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School Notes Overview: |
The Outdoor Academy is an accredited academic semester school for high school sophomores, and select juniors, who seek academic success and personal enrichment. Students attend our program for one semester only, in the fall or spring. Our students experience hands-on learning in an academic community centered on a deep connection to nature, lasting relationships with one another and the excitement of living in a challenging atmosphere.
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| School Focus |
College Preparatory |
College Preparatory |
| Grades Offered
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10-11 |
9-12 |
| School Type |
Co-ed |
Co-ed |
| Support
for ADD/ADHD Students |
Yes |
Yes |
| Religious Affiliation |
Non-denominational |
Non-denominational |
| Year Founded |
1991 |
1901 |
| Campus Size |
180 acres |
150 acres |
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| Enrollment |
32 students |
297 students |
| Percent Students of Color |
4% |
17% |
| Percent Students Boarding |
100% |
72% |
| Average
SAT Score |
n/a |
*National
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| Offers
Post-Grad Year |
No |
No |
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| Saturday Classes |
No |
No |
| Classroom Dress Code |
Casual |
Formal |
| Average Class
Size |
8 |
12
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| Teacher : Student
Ratio |
1:3 |
1:7
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| ESL Courses Offered |
No |
Yes |
| % Faculty with Advanced Degree |
40% |
60% |
| Summer Program Offered |
No |
Yes |
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| Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students) |
$32,800
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$37,500 |
| Yearly Tuition (Day Students) |
n/a |
$21,890 |
| Percent Students
on Financial Aid |
25% |
30% |
| Merit Scholarships
Offered |
No |
No |
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| Application Deadline |
Feb. 15 / rolling |
Jan. 15 |
| SSAT Required |
No |
Yes |
| Acceptance Rate |
75% |
60% |
| Director of Admissions |
Lydia Odell |
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The Outdoor Academy is an accredited semester school for 10th and select 11th graders located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
Our school combines a rigorous college preparatory curriculum with wilderness leadership programming, regional studies, environmental education, and unique arts offerings.
Each semester, we enroll up to 32 high school students from private and public schools from all over the United States.
Classes are small and taught in a traditional classroom setting, as well as out-of-doors next to streams and in the forest.
Students gain valuable leadership skills and wilderness experience while hiking, whitewater paddling, backpacking, caving and rock climbing. They become fully engaged in the learning process and gain a new sense of respect for the environment, for others, and for themselves. School accreditations: SACS - Profile last updated: 06/08/2007
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