SOE AMBASSADOR DOSSIER

Ambassador

Lyn-Ann Nelson

SOE International Academy

SOE International Academy (S.I.A.) – the Commencement Education Division of SOE Education – is an international school which covers a child’s education from when they enter Junior Kindergarten to when they graduate from High-School – four (4) to seventeen (17) years old.

S.I.A. is an international school because it offers one (1) standard curriculum, which is taught at all S.I.A. facilities across the globe, instead of multiple national curriculums taught in the varying countries. The only individual country adaptation to the S.I.A. Curriculum is the national language in which the curriculum is taught. And, as S.I.A. is an international school, all S.I.A. students, around the globe, must, at each level, take one (1) mandatory Second-Language Class, of their choice - or their parents/guardians choice, at the Primary Level.

S.I.A. Curriculum is more organic, and much more extensive, than the traditional international schools’ system, because S.I.A. classes are all-encompassing. This means subjects like Human & World History are taught - which includes learning the history of all the various spiritual practices of the world, as well as learning about Universal Principles, like the Laws of: Resonance; Equilibrium; and Attraction.

This also means that both traditional subjects, as well as traditionally-considered ‘alternative’ subjects, are taught at S.I.A. For example: Money Management is not traditionally taught in schools, outside of higher education institutions. In fact, parental financial rewards – like an allowance – aside, most youths only truly begin managing money, after they’ve started working for a wage. Using that system, this means by the time a teenager has gotten their first job, they’ve been taught how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, money, but they were not taught how to budget money for the long-term. A financially responsible individual does not that system make.

By comparison, the S.I.A. Curriculum has, within it, implemented Niche Programs, and Student Payment Systems, which not only exposes students to the joys of being rewarded for putting work into a passion, but emphasizes the importance of money management. Niche Programs, and Student Payment

Systems, are 'softly' introduced at the Junior-High Level (12 & 13 yrs old), and fully-integrated at the High-School Level (14-17 yrs old).

Another example of how SIA Curriculum differs: In the Medical field, a traditional Doctor treats the physical body (physical ailments; broken bones, etc.), and a Psychiatrist treats the mind (how are you feeling?), but both are doctors in respected fields. The word Astro means star. So, the field of Astronomy studies the physical make-up of stars, planets, and all things beyond Earth’s atmosphere, while the field of Astrology studies the energies (the “feelings”) of the stars, and planets. But, only one of those ‘star-studies’ - Astronomy - is traditionally respected, and taught in schools. Thus, teaching everything about the stars - their physical make-up, and their energies - is another example of how S.I.A. Curriculum stands apart.

*sample* S.I.A.-Taught SCIENCES:

~ Traditional: ASTRONOMY

+ Alternative: ASTROLOGY

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(Junior/High-School Level)

~ Traditional: PHYSICS

+ Alternative: NUMEROLOGY & MANIFESTING

S.I.A. also features Education Packages for children with Special Needs, and/or children needing Special Attention due to behavioral issues, as well as In-Home Tutoring Programs. In-Home Tutoring Program Classes consist of three (3) Sub-Classes, comprised of a total of five (5) students each, for a maximum of fifteen (15) students participating in the In-Home Tutoring Program, in addition to the sixteen (16) On-Site Students, for a grand total maximum of thirty-one (31) students per S.I.A. Class – fifteen (15) of whom are remotely located.

Teachers work from their local education facility class-room, which has the necessary screens, and equipment, set up to simultaneously teach students on-site, as well as students in the In-Home Tutoring Program. On-site Classes at the S.I.A. Education Facility has, in addition to the Teacher, E.C.E.s (Early Childhood Educators) - for play-based learning segments, as well as E.A.s (Educational Assistants) - to assist with structural education, and C.Y.C.s (Child & Youth Counselors) - who will work with the children with special needs, and/or behavioral issues.

