The Gillion Academy For Academic Excellence
7th Grade - 12th Grade & Prep School
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Academic Excellence
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We offer accredited online education with licensed teachers
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Onsite tutoring and academic oversight with licensed education professionals with weekly and quarterly grade checks and intervention for any weekly quiz or test grades below 90%.
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Parents have complete control in selecting academically challenging coursework including honors, AP, dual enrollment and college prep classes with assistance from our Director of Academics.
Academic learning plans are supported and reviewed weekly to ensure minimum GPA levels are maintained.
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Elimination of distractions often found in other public and private schools with focused academic peer groups, constant supervision, weekly academic oversight, small class sizes and peer groups with like-minded goals.
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All online academic partners are NCAA certified, ensuring all classes taken will count for college credt by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Life Skills Program
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Program dedicated to teaching our student athletes about finance, investments, savings, borrowing, and business development taught by adjunct college professors, financial professionals and business owners.
Seminars and lessons are offered throughout the year to educate all student athletes on financial literacy, inspire them to pursue entreprenuership, consider the role finance and investments will play in their professional lives, and inspire students to pursue degrees in business when in college.
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Throughout the academic year, the Academy will invite working professionals from a diverse set of backgrounds to talk to our student athletes about their experiences and life lessons.
We will also bring in coaches and players from college and professional basketball to provide mentorship, life lessons and guidance to our student athletes.
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All student athletes at the Academy will go on arranged college visits to expose them to various options in their academic career after high school and get them focused on what they need to apply to college.
It is never to early to plant the seed and inspire our student athletes to focus on their academic futures.
Elite Basketball Program
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Our basketball leadership team is made up of former Division I coaches, players and professional development staff.
Our staff has collectively placed more than 200 athletes in college, with over 50 of those players going on to play professionally and countless others succeeding in all aspects of life over the last 20 years.
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Our student athletes train at our facility in Springfield, VA which has been compltely outfitted with all of the necessary tools to support their development.
The facility features an NBA regulation half court, a separate shooting court, weight room with cardio equipment, speed/plyometric area, shooting machines, snartboards, recovery room and a studio where players and coaches can review training/practice/game film.
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Middle School Cohort - focused on developing advanced fundamental skills to prepare to play for elite high school teams, including competitive games against elite competition.
High School Cohort - provides college-level training, competition, recruiting advice, college visits, and exposure i preparation to play college basketball and mazimize potential of receiving schoalrships and offers.
Prep School Cohort allows high school graduates to gain an additional year of elite level training, exposure, and competition in conjunction with the recruitment services to pursue college offers and scholarships.
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Our players are guaranteed opportunities for exposure to coaches and recruiters at every level.
Our elite teams will play domestically in national tournaments against some of the best competition in the country and benefit from the international experience of playing in exhibition games overseas.
In the first two months of our academic year, our high school/prep team had already competed in high-level tournaments in front of college coaches.
Our Middle School and JV teams play in competitive leagues and tournaments to develop their skills for advancement to the next level.
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With our structured and regimented school days, our student athletes will spend at least four hours a day training and developing their skills directly with our elite coaches.
Student athletes will accumulatte over 20 hours a week of individual skill development, scrimmages and games.
The basketball staff also conducts several film sessions per week reviewing game and/or practice film to develop basketball IQ and court leadership.
