Tag: Christian school

Expanding Grade Configuration!

Local Christian schools tell us that their biggest need is for a school to refer elementary-aged students who would not succeed at their school because of the particular learning or developmental difference a student has.

Sophia Academy is set to meet this need! We have informed the PA Department of Education that we will now be accepting students in grades K-12. Already, we have families applying for K-3 as well as grades 6-9.

girl in red shirt sitting beside a girl in blue button up shirt

Our teachers will be trained this summer to provide the intensive interventions and curriculum that will re-wire brains and ensure both academic and personal success.

We will be an IWMBC ™ network school able to deliver completely individualized curriculum based on the results of a 1300+ parameter qEEG test. We will be able to pull from over 4000 interventions to best meet each student’s need.

We accept students with dyslexia and dyscalculia, ADHD, Autism, genetic syndromes, traumatic brain injury, trauma, anxiety disorders, and more. Some students will be able to return to their sending school after a year or two with us. Others may choose to stay and graduate from Sophia Academy.

We are currently an accredited Christian school that is expanding to become a therapy center as well.

Unisys Engineer Introduces Students to the Amazing World of GIMP

Teaching computer skills and tech to Sophia Academy students thanks to Unisys Cares!
 
This week Mr. Tom Tomer, electrical engineer with Unisys, shared exciting tech advancements and computer skills with students.
 
He and some of the seniors had a great time learning how to use the free computer graphics tool GIMP. The students were thrilled to see how they could place pictures of themselves in different visual settings and occupations, and improve photographs and works of art.

Cooking With Garbage

Sophia students participate ever year in the Philly Service Award project. This year, students in STEM classes are building –from scratch–a methane digester that can be used as an outdoor lamp or stove. It will be powered completely by organic trash. Anyone living in a city knows that there is usually plenty of trash to be found. Students have gone into the neighborhood multiple times to pick up trash, thus meeting two needs at once: beautifying the school’s neighborhood and securing a stash of free fuel for the methane digester. Win-win. Just another way for Sophia Academy students to use all their senses and abilities to learn.

Pumpkin Carving Comes Early to Sophia Biology Class

Comparing water samples gathered from Lorimar Park, growing mold on jack-o-lanterns, checking out crystalline structures under a microscope: these are just a few ways students put feet and hands on their learning under the direction of Mrs. Gudz, Biology teacher at Sophia Academy. Mrs. Gudz comes to Sophia after years of teaching and working in the health professions. She loves making the world of science come alive to students (and vice versa), but she especially loves the opportunity to help young men and women grow in character, in wisdom, and in favor with God.