HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY WINS?

We’re willing to bet that it hasn’t been very often – if ever. But, now’s your chance! Yes, we know that’s a bit hard to swallow, especially during the rotten economy that we’re now facing, but it’s in times like these that real Americans work together and find solutions to problems that would seem overwhelming if we tried t tackle them alone. So please hear us out, and let’s determine what we might accomplish together!

We are The Midland Academy of Advanced and Creative Studies. We’re a tuition-free K-12 Public School Academy, chartered through the auspices of Central Michigan University. We offer a rigorous curriculum which results in our pupils achieving standardized test scores that equal or exceed the very best in the Saginaw Valley.

More about our curriculum later, but right now you’re probably wondering when we’re going to get to that situation where EVERYBODY WINS. So here we go! Just like every other public school, The Midland Academy is funded by the State of Michigan based upon the number of students who are in attendance during what is called “count day.” In normal years, that amount of funding is sufficient to carry us through the year, as long as we are careful to budget and confine our funds to what’s important – a superior education for our students.

But, this year, Michigan’s failing economy dealt us a really nasty blow. Because of the Michigan deficit, our state funding has been severely cut. We know that things may be difficult for you, as well. You may be suffering from lost savings, reduced income, or at best, uncertainty about your financial future and the futures of your children. We know the sadness and sense of failure that occurs for those who now question whether they can still plan to get their children started in college. Well, this is where you, your children and The Midland Academy can team up to ensure that part of the American Dream!

The Midland Academy has a program where, beginning with 10^th grade, Academy students who are motivated and willing to apply themselves, and who have their parents’ strong encouragement, can earn one year or more of FREE college credits while still in high school. That’s right, FREE college credits!

How can we do that? It’s all a matter of dollars and priorities. Although many of younger grades are full, we still have a fair amount of space left at The Academy for high school students, and we want to fill that space because filling it means extra income from our state funding. That’s the dollar part. The priorities part applies in how we spend that money. We don’t have a lot of frills and fancy stuff. We don’t have buses, so your children need to be drive or car pooled. We don’t have hot lunches, so your children will have to brown-bag it (we haven’t had a pupil starve yet). Also, we don’t offer a huge, super-competitive sports program, but we have a lot of fun with the sports we DO offer.