IN-HOME TUTORING ONLINE INTERFACE:

The Interface mimics the layout of our physical schools. Online students must navigate a series of hallways, and common areas, in order to get to specific class-rooms - the doors to which they must open, in order to enter the Class. During lunch/recess breaks, students enter the Cafeteria, where they can face-time with one another, and play educational games, while they consume their meals and snacks. There is a personalized count-down clock visible to each student when they enter the Cafeteria, letting them know how much “break/recess” time they have left. When break/recess time has run out, the school’s "Bell” will ring, and students have five (5) minutes - just enough time to quickly use the facilities - before they must get to their respective class-rooms. As in reality, each student is assigned an online locker. Student Lockers are where all homework/lessons, graded/returned assignments/Report Cards etc., will be deposited, in addition to having a copy sent to the parent/guardian's email address. Similarly, each Class-Room has a mailbox - divided according to teacher/subject/class-time – which is where all students will deposit their completed assignments, for Teacher review/grading.

In addition to full Correspondence Programs for home-schooled students, there are Correspondence Classes for students who, infrequently, miss a class here, and there, due to illness, or some other reason.

S.I.A. Students, and Teachers, alike, wear uniforms. Although Teachers, all of whom face Professional Triannual Reviews/P.T.R. (which means they're reviewed three times per each school-year), are only in uniform Monday through Thursday, as S.I.A. Staff attire on Fridays is 'business-casual'. S.I.A. education facilities, and classrooms, are equipped with cameras which allow for remote parent/guardian monitoring, via log-ins and passwords. Also, each S.I.A. education facility classroom features a Visiting Guests’ Area, which allows for parents/guardians, as well as other SOE faculty members, to sit in on, and observe, daily classes, without disruption to the class, or lesson.

The various S.I.A. Education Levels are below:

PRIMARY LEVEL: J.K. - GR. 6 (4 OR 5 yrs - 11 yrs)

General & Advanced Level options

Depending on their readiness, children may start their formal S.I.A. education at the Junior Kindergarten (J.K.) Level, at the age of four (4), or start one year later at the Senior Kindergarten (S.K.) Level, at the age of five (5), as both J.K. and S.K. are Pre-School Levels. S.I.A. Junior Kindergarten (J.K.) registration includes an optional Transition Program which allows children to begin on half (½) days at School-Year start, and then transition into full days at mid-Year.

J.K. 1/2 Day Transition Schedules (3Hrs/day):

September - January

SCHEDULE A ~ 8:30a – 11:30a
SCHEDULE B ~ 12p – 3p

J.K. & S.K. Full Day Schedules (6Hrs & 30 Mins/day):

J.K. Transition Program: February - June

J.K. & S.K. Full-Day Program: September - June

8:30a – 3p

Grades 1-6 Class Schedule (7Hrs/day):

September - June

8:30-9:15a ~ Homeroom; Breakfast & Morning Routine
9:15-10:45a ~ Homeroom
10:45-11a ~ MORNING RECESS
11:15a – 12:15p ~ 2nd-Language Class
12:15 – 12:45p ~ LUNCH
12:45 – 1:15p ~ LUNCH RECESS
1:30 – 2:45p ~ Homeroom
2:45 – 3p ~ AFTERNOON RECESS
3:15 – 3:30p ~ Homeroom

JUNIOR-HIGH LEVEL: GR. 7 - GR. 8 (12 yrs - 13 yrs)

General & Advanced Level options

At the Junior-High Level, students are presented with a choice of one Elective Aspiration Program (E.A.P.) to study, which is separate from their usual Academic Program, and mandatory Second-Language of choice Class, each Semester. Coupled with a Grade-Payment System, and the assignment of Digital Student Wallets, E.A.P.-integration prepares students for the S.I.A. High-School Level.

As September is the month of registrations, and introductions, it is called ‘Orientation Month’, and students do receive Orientation Report Cards at the end of the month of September. This gives students an entire month to feel-out their chosen E.A.P. , and then, coupled with the grade received at month's end, decide if it is the program for them, before formally registering in an E.A.P. at the start of the first S.I.A. Semester.

The official three (3) Semesters in each school-year begins in the month of October.

