Academy Overview
Linda Christas Academy is one of the world's leading providers of online academic and college counseling services to high school and middle school students. In addition, the School welcomes many adult students each year for AP Calculus, AP English, Graduate School Entrance and GED test preparation. All programs are specifically tailored to meet individual student needs.
College and Career Counseling
Linda Christas Academy provides experienced credentialed teachers and licensed counselors who deliver academic programs that prepare students and graduates for admission to top U.S. colleges and universities at a rate three times higher than the graduates of traditional public and private schools.
Students of any age have many important decisions to make as they proceed along the road leading to college, as well as first or alternative careers. Often traditional schools, with student-to-counselor ratios ranging from 350 to 1 to over 1900 to 1, cannot provide students with the individual guidance necessary to understand issues ranging from the strengths of individual college programs to the relationships between specific college offerings and future career options.
Individualized professional guidance in these areas is essential for every student. A significant majority of America's professionals say that, if they had only known or had been counseled, they would not have chosen the college major or the career path in which they are now engaged.
To cite a specific example of the benefit of counseling expertise: It is currently accepted by knowledgeable counselors familiar with college department strengths (and weaknesses), that Denison University maintains a strong Theater Arts department. Therefore, if Theater Arts is a possible college concentration, Denison University should be high on a student's preference list. This kind of information, however, is normally difficult to obtain from a standard counseling office. Since these offices are charged with so many other duties, developing and maintaining in-depth expertise regarding the ongoing needs profiles of America's 3200 public and private colleges is beyond what can be reasonably expected. (On many high school and middle school campuses, simply getting students to class in a timely fashion, having had adequate food and rest, is a full-time occupation for counselors.)
Linda Christas counselors assist students not only to identify appropriate college programs but also to negotiate the best financial offers possible with schools like Denison, or the so-called Ivies, Baby Ivies or Seven Sister colleges. Linda Christas counselors can do this because a substantial portion of their resources is spent working with college-level information.
College Cost
Often, if a high school counselor is current with regard to college-level changes, his or her student clients can fund exclusive college experiences at less cost than attending state-supported schools. This can be done, however, only as appropriate matches are made between a student's skills and the projected needs of top colleges and universities in any one academic year.
Full-Time Academy
For those parents and students who wish to take advantage of the newest trend in higher education admissions policies, Linda Christas has designed comprehensive online middle and high school programs which satisfy the requirements of the most elite colleges in the United States.
Supplementary Programs
For families who wish to stay within a formal public or private school classroom situation for their students, Linda Christas offers several programs designed to compliment the traditional learning experience, the goal of which is to build a solid foundation for course work in high school and beyond. Individualized College Counseling services are relevant to all college-bound students, whether they be home, privately or publicly schooled.
Section Index
- Introducing Linda Christas Online Academy
- The Linda Christas Difference
- The Linda Christas Academic Program Suite
Academic Offerings
- College Challenge Courses: Calculus
- College Challenge Courses: English
- GED Exam Preparation Program
- Parent/Guardian Education Program
- Linda Christas Online Academy
- College Counseling and Supplementary English Language Program
- College Application and ACT/SAT Test Preparation Program
- Stay-at-Home School Coordination Program
- Homework Helper Tutorials: Mathematics, Science or English
- English Mentoring Program
General
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