Manus Academy is a very caring and nurturing place. Instead of seeing a collection of problems to be fixed, the staff accepts each student as an individual endowed with his or her own special gifts.

S.L. - Manus Academy Parent

My son's experience has been overwhelmingly positive. He works every day on his problem areas until he masters them and he has moved forward academically without getting bored or frustrated. At Manus Academy, students who fell through the cracks elsewhere can now learn and succeed.

P.G. - Manus Academy parent

Manus Academy

Manus Academy is a private school accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). The teacher-student ratio is one to five with assistants providing additional one-to-one tutoring. This teacher-student ratio is lower than that of many other schools and is one that allows us to customize instruction to match each student's needs.

Students work in small groups, one-on-one with the teacher and independently under the teacher's supervision. Depending on what is most appropriate, students may work at the standard pace of one grade level per year or at a slower or faster pace.

Middle School - 4^th - 8^th Grade

Students work with our carefully designed curriculum in English, math, science and social studies. They also work with a teacher individually and intensively building basic skills, such as language, reading, handwriting, spelling, written expression and math.

High School

Students may work towards a diploma in one of three courses of study: college preparatory, basic and occupational. Students planning to attend a four-year university or college upon graduation follow the college preparatory course. Students planning to enroll in a community college or vocational program may take either the basic or college preparatory course of study, depending on which is the most appropriate. The basic course of study includes standard high school subjects with the exception of foreign language and higher-level math and science.

Students who plan to enter the workforce or enroll in a vocational program after high school may follow the occupational course of study. Students learn academic skills they'll need for everyday living and future employment (e.g. practical English, consumer math, everyday science). The occupational course of study also offers life skills training, job and career study, individual job coaching and intensive remedial work in basic language, reading, writing and math skills.

Social and Academic Skills Enrichment

Middle grade students can add value and richness to their regular academic schedule with our social and academic skills enrichment, which operates from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. In this program, students learn how to interact successfully with other students as they participate in such activities as drama, art, physical education, food preparation and lunch.

School Hours

Students attend school from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Students attending our social and academic enrichment program stay through 3:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Families may also arrange for additional tutoring after school. There, the student meets individually with a tutor during regularly scheduled times to work further on a course or to build basic reading, writing, spelling and/or math skills.

Regular Communication with Parents

Our teaching staff reviews each student's progress with parents during regularly scheduled, fifteen minute, bi-weekly phone conferences, during quarterly conferences and sometimes briefly before and after the school day. These frequent communications allow us to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional program, which is regularly updated as needed.

Every spring, Manus Academy re-evaluates each student's educational skills, either formally or informally, depending on which is most appropriate. Following this assessment, the instructor meets with the parents and, together, they discuss future educational plans for the student.