The Athena School - Sydney, Australia

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The Athena School is an independent, co-educational school, licensed by Applied Scholastics International and utilising the educational principles and Study Technology* of author, philospher and educator, L. Ron Hubbard.

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Students and teachers operate on a first-name basis in the less formal setting. A casual uniform is worn to create belonging and pride in the group. Teachers are friendly and approachable, so school is a pleasant experience for parents, too.

Our students learn how to work and study independently. Our classroom system allows students from Year 3 onwards to move through their courses at their own pace. The teacher is then free to give extra attention to those who need it while allowing others to move ahead. Of course, group activities like Sport, Music, Art and Science etc. are taken as a group.

This classroom system, coupled with smaller class sizes, means that students get through more work in class time and have far less homework, allowing more time for their recreational activities - Sport, Music and hobbies. We strongly advocate children being outside rather than inside. Because school is not solely about academics, we have regular excursions and incursions to create a balance between theory and practical, classroom work and outdoor activities.

Everything about the school is built around helping students to graduate fully equipped to pursue and achieve their goals.

*Study Technology identifies and overcomes basic barriers to learning. The emphasis is on students achieving a complete and thorough understanding of whatever subject they are studying. Students must master the ability to study as one of the first actions on their academic curriculum. In this way, they achieve certainty in their study, are able to apply what they know and thus have the benefit of their entire education.

The purpose of this website is to give you a rapid overview of the school, our facilities, our teaching methods and our successes. Unlike many other schools around the country and around the world, our beautiful school grounds are filled with bright and happy children who are excited about learning and eager to come to school every day. What makes us different? Most modern day schools have left out of their education methods the fundamentals of student interest, motivation, purpose, understanding, use and application of their education to the real world and building critical thinkers who can use judgment and are able to succeed in their lives. Even more fundamentally, most children have never been taught why they should learn nor how to learn. Working with students of all ages, we have found one for one, they do not know how to learn. Nor do they know why they are learning about a subject, other than to pass a test or earn a graduation certificate. Yet they are expected to do so for a minimum of 13 years. Education is supposed to prepare a child for success in life. Lack of an effective education is one of the greatest barriers to success and happiness faced by our children and, for that matter, any individual. To a substantial degree, educational failings generate many of the ills we face in our societies, from intolerance and racism to drugs, poverty and economic failure. At the Athena School we make it our business to not only provide all of the facilities, texts, teachers a so on that a student needs to succeed, but we ensure the students know how to study and why to study, and we light within them a fire of curiosity and desire to learn. Our goal is to fully prepare our students for success in life! The school owes a debt of gratitude to philosopher and educator L. Ron Hubbard, whose extensive writings, study principles and technology make it possible for the school to achieve the astounding results that it does.