About

OUR STUDENTS

At every level from kindergarten to 12th grade, education at NRBA means a solid academic learning foundation that equates to students being lifelong pupils. We offer an easily digestible rigorous coursework combined with an “old school” twist of hands on electives with energetic ideas for increasing student growth, engagement, and community exposure.

OUR BEGINNING

NRBA serves traditional students, individuals with academic disabilities, and at-risk behavior from ages 5 to 22 years old.  Our team of educated credential staff is dedicated to ensure effectiveness in comprehensive learning and counseling services. Students will be given a caring, respectful, and safe environment to ensure a positive academic setting.

Occupational Therapy is available for students enrolled which will enable them to participate with accomplishing motor and mental skills needed for everyday life skills.  Common occupational therapy interventions include helping students participate fully in social situations and interact with family members to meet the student needs.

Speech Therapy is also available for students enrolled.  Speech therapy works to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language social communication, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders.  Speech therapist work with clients to improve speech and language capabilities through a wide array of speech and behavioral health treatments.

Career Counseling will be implemented to address career exploration, changes, personal development and other interrelated matters.  The Counselor via career assessments will be able to guide and direct students to be cognitive of their interest and how beginning to build on their talents, gifts and skills for the work environment in enriching.

Social, emotional, and personal counseling will also be given to assist pupils to enhance relationships with friends, family, parents, teachers and school mates.

MISSION

NormRose Believe Academy (NRBA) is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational, not-for-profit 501(c)3 college preparatory school serving students from k-12 grades.  We are a full attire uniform school.  It is a warm, welcoming community wherein children with behavioral and learning differences discover their strengths and be educated to their full learning potential.  Our mission is to ensure students reading comprehension and math skills are grade level proficient and advanced.

VISION

At NormRose Believe Academy, we incorporate love, kindness, compassion, and warmth towards every student to ensure each pupil is taught a college preparatory and hands-on applied art curriculum.

PATRIOTIC EXERCISES

NormRose Believe Academy daily patriotic exercise is done within the first 15 minutes of the start of class time. All students are expected to observe this portion of the day’s schedule respectfully. A student who conscientiously objects to saluting the flag or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag must stand, but must quietly allow the participation of others without interruption.

ACADEMICALLY

Our academy offers a blend of college preparatory academics, fine arts, applied arts, vocational courses (wood shop, mental shop, wielding, plumbing, electrical, home economics, sewing, coding, dance, cheer and firefighter training), athletics, and therapy to children in grades K – 5th, 6th – 8th, and 9th – 12th who have social, emotional, and behavioral issues that are unable to learn in a traditional school setting. 

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation of students, funding and referrals to our academy is provided by the school districts in which the pupil reside.  We are a team of dedicated individuals with the goal of providing caring, comprehensive educational services with a commitment to a collaborative eclectic approach that will allow our students to obtain a post high school education!

EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY

Tutoring Athletic Afterschool Program ~ MANDATORY

NRBA has consulted with an outside agency that incorporates the mentor/tutorial athletic program that provides a solid fundamental academic foundation.

The extended services allow for the students to smoothly transition from the full day of the academy into the after school mandatory tutorial-athletic program.  This, however; ensures that students receive continued educational support in areas that are challenging.