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Road Trip to Soar Academy, Augusta, Georgia
WJBF Women To Watch: Kenisha Skaggs
Kenisha Skaggs is the founder of SOAR Academy which was created to successfully teach students in a non-traditional learning environment. That’s why she’s one of our Women To Watch. Watch the full video on Youtube.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9m-nippQ7M
SOAR Academy experiences growth after receiving national recognition
When it comes to learning, Mary Katherine Gorlich’s high school aged daughter needed more than the traditional classroom experience offered. Diagnosed with two forms of dyslexia, ADHD and severe hearing loss, she doesn’t enjoy socializing with girls her age and needed an environment where she could learn according to her needs. “She wants to do […]
SOAR Academy using $500,000 prize
SOAR Academy has come a long way since it started from inside a house in 2011. It now has more than 5,000 square feet of space at In Focus Church, and the growth is not stopping there. Read More
Friday Feature: Soar Academy
If you’re designing a school for kids who have been left behind, you’re going to need flexibility, an individualized approach, and a willingness to go at different paces. That’s exactly what Kenisha Skaggs has created with Soar Academy in Augusta, Georgia. Read More
Grant Will Allow Academy to Soar
SOAR Academy, currently housed at In Focus Church in Evans, was a finalist for the $1 million YASS Prize, which was awarded Dec. 14 in New York City. “I am so happy for my kids,” said Kenisha Skaggs, who founded SOAR Academy 12 years ago. A microschool is an independent learning center. Skaggs calls the private academy […]
Forbes: A SOARing Accomplishment In 21st Century Education
It’s amazing what can be accomplished when education is unleashed from the bonds of tradition. ‘Insurmountable’ challenges are embraced as opportunities. A path to certain failure can turn 180 degrees to head in the direction of certain success. Read more here.
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Augusta Area “Micro-School” Wins $500,000 in Annual Yass Prize Competition Honoring America’s Most Innovative and Effective Education Providers
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022— Soar Academy in Evans, Georgia, a non-traditional micro-school for students withADHD, dyslexia, autism, auditory processing disorder, and students facing remediation due to academic gaps haswon national recognition as one of America’s most innovative and effective education providers in the annualcompetition for the $1 million Yass Prize, education’s largest and most […]
