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Nawa Academy:
Often referred to as the best kept secret in private education, Nawa Academy is a coed, independent boarding school located on the West Coast in French Gulch, 20 miles northwest of Redding, CA. As a leader in experiential education, Nawa Academy serves students in both middle school and high school, utilizing a hands-on learning approach. Fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Nawa Academy offers courses for students in the college preparatory tract and follows the California State curriculum.

Nawa Academy is a non-traditional boarding school that prepares students with diverse learning needs to meet the challenges and complexities of the future. Nawa Academy openly embraces the qualities of individuality, responsibility, diversity, human dignity and respect for others. International students accepted. Learn more about our traveling boarding school program (South Africa, China, Canada, Guatemala, Peru, India, and more.

Examples of children who benefit from experiential learning include nontraditional learners, those with time management, motivational and organizational issues, as well as students with learning disabilities. This includes students with auditory processing, comprehension, visual processing, fluency and decoding, and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADD / ADHD). Students searching for a dynamic educational experience who are excelling academically may also benefit from one of our traveling or snowboarding programs.


Courses / Programs
Middle school and high school. In addition to the core academic subjects, Nawa Academy offers many unique elective courses in areas like fire science, metal fabrication, forestry management, tribal customs, computer science, music, etc. Adventure and academic based summer school programs also available.

Our main (on-campus) program, the California Academy, is located in Northern California. The California Academy offers a low student-to-teacher ratio in academic classes as well as a wide variety of electives from fire science to autoshop. Additionally, an on-site learning lab provides exercises to increase reading comprehension and language fluency skills.

After school and on weekends: mountain biking, basketball, baseball, fishing, climbing wall, teambuilding and leadership training and many outdoor activities in areas such as backpacking, rockclimbing, river rafting, caving, etc.

Our main (on-campus) program, the California Academy, is located in Northern California. The California Academy offers a low student-to-teacher ratio in academic classes as well as a wide variety of electives from fire science to autoshop. Additionally, an on-site learning lab provides exercises to increase reading comprehension and language fluency skills.