Mission
To prepare students for college and life by providing opportunities to acquire the necessary skills and inspiration to become lifelong learners, compassionate leaders, and global change-makers.
Philosophy
ATA College Prep (ATA CP) is a community-supported learning environment in which each member is empowered, encouraged, and engaged – mind, body, and spirit – in learning and living with awareness, integrity and compassion. Implementing Socratic dialog, performance-based applications, coaching and mentoring, and multi-age classrooms, ATA CP provides the foundations of Leadership education. ATA CP provides personalized programming for students ages 11 up to maximize individual potential in athletics, academics, and character. We are dedicated to cultivating an individual’s strengths as well as exposing them to rich, thought-provoking experiences through community involvement and service.
Goals
1) to develop a love of learning in a supportive environment
2) to cultivate the pursuit of excellence
3) to foster freedom and personal accountability
4) to foster self-awareness, independence and community involvement
5) to maximize college opportunity and choice
Academic Coaches
Our instructors are life-long learners and passionate advocates of Socratic dialog, critical thinking and problem-solving. They think on their feet, model a positive body-mind-spirit attitude, and implement creative methods to stimulate the learning process.