About Spring Creek Academy

Welcome to the Spring Creek Academy a private school for the gifted, talented, and highly motivated! As you tour our private prep school in Dallas website, we hope you will realize how unique our Dallas alternative school is. We offer class schedules and academic curriculums that allow elementary school, middle school and high school students to not only achieve their full potential academically, but also pursue outside interests and talents such as in athletics or the arts. Spring Creek Academy enables parents and students to fulfill extraordinary dreams that come from dedication in the pursuit of excellence.

Although many of our Dallas college prep school students are gifted and talented in athletics and the performing arts, we do also have private high school students who are seeking a non-traditional school environment. Many bright Dallas private school students are bored by the schedules they keep at a more traditional Dallas elementary school, Dallas middle school, or Dallas high school where Spring Creek Academy offers a more concise approach. Spring Creek Academy coordinates with local gymnastics, ice skating, hockey teams, golf programs, tennis schools and performing arts centers in the Dallas Fort Worth DFW Metroplex to provide a complete program of prep school education and individual development for the talented and gifted. We encourage you to learn more about the many outstanding organizations that work with Spring Creek Academy to provide for a complete, well-rounded private prep school student development programs.

Spring Creek Academy serves many roles in the Dallas Forth Worth, Arlington, and Plano metro areas:

The Spring Creek Academy private college prep school in Plano Texas also proudly serves these Dallas Fort Worth communities:
Spring Creek Academy appreciates your consideration of our private school in Plano Texas and hope you will call us for a personal tour so you can experience first hand something very unique and rewarding in private education for your children. Spring Creek Academy welcomes qualified students of all races, religions and national origins.

Spring Creek Academy, A Dallas Private School for the Gifted, Talented, and Highly Motivated!

Spring Creek Academy is pleased to be affiliated with Tutorial Services of Plano (TSP). Over the years, thousands of students have benefited from Tutorial Services of Plano. Students have supplemented their regular classroom instruction, improved their test taking skills, and improved study skills. Some have learned a new language such as Spanish or German. Because alumni have included the children of top officials of the various Dallas Fort Worth school districts that surround us, Tutorial Services of Plano Texas can proudly claim that they are the place top educators choose to help their own children. Tutorial Services of Plano uses the same campus facilities as Spring Creek Academy, and shares some of the same fine faculty. All additional TSP faculty members have university degrees, are certified, and have extensive teaching experience, often in schools from the surrounding DFW communities. As a result, they are very familiar with the curriculums, teaching methods, and other requirements of your child's school.

Affordable Private Tutoring is offered Monday through Thursday from 3:00 to 9:00 pm. All subjects are supported in grades K through college. The Test Preparation program helps improve student achievement test scores for students in grades 3-12. Test preparation consists of 10 one-hour sessions meeting once a week, and is limited to groups of eight students. Among the specific areas taught are: listening skills, word recognition, reading comprehension, math computation, problem solving, number concepts, logical reasoning, vocabulary, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and analogies. Foreign Language study programs are available in three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Foreign Languages offered are: Spanish, French, and German.

Spring Creek Academy is focused on those parents who want to have a larger influence over the development of their children by having them mentored in athletics, performing arts or other high value activities and need to have more flexibility academically. Spring Creek Academy a small private college prep school in Dallas offers all core and academic elective courses required to meet mandated state requirements for graduation. In addition, Spring Creek Academy avoids projects that consume inordinate amounts of time, especially from parents. This optimization of time and effort allows our college prep school students to complete their educational work in less time and lower stress levels. Our private school curriculum is focused on college preparation and accelerated learning. Each high school student meets with Dallas prep school student advisors for planning their high school class schedule on a yearly basis. Dallas alternative school advisors will work with students to ensure that they are taking the proper classes that top universities require that are beyond state minimums such as foreign languages.

Our excellent student-to-teacher ratio provides more individualized education, allowing the teacher to constantly monitor the student's progress and provide feedback to the students. Teachers are aware of the learning styles of the students because of the low student to teacher ratio. Success is monitored with daily grades, six-week report cards and open communication with parents. Only core academic curriculum is presented in the classroom. In partnership with the parents who have assumed responsibility for sharing the education process, parents are expected to provide art, music and physical education through other venues that excite the students. Many of our Dallas prep school students are instructed by world class mentors at nationally ranked gyms, ice skating rinks, dance and music conservatories. Spring Creek Academy is not affiliated with any religion or church. We expect students to demonstrate good citizenship and respect for all. We respect the cultural diversity of each family regardless of religion, race or creed.

