Aruba's Best Alternative Education solution
Commandeur's Bay Academy
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Founded in 2018, Commandeur's Bay Academy offers a unique blended learning alternative to traditional education options on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Students in grades 4-12 can enjoy the life-long benefits of being enrolled in a highly accredited, private American- International school program.
Students attending CBA can choose from any one of several top ranked private American online schools in which to enroll: WiloStar 3D Academy, Excel High School (& Middle School), The Oaks Private School, International Connections Academy, Apex Learning Virtual School, Alpha Omega Academy, Forest Trail Academy, the Whitmore School, and James Madison High School. All schools are accredited by AdvancEd, the world's largest and most respected accreditation organization with over 34,000 member schools in the United States and 70 countries worldwide, and all offer quality college preparatory education and affordability. |
Commandeur's Bay Academy in Savaneta, Aruba is located near the scenic shore, sands, reef and mangroves of Commandeur's 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 Commandeur's Bay Academy, Savaneta is home to Santo Largo Beach, Santo Largo Salinas & Mangroves, Zeerover's, The Flying Fishbone Restaurant, and the Old Man & the Sea Villas, as well as the Aruba Coast Guard and Dutch Marine Base. |
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Commandeur's Bay Academy also offers School and College Counseling, Tutoring, Academic / Educational Consulting, and High School Credit Recovery Services. If you have questions about education, we can provide you with the answers.
CBA's Director, Robert Gibson, is a highly regarded and experienced American international school administrator, educator, and consultant. When you have questions about your child's education, and his or her educational future. 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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Private American International school education at it's best
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All students, no matter what their age, learn differently and teaching methods should reflect this. With Commandeur’s 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 Commandeur's 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 Commandeur’s Bay Academy.
Students never outgrow their learning styles, meaning blended learning is more important than ever for any and all future endeavors and challenges.
Commandeur'sBay 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.
Commandeur's Bay Academy Stands for Success.
At Commandeur's 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 Commandeur’s Bay Academy.
Students never outgrow their learning styles, meaning blended learning is more important than ever for any and all future endeavors and challenges.
Commandeur'sBay 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.
Commandeur's Bay Academy Stands for Success.
We make a private american international school education an affordable reality
Commandeur's Bay Academy
How do I enroll my student in Commandeur's 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 Commandeur's Bay Academy. Parents and students are informed of the many types of diagnostic assessments and placement tests the student will be asked to undertake, as well as numerous skill building activities that students will be involved with 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 CBA tution is submitted. Welcome to Commandeur's 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 AdvancEd accredited online private school. 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: WiloStar 3D Academy, Excel High School (& Middle School) International Connections Academy, Apex Learning Virtual School, The Oaks Private School, Forest Trail Academy, Alpha Omega Academy, James Madison High School, or the Whitmore School. Parents can always consider other online programs as additional options, 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 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. If there is a tuition discount available, the school and CBA will notify you. 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.
Commandeur's Bay Academy's tuition and fees are based upon a rolling admissions policy, school services utilized, and the choice of days / hours of the week students will attend CBA on a monthly basis. 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 August 1st, and finishes whenever the student completes his or her's 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.
Commandeur's Bay Academy is open throughout all 12 months of the calendar year (August 1st - July 31st). CBA's annual tuition fee can be paid in monthly installments. In choosing the monthly installment payment option, 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, Computer Science/ Information Technology classes, aftercare, 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. In 2020, CBA launched a virtual learning platform that allows for live-lesson distance learning and counseling when students cannot physically attend enrichment and skill building classes at our Savaneta campus. And, in 2020, CBA introduced our own in-house Computer Science / Information Technology instruction by a highly experienced certified professional to our list of educational services and programs. The 2020 / 2021 school year will also see the introduction of new offerings designed to enrich and improve our educational capabilities.
The Commandeur's Bay Academy campus school week and official hours are based upon different attendance / tuition options: Option One is a five day academic week (Monday through Friday) from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The CBA tuition for Option One is 750.00 AWG per month. Option Two is a four day academic week. Under this second option, students still attend classes 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, but at a discounted rate of 575.00 AWG per month. A third option involves an off-campus virtual distance learning and supervision program three or four days per week. This special option is designed for students who are unable to physically attend regular daily classes and instruction at our Savaneta, Aruba campus, and qualify under specific guidelines. These students receive CBA's educational services via our school's virtual learning platform. The monthly tuition fee for this distance learning option is 350.00 AWG - 450.00 AWG per month.
All CBA students are not only expected, but required to apply themselves to their academic work outside of the supervised hours and setting, a minimum of 5 - 12 additional hours per week.
Again, Commandeur's 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. Commandeur's Bay Academy makes a quality private school education an affordable reality
