The Academy Pursuing Truth, Wisdom, and Excellence

About The Academy

We are a public, PreK-12 school of choice located in Westminster, Colorado. We pair a rigorous, content-rich curriculum with charter education to help our students achieve the highest standards in academics. Our school has over 1,800 students who have engaged and passionate parents. We have been a charter school for over 20 years. At The Academy, all of our students are known, valued, and challenged to be their best.

Parents & Students

Every student's success is rooted in support from home. The Academy recognizes this fact as the staff and administration look to help continue students' excellence from our parents and family members. As a result, we welcome parent engagement in multiple facets of our school. The academic, athletic, theatric, and community programs continually strive for and reach excellence because of the support the school receives from you, the parent.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021-2022 enrollment. Click "Enroll" below for the application.

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High School Counseling

Marcia Hubbard, Kelly Richter and Cassidy Parnell are the high school counselors at The Academy. They each serve grades 9-12 split alphabetically. They work with students individually and through classroom guidance lessons. They focus on three pillars of school counseling; social/emotional, college/career and academics. Please see the below article about the essential role of high school counselors from American School Counselor Association.

The Essential Role of High School Counselors

High School Graduation Requirements

Scholar Diploma:

4 credits in English, Math, Science & Social Studies
3 credits in World Language
1 credit in PE (.5 Health, .5 PE class/sport)
4 academic/general electives credits
Total of 24 credits

Traditional Diploma:

4 credits in English & Math
3 credits in Science and Social Studies
2 credits in World Language
1 credit in PE (.5 Health, .5 PE class/sport)
7 academic/general electives
Total of 24 credits

Counselors work with students to figure out what graduation pathway is the best fit. Starting with the class of 2021, CO Dept. of Education has asked that students demonstrate competency in English and Math upon graduating from high school. Students must select a graduation option for the Colorado Dept. of Education Menu of College and Career-Ready Demonstrations. Please see the link below for a list of the options.

Graduation Guidelines CDE

Secondary Course Catalog 21-22

Naviance

Naviance is a tool used in grades 7-12 for college/career exploration. It is also heavily used in 12th grade to submit documentation to post secondary institutions.

Naviance Student allows you to:

Get involved in the planning and advising process - Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers.
Research colleges - Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics of students who have been admitted to the college.
Research scholarships - Use a scholarship website database to find a wide variety of scholarships.
Research careers - Research hundreds of careers and career cluster, and take career assessments.
Create future plans - Create goals and to-dos, and complete tasks assigned to you by the school to better prepare yourself for your future college and career goals.

The link below is a Video Lesson called Naviance Student Overview that will give you the opportunity to review navigation via a mobile device and access a foundational tour of each of the Naviance Student sections.

http://www.screencast.com/t/tbcYt9eUkKg

You can access your Naviance account at https://student.naviance.com/tamc

Username: Academy Student Email Address

Password: Students can create their own password by clicking "Forgot Password?"