Canyonville Academy

We are dedicated to creating a safe, friendly environment here at Canyonville Academy during this time in our world. We look forward to welcoming our new and returning students with updated and robust changes made to ensure everyone is safe and healthy.

Through academic and non-academic programs, we purpose to:

• Promote the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to fully participate in human affairs, while encouraging the desire to work toward effecting change and solving problems, consequently helping to create a better future for us all.
• Transmit a knowledge and appreciation of the highest values, ideas and ideals of our Judeo-Christian heritage, upon which Western Civilization is founded.
• Cultivate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while encouraging creativity and vision in all aspects of life.
• Encourage an appreciation for God’s creation and promote a balanced stewardship of the resources entrusted to man.
• Develop an awareness and knowledge of interpersonal relationships by learning communication skills, conflict resolution, social responsibility, and respect for authority.
• Honor the sanctity of life and promote an understanding of various cultures and backgrounds.
• Foster an awareness of the consequences of actions and a willingness to accept responsibility for individual behavior.
• Provide positive, creative, and safe ways of having fun.

Canyonville Academy offers a full program of study for international students who want to learn English. Classes range from beginning to advanced levels. Our program begins with a solid foundation in basic conversation as well as introductory grammar and reading and writing skills. It then moves quickly into a more academic track.

The ESL Department at Canyonville Academy is committed to excellence in teaching, ensuring ample opportunity for fluency in English, as well as a basic understanding of American culture and the Christian worldview.

Unlike our mainstream classes, many of the ESL courses are intensive and one-semester. Our students can advance each semester as their fluency develops. A student entering the ESL program at the beginning level therefore has the opportunity to enter mainstream classes in one year. In order for students to transition this quickly, our classes focus almost predominantly on English until a sufficient fluency is attained to ensure success in their more advanced mainstream and collegiate studies.

Our goal is to move students into mainstream courses within one year. To do this, students must be focused on learning English. A policy of ENGLISH ONLY will be strictly observed in all classrooms and common areas. Students who adhere to this policy as much as possible will find that advancement into higher levels of academics comes more easily to those who truly focus on speaking English only. Dorms and play areas will be an exception for the students, as they need a break from the constant drain of immersion studies.