Your Child Is Capable. School Just Hasn’t Fit.
Focus Plus Academy is an independent private school for bright, capable students who learn differently.
Some students can manage well enough to get by, but still aren’t getting the individual attention, structure, or support they need to truly thrive.
They don’t need lower expectations.
They need a smaller, more flexible school where teachers have the time to understand how they learn, notice where they’re getting stuck, teach the skills that are missing, and help them move forward.
NCSEAA Opportunity & ESA+ Scholarships Accepted
Who Focus Plus Academy Is For
Focus Plus Academy may be a good fit for students who:
- May understand more than their grades, completed work, or school experience suggest
- May have ADHD, autism, AuDHD, Executive Functioning challenges, or other learning differences
- May have an uneven learning profile, with strengths in some areas and a need for more teaching or support in others
- Might manage in a traditional classroom but benefit from more individual attention and support than they are currently receiving
- May have academic or executive functioning skills that still need to be explicitly taught
- May become overwhelmed when demands, pressure, or frustration become too high
- Could benefit from more structure and predictable routines while also needing flexibility
- May be especially curious and engaged when the subject, approach, or level of challenge is right
Support Is Built Into the School Day
At Focus Plus Academy, support is part of the learning environment, not something added only after a student begins to struggle.
Students learn in smaller classes with teachers who have the time to notice when they need more explanation, additional practice,
a different approach, or explicit teaching of a missing skill.
Structure and flexibility are built into the school day, allowing support to shift based on what each student needs to keep moving forward.
Academics
Blended. Teacher-Supported. Flexible by Subject.
Our blended model combines professionally developed online core curriculum with active teacher instruction and support, allowing students in different grades to work at the right level and pace in each subject.
Teachers stay closely involved, monitoring understanding and confirming mastery before students advance. They decide when a lesson is best taught directly, when a student needs additional explanation or practice, and when the core curriculum can effectively guide the learning.
Because students are not all required to move through the same lesson at the same time, teachers can pause to address missing skills or provide targeted practice when needed, while students who are ready to continue can move forward without waiting for the rest of the class.
The blended model also gives students access to a broader range of courses than a small school could typically offer through live instruction alone, including additional languages, electives, and subject options.
Technology is used as a learning tool within a broader school day that also includes direct instruction, small-group learning, discussion, writing, Life Skills, movement, and hands-on experiences.
Support where needed. Challenge where ready.
How Focus Plus Academy Is Different
Teachers Share a Consistent, Collaborative Approach
Every teacher is trained in the same core approach to working collaboratively with students, creating greater consistency in how adults communicate, problem-solve, set expectations, and provide support across the school.
Students do not have to navigate different support strategies from one teacher to the next. They experience a more consistent school environment, with adults who share a common approach to helping them learn and move forward.
Small by Design: 5:1 Student-to-Staff Ratio
Our intentionally small school gives teachers and staff the time to know students well, understand how they learn, and notice when they need more explanation, help getting started, additional practice, a different approach, or the opportunity to keep moving forward.
Executive Functioning Skills Are Taught
Planning, organization, time management, getting started, and follow-through are skills that can be taught. We teach and practice them directly, rather than relying only on reminders, prompts, or expecting students to figure them out on their own.
Life Skills Are Part of the Curriculum
Students build practical skills for communicating with others, advocating for themselves, navigating relationships, caring for their wellbeing, and becoming increasingly independent.
Students explore areas such as public speaking and presentation design, mindfulness, self-advocacy, gardening, and other skills they will use well beyond school.
Movement and Time to Reset Are Built Into the Day
The school day begins with purposeful movement designed to help students become alert, focused, and ready to learn. Additional opportunities to move, connect with peers, and reset are built throughout the day.
Find Out If Focus Plus Academy Is a Fit
Focus Plus Academy currently serves grades 6–9 and is growing to serve grades 6–12.
As a NCSEAA Direct Payment School, we accept Opportunity and ESA+ Scholarships toward tuition.
The best way to learn more is to submit an enrollment inquiry. We’ll reach out to schedule a conversation,
learn more about your student, and answer your questions.