S.I.A. Junior-High Semester Break-Down:

September (Orientation Month)
October - December (1st Semester)
January - March (2nd Semester)
April - June (3rd Semester)

Completing monthly testing, after the month of September, in any E.A.P. (3 months/3 tests in total per Semester) with a perfect score – or one hundred percent (100%) - deposits a specific amount of stokens into Digital Student Wallets. Quinquennially-increased (increased every 5 years) by one stoken (1$t.) per percentage point, payment for completing an Elective Aspiration Program's Monthly Test with a perfect score of one hundred percent (100%), from the years 2020 - 2025, deposits three hundred stokens (300$t.) into students’ digital wallets. Using that Grade-Payment System, students earn six stokens (6$t.) for every percentage point over the fifty percent (50%) passing percentage, every month. [Increasing to seven stokens (7$t.)/percentage point over fifty percent (50%) from 2025 - 2030; one hundred percent (100%) = three hundred and fifty stokens (350$t.)]

Whatever grade, and subsequent stoken amount, is earned from the final E.A.P. Test of the year, in June, gets quadrupled (multiplied by 4), in stokens ($t.), in the seventh (7th) grade, to account for the two (2) months of seasonal school closure, all the way up until the first E.A.P. payment of the following school-year, at the end of October. In the eight (8th) grade, the amount earned from the final E.A.P. Test of the year, in June, gets doubled (multiplied by 2), in stokens ($t.), to account for the two (2) months of seasonal school closure, up until the following school-year, when they receive their first High-School weekly Basic Student

Currency (B.S.C.) payment, at the beginning of September.

[For example: In 2021, a Junior-High S.I.A. student who passed one of their E.A.P. Monthly Tests with a grade of fifty-five percent (55%) earned five (5) percentage points more than the passing point of fifty percent (50%), and therefore had (5 x 6 = 30) thirty stokens (30$t.) deposited into their Digital Student Wallet that month. Whereas, a student who passed their E.A.P. Monthly Test with a grade of seventy-five percent (75%) earned twenty-five (25) percentage points more than the passing point of fifty percent (50%), and therefore received a deposit of (25 x 6 = 150) one hundred and fifty stokens (150$t.) in their Digital Student Wallet that month. Additionally, if that is their E.A.P. grade, and amount, earned at year end in June - (75%, and 150$t.), then, if they were in the 7th grade (going into the 8th grade, the following year), that amount would be quadrupled (multiplied by 4), and increased to a total Year-End E.A.P. Payment of six hundred stokens (600$t.) deposited into their Digital Student Wallet. If they were in the 8th grade (going into the 9th grade/High-School, the following year), that amount would be doubled (multiplied by 2), and increased to a total Year-End E.A.P. Payment of three hundred stokens (300$t.) deposited into their Digital Student Wallet.]

Junior-High Elective Aspiration Programs:

The Arts, Aviation & Esoteric Studies Program – introduces students to careers in The Arts, Aviation & Esoteric Studies (Professions include: Culinary Arts - Chef, Food Stylist, etc.; Aviation - Pilot, Air-Traffic Controller, etc.; Boating Industry - Boat/Yacht/Cruise Ship Captain, etc.; Creative Writer; Journalist; Visual/Voice-Over Actor; Sketch Artist/Painter/Sculptor; Musician; Dancer; Singer; Comedian; Photographer; Print/Runway Fashion-Model; Fashion Designer; Interior Designer; Party/Event Planner; Professional Clown and/or Juggler; Reiki Master; Astrologer, to name a few)

Athletic Program – introduces students to careers in Sports (Professions include: Athlete - Runner; Swimmer; Foot/Basketball Player, etc.; Gymnast/Acrobat; Cheerleader; Team Mascot; Equestrian; Personal Trainer; Coach; Referee; Sports-Agent; Equipment Manager; Recruiter; Team Manager, to name a few)

