What a first quarter it has been at The Academy! In just a few months, we've launched new curriculum in every core subject, celebrated a district championship, sent our seniors into the community for real-world career experience, and taken meaningful steps toward a strong financial future.
Here's a look at how our students are growing in knowledge and in faith, and how our community is building something lasting together.
Growing in Knowledge
This year, every core subject at The Academy moved to a strong, knowledge-rich curriculum. Any change this big comes with a learning curve, but our students have settled in well, and we're excited about where student learning is headed.
New curriculum across the grades:
Arts & Letters for reading and writing in K–8
JUMP Math in K–8
Saxon Algebra and Jacobs Geometry in high school math
Louisiana ELA Guidebooks in high school English, pairing classic and modern works like The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, and The Great Gatsby with strong writing instruction
Teaching built on real data. We launched the Academy Teacher Hub, a platform designed around our curriculum. Teachers record results question by question, see which skills each child has mastered, and plan instruction around what students need next. This quarter, the Hub also powered our new skills-based progress reports, giving families a clear picture of how their child is doing in each subject.
Extra support when it's needed. Our partnership with Full Mind has expanded tutoring opportunities for students who benefit from additional help.
PSAT/NMSQT on our campus. For the first time, our juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT right here at school. It's the test that opens the door to National Merit Scholarships.
Investing in our teachers. Later this year, our K–8 teachers will receive reading and writing instruction training from Great Minds, the publisher of Arts & Letters.
Growing in Faith: The Fruit of the Spirit
This year we introduced a Fruit of the Spirit character development curriculum for our K–8 students. Each week, students focus on one fruit of the Spirit through Scripture memorization, Bible stories, and practical examples of living it out.
At the heart of it all is love. Students learn that we show God's love to others by intentionally practicing the fruit of the Spirit as taught in His Word: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Each day begins with the weekly memory verse, a story, and a conversation about putting these principles into action. Throughout the day, teachers help students notice chances to practice them in their choices, friendships, and interactions.
Our goal is simple: that students move beyond knowing the fruit of the Spirit to living it out, letting God's Word and His love guide how they treat others every day.
Senior Spotlight
Our seniors are a wonderful picture of who Academy students are, in the classroom, on the court, in the community, and in their friendships. Many have been with us since preschool, and every one of them is taking dual enrollment courses with Trevecca Nazarene University and Nashville State.
A championship season. Congratulations to our volleyball team, district champions and state runners-up. What an inspiring season.
Learning in the real world. This semester, seniors are out in the community two days a week, completing 50 hours of field experience in the careers they're exploring:
Social Work
McNeely's Bend, serving underprivileged kids
Nursing and Pediatric Nursing
HFC
OB/GYN Care
Lily Birth Services
Education
Dream Streets after-school program
Public Health
AYIN Project
Engineering
AYIN Project (well development) and Off Grid TN
Civil Rights Law
Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition
Law
A law firm in Franklin
Sports Marketing
Uber Displays
We're proud not only of their work ethic, but of their heart for the Lord and for His people.
Building for the Future
Bridge the Gap. Tuition doesn't cover the full cost of an Academy education, and our Annual Fund, Bridge the Gap, exists to close that $150,000 difference. So far, our community has raised $40,000, including $14,000 from the Phoenix Open. Thank you to every family, sponsor, and volunteer who made that possible. Your generosity directly supports our students and teachers.
New scholarship opportunities. We've partnered with the Children's Tuition Fund, a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO), for the new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC) program. The program launches January 1, 2027, and could open new doors for tuition scholarships at The Academy. More details are coming soon.
Learning from our peers. We're building relationships with Heads of School across our area. These conversations offer valuable insight into what healthy, sustainable schools do well, and they're already shaping our planning.
A safe campus. During fall in-service, our staff completed another training session with MNPD officers. Every staff member walked through a lockdown scenario, and we refined the details of our emergency response.
Join Us
Discover The Academy. Enrollment for the 2027–28 school year is now open, and we'd love to show you around. Visit our enrollment page to schedule a tour or start an application. Know a family who would thrive here? Please pass this along.
A Night of the Arts. Join us for an evening celebrating our students' talents in the visual and performing arts. Academy's Got Talent returns with two nights and 20 acts, alongside a student art showcase of drawings, paintings, and poetry. Current families can find tickets in the school app.
Help Bridge the Gap. There's still $110,000 to go toward our Annual Fund goal. Every gift, large or small, invests directly in our students and teachers.
Thank you to our families, partners, and friends for your prayers, your generosity, and your trust. It is a joy to serve this community.
