1. I Innovation
AcademyA
Our mission is to empower our students to pursue their
passion for learning, lead lives of integrity and create
socially responsible solutions.
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2. I Innovation
AcademyA
Our mission is to empower our students to pursue their
passion for learning, lead lives of integrity and create
socially responsible solutions.
Corey Topf
ctopf@amersol.edu.pe
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3. I Innovation
AcademyA
Our mission is to empower our students to pursue their
passion for learning, lead lives of integrity and create
socially responsible solutions.
Bill Cotter
william.cotter@asfg.edu.mx
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4. I Innovation
AcademyA
Our mission is to empower our students to pursue their
passion for learning, lead lives of integrity and create
socially responsible solutions.
Joseph Bonnici
jbonnici@amersol.edu.pe
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5. I Innovation
AcademyA
“In times of change, learners inherit the
earth; while the learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal with a world
that no longer exists.”
- Eric Hoffer
Our mission is to empower our students to pursue their
passion for learning, lead lives of integrity and create
socially responsible solutions.
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14. relevance:
Relevant, meaningful activities that both engage students
emotionally and connect with what they already know are
what help build neural connections and long-term
memory storage
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15. I Innovation
AcademyA “These two are an
extraordinary
combination of minds.
They are also learning
machines.”
- Shane Parrish
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38. Monday
Innovation
Tuesday
MYP
Wednesday
Thursday
Innovation
Friday
MYP
IA English 10
Honors MYP Math
IA English 10
Honors MYP Math
IA Media Arts
10 MYP Science
IA Media Arts
10 MYP Science
IA Humanities
10 MYP Spanish
IA Humanities
10 MYP Spanish
IA Design &
Technology
10
MYP PE
IA Design &
Technology
10
MYP PE
I Innovation
AcademyA 10th Grade
2014-2015 - Class of 2017
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39. Monday
Innovation
Tuesday
IB
Wednesday
Thursday
Innovation
Friday
IB
IA English 11
Honors
IA Advanced
IB DP
Science HL
IA English 11
Honors
IA Advanced
IB DP
Science HL
IA Advanced
Media Literacy
11
IB DP
Math SL
IA Advanced
Media Literacy
11
IB DP
Math SL
IA Global
Business
Management 11
IB DP Spanish
Lang. & Lit. SL
IA Global
Business
Management 11
IB DP Spanish
Lang. & Lit. SL
IA Independent
Project/
Internship 11
IA Independent
Project/
Internship 11
I Innovation
AcademyA 11th Grade
2014-2015 - Class of 2016
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40. Monday
Innovation
Tuesday
IB
Wednesday
Thursday
Innovation
Friday
IB
IA English 12
Honors
IA Advanced
IB DP
Science HL
IA English 12
Honors
IA Advanced
IB DP
Science HL
IA Advanced
Media Literacy
12
IB DP
Math SL
IA Advanced
Media Literacy
12
IB DP
Math SL
IA Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
12
IB DP Spanish
Lang. & Lit. SL
IA Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
12
IB DP Spanish
Lang. & Lit. SL
IA Independent
Project/
Internship 12
IA Independent
Project/
Internship 12
I Innovation
AcademyA 12th Grade
2014-2015 - Class of 2015
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42. I Innovation
AcademyA
"I want to break out of this learning comfort zone by putting my own innovative
ideas or solutions into practice and determining my school experience in a way that I
can gain more real-life involvement, instead of a ‘classroom experience.’”
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43. I Innovation
AcademyA
"For me learning isn’t actually measured by a number, but by how much you
take away from the lesson, the books, the projects, the experiments. What
lives on with you...this is the real learning."
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44. I Innovation
AcademyA
"I believe that the best way to learn something is with experience, and that
failure is the best medicine for a person who’s stuck in the ordinary."
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45. I Innovation
AcademyA
"For almost all of my life, I have been avoiding opportunities like joining the Innovation
Academy. I’ve always had this inner fear of failure, which stopped me whenever I was about
to take risks. Recently, I have grown tired of my own attitude towards life, and am working
on ridding myself of fearing failure."
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46. I Innovation
AcademyA
"I know for a fact that if I were to be part of Innovation Academy, I
would be the hardest worker and the happiest student."
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47. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Absolutely. We value an entrepreneurial spirit
and foster it here. We value students thinking
outside the norm and who can appreciate a
diverse, challenging or fast paced
environment.
Suffolk
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48. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Absolutely. Lots of talk of social
entrepreneurship and innovation. Middlebury
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49. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Colgate's own entrepreneurship program is
distinctive in the extraordinary level of
mentoring from our alumni and parents.
Though Into Action seems like a natural next
step for a student in your program.
Colgate
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50. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Yes, because we have very similar ideas of
interdisciplinary and hands-on learning, Our
goals is to cultivate students who are
"engaged minds, inspired leaders, and global
citizens."
Elon
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51. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Absolutely. The focus on interdisciplinary
work, experiential learning, and internships
are all academic opportunities that they will
encounter here at CU Boulder.
Colorado
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52. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Considering KU's mission of lifting students
and society by educating leaders, building
healthy communities, and making discoveries
that change the world, the students from the
Innovation Academy seem to be a strong fit
for our institution. Particularly for
scholarships, we look for students who will
become leaders on our campus.
Kansas
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53. WHYI Innovation
AcademyA Are the IA students a good
fit for your university?
Based on the interdisciplinary and project-
based nature of the programs presented, it
seems likely that Innovation Academy
students will be inspired by Drexel
University's commitment to research,
innovation, entrepreneurship and hands-on
experience through the Drexel Co-op, one of
the most respected cooperative education
programs in the United States.
Hamilton
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