Trident Academy Inc

TRIDENT ACADEMY, THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED, MULTI-SENSORY AND RESEARCH-BASED TEACHING APPROACHES, TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF COGNITIVELY CAPABLE K-12 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES.

TRIDENT ACADEMY IS A SPECIAL PLACE! WE ARE 1 OF ONLY 18 SCHOOLS ACCREDITEDBY THE ACADEMY OF ORTON-GILLINGHAM PRACTITIONERS & EDUCATORS IN THE NATIONTEACHING STUDENTS WITH LANGUAGE-BASED LEARNING DISORDERS. WE OFFER ANINDIVIDUALIZED DIAGNOSTIC AND PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH THAT GIVES OUR STUDENTSTHE CONFIDENCE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED HERE AND WHEN TRANSITIONINGBACK INTO MORE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTINGS. TRIDENT ACADEMY TRULY FILLS ACRITICAL NEED IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES!AT TRIDENT ACADEMY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STUDENTS WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY NEEDTO BE TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY. OUR TEACHERS EMPLOY THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM (OG)APPROACH IN ALL CLASSES WHICH OFFERS A VERY STRUCTURED, DIAGNOSTIC ANDFORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIESTRIDENT ACADEMY, THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED, MULTI-SENSORY, AND RESEARCH-BASED TEACHINGAPPROACHES, TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF COGNITIVELY CAPABLE K-12 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENTPRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING AND WORKING WITH EACH STUDENTSINDIVIDUAL NEEDS. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS USING VARIOUSMULTI-SENSORY TECHNIQUES, EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM THATCORRESPOND TO RELEVANT SUBJECT MATTER AND VIA THE INCORPORATION OFASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS SMALL COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS - WE HAD 55STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM FOR 2019-2020; HOWEVER, THIS IS BY DESIGN. WEBELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY DOES SMALL CLASSROOM SIZE AND INDIVIDUALIZEDINSTRUCTION HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME BETTER LEARNERS, BUT IT ALSO HELPSTHEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF-AWARENESS.RESEARCH OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SHOWS THE STRIDES STUDENTS CAN MAKE INTHEIR TEST SCORES IN AN AVERAGE ACADEMIC YEAR AT TRIDENT ACADEMY.ANALYZING STANDARDIZED PRE- AND POST- TEST SCORES BETWEEN 1995-2016, OURSTUDENTS:VOCABULARY SCORES INCREASED 115.6%COMPREHENSION SCORES INCREASED 152.2%MATHEMATICS SCORES INCREASED 268.8%DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR,VOCABULARY SCORES INCREASED 45.4%COMPREHENSION SCORES INCREASED 179.6%THE TRIDENT ACADEMY PARENT'S ASSOCIATION (TAPA) RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORTCOMMUNINTY BUILDING ACTIVITIES LIKE THE FALL FESTIVAL & FIELD DAY. ITRAISES FUNDS THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS SUCH AS PRODUCT SALES AND EVENTS.