When it comes to our approach, we believe that:

• All students are entitled to reach their highest potential and must be encouraged to strive for excellence through a meaningful educational experience.
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• Academic work must be challenging for all students, taking them above and beyond state standards and tapping into their diverse learning styles.
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• GEE Academies provide an environment where students are comfortable with their unique heritage regardless of ethnicity, religion, race or background.
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• Learning is enhanced by diversity and GEE Academies  must promote multicultural awareness.
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• To be effective, GEE Academies  must provide a safe, orderly and positive learning environment.
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• Parents are partners in the learning process and educational success is most achieved when parents seize opportunities for involvement and support.
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• GEE Academies  and community should be in a partnership that shares the responsibility of educating its citizens.
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• Learning is a lifelong process.
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Curriculum, instruction and assessment are continuously strengthened to enable students to be:

• intellectually, physically and emotionally healthy
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• globally competitive
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• engaged, responsible and informed citizens
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• college and career ready
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• able to demonstrate persistence and effort, a passion for lifelong learning
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To accomplish these ends, the program is designed so learners seamlessly transition from one level to another and adapts to each child’s developmental phase and readiness.

Assessments are used to guide instruction for teachers, students and parents to plan learning throughout the school year. Each assessment provides teachers, students and parents with targets that prepare students for the challenges of college, work and life. The assessments are given at designated times throughout the school year and students receive regular feedback on academic progress. In addition, teachers meet biweekly in data teams to review students’ progress toward the mastery of standards and develop tiered instruction to meet the needs of both struggling students and students who need to be challenged. Finally, grade level lead teachers report progress of students on a monthly basis in building data teams to ensure adequate measures are taken to ensure students’ growth.