Alternative Boarding Schools
The Evangel House™ Learning Center

At our alternative boarding school, we will integrate the psychological, emotional, spiritual and the educational needs of your daughter. We believe academic success is essential for long-term change.

Key Benefits of attending alternative boarding school:

• Individualized Education Planning
  
  
• 10:1 Student Teacher Ratio
  
  
• Holistic Approach
  
  
• Grades 6 - 12 accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA).
  
  
• College and Career preparation
  
  
• A General Equivalency Diploma (GED) track is available.

We believe that in order to develop a pattern of success in your daughter’s life, educational growth is inextricably linked to emotional, social, and spiritual growth. While emphasis is placed on academic growth, we strive to balance emphasis on the behaviors surrounding admission, emotional, social and psychological issues. Our goal is to present biblical solutions for the whole person.

Because we have a variety of educational needs within a small setting, we offer three educational tracts within our learning center. All of our tracts are supervised by our licensed and certified teacher, and an individual education plan is developed in conjunction with you.

Individualized Education Planning

For all residents entering our alternative boarding school program, diagnostic testing in English and Math will be done to assess skill level. Psychological testing results, combined with psychosocial assessments, and academic assessments assist our team in planning the best path for your daughter. The options include accredited middle school and high school, advanced coursework, or GED planning. College and Career Planning services are integrated into the education plan for those preparing to transition into adulthood.

Lighthouse Christian Academy

For those that are in grades 6-12, or those who will pursue a college preparatory curriculum, we use a distance learning school that allows for individually paced learning through Lighthouse Christian Academy. In this program, we use the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) Curriculum, published by the School of Tomorrow. This program and curriculum is ideally suited to the year-round open admissions school setting this program provides. This approach to education is outcome based. That is, instead of your daughter being passed on to the next level based on the needs of the entire class, she will be required to master a skill as an individual before being passed to the next concept. With an outcome based education system like ours, the focus changes from ‘passing’ to ‘learning’. Likewise, the focus changes from ‘grade level’ to ‘knowledge and skill’. The goal of your daughter’s education with us will be to build essential academic skills where necessary. Her skill level will be assessed, and based on her career objectives; an individualized education plan will be tailored to accommodate her long-term goals. Through the outcome based education we offer, in addition to improved standardized test scores, your daughter will have gained the confidence needed to face and overcome everyday academic challenges far beyond our program.

Your daughter will either work toward completion of her current grade level, or if in high school, will earn credits in Lighthouse Christian Academy curriculum while with us. LCA is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). LCA manages your daughter’s transcripts, and will issue their High School Diploma if she graduates high school with us.

In most cases, we have seen residents ‘catch-up’ on parts of their education missed due to suspensions, expulsions, or behavioral problems. In other cases, we have seen girls excel far beyond their grade level, and even advance up to two grade levels. Most girls improve their scores on ACT and SAT college entrance exams, and though we cannot guarantee the outcome, we can guarantee the environment, opportunity, support, and encouragement for academic achievement.

Note: To view our Program Schedule and to see a sample day at our learning center, visit www.EvangelHouse.Intranets.com and enter as a guest at the “Just Visiting” section.

University of Nebraska Advanced Coursework

Our learning center environment offers the opportunity for highly motivated students to participate in distance learning through the University of

Nebraska’s Independent Study High School.

Additional fees apply, but advanced coursework in over 100 subjects is available for those who wish to earn extra course credit. These courses are offered in two venues through our learning center: Print or Online E-Graded.

General Equivalency Diploma

In some cases, for older teens and young women, completing High School through a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is a desirable option. We accommodate this in our learning center through the State of Louisiana’s requirements. Students are registered with the State as Home School participants, and the ACE curriculum is adapted within our learning center to prepare the resident for the GED. The courses needed and length of time it takes to complete the GED requirements are based on the diagnostic testing and transcripts from their last school of attendance. In addition to the ACE curriculum being used to prepare, the residents participate in a specialty course for test preparation.

College and Career Planning

For those who are preparing for the transition to adulthood upon completion of our program, we provide college and career planning services. We administer the Myers-Briggs Career Test, along with other career coaching resources to assist young women in discerning God’s will for their lives and choosing the career path that fits their calling, talents, and their potential. We recognize that a factor in long-term behavioral change is having clear goals in pursuit of one’s calling.

No matter which tract you choose, our integrated approach is core to our education philosophy. Within the scope of the Teen Challenge Learning Center, we provide the Evangel House™ Life Skills and Emotional Growth curriculum, Bible education, mentorship, therapy groups, physical education, socialization, and off-campus learning activities. We strive to meet the mental, physical, spiritual, and social needs of your daughter in our program. We feel it is crucial to address all of these areas when dealing with those patterns of behavior that led you to consider our program. Please review the Sample Learning Center Schedule to familiarize yourself with what will be your daughter’s daily activities at our center.