Empowering Girls to Achieve Great Academic and Personal Heights, Silverleaf Academy of Arts and Sciences Offers a Unique and Nurturing, Single Gender Environment That Promotes Scholastic Excellence and a Powerful Sense of Self-Confidence

Since opening its doors in September 2006, Silverleaf Academy (www.silverleafacademy.com) in Mission Viejo has fully lived up to its mission of “Empowering Girls To Do Great Things” by offering students from 9th through 12th grade a revolutionary educational environment dedicated to self-expression, creativity, collaboration and academic excellence.

As the only non-sectarian private girls high school in Orange County, the academy is a well-equipped facility where teachers are fully committed to nurturing the students’ self-esteem and ignite a passion for learning while also imparting positive social values and encouraging full artistic expression and creative freedom.

Silverleaf Academy’s academic philosophy is grounded in the results of extensive educational research–by the U.S. Department of Education and Harvard University, among other institutions–that has shown repeatedly that girls learn better in a single-gender environment and exceed their co-ed peers in science, reading and writing.

Silverleaf Academy’s core curriculum includes Science, Mathematics, English, Social Science, World Languages, Physical Education, Fine Arts and advanced placement courses, enhanced by sophisticated twists on the classics through electives.

In addition to covering the California Content Standards, the school offers fashion, theater and graphic design, computer fine arts as well as traditional visual arts and a science program equipped with a state of the art lab. Silverleaf’s sister affiliate, the West Coast Dance Academy, offers classes such as Ballet, Pilates and Hip-Hop.

To support its students in successfully meeting their academic goals, Silverleaf Academy offers a faculty supervised Academic Advisement session from 3-4 p.m. daily. Sessions are used to answer students’ questions, review course concepts and/or to clarify any questions concerning homework assignments or class projects. Academic Advisement affords students to leave school feeling empowered to complete their assignments by building their confidence and helping them become self-directed learners. Silverleaf Academy is committed to taking each girl’s needs, talents and dreams into consideration when designing its academic program, ultimately leading to both personal and academic success.