full scholarship to any in-state college as well as many out-of-state options
  • 1 senior was named a National Merit Scholar for scoring among the top 1% of Colorado high schoolers on the SAT
  • 1 senior earned an Associates Degree in Science along with their high school diploma as a result of the concurrent enrollment courses they completed through Front Range Community College
  • 12 seniors earned athletic and academic letters in all four sports seasons

 

Wildcat Alumni Were Accepted to the Following Schools

Highlight on Explore: WILD

All students explore their strengths and passions through real-world learning

Elementary students have multiple opportunities throughout the year to explore their strengths and passions in less a traditional learning environment through the WILD program. WILD stands for: Working together, Investigation-focused, Learning differently, and Discovery-led. During a WILD experience, small groups of students leave their typical classroom to participate in investigative experiences that build their capacity to analyze problem-based learning scenarios, ask questions, grapple with challenges, fail, and ultimately persevere in order to build resilience and then apply new learning in authentic ways. Through these experiences, WILD is intended to help children discover their joy and passion for life-long learning that will drive success in college and career. The photos below show a Lower Elementary WILD project in which students were challenged to build and test their own hot air ballons.

WILD Project Directions
Hot Air Balloon Project

Highlight on Empower: High School Student Council

For its exemplary record of leadership, service, and activities that improve the school and community, the Academy student council was been recognized as a 2024 National Gold Council of Excellence by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC).

The Academy High School Student Council has helped develop student leaders, put on multiple school-wide events, and raised thousands of dollars for charities in the past year. “Receiving a National Gold Council of Excellence Award reflects the amazing dedication of the students and school to make their community a better place,” said NASSP CEO Ronn Nozoe. “The Academy has gone above and beyond in elevating student voice to ensure they are establishing a positive climate and culture, as well as fostering academic and social growth for all.”

Student Council Excellence Award

Thank you for reading the 2023-24 Impact Report!

The Academy is committed to sharing our progress and celebrating our success on an annual basis. We look forward to keeping our community informed next year and beyond, please stay tuned for future updates. In the meantime, Go Wildcats!