 Overview & Schedule
When a student enters La Europa Academy, her academic progress and goals are evaluated. Transcripts are requested and reviewed from previous schools. Deficient credit make up is given top priority followed by each student’s individualized plan for graduation.
Students at La Europa Academy attend classes Monday – Friday on a modified-block schedule with English, Social Studies, Math and Science courses meeting 1 ½ hours twice per week and an additional 45 minute period on Fridays. Spanish, other academic electives, Special Education Resource, and Physical Education classes meet for 45-minute periods every day. Students also choose one of our three Fine Arts classes (Art, Photography, and Dance) that meet for 4½ hours per week. The curriculum offered to the students is based on the Utah Office of Education’s Core Curriculum and is designed to be preparation for collegiate study. Brigham Young University and the University of Utah provide a rich resource for independent study classes which the student may enroll in if scholastically appropriate.
Should a student choose not to participate to her full potential in school, she will be placed on academic probation, which restricts her privileges in leisure activities outside of school hours until the problem is corrected.
Since students attend classes on a traditional school calendar with 5 nine week grading terms, parents should be aware that the student is responsible for making up all missed work while on home visits. Students will be provided the assignments from each class they miss while at home and are expected to complete these assignments prior to returning to La Europa. We ask that families plan to set aside homework time while your student is home – it is a requirement of a successful therapeutic pass. Classroom instruction with a teacher is virtually impossible to fully make up so parents are highly encouraged to consult the school calendar when planning home visits and extend already planned school holidays when possible.
An official transcript will be sent to specified schools following the students’ duration at La Europa, which will contain grades, credit earned, and any standardized testing conducted
Schedule
Students attend school classes Monday through Friday according to the outlined schedule below. Once a month, Friday classes are cancelled so the students can go to the award-winning Salt Lake City Library. On holidays and week-long school breaks between semesters, the students have the opportunity to participate in numerous activities planned and carried out by the residential staff.
Click here for a detailed daily schedule at La Europa Academy.
Our beliefs
We believe that:
- All students can learn and deserve to learn.
- A student’s self-concept impacts learning and a student that feels loved will want to learn and will feel self-confident in doing so.
- Students will thrive in a supportive environment that emphasizes a student’s strengths while challenging her to improve her weaknesses and work to her full potential.
- All students can learn how to effectively communicate their thoughts and feelings artistically, orally, and in writing.
- Students are capable of using both creative and critical thinking strategies to solve problems.
- Students can be taught to understand and exemplify the evolution of learning: from informed learner to teachable learner to motivated learner to dynamic learner to active learner and into independent learner.
- Each student can be an independent learner by demonstrating accountability for her education.
- Through exposure to a variety of teaching methods, each student can identify her optimal learning style and learn to succeed in other learning environments.
Desired results
Desired Results for Student Learning:
- A Confident Learner
A student who knows that she is capable of learning and realizes that she is worthy of a quality education that goes beyond the classroom.
- An Effective Communicator
A student capable of using oral, written, artistic, mathematical and technological forms of expression to effectively gather, develop and communicate ideas based on a core academic curriculum.
- An Independent Life Long Learner
A student who actively envisions, establishes and carries out personal goals, continually strives to push the limits of her own knowledge and ability, and perseveres in difficult situations.
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