Trident Academy

FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIESTRIDENT ACADEMY, THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED, MULTI-SENSORY, AND RESEARCH-BASED TEACHINGAPPROACHES, TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF COGNITIVELY CAPABLE K-12 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES.TRIDENT ACADEMY IS A SPECIAL PLACE! WE OFFER AN INDIVIDUALIZED DIAGNOSTIC AND PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH FOR TEACHING STUDENTS WITH LANGUAGE-BASED LEARNING DISORDERS THAT GIVES OUR STUDENTS THE CONFIDENCE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED HERE AND WHEN TRANSITIONING BACK INTO MORE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTINGS. TRIDENT ACADEMY TRULY FILLS A CRITICAL NEED IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES!AT TRIDENT ACADEMY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STUDENTS WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY NEEDTO BE TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY. OUR TEACHERS EMPLOY THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM (OG)APPROACH IN ALL CLASSES WHICH OFFERS A VERY STRUCTURED, DIAGNOSTIC ANDPRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING AND WORKING WITH EACH STUDENTSINDIVIDUAL NEEDS. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS USING VARIOUSMULTI-SENSORY TECHNIQUES, EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM THATCORRESPOND TO RELEVANT SUBJECT MATTER AND VIA THE INCORPORATION OFASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS SMALL COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS - WE HAD 66STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM FOR 2022-2023; HOWEVER, THIS IS BY DESIGN. WEBELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY DOES SMALL CLASSROOM SIZE AND INDIVIDUALIZEDINSTRUCTION HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME BETTER LEARNERS, BUT IT ALSO HELPSTHEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF-AWARENESS.ANALYZING STANDARDIZED PRE- AND POST- TEST SCORES during the 2022-2023 school year, OUR STUDENTS:VOCABULARY SCORES INCREASED 26%COMPREHENSION SCORES INCREASED 33%MATHEMATICS SCORES INCREASED 27%DURING THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR,VOCABULARY SCORES INCREASED 12.9%COMPREHENSION SCORES INCREASED 2.25%MATHEMATICS SCORES INCREASED 10.23%THE TRIDENT ACADEMY PARENT'S ASSOCIATION (TAPA) RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORTCOMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES LIKE THE FALL FESTIVAL & FIELD DAY. ITRAISES FUNDS THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS SUCH AS PRODUCT SALES AND EVENTS.