Often referred to as the best kept secret in private education, Nawa Academy is a coed, independent boarding school located on the West Coast. As a leader in experiential education, Nawa Academy serves students in both middle school and high school, utilizing a hands-on learning approach.
Examples of children who benefit from experiential learning include nontraditional learners, those with time management, motivational and organizational issues, as well as students with learning disabilities. This includes students with auditory processing, comprehension, visual processing, fluency and decoding, and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADD / ADHD). Students searching for a dynamic educational experience who are excelling academically may also benefit from one of our traveling or snowboarding programs.
Nawa Academy is a fully accredited, college preparatory boarding school that offers many different educational alternatives to suit many types of students. Imagine a school that travels into areas such as India, Peru, Argentina, China, Russia, Dominican Republic, and the Philippines to conduct their academic studies, or one that combines academics with snowboarding. Imagine a school with small classes, creative and fun teachers, and learning through doing instead of being confined to a classroom filled with more than thirty students. These are the dreams that have been realized by our students.
Having pioneered the concept of a traveling boarding school sixteen years ago, Nawa Academy has mastered the "on the road" approach to education. International Academy offers a top notch academic experience for students who desire to travel the world while developing their foreign language skills. University campuses, libraries, research centers, laboratories, museums and wildlife reserves are just a few of the resources often utilized during each 2-3 week educational trip. Students also develop valuable life skills working with nonprofit service organizations and businesses.
Our main (on-campus) program, the California Academy, is located in Northern California. The California Academy offers a low student-to-teacher ratio in academic classes as well as a wide variety of electives from fire science to autoshop. Additionally, an on-site learning lab provides exercises to increase reading comprehension and language fluency skills. Playing baseball, paintball or going on a weekend leadership and team building trip are just a few of the extra curricular activities offered on campus.
Snowboard USA (SUSA) is another program available to our
students who are ready to focus on their studies and improve their
snowboarding under the guidance of two certified coaches. Students can
apply to join the competitive team or can choose to join the
recreational snowboarding group. During the week the students attend
classes at our main campus and spend the weekends focusing on
improving their snowboarding skills. The off-season consists of
conditioning by skateboarding and mountain boarding and once the snow
falls, the students can be found on the slopes at Mt. Shasta Board and
Ski Park in California. Other hills visited may include Mt. Ashland
and Mt. Hood.
Nawa Academy also features English as a Second Language (ESL)
which focuses on academic advancement, cultural and language
immersion.
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Nawa Academy is a non-traditional boarding school that prepares students with diverse learning needs to meet the challenges and complexities of the future. Through an experiential approach to learning, a creative and caring faculty and a nurturing environment, we seek to instill an excitement for lifelong learning. We encourage efforts to confront challenges, which fuel a growing realization of greater capability. We teach and reflect the values of moral character, physical wellness, and social responsibility by fostering open communication between faculty and students. Nawa Academy openly embraces the qualities of individuality, responsibility, diversity, human dignity and respect for others. By living in an atmosphere based on patience, dialogue, and intellectual inquiry, our students develop the skills to face the future successfully.
 "Member of the California Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation"
Nawa Academy is proud to be a member
of the Small Boarding Schools Association
National Wildfire Suppression Association (NWSA)
Nawa Academy is a permittee of the
Shasta Trinity National Forests and Lassen National Park
and is an equal opportunity service provider.
Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy As To Students
Nawa Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic
origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities
generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic
origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions
policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other
school-administered programs.
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