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The Brownsville Academic Center is an alternative education institution that offers a range of learning opportunities for students in grades 6 through 12. The center conducts classes in special education, social studies, mathematics, English and Spanish. It maintains a library, as well as supports an accelerated reader program. The Brownsville Academic Center also provides group, individual, and family counseling and related social services. The center offers instruction in psychology, art, history and economics. It additionally supports the Performance Training Program, which is a boot camp. The Brownsville Academic Center provides research-based reading intervention services. The center is governed by the Brownsville Independent School District.

Covenant Christian Academy serves more than 300 students in prekindergarten through eighth grade. The school has been accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. Covenant Christian Academy offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including a student council, yearbook, journalism, hand bell choir, soccer, fine arts, drama club and summer camp. The school also offers a hot lunch program. Its library provides resources, such as books, journals, magazines and Internet access. Covenant Christian Academy s athletics department offers various sports activities, such as tennis, football, soccer, basketball, golf and baseball. Covenant Christian Academy also offers an after-school care program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Covenant Christian Academy is located in McAllen, Texas.

The Oratory Schools are private Catholic elementary and junior high schools based on the thinking and spirituality of St. Philip Neri, the Prophet of Joy. The school?s mission is twofold: to create a learning environment that exemplifies the best in dual language education and to nurture a bi-cultural heritage for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students to better prepare them for life in a global economy. We are a dual language school , as well as a bilingual school.; Lang:English / Spanish