Welcome to the Academy

Our Story

  • Beginning September 2020, Rye High School will launch a new half-day program at Rye High School called The Academy at Rye High School, a new learning community encouraging intellectual growth, creativity, and risk-taking. The Academy will be a diverse community of juniors, seniors, and educators who are committed to learning together. Students who are accepted to the program will be challenged to build a community that celebrates those qualities that make us unique individuals. While attending The Academy, students will choose their project interest areas and challenges based on their unique skill sets and passions.

Our Mission

  • Who: Our intention is to enroll twelve juniors and twelve seniors in the program. These students will be supported by six teachers, a guidance counselor, and a social worker.

    What: Three interdisciplinary courses. A junior Social Studies/English class that blends together American History, Current Events, Rhetoric, and Biographical Writing. A senior Social Studies/English class that blends together Economics, Participation in Government, Philosophy, and Public Speaking. A Math/Science class that blends together Sustainability, Environmental Science, and Contemporary Math (Problem Solving; Finance; Mathematical Modelling).An Advisory Program which focuses on social and emotional learning.

    When: Classes will be in session from 8:00 am to 10:53 am every day. Students and faculty will participate in Rye Community Lunch beginning at 10:57 am and take additional RHS courses in the afternoon. 
     
    Where: The 3rd Floor of Rye High School will be reconfigured as a collaborative learning space.  
     
    Why: To offer students a program in which they meet challenges by pursuing their own interests and developing their own talents. To offer students a chance to explore knowledge by inviting them to cross disciplines. To offer students smaller classes in which they can learn how to build and sustain a healthy community. 
     
    How:  Teachers will offer feedback by setting personalized goals with students, and measuring the degree to which students accomplish those goals.
    Students will be able to choose how to approach challenging projects, and choose how they demonstrate their new knowledge and skills. Teachers will offer feedback by setting personalized goals with students and measuring the degree to which students accomplish those goals. 

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