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WHAT SKILLS DOES NSA DEVELOP?
  • INTERPERSONAL:  Living in a small community that is empowered to be proactive and use
    productive methods to create healthy changes around them, students gain important skills in
    learning to balance their individual needs and wants with those of the larger community in
    which they live.

  • INTRAPERSONAL:  Boarding school creates a rich environment for daily observations and
    feedback about one's own personal growth process, one's identity, one's behavior, one's
    relationships, and the image that one presents to the people around them.  Students learn a
    lot about who they are, who they want to be, and how to be more self-aware, self-sufficient, and
    better problem-solvers.  

  • ANALYTICAL:  Problem-solving is a part of life.  Not only does our academic approach focus on
    enhancing creativity, skill set development, common sense, and resourcefulness to solve
    problems, our social atmosphere also emphasizes using perspective-taking, empathy, and
    taking the time to actually process issues before proposing creative & individualized solutions.

  • SOCIAL SUPPORT:  Our students get used to being supportive of each other, no matter what
    their individual differences may be.  Students learn how important it is to create a support
    system for themselves.

  • CULTURAL AWARENESS.... which brings us to our next question:

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF STUDYING IN COSTA RICA?
  • What could be more important in today's society that learning another language and learning
    about another culture?  Homestay families, internships, Aventuras, and regular recreational
    activities in our Costa Rican community are key in helping students not only become aware of
    how other people live, but also become more reflective about their own culture.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF A BOARDING SCHOOL?
  • Students who have attended boarding school show an easier transition to college dormitory
    life as they have already lived away from home with peers of different backgrounds.

  • Because NSA is a boarding school, we offer consistent guidance from professionals who are
    available to the students at any time.

WHAT DO THEY DO AFTER NSA?
  • NSA is committed to helping find the most appropriate transition plan for our students.  We are
    not caught up in our statistics of college acceptances or SAT scores.  We want our graduates
    to do what is best for their future, not what is best for our ranking.

  • Students may transfer back home to complete their Senior year of high school.

  • College:  96% of our graduates go on to 4-year colleges and universities.  4% attend
    community college with the intention to transition to a 4-year school after community college.
  • Recent graduates have attended universities such as:

  • Some students (those who graduate in December or those who need a "gap year" experience)
    attend transitional programs such as study abroad programs, internship programs,
    independent living programs, or vocational programs before going to college
Transitional, therapeutic boarding school for adolescents at-risk & teenagers with experiential education, emotional growth, & college prep academics!
New Summit Academy Costa Rica
What kind of student graduates from NSA?
Gender:         All boys
Ages:             15-18
Grades:         10-13
IQ: Average to Very Superior