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Army and Navy Academy uses an evidence-based single-gender approach to educating young men according to their unique needs. Based on the internationally recognized Gurian Method, our teaching model is highly structured and involves active classes and engaging lessons tailored to keep young men attentive and interested. By combining this approach with the University of California system’s exacting educational standards, we accelerate young men toward success at top colleges and beyond.
ACADEMICS
Army and Navy Academy uses an evidence-based single-gender approach to educating young men according to their unique needs. Based on the internationally recognized Gurian Method, our teaching model is highly structured and involves active classes and engaging lessons tailored to keep young men attentive and interested. By combining this approach with the University of California system’s exacting educational standards, we accelerate young men toward success at top colleges and beyond.
LOVE OF LEARNING
The Academy has a wide range of curricular opportunities crafted to excite a love of learning in young men, including innovative programs like Aviation and Aquaculture. Students engage with a broad slate of AP and honors classes that encourage and reward academic excellence. Our small class sizes help teachers to focus on the unique needs of individual students.
Our approach emphasizes boldness and independence in academic exploration. The outcome is graduates who are enthusiastic learners for life.
SINGLE-GENDER MODEL
Boys learn differently than girls. Army and Navy Academy’s single-gender model for education is the result of decades of research and practical application, and has consistently been proven to help young men find reach new heights of academic success. By providing a learning environment tailored to the unique educational needs of young men, the Academy fosters learning and success in the classroom.
Young men at the Academy are free from many of the distractions and pressures often found in coeducational institutions, allowing them to concentrate on on academic excellence.