The mission of the Elon Academy is to provide academically oriented, low-income high school students in Alamance County with the support they need to attain a college education. It will focus resources on Alamance County high school students who demonstrate academic promise in the face of economic adversity. Many of these young men and women fail to recognize their own potential. Lacking role models with a background of higher education, they are pessimistic about their chances for attending a four-year college or university.
The Elon Academy, part of the Center for Access and Success, is a non-profit college access and success program for academically promising high school students in Alamance County with a financial need and/or no family history of college. The Academy includes three consecutive summer residential experiences prior to the sophomore, junior and senior years, as well as year-round Saturday programs for students and families. The summer after high school graduation, scholars and families participate in the Elon Academy Transitions to College Program. Once on their respective college campuses, Elon Academy graduates and families are provided with continuing support through the Elon Academy College Success Program to ensure college completion.
