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As an undiagnosed dyslexic learner going through school, a parent, teacher, friend, sister, and daughter, I faced communication, academic, and emotional challenges throughout my 55 years.
CORE Academy is the product and GIFT I have received from my life experiences!
Throughout my years of teaching, I would envision a place that helps children feel SEEN, HEARD and UNDERSTOOD no matter HOW they THINK, HEAR, PROCESS and SEE THE WORLD....
How amazing would that be?
While I taught my students and listened to parents and school administrators, I would always consider how children speak from their heart expressing constant frustrations with school and their parents often NOT understanding them...
I would think, "Why does there need to be so many RULES, TESTS, and STUDENTS BEING TOLD YOU MUST DO IT THIS WAY type of thinking?"
I would ask myself OFTEN… Why does it matter if we…
Type our work because it is so much easier for us to show all we know
NEED time to think, find answers in our heads
Are given the math formulas, so we can plug in the numbers…isn't that what is important?
Takes us 2 minutes or 7 minutes to multiply... ARE we ever timed once we leave school? Don't we just need to know how to multiply?
Are visual, hands-on, kinesthetic learners
Are BIG picture thinkers
Cry, get anxious and need to know the WHY of things to FEEL better
Are wired to be creative, athletic, mechanical, intuitive, a mover and groover, but then get all these labels... ADD, ADHD, DYSLEXIC, AUDITORY PROCESSING
And SO MANY MORE...
Use our fingers to count
Need to lay on the floor to do work
Need to listen to books
Draw pictures to help us remember
NEED pictures in books to understand- even if we are 16
Don't like small print in books
Use whiteboards and markers
Lay in bed with mom and take turns reading pages and talking about the story even if we are 14
Don't like to read..... but would love to SEE the information instead
Mess up a word while reading but then correct it
Change words while reading but the meaning doesn't change in the sentence
Dictate our amazing stories
As a result of these questions…
CORE Education Academy, will help your child discover their emotional, academic, and social confidence through self-advocacy and supporting every student’s learning style.
CORE Academy realizes and embraces the different ways in which children learn.
Our philosophy is for each child to realize their potential and learn in an interactive, hands-on, and engaging manner.
Our History
After realizing that so many students in the Bay Area were not being taught in a way that suited their learning styles, Miss Lainie set out to create a 3rd-8th grade nonprofit school that would meet the different learning styles of all children.
In 2014 CORE Academy was founded, by Miss Lainie, Miss Zoe Wilson & Miss Jackie Cederwall.
CORE Education Academy is a non-profit organization. We are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations made to CORE Academy are tax-deductible.
Miss Lainie’s graduation speeches over the last 4 years!
2022 Miss Lainie graduation speech.
2021 Miss Lainie graduation speech
2020 Miss Lainie graduation speech.
2019 Miss Lainie graduation speech
2023 Graduation speech.
“Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! We just can't say it enough - you've really changed all our lives. Sydney has so much confidence and has really blossomed with you. it’s amazing.” Paula and Stephen Adduci
