The Western Hemisphere's Best Alternative online Education solution
Commandeurs Bay Academy
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Commandeurs Bay Academy, was founded in 2018, and became the education division of Aquas Terra LLC in 2024. Commandeurs Bay Academy offers a unique blended learning alternative to traditional education options for students in the Caribbean islands, North America, Central America, and South America. Students in grades Pre-K - 12, as well as College Preparatory and Post-Secondary students, can enjoy the benefits of being enrolled in highly accredited, private American & International school programs.
Students attending CBA can choose from a wide selection of top ranked private American online schools and programs in which to enroll: Acellus Academy, WiloStar 3D Academy, Arizona Prep Global Academy, Khan World School @ ASU Prep Honors program, Excel High School, The Oaks Private School, Pearson Online Academy (formerly International Connections Academy), Apex Learning Virtual School, Imagine Learning (formerly Edgenuity Virtual Academy), Forest Trail Academy and the Whitmore School, are just some of the online institutions we are partners with, or highly recommend. These schools are fully accredited by well known and respected accreditation organizations in the United States and worldwide. Commandeurs Bay Academy offers quality college preparatory education and affordability. |
Commandeurs Bay Academy's Savaneta campus in Aruba is located near the scenic shore, sands, reef and mangroves of Commandeurs Bay. The bay is the focal point of life in Savaneta, Aruba. Savaneta was Aruba's original capital and now enjoys the title of Aruba's quaint sleepy little fishing village.
In addition to Commandeurs Bay Academy, Savaneta is home to Santo Largo Beach, Santo Largo Salinas & Mangroves, Zeerover's, The Flying Fishbone Restaurant, and Aruba Ocean Villas (formerly the Old Man & the Sea), as well as the Aruba Coast Guard and Dutch Marine Base. |
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Commandeurs Bay Academy also offers School and College Counseling, Tutoring, Academic / Educational Consulting, and High School Credit Recovery Services, Undergraduate University credit courses with Arizona State University's Universal Learner Program.
We also now offer, through our merger with AQUAS TERRA, green, small scale sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, and permaculture programs CBA's Director, Robert Gibson, is a highly regarded and experienced American international school administrator, educator, and consultant. Allow CBA to assist you in making well informed decisions in regards to what is necessary and available. At CBA, The student comes first and foremost. |
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All students, no matter what their age, learn differently and teaching methods should reflect this. With Commandeurs Bay Academy’s integrated blended learning classroom, highly experienced personalized instruction, and our low student to teacher ratio, we’ll be able to help students improve in all areas of learning; reading, writing, independent critical thought, comprehension, communication skills, organizational skills, and a broadening of in-depth subject knowledge.
At Commandeurs Bay Academy, we provide our students with a safe, relaxing, and conducive classroom experience. Under direct daily supervision and instruction, students are provided the opportunity to improve their ability to focus and become more productive learners and citizens. Enrichment lessons and guidance are provided by the instructor who acts as both a learning coach and teacher.
Our daily school hours and class schedule were created to take advantage optimal peak learning times for students. CBA's combination of total experience learning and technology makes school become fun and interesting again, thus helping to create life-long independent learners. Improved information retention, engagement, responsibility, and enjoyment are all integral outcomes of blended learning at Commandeurs Bay Academy.
Students never outgrow their learning styles, meaning blended learning is more important than ever for any and all future endeavors and challenges.
Commandeurs Bay Academy has been specifically designed to help academically highly- skilled students and student-athletes achieve their goal of applying for, and receiving University scholarship offers.
Commandeurs Bay Academy Stands for Success.
At Commandeurs Bay Academy, we provide our students with a safe, relaxing, and conducive classroom experience. Under direct daily supervision and instruction, students are provided the opportunity to improve their ability to focus and become more productive learners and citizens. Enrichment lessons and guidance are provided by the instructor who acts as both a learning coach and teacher.
Our daily school hours and class schedule were created to take advantage optimal peak learning times for students. CBA's combination of total experience learning and technology makes school become fun and interesting again, thus helping to create life-long independent learners. Improved information retention, engagement, responsibility, and enjoyment are all integral outcomes of blended learning at Commandeurs Bay Academy.
Students never outgrow their learning styles, meaning blended learning is more important than ever for any and all future endeavors and challenges.
Commandeurs Bay Academy has been specifically designed to help academically highly- skilled students and student-athletes achieve their goal of applying for, and receiving University scholarship offers.
