While The Wesley House provides services to the community year round, the flagship activity of organization is the ACADEMIC Summer Academy. This learning-centered program has been shown to improve both attitude toward schoolwork and performance in independent research by the Gallup organization.

The Summer Academy stresses math, reading, geography and public speaking. In addition, off-site trips allow the students to experience and observe academics in action in a variety of community and business organizations. Recent destinations have included Offutt Air Force Base home of the U.S. Strategic Command, the UNO planetarium and the Union Pacific Railroad corporate headquarters.

The ACADEMIC curriculum topics.

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Arts – Students will write music and/or poetry and create a play to be performed at the Academy graduation.

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Character – Students will learn the importance of standing for something and striving against injustice.

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Athletics – A strong body supports a strong mind. We will stress the importance of physical fitness.

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Decision Making – Students will enhance their skills in this area by examining the consequences of both poor and excellent decision making.

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Education – The Academy will emphasize the importance of educational achievement and offer inspiration and practical study skills to help attain it.

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Maturity– From personal responsibility to work ethic, we’ll explore what it takes to be an upstanding and complete individual in today’s society.

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Integrity – Students will explore what our actions, behavior, speech and dress say about who we are and who we want to be.

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Christ – Who is he and how should his call to follow his example affect our day-to-day living?