Give Today: Make a difference for students with learning differences

Sophia students come to us from a wide variety of backgrounds and across many zip codes in the city. They all enroll in Sophia Academy because of a past struggle with school. For some, it is a struggle with reading. For others, math is the problem. Another group of students needs the small classes because of social anxiety. Here, in our micro school where we emphasize hands-on learning and lots of personal attention, they find success.

Sophia Academy has an ambitious goal to raise $200,000 for scholarships this year.

Did you know that 100% of our students receive a significant amount of financial aid? Without a designated scholarship fund, they would not be able to experience the academic and personal success that we witness every day. The transformation in each of our students is truly remarkable.

Two of our students came to us with years of emotional trauma and traumatic brain injury on top of that. Since TBI will affect a student's ability to regulate their emotions, Sophia makes sure that all students learn social and emotional skills. A number of our students struggle with dyslexia. Through our Barton Reading Program (Orton-Gillingham based) delivered in classes of 2-3 students, they learn strategies to overcome their reading deficits. Quite a few students have problems with comprehension. That's where orthographic mapping and an emphasis on deep knowledge in science and history come in. Whether a student learns audibly, kinesthetically, visually, or in some other way, Sophia Academy makes sure to match instruction to learning style.

Here is the problem: the cost of our unique education is significant. We need your help to keep meeting the needs of these urban teens.

THANK YOU!!

Sophia students learn to intubate a "patient" at the Minorities in Health Sciences Symposium run by Esperanza College of Eastern University.

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Art classes offer the opportunity to operate out of both sides of the brain each week.