Archive for the ‘News & Updates’ Category

Advantage Academy featured in area magazine

Monday, December 5th, 2011

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Advantage Academy was recently featured in the December 2011 Southwest Now Magazine. Southwest Now Magazine reaches home in the Duncanville, DeSoto and Cedar Hill area.

Article From Dream to Destiny  By Beverly Shay. Photos by Opaque Visuals. Courtesy of SouthwestNOW Magazine, a NOW Magazines, L.L.C. publication. www.nowmagazines.com.

 

Gold Performance by AA

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Gold performance Gold Performance by AACongratulations to all students, parents and teachers for Advantage Academy’s recent recognition by the Texas Education Agency and obtaining Four GOLD Performance Acknowledgements from TEA for high academic performance in College Readiness; Our Recommended High School Plan; attendance and Comparable Improvement in Mathematics. Great job students, parents and teachers!

Move to new campus December update

Monday, December 6th, 2010

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Our beautiful new Grand Prairie campus located at 955 Freetown Road is now OPEN. Our 3rd -12th grade students will report to the new campus beginning, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd graders and staff will stay in their current location and move to the new campus by February 2012.

See district move letter and details on the links below.

Grand Prairie Parent Move Letter English

Mudanza a la escuela nueva en Espanol

Grand Prairie Traffic Plan & Campus Map English

Mapa de Trafico

 

Enrollment

Advantage Academy-Grand Prairie has moved to our brand new PreK-12th campus near the NW corner of Pioneer & Carrier Parkway @ 955 Freetown Road. All new student admissions applications can be downloaded from our enroll now page and must be submitted by mail or weekdays 8 am-4 pm in person at 955 Freetown Road.

Advantage Academy

Letter from Superintendent to Grand Prairie Parents and Students

Family Information
Información Familiar

For More Information Please Fill Out Family Information - Información Familiar

Your Name - Nombre

Phone - Telefono

Address - Domicilio

City - Ciudad

State/Zip - Estado/ZIP

Your Email - Coreo Electrónico

Number of Students - Número de Estudiantes

2011/2012 Grades - Grados

Additional Info

FREE Pre-K 4 Program

Friday, August 27th, 2010

 

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For the first time all campuses have a Free Pre-Kindergarten program beginning the 2011-2012 school year. Enrollment forms are on the Enroll Now page page of the website.

New Administration, Training & Testing Center

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Advantage Academy’s Administration, training and testing center has moved into our newly remodeled offices.   We had over 100 attendees for our open house and ribbon cutting.  Superintendent, Dr. Allen Beck, Dr. Caroline Leaf from Switch on Your Brain and David Dunn, Director of the Texas Charter School Association spoke at the event.  Everyone is welcome to tour our new facility!  Come by and see the beautiful mosaic of Abraham Lincoln and more!  We are located at 618 W. Wheatland Rd in Duncanville, TX near the corner of Wheatland Rd and Cedar Ridge.

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Lincoln Historian

Thursday, September 10th, 2009
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Ron Anderson - Lincoln Historian and Author

Ron Anderson an Abraham Lincoln historian gave a 2 hour presentation to all Advantage Academy teachers during staff development on September 25th.  It was an awesome presentation and many stories were told about Lincoln’s character and integrity.  President Lincoln continually displayed the 7 pillars we encourage here at Advantage Academy.