Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences
Private School
Why pick this one
Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences is the Wilmington-area school dedicated exclusively to gifted students in grades 4-8.
Best for
- Gifted or highly motivated students in grades 4-8
- Students seeking instruction paced to their intellectual abilities
- Students interested in experiments, engineering, and creative project-based learning
- Families seeking daily Spanish immersion with art and music classes
- Students needing more academic challenge than a conventional middle school provides
Look elsewhere if
- Students seeking education outside grades 4-8
- Families seeking a general-purpose school rather than a gifted-focused program
- Students who prefer worksheet-based instruction and standardized-test emphasis
Specialties
- Education for gifted, talented, and highly motivated students in grades 4-8
- Spanish immersion
- Interactive biology, chemistry, math, history, and language arts instruction
- Comprehensive art and music education
Certifications
- North Carolina Academically or Intellectually Gifted licensure
- North Carolina middle grades and high school teaching licenses
- National Board Certification
What makes them different
- The only school in the Wilmington area catering exclusively to academically gifted students in grades 4-8
- Founded by teachers and parents in 1997
- Daily Spanish immersion and comprehensive art and music classes
- Interactive classrooms use experiments, engineering, and creative projects
- Instruction is driven by students rather than standardized testing
- Serves
- Wilmington
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 6201 Myrtle Grove Rd, Wilmington, NC 28409-4524
- Phone
- +19103923139
- Website
- http://www.wilmingtonacademy.org/
Services
- Private middle school education
- Gifted education
- Spanish immersion
- Art and music education
- Community service learning