If you are a parent who has questions about how to keep kids safe online, you might be interested in hearing about how Noble Academy uses Bark, a digital tool for monitoring children’s online activity, and how you could consider for at-home use as well. Noble Academy’s IT Manager, Michael Essex, explains how Bark works, and some of the factors parents might want to consider.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, as well as ADHD Awareness Month! In this episode, Noble Academy’s Director of Educational Outreach, Aimee Gandee, helps parents of students who struggle with reading to support their child’s progress in developing vocabulary. See show notes for valuable resources suggested throughout this episode. #dyslexia #reading #vocabulary #parenting #home-school-connection #ProudToBeNoble

Raising two kids with learning differences inspired Greg Pincus to lead a group for parents in similar situations. After 14 years of running the group, Greg has thoughts, resources, and encouragement to share that you won’t want to miss.

Welcome to season 5 of the Blue and Gold Chat podcast. This season is dedicated to providing practical wisdom that parents of students with learning differences can use every single day.

Noble Academy teachers and staff dedicate themselves to the mission of our school: to empower students with learning differences to pursue their highest potential within a comprehensive, supportive educational environment. If you are not a member of the Noble "staculty", listening today will give you a little glimpse into the many reasons why they are so beloved. If you are: this is dedicated to you, with hearts full of thanks.

Noble Academy's Head of School, Gayle Kolodny Cole, shares her personal journey of discovering Noble Academy at the perfect time for her career, but after her own son with learning differences had already graduated from high school in California. With the perspective of a parent who would have been deeply grateful for a referral to Noble, she encourages anyone who knows a family with an LD child to consider sending them this episode, in which she explains what kind of student profile meets the school's admissions criteria.

An alumnus from 2012 wants Noble students to know a few important lessons he learned as a Knight. Most of those lessons have to do with not being too hard on yourself. Shawn Harden has ADHD. He also has been following an exciting and fulfilling path. Share this episode with a student you know who can gain from Shawn’s advice to, “Be yourself!”

Today’s episode is less of an interview, and more like listening to a relatable conversation between two parents frankly discussing how important it is for spouses or partners to be on the same page when raising a child with learning differences.

We made today’s episode for an event called Podcasthon! For one week, more than a thousand podcasts will highlight charitable organizations like Noble Academy, which is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. That means that today’s episode focuses on what Noble Academy is all about, and we hope that it demonstrates why every donation to our school helps us meet our vital mission.

You are cordially invited to stories of impact, in this episode, and at our Impact KNIGHT on March 22. Karla Davis, from The Voice, will be our vocalist, and we have a joyful evening planned dedicated to the impact of Noble Academy.

Hear how an alum and his parents feel about the impact Noble Academy had on them after they moved from Kentucky in order to get the education they wanted, needed, and deserved. This family plans to return to campus March 22 for Impact KNIGHT, to see guest speaker and retired English teacher Susan Hughes, and to celebrate a great deal of Noble success. See show notes or our website for details. https://www.nobleknights.org/impactknight

Noble Academy is a small school focused on learning, and at the same time, it is a place of big friendships, where some families find a tremendous sense of belonging and community. In this episode, a 9th grade student and his mom talk about how much the relationships they have made at Noble mean to them.

What do Guilford College and Noble Academy have in common? Hear from Guilford's Associate Vice President for Enrollment and Retention talk about a school that, like Noble, offers small class sizes, values student diversity, and provides academic resources to students who learn differently. It’s exciting to imagine the potential for future collaboration!

For some Noble Academy alums, playing sports taught invaluable lessons in discipline, character, and teamwork. In this episode, a 2021 graduate and a recent 2024 parent share why they appreciate what they got from athletics at Noble.

Telling students with learning differences to just “try harder” can cause a lot of confusion and harm. Learners want to succeed and children want to learn to read, but not all approaches work for all kids. In this episode, a past Noble Academy parent shares how frustration moved her to look for a school with a reading program ( the Wilson Reading SystemⓇ) that could help her son. Today his favorite college class is English. (Noble Academy is one of only three WilsonⓇ Accredited Partners, and the only WilsonⓇ Accredited Partner - Best Practice Site in the Southeast region.)

Students with learning differences have many paths to choose from after they graduate from Noble Academy, including college, career, gap year, and apprenticeships. In this episode, we focus on some alums who chose the college route, and in future episodes we will hear from those who chose other pathways.

Our brains do a lot of work in order to learn, and a lot of mental skills happen in the background. Noble teachers help students learn to organize, prioritize, use flexible thinking, and exercise self-control. Those are executive functions, and that is the topic of today’s episode.

Wherever there are families and schools, there are children who have learning differences. Wouldn’t it be great then if every city had a Noble Academy? Sadly, Greensboro is not within commuting distance for many families, and schools that provide our level of expertise and support are few and far between. So when a family in Virginia needed us, they found a clever way to work together to become a Noble family.

In this joyful episode, hear why Efren Renteria, the parent who produces the Blue and Gold Chat podcast, loves volunteering at the school where his son is happy, and where he and his wife make meaningful community connections.

Once you are a Noble Family, you always are a Noble Family. This episode shares just one of many examples of how mother, daughter, and son, all have had close connections to the Noble Academy community, and how a personalized program for students who learn differently can make a difference in lives.