What is the size of The Dragon Academy?
The Dragon Academy is a small school (about 50 students are enrolled at present), but this is a deliberate choice. Extensive research supports the connection between small class and school size and lifelong achievement and skills mastery. An intimate environment for learning ensures that no one slips through the cracks. What is the impact of the size of the school on social life?There are no cliques or outsiders students make friends across grade levels and through entire classes. Bullying and conflict are identified before they become problems. In the words of one of our students, “The friends I’ve made here are friends I hope to keep for the rest of my life, even where they’re people who wouldn’t have become my friends if I’d met them in a different context. Our shared experience of the Dragon is a glue.
