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Academic Program

Overbrook Academy offers an academically rigorous program of study and cooperates with the integral formation of our students by promoting the development of skills and habits necessary to foster higher learning. We look to meet the individual learning needs of each of our students and this is accomplished through our unique and personalized motto:

To Teach

The students by giving them the appropriate knowledge corresponding to their grade.

To Educate

The students by developing in them a love for authentic values and a sense of what is good, right, noble and beautiful.

To Form

The character of the students as the foundation stone of all virtue and Integrity.

We Promote:

Rich store of knowledge in the western tradition

Bringing the students closer to God

Search and love for truth

Clear and solid mental structure

Development of an inquiring spirit, scientific knowledge

Reflection, critical, and creative thinking

Cognitive development, to learn efficaciously how to learn

Effective organizational, managerial, and decision-making abilities

Development of study skills and habits

Goal setting

Clear and precise oral and written expression

Greater awareness about social and environmental concerns

Become mature individuals

Seek and cultivate virtues

Activities
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We Offer the Following Courses

Annual Course - September to June

This course runs from September to early June and is divided into four quarterly ranking periods. Each student in the Annual Program has an Individual Learning Plan, that meets her specific needs. Students are administered two semester examinations. They take the TOEFL Junior exam twice during the course. Students also participate in quarterly standardized testing with Renaissance Star as a means of monitoring student progress. Completion of a portfolio is required of all annual students. 75% of our Overbrook students attend the Annual Program.

Autumn Course - September to December

This course runs from September to mid-December. Students will complete two quarters (one semester) of coursework. Students are administered one semester examination and they take the TOEFL Junior Exam once. They participate in two standardized tests with Renaissance Star for the purposes of monitoring academic progress.

Spring Course - January to June

This course runs from early January to early June. Students complete two quarters (one semester) of coursework. Students are administered one semester examination and they take the TOEFL Junior Exam once. They participate in two standardized tests with Renaissance Star for the purposes of monitoring academic progress.