POWER’s Academic Program for Elite Student-Athletes is designed to enable elite middle school athletes (grades 6-8+) to increase their opportunities for athletic, personal, and academic development outside of the traditional middle school model.
POWER’s Academic Program for Elite Student-Athletes flips the traditional middle school model providing Club owners with the ability to create a full-day training program that ends with high-quality direct, synchronous remote instruction from their club’s facility, leaving time for additional evening training sessions.
What makes us different?
Our focus is not on athletic development alone. We focus on the development of foundational executive-functioning skills, the skills required to organize, plan, schedule, and self-regulate. Well-developed executive-functioning skills are required to ensure a lifetime of success. We focus on academic rigor and challenge our student-athletes to think, perform, and grow to a higher level.
Wrestling | Gymnastics
The philosophy of POWER’s Academic Program for Elite Student-Athletes is that every student-athlete possesses the ability to excel academically when provided with multiple opportunities to apply his personal learning style and strengths to the learning process. Direct Instruction is delivered through blended-learning techniques including real-time in-person/remote and online lessons.
POWER’s Academic Program for Elite Student-Athletes is built upon the foundation of individual research and project-based learning. Project-based learning (PBL) is a practice that takes a learning-by-doing approach wherein students are active participants in their own educational development. In a PBL classroom, you often find students solving problems, participating in simulations, conducting case studies, and designing research projects based on different areas of inquiry. This method encourages students to investigate real-world issues and develop practical solutions in order to inspire change at the local and global levels. The concept of project-based learning (PBL) has garnered wide support among K-12 education policy advocates and funders. PBL is viewed as an approach that enables students to develop the “21st-century competencies” — cognitive and socioemotional skills — needed for success in college and careers.[i] Student-athletes will be required to complete two multi-disciplinary independent research projects each year that will culminate with a group presentation.
Grade 8+
Instructional Schedule
Student-athletes enrolled in Grade 8+ will receive five (5) hours of direct remote instruction per week for 40 weeks. Instruction will be delivered in-person and remotely. Students will be required to complete fifteen (15) hours of Independent Study & Research per week. All hours are Eastern Standard Time. Schedule subject to change to accommodate competitive tournaments.
- Tuesday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm (2 hours, 30 minutes)
- Thursday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm (2 hours, 30 minutes)
Grades 6, 7, and 8
Instructional Schedule
Student-athletes enrolled in Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 will receive ten (10) hours of direct remote instruction per week for 40 weeks. Students will be required to complete ten (10) hours of Independent Study per week. All hours are Eastern Standard Time. Schedule subject to change to accommodate competitive tournaments.
- Monday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (2 hours)
- Tuesday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm (1 hour, 15 minutes)
- Wednesday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (2 hours)
- Thursday: Instruction, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm (1 hour, 15 minutes)
- Friday: Instruction 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm (3 hours, 30 minutes)
Program of Studies
Course titles and offerings subject to change.
Grades 6, 7, 8, and 8+
Electives Program
Greek and Latin for Vocabulary Development
Human Relations & Organizational Behavior
Anatomy and Physiology for Elite Athletes
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Preparation for High School Success
Academy Thesis Research
Art, Music, and Intellect
Grade 8+ | Core Academic Program
High School Business, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Preparation
High School English & Composition Literature Preparation
High School Biology, Chemistry & Physics Preparation
High School Algebra & Geometry Preparation
High School U.S. History Preparation
Preparation for High School Success
Grade 8 | Core Academic Program
Preparation for High School Success
American History Foundations 8
Language Arts Literacy 8
Pre-Algebra/Geometry 8
Science 8
Grade 7 | Core Academic Program
Language Arts Literacy 7
Social Studies 7
Pre-Algebra 7
Science 7
Grade 6 | Core Academic Program
Language Arts Literacy 6
Social Studies 6
Pre-Algebra 6
Science 6
Club Tuition Rates for Remote Instruction
Grade 8+
Discounted Group Rates Available
10 months – $3,900 per student-athlete
Monthly – $390 per student-athlete
Grades 6-8
Discounted Group Rates Available
10 months – $5,900 per student-athlete
Monthly – $590 per student-athlete
Terms
20% non-refundable down payment required.
80% balance of tuition paid monthly.
10% reduction for annual tuition paid in full.
Remote Instruction Tuition does not include personal learning devices, instructional materials, or fees associated with COOP examinations..
Reference(s)
https://sites.google.com/academy3a.com/academya3/home
Omar Feliciano, Owner / Head Coach
Phone: 973-715-6481
Email: scorpionswrestling@gmail.com
[i] https://www.mdrc.org/publication/project-based-learning-promising-approach-improving-student-outcomes