Sugar Hill Academy of Talent and Career will be a safe and nurturing learning environment for children. By using various learning experiences, students will achieve their individual capabilities. Through a school-wide enrichment model, students will receive exposure to discussions about different career options through a parallel curriculum model. Students will have the opportunity to explore their talents and interests through cluster enrichment groups. Finally, students will develop the soft skills needed to enter the job force through service learning assignments.

Curriculum: Become progressive and integrated into the larger school system to ensure students will meet future standards.

Curriculum will:

•  Be research based
• Include deeper, more in-depth instruction
• Be based on national standards

Instruction: Structured with varied curriculum to captivate students’ attention and create self-pride from their work.

Instruction:

• Involves community input
• Provides activities that are applicable to real life experiences
• Utilizes intrinsically motivated activities
• Promotes research based support for teachers 
   

Assessment: Varied forms to look at individual students and larger picture.

Assessment

• Needs to guide classroom instruction, in addition to tracking students
• Is self-assessable by students, teachers, and administrators
• Is continuous, ongoing, and daily

Environment: Free from physical and emotional threats to allow individuals to learn in an engaging, caring place of which they will receive equal opportunity to achieve self-fulfillment.

Environment

• Provides physical and emotional security from outside influences
• Has relevant exciting visual displays and programs
• Supplies adequate resources for teachers
• Promotes lower student/teacher ratio
• Supports collaboration among teachers, students, parents, and administrators