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WE ARE IN WATERVAL BOVEN, SOUTH AFRICA! NEWS FROM MS. SHEPHERD
NORTHPOINT MAY INTENSIVES
Prescott Sunup Rotary Donates $2000 to Northpoint Students for South Africa Trip
Now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year, with Grades 9, 10 and 11. Begin the application process online.
Welcome to Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy
-A Gates Foundation funded high school
-Students have 1:1 ibook
-Public school in Prescott Unified School District
Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy (NELA) opened with room for 100 ninth grade students in the fall of 2006. The school added 100 new ninth grade openings in August 2007. NELA will eventually grow to 400 students, grades 9-12, by the year 2009-2010.
Prescott is one of only twelve communities in the United States to receive a major grant from Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound (with funds provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) to create a new, small, rigorous high school based on the highly acclaimed Expeditionary Learning model.
Expeditionary Learning offers:
College Preparation, Compelling Topics, Hands-On Learning, Service Opportunities, Close Relationships
Emphasis on Reading & Writing, Inquiry-Based Math, Science, & Social Studies, Integrated Art
Adventure & Fitness, Opportunities to Explore