Welcome to American Leadership Academy!

Our mission is to magnify the potential within each student by inspiring personal achievement and accountability. We accomplish this task through community involvement, rigorous academic and behavioral standards, and a dedicated and well-trained staff.

We look forward with much anticipation for the coming school year. We have many exciting new programs that we will be instituting this year including the "Leader in Me" program developed by Steven R. Covey. We know that together with your help, we can achieve our mission and develop tomorrow's leaders.

We encourage you to ask questions. If you have any concerns or would like more information regarding our school, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you out.

Paul Sinclair
Director

“Education should be, in addition to diffusing a knowledge of the arts and sciences, to implant in the minds of the American youth, the principles of traditional virtue and liberty, and inspire them...with an inviolable attachment to their own country.”  --Noah Webster

American Leadership Academy espouses the following principles and will incorporate them throughout its curriculum development, classroom instruction, service opportunities, administrator, teacher and mentor examples, and in all relationships and activities at American Leadership Academy.

Individuality: We believe that each child has value and is created with unique talents, gifts, and learning styles, and that every child can truly make a difference in the world.

Self Government: In order to have true liberty, man must be governed internally by the Spirit within rather than by external forces. The students will be taught to ask themselves, “Do I need a ruler to rule over me? Or can I govern myself according to correct principles?” Government is first individual, then extends to the home, church or school and then the community.

Moral Virtue: Character is causative to conduct. As such, American Leadership Academy espouses the following values that have been a part of the fabric of America since the arrival of the Pilgrims: Honor, Charity, Civility, Discipline, Diligence/Industry, Integrity, Optimism, Brotherly Love and Faith and Steadfastness.

Conscience: James Madison said that “Conscience is the Most Sacred of All Property.” Conscience is a tool for self-government as each child learns to be responsible and accountable for his/ her own choices and actions. It has been said that, “A man’s own conscience, when he is living as he should be, is the finest monitor and the best judge in all the world.”

Patriotism: love of one’s own country. ALA students will be introduced to, learn from and memorize portions of original source documents such as:

• The Declaration of Independence
• The United States Constitution
• The National Motto
• The Pledge of Allegiance
• The National Anthem
• The Mayflower Compact
• The writings, speeches, documents, and proclamations of the Founders and the Presidents of the United States

In addition to instilling the love of America into the hearts and minds of our students, we feel that inspiring students to develop an awareness of and respect for other cultures is of utmost importance.

Cultural Literacy: We believe that by integrating world cultures and language acquisition into the daily curriculum, our students will have the tools necessary to achieve in the upper grades and make an impact in the world.

Excellence: Excellence is defined as eminently good; anything of merit or virtue; purity of heart, uprightness of mind. With this in mind, a standard of Excellence will be modeled and encouraged at all times by students, teachers, and administrators at ALA.

To recap, a primary goal of American Leadership Academy is to restore these fundamental principles to our children’s education and to ignite the interest and curiosity of each student, thereby creating a lifelong love of learning, leadership and service.