About Evergreen Academy

Mission

Evergreen Academy’s mission is to meet the English language learning needs of northern Virginia. We currently offer a certificate program in English As A Second Language. Our program is designed to meet regional needs, support excellence in teaching and learning, advance and share knowledge through creative endeavor, and work within the community to develop intellectual, cultural, economic, and human resources. EA is committed to providing quality certificate programs that prepare its students with practical knowledge and language skills, and the credentials needed to continue their education, or launch or change careers.

Values

We are committed to excellence in instruction, student learning, open access, innovative educational programs, and regional development. EA seeks to make accessible to its students the cultural, technological and business resources of the Washington D.C. area, one of the great metropolitan centers of the world. In order to fulfill its mission, EA always strives to mirror its educational goals and objectives with its values which include:

  • The pursuit of knowledge in an environment that encourages free and open inquiry, academic achievement, scholarship, and creativity;
  • A strong academic framework that emphasizes critical thinking, promotes lifelong learning;
  • A campus environment that promotes integrity, respect for diversity, responsible citizenship, accountability, sustainability, and continuous personal improvement;
  • The principles of shared governance, civility, and open communication among all groups within the academy;
  • The professional commitment, innovations, and accomplishments of faculty and staff; and,
  • Partnership with the community to enhance the social, economic, cultural, civic, and intellectual life in the region.

School History

In January 2007, Evergreen Academy was established as a medical preparatory institution that was designed to meet the region’s needs especially in MCAT and N-Clex RN training. However, to offer more diverse opportunities to our community’s residents and prospective international students, Evergreen Academy strengthened its English As A Second Language Program which was authorized by the USCIS to accept nonimmigrant F1 students in September 2007. To accommodate more students in comfortable and organized facilities, in 2008 Evergreen Academy relocated to its current location in order to offer higher quality educational services to current and future students. With the strong support of the faculty and staff, the school is currently awaiting accreditation from a higher educational accreditation agency in order to properly recognize its ESL certificate program.