National Heritage Academies Curriculum

National Heritage Academies provides our students a rigorous and challenging curriculum, uniquely designed to prepare them for high academic achievement in successive schooling environments. Our goal is to graduate students who have not only had the opportunity to achieve academic excellence, but who have also acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in high school, college and beyond. Our curriculum articulates the specific knowledge and skills students are expected to master, in each content area at each grade level, to prepare them for success in high school and provide them the foundation and opportunity for college success.

NHA’s goal of preparing all students for college success has led us to take a unique approach in the development of our curriculum. Our curriculum has been developed to support any state’s standards, with a unique college-bound approach.

The NHA curriculum architecture organizes student learning around Exemplars, or categories of learning, similar to the structure of most state standards documents. The Exemplars include Learning Objectives that specifically articulate what students should know and be able to do in each content area and at each grade level. These Learning Objectives clearly identify the teaching focus, so teachers are able to effectively focus on learning strategies for individual students, providing appropriate levels of challenge.