Preparing our students for top colleges and universities
College Park Academy (CPA) is a rigorous college prep school for grades 6–12 located in the University of Maryland (UMD) Discovery District. CPA is the result of a collaboration between UMD and the City of College Park. Our students are challenged academically as they progress through personalized curriculum, combining online and on-site courses tailored to suit their individual learning needs.
Small School with Big Opportunities
Our robust approach to acceleration provides students with the rigor they need to remain challenged and continue growing. Students and parents can expect:
- Small class size
- Individualized instruction
- A collaborative environment
- High academic expectations
High Standards, Personal Support
College Park Academy strives to provide each student with the skills to succeed in top colleges and universities.
By graduation, students who work hard will:
- Have mastery over core subjects;
- Understand one or more foreign languages;
- Have strong technological literacy;
- Have robust communication and collaboration skills.
In addition, students can earn up to 60 college credits, including up to 25 credits at UMD.
College preparation is central to admissions to top colleges. CPA students have been accepted at:
College Park Academy currently offers four foreign languages:
French, German, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
We hope to offer more in future years.
CPA also offers more than 70 electives on-site, online, at UMD, and at other colleges.
They include:
- Calculus
- Psychology
- Architecture
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Philosophy
- Intensive Intermediate French
- Journalism
- Architecture
- Engineering
- Sociology
College Park Academy’s rigorous curriculum, student-centered learning, online-learning platform, and dedicated teachers and other professionals help prepare our scholars for top colleges and universities.
The curriculum at CPA is rigorous so that all students will be challenged. Because it is self-paced, those who are excelling can move ahead of general class instruction. Those who are struggling can move more slowly and benefit from on-site tutoring to master their lessons. Allowing children to learn at their own pace ensures they are learning the material in ways that are best for them so they can be the most successful.
CPA’s curriculum content is online, allowing students to access it at school, at home, or anywhere. It also houses each class’s syllabus and entire curriculum for each semester. Called Connexus, it allows students—and parents—to refer to individual lessons that they can review for quizzes and exams. CPA’s Connexus Parent Portal allows parents and caretakers to access their child’s curriculum, see assignment due dates, how they will be graded, and numeric grades—in real time. Because teachers, students, AND parents can see such timely information, they can easily collaborate to keep students on track, or help them if they are falling behind.