Dallas Private School Spring Creek Academy Admission Policy. All Dallas prep school students must be enrolled in Spring Creek Academy by the student's parents or legal guardian who will be responsible for the student's behavior and for payment of tuition and fees. Selection of students will be based upon previous academic achievement. An entrance exam and an interview with the Spring Creek Academy Director are required. All new students must take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills examination or must provide the results from an equivalent exam within the last year and achieve an acceptable score. The administrator will schedule an appointment for an interview with parents and students to discuss enrollment. The Admissions Committee will review the application for students seeking to enter Spring Creek Academy. Parents will be notified concerning acceptance of their child(ren) after the tests and interview are completed. Registration will be open to new students in January, 2009. 26 credit hours are required for freshmen beginning in the 2009 school year. Those students entering our Dallas private high school as a sophomore and up require 24 credit hours. Top Universities require a minimum of 3 if not 4 credit hours of foreign language and a strong Grade Point Average (GPA) with additional AP Honors credits are also beneficial for college admission.

Academic Programs offered at Spring Creek Academy in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas. Honors / AP Program: Dallas private high school students have an option of enrolling in Honors or Advanced classes. Honors and Advanced classes will require an extra assignment or project each six weeks. Advanced classes are targeted for Dallas alternative high school students that will take the AP test offered by the College Board in May. The AP program of the College Board enables students to complete college-level studies while attending the Dallas college prep school at Spring Creek Academy. This "academic bridge" helps smooth the transition from high school to college. The primary goals of the advanced program are to enrich the secondary school experience of students ready to apply themselves to college-level courses and to provide the means by which colleges may grant credit or placement, or both, to students with satisfactory AP test scores. The examinations are structured to measure three areas: depth of knowledge, completeness of thought, and synthesis of ideas. Approximately 1,200 institutions award credit based on the student's AP exam scores. College credit is generally awarded upon a student's enrollment, although some institutions award sophomore standing only after a student has completed satisfactory work on campus. The score requirements and number of college credit hours or placement credit varies among universities and colleges. Regarding grade point averaging (GPA), Regular classes are based on a 4.0 scale, Honors classes are based on a 4.5 scale, and Advanced classes are based on a 5.0 scale.

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Dallas private high school students must enroll in Honors or Advanced classes prior to beginning the class. Students may drop from Honors or Advanced into any regular classes at any time, but may not add Honors or Advanced classes during the year. Students enrolled in an Advanced class, who successfully complete all the projects, but decide not to take the AP test in May, will revert to a 4.5 Honors GPA scale for both semesters of the class. Spring Creek Academy a leading private school in Dallas Texas is fully accredited by TAAPS through grade 12, Dallas college prep school students who attend Dallas public high schools or other private schools in the Dallas Fort Worth DFW area may attend our summer program. We create an official transcript to forward to home schools upon successful completion of the Dallas alternative school course(s). Spring Creek Academy Also Offers Accelerated Reading Programs. The Accelerated Reader Program is intended to increase a student's interest in reading, along with their vocabulary, and their comprehension. Once a student had read the book, a quiz is taken that asks ten questions pertaining to the book. The student receives points for each book depending on the percentage of questions answered correctly. High school students should give particular consideration to participating in the accelerate reading program program. A strong background in the classics will be a helpful step toward success in college literature classes and will also help increases vocabulary scores on scholastic achievement test.

Dallas college prep school Spring Creek Academy also offers private high school summer courses for credit. Spring Creek Academy a leading college prep school in Dallas is proud of our academic affiliations with the National Honor Society NHS) and the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) the nation's premier organizations established to recognize outstanding high school and middle level students. More than just an honor roll, NHS and NJHS serve to honor those private high school students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character (and Citizenship for NJHS). Spring Creek Academy is also affiliated with the Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools. The Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools seeks to accredit private schools who meet the high standards of the association and continue to maintain the quality of education as expected by TAAPS.

Spring Creek Academy has earned a distinguished tradition as one of the leading private schools in Dallas offering gifted education and private tutoring programs for the gifted and talented along with the Tutorial Services of Plano. Spring Creek Academy is a private school in Dallas Texas for gifted and talented students who are seeking an alternative education that enables them to have flexible class schedules and smaller class sizes. Spring Creek Academy is a fully accredited private school for children grades 1-12 and is chartered by The Texas Alliance of Private Schools and The Texas Education Agency.

To learn more about our private high school, private elementary school, or secondary alternative school in Dallas TX feel free to contact:

Spring Creek Academy
Tutorial Services of Plano
Dallas Private School
6000 Custer Road, Building 5
Plano, Texas TX (USA) 75023
Tel: 972.517.6730
Fax: 972.517.8750
Email: Admin@SpringCreekAcademy.com

Thank you for your consideration of The Spring Creek Academy a private school for the gifted, talented, and highly motivated located in Dallas Texas!