Commandeurs Bay Academy Stands for Success.
We make a private american international school education an affordable reality
Commandeurs Bay Academy
How do I enroll my student in Commandeurs Bay Academy, and how much are the annual tuition fees?
At CBA enrollment and payment of tuition fees are made easy. We at CBA will guide you step by step through the process.
CBA enrollment can take place at any time throughout the calendar year, and only requires a simple application and document process so that our student's records and files are created. Parents and students will meet with the school's director, Robert Gibson, and review the basics of how CBA's blended learning program works, and the valuable educational services and benefits that are offered at Commandeurs Bay Academy. Parents and students are informed of any diagnostic assessments and placement tests the student may be asked to undertake, as well as possible skill building activities that students may need via traditional and non-traditional classroom vehicles. CBA will need the parent to authorize CBA to be listed as a learning coach where necessary, and have the authority to create online user accounts for many educational sites (including the downloading of necessary software for educational purposes). Parents will then receive all assigned account information, usernames, and passwords for the student. This will allow CBA and parents to monitor all of the student's daily class assignments, grades, schedule, and records. It also allows for CBA to work closely with the private online school's faculty, administration, and technical support staff. A final review of basic school rules and expectations is conducted, and the necessary CBA tuition amount due is submitted. Welcome to Commandeurs Bay Academy! Your child has now been officially enrolled in CBA's Blended Learning Center, it is as simple as that!
The next step involves the choice and enrollment of the student into an accredited or non-accredited online school or program. Typically, once initial student assessment and skill level evaluations are completed, parents will need to select the online private school of their choice to enroll their child in for the school year. CBA recommends that parents explore a number of options available to be able to make a well informed decision. Parents can always consider other online programs as additional options not listed on our CBA website, and CBA will help them in making appropriate choices with these additional programs and schools too. CBA will always be there to assist in the online school and academic program selection process so that you can make the decision that best fits your student's needs, as well as your budget.
Next, the parent enrolls the student in the school they have selected, and typically pays tuition directly to that school. All schools offer a variety payment options. Exact tuition is listed on each school's website along with all other application procedures and paperwork necessary for enrollment. Once the student has been enrolled in the school of their choice, it is time officially have the student begin the school year. Some schools have an exact start date, while others have a continuous open enrollment policy. All private online school policies and procedures are listed on their individual school websites.
Commandeurs Bay Academy's tuition and fees are based upon a rolling admissions policy, school services utilized, and the choice of program the student will select at CBA on a monthly basis. Fees are based upon a full month irrespective of actual student attendance. The CBA campus school calendar lists all CBA vacation days. Parents are provided with a copy of the CBA school calendar via a school email. The CBA school year starts in August and finishes whenever the student completes their online private school's annual academic requirements. Parents, with advice from CBA's director, can determine the length of school break before the next official school year formally begins.
Commandeurs Bay Academy is open throughout all 12 months of the calendar year (August 1st - July 31st). CBA's annual tuition fee is paid in monthly installments. The monthly payments are due on the 1st of every month, and no later than the 7th of each month. Amounts and methods of payments to CBA will vary depending upon the services utilized and any qualifying discounts that may be awarded and applied. This includes tuition, tutoring, skill building, counseling, educational consultation, and any other CBA provided services.
It is important to note that CBA offers skill building and other educational services year round including the months of June, July, and August. CBA utilizes a virtual learning platforms that allows for live-lesson distance learning and counseling when students cannot physically attend enrichment and skill building classes at our Savaneta campus. CBA constantly strives to increase our offerings that are designed to enrich and improve our educational capabilities including post-secondary programs and university credit courses.
The Commandeurs Bay Academy campus school week and official hours are based upon different attendance / tuition options. Academic weeks involve various combinations of on-campus/ in-person and off-campus virtual distance learning and supervision programs under specific guidelines. These off-campus virtual distance learning students receive CBA's educational services via our school's virtual learning platform. The monthly minimum tuition fee for distance learning only options is $250.00 / 450.00 AWG per month.
Again, Commandeurs Bay Academy offers great choice and flexibility with it's academic options, Savaneta and virtual campus settings and calendar, a rolling admissions policy, Each online school sets it's own requirements, has it's own school academic calendar, and often a minimum required weekly attendance based upon logged in hours on the school's online learning platform.
Commandeurs Bay Academy makes a quality private school education an affordable reality
