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Elite Preparatory Academy is situated in the picturesque town of Somerset, Franklin Township, in central New Jersey, approximately 40 minutes driving distance from the New York City. The school is close to a number of well known top colleges including the Princeton University. Somerset is known for her friendly residents, high level of safety, and convenience and was rated by Money magazine as one of the top 5 best place to live in America.
Elite Preparatory Academy is housed in the former AT&T training center. The center consists of 60 some large classrooms, labs and offices, huge nicely decorated auditorium, Cafeteria, kitchen and an indoor basketball court. The school is close to the town center, park, golf course and shopping center.
The purpose of the Elite Preparatory Academy is to fully prepare students to carry the torch of knowledge, freedom, and prosperity that has been passed down from generation to generation. The EPA will be a small, structured school, with 600 students attending at full enrollment. It will deliver a rigorous educational program to help students develop and sharpen the skills necessary to formulate questions and define issues. They will learn to find relevant information using appropriate tools and evaluate it through critical thinking and quantitative analysis, on the basis of which they will solve problems and make decisions. They will be able to organize and present their work both orally and in written or graphic form.
In recognition of the enormous stresses of modern life, Elite aims to help support families in contributing to the success of their children's education. This in turn can improve the quality of family life. The school will stress an atmosphere of trust, safety, structure, open communication, and ownership through the use of community service learning, class meetings, assemblies, workshops, community open houses, student performances, and student/teacher/parent goal-setting and assessments.
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