Our Mission We will create a small, personalized learning environment which teaches core academic and arts curriculum in a developmentally appropriate manner. NLA helps prepare students for a successful high school experience. In doing so, NLA provides experiential courses which are based on a balance of process skills, content and the affective aspects of education. NLA takes an interdisciplinary, hands-on approach to meeting state graduation outcomes. Assessment is multi-faceted.
Instruction is individualized through cross-graded instruction and flexible grouping.
In addition to math, science, language arts and social studies, the disciplines of modern language, visual and performing arts and technology use are considered core. All educational decision making has as a key component an examination of research and literature regarding best, most effective practice for middle grade students. The concept of learning community is key. To that end, we have developed a small, personalized environment which encourages high levels of parent involvement, local community interaction, teacher autonomy and student responsibility. You can also download or print the enrollment form .