Boarding School Current Info

Often referred to as the best kept secret in private education, Nawa Academy is a coed, independent boarding school located on the West Coast. As a leader in experiential education, Nawa Academy serves students in both middle school and high school, utilizing a hands-on learning approach.

What's New?
While some students attended Parent's Weekend, others enjoyed the snow at Mount Shasta Well, with another fun-filled Parent's Weekend come and gone, the students and staff are left recovering. So far, the word at the school is that our students all had a great time, regardless if they spent it with their parents or with staff. From my perspective, I would have to say that the students who were able to spend Parent's Weekend with staff had a better time than most. The students, Billy M., Justin H., Rob B., Kyle G., Brian F., Ed W., Chris W., Michelle C., and Jonathan I., who got to spend the weekend with Weekend Program Staff (Kristin Hamilton and myself), were up at Mount Shasta for the Weekend of February 20-21. More news items ...

Newsletters From Northern California - Nawa
Issues: Fall 2007 | April 2008 | May 2008 | Fall 2008 | Winter 2009

Campus Tour
Our campus tour page represents a culmination and snap shot of our history doing what we do best. Making learning fun and a stomachable challenge in most cases. Being overwhelmed with the pressure of absorbing mundane material is a task our staff tackles daily presenting material in differing perspectives for those that may not see the same.

News at Nawa's Boarding School - Newsclip
December 6, 2004
FRENCH GULCH -- For John "Bear" Mahoney, the payoff was getting out and meeting people.

While in China last month, Mahoney was confronted by a teenage student who asked how he felt about China becoming a superpower to rival the United States.

He shrugged and laughed a little. "I was like, 'Fine, I guess,'" he said.

Mahoney, 16, was in Shanghai with 10 of his classmates from the Nawa Academy, or Nawa, a boarding school north of French Gulch. As a member of the school's International Academy, he and his class spent two weeks there studying, traveling and meeting people. ... Read More

Nawa Friendly Boarding School Links
Across the entire planet, Nawa can enter any living room and help families in need shift and see different approaches to the learning curve. Please take the time to review our links as we have a commitment to you for your family member to join ours.


Nawa Academy Promotes
--- Global Learning | Hands-on | Dynamic Learning | Individualized Instruction ---
-- Friendship | Mentoring | Extreme Education
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