Roger Williams Academy

Students in the Upper Division may be enrolled in any of the three offered tracks. 

Honors Track: the student  is a Sophomore who has shown that he or she can maintain an academic average of 94% or higher in his or her Freshman year. The student will contract for an "A", and will repeat any modules of learning necessary to maintain an "A" average.  The student should remain "in balance" (all subjects are at the same level), and "at level" (Student is at the appropriate grade level).   

College Preparatory: Contains the content of the HonorsTrack without the mandatory "A" contract.  Students in the curriculum that we use who have completed this track usually score in the 97th percentile on College Entrance Exams. 

General Diploma: This track has less Math and Science.  It contains the subject matter required by the State of California but with more English and Social Studies andForiegn Language .  The student must master 80% of the content of the courses in order to graduate.

Physical Education program consists of baseball, basketball, archery and physical conditioning with the Royal Canadian Airforce conditioning program.

Labs  We have a small labratory set-up for hands on experimentation, actually doing of all the chemistry, physical science and biology work. We have the microscopes, scales, chemicals, and whatever is needed to do the actual experiemnts.

We use the Rosetta Stone language courses for our offering of over 26 languages.

We also have the laptop computers and or desktop computers for viewing of dvd for extra instruction in math ,science courses, languages, and COMPUTER LITERACY.

Starting in the 2012 school year.  For those interested in a classical education we also have tutoring in ancient Greek ,Latin and Public Speaking.

 ACCREDITATION through SASC-- Southern Assoc. of Schools and Colleges.

SINGING AND ELOCUTION CLASS FOR CREDIT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IS AVAILABLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT UPON REQUEST.

 ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL HOURS: MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM FOR STUDENTS AT LEVEL AND IN ACADEMIC BALANCE

Students in the Middle Division are readers who can read without assistance.  They usually are from third to eighth grade.  Each student has his or her private student office, where he or she can avoid the distraction of the group while learning, yet be able to take part in a planned group dynamic by simply turning their chairs around.  Each student is tutored seperately as needed.  The Teacher will patrol the classroom to make certain that each student is working, and is not "stuck".  A student who is on, say, page 30 for 30 minutes is stuck.  The teacher then, intervenes to determine the nature of the problem. Physical Education is the Royal Canadian Air Force Conditioning Program ages 6 to 18 all year long with softball, basketball, and archery-- each three months long.

In Lower Division the students are from Kindergarten to second grade.  The teacher-student ration is usually 1-5, and will not exceed 1-8.  The student is taught the phonic alphabet, and to put letter symbols together to begin reading and writing words.  Each morning, all of the phonic sounds are rehearsed, and new letters and their sounds are taught with recitation, singing, and other activities.  Skill development exercizes are engaged in involving following lines with a pencil in tracing and mazes, cutting on lines, and coordination development exercizes.

When the student is fully able to work in the Middle School classroom, he or she is promoted during the Thursday Chapel hour. 

An ESL student will spend an hour each day learning Phonics, and studying the English language.  Older students, whose parents agree, may sign up for English in our Rosetta Stone (a fee of $325 to cover the cost of the program will be charged.)  The day to day work of the ESL student will be in the Division that is appropriate to the student's tested abilities.

Physical Education in the gym will consist of conditioning using the Royal Canadian Exercise program which is graded starting at the age of 6 this will be all year long . We will also teach the children to play baseball, archery and badminton..