Senbazuru: Chains of 1000 Origami Cranes in Kyoto, Japan, Just Academics, 2019.
No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment. --Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2007.
If a Japanese student folds 1000 origami cranes and decorates the local temple with a chain of them, the offering is believed to bring academic success. Perhaps, the tradition started because a brilliant teacher once realized that any student who can make 1000 cranes can learn just about anything!
But effort requires guidance, and mastery takes time.
Just Academics offers small-group, after-school online classes delivering exceptional college preparation while meeting the curriculum standards set by the College Board for the Advanced-Placement (AP) exams. Unlike the standard high-school class, Just Academics enriches the experience through social-justice projects, collaborative problem solving and guided inquiry labs.
Social-justice projects enable students to see the impact of what they are learning on local and global problems, and it encourages them to apply a wide range of academic skills from communication to analytical thinking.
Collaborative problem solving promotes an environment where students solve problems together and learn from each other. This model is widely used in colleges and universities and has been shown to increase academic performance and retention as well as enhance the development of teamwork skills.
Guided inquiry labs simulate the practice of science by teaching students to develop their own procedures in pursuit of the relationships among variables they wish to investigate. Guided-inquiry labs distinguish themselves from typical structured labs that follow a specific procedure and confirm specific results.
Simply put, Just Academics delivers world-class instruction to the home affordably through cutting-edge technology platforms.
Just Academics delivers classes that have multiple advantages over typical public high-school classes:
Social-Justice Projects
Collaborative Problem Solving
Guided-Inquiry Labs
Class Sizes Guaranteed No Larger Than 15 Students
Activity-Driven Class Sessions (Twice A Week For 30 Weeks)
Accessibility And Flexibility: Coursework After School At Home
Affordability: Competitive Tuition and Financial Aid
Good Value: AP Course Instruction and AP Test Preparation
Master Teachers
If any of these advantages stand out to you, we hope you will take a minute to find out more!