Applied Academics/Science, Business & Law Program – introduces students to: careers in Applied Academics & Science (Professions include: Teacher - of any subject; Medical Doctor/M.D.; General/Specified-Field Surgeon; Veterinarian; Doctor of Philosophy/PhD; Dentist; Dermatologist; Marine Biologist; Computer/Software Programmer; Web and/or Video-Game Developer; Physicist; Mathematician; Pharmacist; Linguist/Language Interpreter; Engineer, to name a few); careers in Business (Professions include: Entrepreneur; Accountant; Chief Executive Officer/C.E.O.; Chief Financial Officer/C.F.O.; Chief Marketing Officer/C.M.O.; Crisis Manager/Professional "Fixer"; Brand Ambassador/Spokes-Model; Investor; Realtor; Broker; Property Manager, to name a few ); and careers in Law (Professions include: Law-Enforcement Officer; Border-Patrol Officer; Immigration Officer; Private Investigator; Detective; Patent Attorney; Criminal Defense Attorney; Divorce Attorney; Family Attorney; Environmental Attorney; Contract Attorney; Judge, to name a few)

Agriculture & Trades Program – introduces students to: careers in Agriculture (Professions include: Farmer; Apiarist; Farm-Veterinarian; Breeder; Florist; Vintner; Tractorist; Herder/Cow(boy or girl); Farrier, to name a few); and careers in Skilled Trades (Professions include: Gardener/Landscape Designer; Carpenter; Welder; Tile-Maker/Designer; Construction Manager; Mason; Crane Operator; Electrician; Vehicle or Aircraft Mechanic; Sound Engineer; Professional Gamer/Video-Game Tester; Disc-Jockey/DJ; Hair-Stylist; Esthetician; Cosmetologist/Make-Up Artist; Nail-Design Artist; Tattoo Artist, to name a few)

E.A.P.s are broken down into two (2) classes each Semester. For example: A Student enrolled in The Arts category, in the Musician E.A.P., may have Music Theory & Composition (learning about music history; reading, and composing, music; etc.), as E.A.P. Class #1, and Practical Music Application (applying the knowledge of how to read music while learning, practicing, and playing music on instruments), as E.A.P. Class #2. Students may choose to continue in the same Elective Aspiration Program each Semester, or change programs at the start of each Semester's Elective Aspiration Program Registration.

Junior-High Class Schedule (7Hrs/day):

8:30-8:45a ~ Homeroom; Breakfast & Morning Routine
8:50-10:30a ~ Homeroom
10:30-10:45a ~ MORNING RECESS
10:50a – 12p ~ 2nd-Language Class
12 – 12:30p ~ LUNCH
12:30 – 1p ~ LUNCH RECESS
1:05 – 2:15p ~ Homeroom (September)
2:20 – 3:30p ~ E.A.P. Intro & Orientation (September)
1:05 – 2:15p ~ E.A.P. Class #1 (1st - 3rd Semester/October - June)
2:20 – 3:30p ~ E.A.P. Class #2 (1st - 3rd Semester/October - June)

HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL: GR. 9 - GR. 12 (14 yrs - 17 yrs)

There are four (4) Grades at the S.I.A. High-School Level: Grade Nine (9) - Freshman Year; Grade Ten (10) - Sophomore Year; Grade Eleven (11) - Junior Year; Grade Twelve (12) - Senior Year. Each Student, no matter the Grade, has six (6) Periods-of-Learning, shortened to "Periods", each school-day, with one of those Periods being the S.I.A. mandatory Second-Language Class of their language choice.

S.I.A. High-School Semester Break-Down:

September (Orientation Month)
October - December (1st Semester)
January - March (2nd Semester)
April - June (3rd Semester)

At the High-School Level, Students are enrolled in full-time, four (4) year Programs, which are broken down into fifteen (15) Courses, taught during five (5) of the six (6) Periods of each school-day - with one (1) Period of each day reserved for the Second-Language Class, each Semester.

Students, at the High-School Level, also begin earning, annually-reviewed-according-to-country-and-determined-via-algorithm, Basic Student Currency (B.S.C.) for full-day, all-classes, attendance. B.S.C. payments increase, remains the same, or decreases (returning to the original minimum amount) in percentage, after, and according to the results of, each Semester's Student Performance Report Card – given out in September, December, March, and June. Students who maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) in the ninety-ninth (99th) percentile, automatically earn a daily attendance rate/B.S.C. which is two times (x 2) higher than the standard minimum daily rate.

