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Cortona Academy- Classes Just Began Sep.3rd. We Have Space For You!

Still Accepting 10 New Fall Students. Grades 6-11.

October

Event: Upcoming Open House for prospective parents.

Prospective Parent Breakfast

October 11th, 2024
8-10:00 a.m. The Tower Club @ Tysons

November

Event: Upcoming Open House for prospective parents.  

Up to 20 Field Trips per School Year!

At Cortona Academy, we do more than learn in the classroom. We show our students the wonders of artistic, cultural, scientific, and technological venues at close proximity to the DC Metro Area.

2024-25: Partial List of Planned, Upcoming Field Trips, First Semester Cortona Academy:

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater: The Edgar J. Kaufmann House, Pennsylvania
  • 7 – Springs Fall Festival, Pennsylvania
  • Carnegie-Mellon onsite tour, Pennsylvania
  • “Carmen,” Bizet Opera, George Mason University
  • “Longwood Gardens Holiday Extravaganza,” Pennsylvania
  • Heart Operation (for students 15 and older), Fairfax Hospital
  • Goddard Spaceflight Center, Maryland
  • Museum of Shenandoah Valley: Art Tour and Concert, Virginia

Only At Cortona Academy…

Check out Cortona Academy’s latest video: Frisbee Frenzy!

At Cortona Academy, fun and education are the same thing!

Cortona Academy Nurtures Ideas

Admissions Applications

Still accepting Fall 2024 Admissions, transfer students, grades 4 - 12!  Apply Now to enroll in the 2024-25 year!

2024/2025 Financial Aid

Fall 2025 Applicants: All financial aid decisions are made within one day of the date that you submit your completed application. 

New Electives

Calling all athletes, academics, and creatives. Check out our new electives, we are now offering Tennis, On-site Piano Lessons, Book Binding, and Film Production classes!  At Cortona Academy, we work around your competitions!

Breaking News!

Seminar Special - Onsite, Monthly

“DYSLEXIA,” Your Child’s Gift From Above”

How can this diagnosis be a positive? Cortona Academy’s acclaimed HTS-3 Systems of Processing and Organizing  Data catapults all students with verbal processing challenges.

Cortona’s Director, Sharon Peruzzi Strauchs, the developer of HTS-3 is offering seminars for parents of students in grades 4 – 12 that will explain precisely how the dyslexic brain sees differently, and why this is a HUGE benefit to your child…if properly applied to the child’s actual course work!

Unlike all standard therapies and educational systems offered for dyslexics in both schools and by private firms, Cortona Academy’s HTS-3 Systems are directly applied to all classes and all courses.  These proven systems create the basis for lifetime achievement, not just in junior and senior high school, but in college, graduate schools and professional schools.

Dyslexic children see, think, and learn “outside the box.” So must parents.

Members of the Class of 2023 Receive Record College Scholarships

We are pleased to announce that members of the Cortona Academy Class of 2023 have had the astounding honor of being awarded a staggering amount of Merit based scholarships to the colleges that they were accepted into. Emma and Lee, have 15 college acceptances between them. They were award between $24,000 and $144,000 from the various colleges, to go towards their tuition. Cortona Academy prides itself on its ability to help its graduate’s pay for college via scholarship, focusing on building a well-rounded student, whom has a litany of activities and academic successes to warrant being award such prestigious scholarships. Says Director, Sharon Strauchs, “But it is more than that…We develop leaders for America’s future, confident, competent, kind young people.” Cortona’s success goes hand in hand with that of its graduates. The Academy honors its 2023 graduates and praises their success.

Cortona Academy's
Ongoing Humanitarian Effort

Cortona's 32-year mission to serve humanity is in full blossom for the 24-25 school year. Our amazing team of students, parents and staff work tirelessly to provide a rich, fulfilling volunteer experience for every Cortona Academy family. Because we are all grateful for the gifts and freedoms our wonderful country has bestowed upon us, not only are dedicated to helping those in need, but is also our long-standing support of our men and women in uniform defending these freedoms is paramount to Cortona Academy's mission. Our volunteering is not limited to just a few, holiday or vacation-break oppurtunities, but is WEEKLY, ongoing, and individualized for each student.

Cortona Academy: Fostering Character, Leadership, and Self-Esteem

Udvar-Hazy Here We Come!

Cortona Academy will be attending family day at the Udvar-Hazy. The event is dedicated to Judy Resnick, who attended Carnegie Mellon University with our director, Sharon Strauchs. Resnick died in the infamous Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Students and their families will watch the documentary, “The Dream is Alive” (1985). The documentary features a scene that shows Strauchs and her family watching the launch. Cortona is committed to educating our students in the field of STEM, which is why we will continue to participate in the USA Science & Engineering Festival.

Academic Highlight

Because we help students reach their individual educational potential, Cortona Academy graduates have been awarded $1.336 million in merit college scholarships, surpassing all other schools on the East Coast. At Cortona Academy, Students Receive Between 40K and 160K in Merit Scholarships!

About Cortona Academy

A Profound Difference Cortona Academy Compared to National Franchises & Other Private Schools

Unlike National Franchises & Other Private Schools...

Cortona Academy provides an unparalleled approach to college preparation by using a proprietary teaching process, honed over its 32 years history. We work with a tenured staff of professional educators personally committed to each enrolled student’s success and happiness. Enrollment in Cortona is a process ensuring both student achievement and parent confidence. When our success blueprint is embraced and supported by dedicated parents, students achieve the goals we jointly establish. At graduation, we revel at the levels of accomplishment achieved by our graduates, all who reach their utmost potentials and enter great colleges…WITH SCHOLARSHIPS!

Our Blogs Sneak Peak

Cortona Academy is a Gifted Program For ALL Students, Including Those With ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Etc…

Gifted students are oftentimes the ones who are put under the most stress to be “perfect.” Our HTS-3 study and organization system removes stress and elevates your child!

Coming Soon to Our Blog

1.  HTS-3  the “Great Equalizer”

Learn about our PROVEN study and organization system that eases stress for all, both for the gifted as well as challenged, catapulting each to their own, specific level of potential.  This is potential-based, not competitive-based education!

After all, this is America.  Why shouldn’t every, single person have a shot at “The Brass Ring”?  

2. “Dyslexics will Conquer the World!”

We have found that our dyslexic students are the best engineers and artists at Cortona Academy. Our dyslexics are absolutely amazing in their ability to innovate and create.