| Altamont Academy: Excellence in Education |
[Dec. 12th, 2012|08:35 am] |
The Premise
Altamont Academy is a private college preparatory school with an international reputation for excellence. Located in Orlando, Florida, the school enrolls more than 800 boarding and day students in 9 through grade 12 on our massive campus.
Altamont Academy focuses on a complete education that emphasizes excellence in academics, the arts, athletics and other activities like clubs and community service. Students can pursue their interests and learn to balance a rich variety of activities. Our rigorous programs prepare students for future success, and 100 percent of our graduating seniors go on to college.
Gaming
This roleplay mainly focuses on the lives of the students and staff members of Altamont Academy. Altamont Academy is located in the psuedo fictional city, Altamont- Orlando, a suburb, filled Altamont Academy is a prestigious boarding institution where some of the nation's brightest and most affluent students come to receive a world class education. AA, as it is often called, is conveniently located near many of Orlando's popular attractions.
It is our oldest comunity and has been around since 2003, and therefore our most popular community. This community requires a lot of activity, dedication, and research to be a part of. We are (as far as we know ;) )the first community to host a bi monthly newspaper, radio shows, and actual progress reports and report cards. This is all due to the activity level that our characters give to the community.
How To Play
Most of our roleplaying is done through aim or journal threading. Occasionally, a chat room may appear, but this is not the normal case. We do encourage students and staff to start threads and chat rooms, but it is not mandatory.
The school is comprised of boarding and day students that are in the Altamont-Orlando area. The games focuses on the interactions between students and faculty; balancing school and personal lives; and character development. We want students who want to grow with the community, from freshman year to the senior year.
For other gaming rules, check out our main page: Rules and Guidelines
Altamont Academy Side Communities
The following communities are mandatory for students and teachers to join and friend. These communities are strictly specific to Altamont Academy.
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) altamontacademy is the home base. This community is used as an introductory community. Students update here to introduce themselves.
aa_handbook is our online student handbook. All of your student rules and guidelines can be found here. It is a mandatory read. It is also the place in which you can sign up for sports and clubs.
altamont_board is our school forum. This forum is the main mode of communication between the staff and the students. All official announcements and updates by the Dean can be found and made here. Students are also encouraged to use this board to post information to the masses.
altamontclasses is the journal that houses the school curriculum and class listings. In here you will register for classes by following the guidelines.
aa_projects is the journal in which teachers and students will post homework assignments and grades. Although it is never madatory, it does affect your grade.
Altamont World Side Communities
These communities are mandatory for everyone in all three communities to join and friend.
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ao_threads is the community journal for threads. All threads are encouraged to be posted in this community. This is also a great place to set up scenes around town to help cross-over communities.
ao_things_rock is the community in which lyrics, music videos, and radio shows from both Altamont Academy and Altamont University are posted in.
aa_fyi houses our directory and character information posts.
Other Communties
Not mandatory, but a really fun way to add to your experience..
aocompany. This is the communities premiere performing and visual arts company. In here, anyone can sign up for performing arts (music,dancing, acting, modeling) and visual arts (filming, painting, drawing, photography) classes.
Student Life
Boarding
Dorms are available for students who wish to board at Altamont Academy. You must be a student to reside in the dorms. We welcome storylines that are based on students who live in the Altamont- Orlando area, and wish to live in the dorms, but they will be treated as boarders. For more information, read the Boarding Life guidelines.
Orlando residents are allowed to be boarding students. If they choose to board, they may sign out for the weekends to go home.
All scholarship students MUST be a part of the boarding program, whether they are Florida residents or not. If the student lives in the area, they are allowed to go home on the weekends.
Dorm Request
"Dorm Requests"
Day Students
Day students are welcomed into the community as long as they live in any of the residential areas accepted in Altamont World, and haven't met our quota. We allow 2 students per grade to be a day student.Day students cannot be on campus after 6 p.m. The residential listings can be found here: Housing
Financial Aid
Altamont Academy's Financial Aid Program offers qualified students the opportunity to attend the Academy despite financial circumstances. Financial aid awards are made based on the family's financial need and availability of funds.
Scholarships are given to those who are in need. To receive a scholarship, you must adhere to the following requirements:
- Students must maintain a 2.5 gpa, and receive no grade lower than a C in any quarter.
- Students must be a part of the boarding program. If the student is a local resident, they will be allowed to sign out on the weekends.
- Students must work part time at an on campus job, students are not allowed to work off campus.
If you have any questions, please contact the Dean via PM.
Miscellaneous
Use the friends add tool! Update your friends list.We thrive off of interaction and activity, and we want new members ,and in order to keep things up to date and have full-on interaction, this is a must. It makes the new members more inclined to play along with everyone, if lists are up to date.
Do not LOG IPs. And on the same note, please don't harrass members about how many characters they have. If a person wants to disclose that information, they will.
Please remember that behind every computer is a human. Every person has feelings, personal space boundaries as well as their own opinions.
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