A student’s final Semester B.S.C. amount each year – in June – is the B.S.C. amount which the student will initially begin earning at the start of their following year of High-School, in September. Along with their final B.S.C. payment in June, students also receive a Year-End Stipend, which is a lumpsum, pro-rated, payment for eight (8) weeks of attendance, calculated at the same daily rate as their final Semester daily rate of attendance.

[For example, in 2021: Canada & USA students who entered S.I.A. at the High-School Level earned a B.S.C. of twenty stokens (20$t.) per day; deposited in payments of one hundred stokens (100$t.) per week – assuming perfect attendance. Students in the 99th percentile earned a B.S.C. of forty stokens (40$t.) per day; two hundred stokens (200$t.) per week. If, when compared to September’s 'Orientation' Report Card, a student had a five percent (5%) grade improvement in performance reflected in December’s/1st Semester's Report Card, that student’s B.S.C. would then increase by five percent (5%) in stokens, making their new daily attendance rate twenty-one stokens (21$t.), for a weekly deposited B.S.C. total of one hundred and five stokens (105$t.), assuming perfect weekly attendance. If that amount ends up being the rate earned at year-end - during the 3rd Semester in June - then that is the B.S.C. amount the student will begin receiving during the 'Orientation Month' of the following High-School year, in September. Additionally, if that is their final Semester B.S.C. rate (105$t./week), then the student would receive, in addition to their final B.S.C. payment, a lumpsum payment equivalent of eight (8) weeks of B.S.C. payments, for a total Year-End Stipend of eight hundred and forty stokens (840$t.)]

Since High-School Students are gearing up to follow their passions into what will become their chosen Careers, S.I.A., at the High-School Level, is comprised of a selection of Niche Programs - previously introduced to Students at the Junior-High Level (12 - 13 yrs) via the Elective Aspiration Program (E.A.P.).

High-School Niche Programs:

Agriculture & Trades School Morning & Afternoon Program – for those who already know they plan to grow, and sell, their own food, and/or raise their own farm animals, or plan to pursue other careers in the fields of Agriculture, or Skilled Trades

Applied Academic School Morning & Afternoon Program - for those who already know they plan to pursue an academic-based career in Teaching, The Sciences, Business, or Law

The Arts, Aviation & Esoteric Studies School Morning & Afternoon Program – for those who already know they plan to pursue a career in The Arts - including The Culinary Arts, Aviation, or Esoteric Studies

Athletic School Morning & Afternoon Program – for those who already know they plan to pursue a career as an Athlete, or in the field of Sports

At the High-School Level, S.I.A. offers Supplemental Morning OR Afternoon Classes, which are taken in conjunction with Full-Time High-School Programs, in order to advance, or catch-up, in a Full-Time High-School Program. Both Supplemental Morning Classes - for students trying to catch-up/advance in an Afternoon Program, and Supplemental Afternoon Classes - for students trying to catch-up/advance in a Morning Program, are offered at either one (1) Course, two (2) mornings/afternoons per week; or two (2) Courses, four (4) mornings/afternoons per week.

High-School MORNING Class Schedule (7Hrs/day):

8:30-8:45a ~ Homeroom & Breakfast
8:50-9:35a ~ Period #1
9:45-10:30a ~ Period #2
10:40 – 11:20a ~ Period #3
11:30a – 12:15p ~ Period #4
12:15 – 1:15p ~ LUNCH
1:25 – 2:10p ~ Period #5
2:20 – 3:05p ~ Period #6
3:15 – 3:30p ~ Homeroom

High-School AFTERNOON Class Schedule (7Hrs/day):

12-12:15p ~ Homeroom & Lunch
12:20-1:05p ~ Period #1
1:20-2:05p ~ Period #2
2:20 – 3:05p ~ Period #3
3:20 – 4:05p ~ Period #4
4:05 – 4:50p ~ BREAK
5 – 5:45p ~ Period #5
5:55 – 6:40p ~ Period #6
6:50 – 7p ~ Homeroom

Supplemental MORNING Class Times:

8:30-11:30a

Supplemental AFTERNOON Class Times:

4:30-7:30p

S.I.A. education teaches, prepares, and encourages, children to find, and follow, their passions into their chosen careers, which will fulfill them both as individuals, and as members of society.

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