Sophia Academy moves! We began the school year at Esperanza College on North 5th Street in a quiet, airy, full of light building. We are grateful to Esperanza College for their generosity to us.
Moving is a critical piece of the Sophia education and our Awakening Genius model as well–moving with our bodies that is. Three times a week, Sophia students begin with The Kinetic Classroom, engaging in movement exercises that they must “read” off a large screen. Research shows that this type of body/brain connection leads to significant increases in cognitive development. Ms. Purring, our Drama and English teacher, comes to us with a background in physical theater and theatrical movement and ably leads the entire school in growing our brains.
In our academic classes, we are mindful that movement often equals knowledge imprinted on the memory. Moving hands, moving feet, moving bodies are some of the ways we learn English and History, Math and Latin. Other times we look like every other high school, but moving first helps us when we need to sit. . Come visit Sophia Academy and see how multi-sensory education can awaken the genius in every student.
