Cortona Academy and TLC Tutoring
703-464-0034
Listing Manager:
sharon strauchs
Cortona Academy provides a private education for students in seventh through 12th grades. Parents choose the course schedules and students get individual attention from teachers and instructors. Teachers help students improve their grades and grade-point averages and get ahead in their learning. Cortona Academy also offers tutoring through its TLC Tutoring program for students in fifth through 12th grades.
- Fax: 703-956-6577
- Hours: 9 - 3
- Handicap Accessible: door & parking
- Founding Date: 1992
- Number of students: 60
- Male-to-female ratio: 1-1
- Public/Private: Private
- Financial aid: Yes
- Religious affiliation: none, We accept ALL.
- Acceptance rate (%): 100
- Graduation rate (%): 100
- Accreditation/licenses: Association of Colleges and High Schools
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 4:1
- Parking: Free lot
- Number of faculty: 15
- How engaged is the school with the community?: We provide a world-class education & work with Congress on their Award on local & national projects. Academics fuse with community work, enhancing motivation. Volunteer projects & internships enhance college acceptances & scholarships.
- What makes this community special?: Stress-free education. Re-do courses, graduate early or improve G.P.A. No-fail Philosophy. Hi-tech study skills in all classes. Invention, engineering & arts lab. All students for past 4 years won college scholarships. LD/GT, AD/HD specialists on-site.
- Level: High school, Middle school
- Equipment needed: Lap top. We haven't used notebooks since 2001. Students learn High Tech Speed Study Systems (HTS3) creating superior processing & study systems for notetaking, PSAT/SATs, & future college success.
- Payments accepted: Cash, Personal Check
I am a student that is applying for college admission, and I have taken almost all of my high school credits at Cortona (past ninth grade). Before coming here, I had been to three other highschools all along the East Coast. None of them suited me as well as my current school. The teachers here are wonderful; they are knowledgeable, patient and encouraging. They actually care about their students doing well and learning the material. The staff is highly competent, and Mrs. Strauchs (director) has been a lifesaver. She knows a great deal about internships, volunteering programs and awards and scholarships and has helped me greatly through the nightmarish application process.
I don't think I could have made it through without them.