#1) - 1975 - Sykes Academy originally opened as a private prep-school. Small classes & a dedicated faculty produced an excellent educational environment!  All our opening Kindergarteners have since graduated from college, & we are proud of them!  Our very 1st-enrolled student was REBECCA SYKES (back row, left) enrolled at age-4, & then graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from the University of Utah!
 

#2) - However, we discovered there were many classroom-based private-schools, but very few individually-tutored programs for students who needed personal attention.

.#3) - 1993 - So,  Sykes Academy switched to a wonderful  old-fashioned concept of a   "one-room-school-house",  using individual workbooks, instead of mass-classrooms! Our 1st-student in the new Diploma-Completion program was ROBBY SYKES, enrolled at age 15, then graduated from high-school in 2 years time!

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#4)- Because of our Workbook-style, students can enter the program any week, & graduate monthly!  Our graduates have gone to the Army, Jr.Colleges, technical-schools, & good jobs!

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Robert & Golda Sykes.....1964

The early years brought exposure to the needs of children, especially in education!

Robert & Golda Sykes...1984

Closed the prep-school, & dedicated themselves to more education, more training, & re-opened with a differently-designed format for education:  "One-to-One", with modern workbooks, in an old-fashioned one-room school-house, giving students individual attention,  yet allowing for interactive classroom!

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 Rebecca Sykes Young....2002

attended Sykes Academy in Kindergarten, & has returned as a degreed & gifted teacher.  She is now the Education Director!