“Teenagers are old enough to take responsibility for their actions, their responsibilities, and their needs…students must learn how to define good and bad behavior themselves, and learn from the consequences of their actions…” - Army and Navy Academy Are you trying to help your teenage boy set...
ACADEMY PERSPECTIVES
Army and Navy Academy’s blog is a window into life at California’s premiere college preparatory military boarding school. Here, we’ll share cadet stories, achievements, insights from our leadership team, and information for families interested in boy brain science and the Gurian model. Whether you’re a prospective family exploring what sets the Academy apart or a member of our vibrant Warrior community, you’ll find exciting and informative perspectives.
Surf Team Wins 2 Categories at the Scholastic Surf Series Division 5
On Saturday, December 16, 2017, our ANA surf team competed at the Scholastic Surf Series Division 5. This was the first ever competition for these Cadets’ and the first ANA competition for our new surf coach, Sean Mattison. They all had a great time and won 2 categories, Men's Short Board and...
Additional Approaches Needed to Enhance Student Learning
While academic content and teaching strategies are important in planning children’s education, there are at least two more ingredients needed in a quality education, according to recent educational research findings. Many educators wrongly assume young people who have common intellectual...
Large Number of Teens Need a Moral Compass, Studies Show
In the wake of the 2002 national “No Child Left Behind” educational initiative, it appears plenty of children have been left behind when it comes to developing character, morality, and ethics as standard behaviors. A 2012 nationwide survey of 23,000 teenagers conducted by the Josephson Institute...
Cadets Win 7 Trophies in Regional JROTC Drill Competition
Our Army and Navy Academy Cadets won seven trophies at a regional drill competition in Anaheim earlier this month. Taking part December 2 in a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) “Rookies Drill Meet” at Katella High School, the Academy’s Military Drill Team competed with 14 other high...
Elevating Executive Function for Boys
Two Things Missing in All But a Few of Our Schools For the most part, our nation’s educators spend much, if not most of their time and resources determining what academic subjects our children will learn and experimenting with methodologies for how such content will be taught. To be sure,...
ANA Coaches and Administrators Attend Positive Coaching Alliance Workshop
On August 3, 2017, 25 Army and Navy Academy coaches and administrators attended a workshop put on by the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). Presenter Nick Davidson gave a fantastic, engaging and interactive presentation. The mission statement for PCA is simple: The Positive Coaching Alliance...
‘One-Size-Fits-All’ School Environments are Fatal to Boys Receiving Proper Education
By Barry Shreiar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees The present way most public and private schools are educating our nation’s boys today is every bit as dangerous and even fatal to boys receiving a proper education as cancer is to the human body. As a parent of a boy who thrived as a student in...
Brain Science and the Difference between Boys and Girls
Boys and girls learn differently for a very simple biological reason – their brains are built differently. Given, their differences, boys and girls perform better provided different stimuli. Our current education system denies this fact and therefore denies the everyday results of these...
Lacrosse Interest Increases at U.S. Boarding Schools
Although the popularity of lacrosse is growing more and more nationally in the recent years, it is, in fact, considered America’s oldest sport, dating back to the 1600s when the game was played by native North America tribes. The first account of a lacrosse game was in 1636, but because of its...