Villa Academy

We are blooming with excitement!?? Tickets for Spring Soiree: An Evening to Benefit Villa Academy are now available! Join us on campus Saturday, April 26th, from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM, for a memorable adults-only evening filled with delicious food, refreshing drinks, and time spent in community. Learn more at the link below ?????? https://lnkd.in/gRs4GyJp

Join Elena Aguilar, author of the highly acclaimed book "Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching," to discuss the importance of emotional resilience in equity work. Walk away with a number of strategies to cultivate the emotional resilience needed to build equitable schools. Villa's very own Jacqueline Hughes, Director of Teaching & Learning for Inquiry & Equity, will be leading the Q&A portion of the event! April 23rd, 2025 5:00 - 6:15 PM Via Zoom Learn more and RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3Fppjsw

Villa Academy seeks a?visionary leader?to serve as the Director of the?Steven S. Reinemund, Jr. Counseling & Wellness Center. This impactful role champions a comprehensive?social-emotional and wellness approach?for the school community. As the chief advocate, the Director is at the forefront of communicating the mission and value of the program to both internal and external audiences. ? ???Interested candidates, please send your cover letter, resume, and references (as one PDF) to?Zack Lehman, President of DovetailED Talent Sourcing, at?[email protected]. ? ???Learn more????https://bit.ly/42S0Xl6.? ? Liz Willis, PhD Marion Richards Paris Rust Matthew McAuliffe Jacqueline Hughes Melissa Schweitzer Northwest Association of Independent Schools Jami Sheets Mark Crotty ? #WellnessLeadership #SocialEmotionalLearning #SchoolCounseling #LeadershipOpportunity?#VillaAcademy #PerfectFit???

Villa Ventures registration opens to all this Saturday at 8:00 AM! From unbounded imagination in Dungeons & Dragons Camp, to campus topography in Wilderness Survival Camp, our camps offer an immersive and comprehensive whole-child educational experience. At Villa Ventures, your child could code robots one week, shoot hoops the next, and then create unique works of art! Our campers thrive in their personal growth, creative expression, and practical skills development. We can’t wait for another amazing summer at Villa Ventures. Be sure to set a reminder for Saturday morning to secure your spot! Visit www.thevilla.org/summer for more information.

Attention future Villa families! Admission applications for the 2025-26 school year are due tonight! For families applying for financial assistance, the Clarity application deadline is February 6th, 2025. Please note that our enrollment process is need-blind; submitting a financial assistance application will not influence your child's admission decision. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to sharing our school and getting to know your family! For more information about Villa's application process, check out our website: https://lnkd.in/gZCTxW5k

Calling all families, faculty, and staff of color! Please join us on Saturday, January 11th for a frosty and festive mixer ice skating at the Kraken Community Iceplex. ? Skating is free for participants, register here: https://lnkd.in/gP2JcGNZ Villa Academy is a proud member of POCIS Northwest, a consortium of NWAIS independent schools dedicated to helping people of color thrive within our communities. Through a variety of programs, students, families, faculty, and staff engage within and between their independent school communities to foster connection, support, growth, and fun.

The bedrock of Villa’s philanthropy efforts, The Fund for Villa, provides the Villa Academy with funds that allow us to continue to invest in the people and programs at the heart of the Villa experience. Learn more below!

Mark your calendars! We'd love to meet you and your family at Villa's Open Houses on Saturday, October 19th, or Sunday, November 17th! ?? Explore our 31-acre lakefront campus, get to know our outstanding faculty, and learn how our empowered students become stewards of their lives, caretakers of their mental and social wellbeing, and custodians of the environment. Register now through your Ravenna profile. We can't wait to meet you!

?Admission Applications for the 2025-26 school year are officially open! ? Submissions are accepted through January 16th, but why wait? Apply today! From the earliest years through the middle grades, Villa students contribute to their education through pursuing their interests, their curiosities, and their thoughts on best strategies for problem-solving; they are given daily opportunities to share “voice and choice.” Join us for an Open House on Saturday, October 19th, or Sunday, November 17th to learn more about the Villa difference. Do you have questions about the enrollment process? Comment them below or email [email protected] ????

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome all of our newly committed families! Here's to a future filled with schooling of the mind, education of the heart, and endless possibilities! ??????