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Special features |
before- and after- school care |
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Scheduling features |
year-round, block scheduling, extended day |
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Dress code |
Uniforms required |
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School Mission
- Cougar Mountain Academy is a school for highly capable children and for those with parental support willing to put forth the effort needed to reach levels of excellence. Cougar mountain Academy is for children with high expectations and is dedicated to providing an excellent education for each individual student. The high caliber program/curriculum combined with an individual, non-graded and non-competitive approach to learning enables each student to develop optimum potential and deep love of learning.
| Curriculum |
- This school is best known for its Individualized curriculum
- Foreign language(s) taught: French.
- Immersion programs in French.
- This school offers the following special programs: gifted and talented education, independent study and homeschool program.
- The school uses the following instructional model: Core Knowledge
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| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: Presidential Fitness Challenge.
- Boys sports: Presidential Fitness Challenge.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: private music lessons, chorus, drawing/painting, electronics/technology, creative writing, We have electives which consist of a variety of subjects including Zoology, Chess, Arts Appreciation, Magic of Math and Science and .
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Other news or notes
- Cougar Mountain Academy is a school with high expectations and excellence in education. The focus is on academics with a strong emphasis on respecting others and high standard for behavioral conduct.
| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview, standardized test scores and student audition or portfolio.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 41-60% were accepted.
- 0-20% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- Graduates typically go to: Overlake School; Lakeside Academy and Forest Ridge.
- Tuition assistance is not available for students.
- Applications are due in March.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in Accelerated Academics.
- Accredited by Northwest Assoc. of Accredited Schools in 2010.
- Accredited by Washington State Board of Education in 2010.
- The best way to contact this principal is by email.
- The principal started at this school in 1998.
- Foreign language(s) spoken by staff: French and Spanish.
- This school does not provide transportation for students.
- This school has the following facilities and learning resources: auditorium, cafeteria, computer lab, garden classroom, gym, library, playground and remediation resources.
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