Our youngest students start with a world-class education at The Palmas Academy. Preschool features a Montessori-based education, using best practices from thousands of schools worldwide.



Montessori hallmarks:

• Multiage grouping for mentorship and leadership development.
• Hands-on learning with specially designed materials.
• Student-centered approach promoting self-selection, intrinsic motivation, and sustained attention.

As students progress to the elementary grades, The Palmas Academy continues its student-centered approach, fostering exploration, investigation, and multidisciplinary learning. The curriculum focuses on all aspects of student growth: intellectual, cognitive, emotional, social, and physical.

The Palmas Academy delivers an engaging elementary school curriculum that includes core academic subjects, character building, and the arts.

• Focus on intellectual, cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth.
• Cultivates a passion for learning, critical thinking skills, and curiosity.
• Fosters self-confidence and a sense of community.
• Nourishes students’ unique gifts.

Our goal is for students to develop the skills and competencies to become independent, inquisitive learners as they transition to middle and high school.

In the middle grades, students continue learning core academic subjects along with key supplemental subjects, physical education, and the arts.

Develop sophisticated academic skills: research, writing, innovation, and collaboration.

Added focus on executive function development.

Preparation for resilience, tenacity, and high school challenges.

The Palmas Academy recognizes that as students grow, their interests and talents become more defined and diversified. High school serves as a crucial period for students to discover their strengths and areas for growth. TPA provides a world-class college preparatory curriculum with a focus on academics and numerous opportunities for students to excel and find their place within the school community and beyond.

• Offers a world-class college preparatory curriculum.
• Emphasizes academics alongside opportunities for student excellence.
• Provides advanced-level courses, including 10 AP courses.
• Features specialized electives such as Art, Culinary Arts, Drama, Journalism, Film Studies, Music, Entrepreneurship, Strength and Conditioning Training.
• Supports student growth with clubs like Makeup, Dungeons and Dragons, Model UN, National Honor Society, Business Club, Yearbook Committee, and Student Ambassadors, providing diverse opportunities for engagement and contribution to the school community.
• Conducts writing workshops to enhance students' writing skills.
• Offers an enrichment program for personal and academic growth.
• Teaches students to become sophisticated researchers.
• Requires 10th-grade students to take the Capstone program, developing long-lasting academic skills that prepare them for success in any professional field.
• Achieves 100% college acceptance rate.