Increasing Each Student's Academic Performance
Day 6: Art is learning Art truly can be a mind-expanding experience, and there’s guaranteed to be something for everyone! Here are some artistic ways to keep those brains engaged over the break: Basic drawing Drawing, origami, painting Clay Found object art Share your art with us on Facebook!
Day 5: History repeats itself History may seem less important than math or reading, but being aware in a global culture is extremely valuable. Not to mention, life lessons learned through the foibles of humans before us. But where to start? This website is extremely user-friendly, and, although geared toward elementary school children, has plenty of fun facts for older students as well. […]
Let’s face it–we are ALL ready for 2020 to be over. As the kids are home for the holidays break, it’s a great time to set them up for a successful 2021. And Academics Plus is here to help! Check out our daily posts to keep those minds active for an A+ New Year! Day 4: All can be authors Tired of screens? […]
Let’s face it–we are ALL ready for 2020 to be over. As the kids are home for the holidays break, it’s a great time to set them up for a successful 2021. And Academics Plus is here to help! Check out our daily posts to keep those minds active for an A+ New Year! Day 3: Today a reader, tomorrow a leader The […]
Let’s face it–we are ALL ready for 2020 to be over. As the kids are home for the holidays break, it’s a great time to set them up for a successful 2021. And Academics Plus is here to help! Check out our daily posts to keep those minds active for an A+ New Year! Day 2: Math is everywhere Math tends to get […]
Let’s face it–we are ALL ready for 2020 to be over. As the kids are home for the holidays break, it’s a great time to set them up for a successful 2021. And Academics Plus is here to help! Check out our daily posts to keep those minds active for an A+ New Year! Day 1: Embrace your inner scientist Need something to […]
We recognize there is a great deal of uncertainty about the coming school year. According to TEA, “The prolonged school closures may have a devastating impact on student achievement, with students potentially returning in August nearly a full year behind.” This, combined with the currently unknown circumstances of the coming semester, understandably weighs heavily on all of us as parents. What remains unchanged […]
Updated 05/08/20 General Cleanliness Practices: ~No toys or magazines in lobby ~Reward shelf prizes kept at front desk instead of out on shelf ~Inside and outside door handles wiped down each hour ~Phones wiped down after each use ~Employees with any symptoms are to stay home ~Any person at the center will be sent home immediately if they are coughing or displaying other […]
With school nearly over, and with Governor Abbott’s plan to reopen Texas, we are eagerly preparing for our students to return to Academics Plus in person! In our online format, our students have been able to continue developing metacognitive and critical thinking strategies, paragraph writing, active learning skills, reading efficiency, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and mathematical reasoning all from home “face to face” with […]
