Frequently Asked Questions

About our programs:

Will my child get academic studies while going through Life Basics?
What is the average length of Life Basics?
What is the average length of Educational Repair?
What is the normal age of graduates?

About enrollment:

Can I enroll my child at any time?
How do I get my child to and from the school?
Are there any scholarships available?
What sources are there for financial aide?
What school materials are needed when enrolling?
What clothes/supplies should my child bring?

About the students’ day-to-day living:

What is the students’ daily schedule like?
Are there adults in the dorm units?
How many students per dorm room?
What is the schedule for school breaks?
What type of foods do you serve at the school?
My child is a picky eater. Will he have a hard time with the school menu?

Other:

What is the age range of students at the school?
Can a student be only a day student, and not a live-in student?

About our Programs

1. Will my child get academic studies while going through Life Basics?

Per our program, all children who enroll will do a Life Basics program first. The reason for this is that we find they simply don’t do well in a classroom surrounding if they do not have these basic points in. Once they are done with Life Basics, they are much more willing and able to get through our Educational Repair program with speed.

However, many students in Life Basics also attend academic classes, depending how well they do in the classroom.

2. What is the average length of Life Basics?

It is around three to six months. However a student can be done in less if he or she is serious about getting done in good time. We have had a student do it in as little as a month, however this has not been common.

We also have students who can take up to a year getting through. Again, it will totally depend on the individual student, how they are doing in life and what they are willing to confront.

3. What is the average length of Educational Repair?

There is no average length. The older the student the longer it will normally take. The reason for this is that in Educational Repair a student gets all past education repaired as necessary. This means that we find misunderstandings, things that the student is unsure of, areas of study that the student could not apply to life, etc. and we fix it up so that the student can apply all that he or she has learned in school. The younger the student the less that will need to be repaired.

A student could take three months or could take 18 months. However by the end of the program, they will know their education much better than most of their past classmates.

4. What is the normal age of graduates?

We have students graduate their academics at 14 and up depending on how long they have attended our school or when they started.

About Enrollment

1. Can I enroll my child at any time?

With the exception of our breaks that we have five times in the year, your child can enroll at any time.

2. How do I get my child to and from the school?

At the start of every school period and before and after the breaks we will go to the Albuquerque Airport to pick up or drop off students. Those who are unaccompanied minors will be picked up directly at their gate and taken directly to their gate when they fly home. If your child arrives or leaves the school on days other than our established airport runs other arrangements may need to be made, including paying a fee to have someone go to the airport on an unscheduled day.

Click here to find out more about transportation to and from the school.

3. Are there any scholarships available?

We do not have any scholarships available for students at this time. We do have information on student loan companies that may be of assistance. The Registrar at Mojave Academy will have this information, please contact us.

4. What sources are there for financial aide?

As above, we are registered with certain loan programs that parents can apply to in order to get a loan for the tuition, room and board costs. These loan programs are low interest and affordable for parents. Please contact the registrar to get the information needed to apply.

5. What school materials are needed when enrolling?

There are no school materials needed as we provide them at the school. Certain clothing and personal supplies are needed, as covered below.

6. What clothes/supplies should my child bring?

We have a supply list for each season of the year, including how many shirts, pants, socks, etc your child should bring with him/her. These lists also include equipment your child may want to bring depending on the activities that we have going that season. View or download the Fall/Winter Supply List here.

About the Students’ Day-to-Day Living

1. What is the students’ daily schedule like?

The daily schedule can change depending on the time of the year. The students wake up around 7:00am and get their rooms cleaned and hygiene done, go to exercise and then have breakfast afterwards. After breakfast they go to class until lunch and continue class or do activities until 3:30pm depending on the day. There is one hour of free time and then they do afternoon chores and then have dinner. The evenings are quiet with games for the children and then they go to bed depending on the dorm they are assigned to (some dorms have different bed times depending on age, or responsibility, etc). Normal bed times are around 8:30-9:30pm.

This schedule is the same for 11 days straight, and then they students have three days off of school and so the schedule is different. During these days we have activities and trips available.

2. Are there adults in the dorm units?

There are no adults in the dorms though we do have night watch where a staff member puts the students to bed and remains in the dorm until the students have fallen asleep. There are staff member living spaces surrounding the dorms so that the children can easily get to a staff member during the night without any problem.

3. How many students per dorm room?

There is a Girls’ Dorm and a Boys’ Dorm. Each Dorm has two rooms and each room can accommodate 10 students.

4. What is the schedule for school breaks?

Mojave Academy has five breaks a year; a spring break, before summer camp break, after summer camp break, fall break and a holiday break in December/January. Year-around students can also be home for the whole summer break and not attend summer camp.

5. What type of foods do you serve at the school?

We do not allow food with MSG, food coloring or additives at Mojave Academy, so the student only gets the healthiest, protein filled meals.

6. My child is a picky eater. Will he have a hard time with the school menu?

Mojave Academy has two meal menus; one for the general students and a second for alternative meals. This gives students who don’t or can’t eat from the regular menu the choice of what they can eat. We can provide for all sorts of allergies or eating habits, such as vegetarians, dairy allergies, etc.