Sunshine STEM Academy serves families in Alpharetta and Cumming, Georgia with high-quality STEM education and academic enrichment for gifted and high-achieving students. Our innovative, whole-child approach builds strong foundations in Math and Reading while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills through hands-on learning. Students can explore Robotics classes and workshops, advanced Math courses, SAT prep and SAT camps, coding, and personalized academic coaching, plus engaging STEM Summer Camps that inspire curiosity and confidence in Technology and Engineering.

Sunshine STEM Academy Services – Coding, Robotics, Academic Coaching

Student-Centered, Hands-On, Rigorous, Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, High Expectations

Sunshine STEM Academy offers student-centered, hands-on, rigorous extracurricular enrichment, including academic teams (robotics and coding), workshops, camps, and academic coaching.

Academic enrichment activities include:

Robotics: Students program and code robots using LEGO SPIKE Prime and EV3 Mindstorms kits in a collaborative, non-competitive environment.
Coding (All Levels): Beginner-level coding and problem-solving with Scratch, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java
Digital Arts: Photography, video production, graphic design, and web design.
Academic Coaching: One-on-one coaching that helps students create personalized learning plans, develop effective study skills, set ambitious goals, and track progress through regular evaluation and assessment.

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By creating a challenging learning environment that encourages high expectations for success, Sunshine STEM Academy believes students will develop into responsible and caring citizens. With an emphasis on problem-solving and creative thinking, students will become inspired learners through a dynamic, science, math, technology, engineering, reading, and art-driven curriculum, supported by our enrichment opportunities.

Sunshine STEM Academy High Expectations

Core Beliefs

We believe:

in a partnership among educators, students, families, and the community
that all students should be nurtured, accepted, and appreciated
in molding students into responsible and caring citizens, resourceful thinkers, and inspired learners
that all students can learn and reach their highest potential
in the value of student diversity, unique talents, and all abilities
in implementing a dynamic, technology-driven curriculum to ensure that each student has the best educational experience possible
in providing enrichment opportunities that go beyond the classroom and develop the whole child
in meeting students’ individual needs while maintaining high expectations

Sunshine STEAM Academy has been more than just an education provider for our family, it’s a guiding, informative partner that continually keeps us updated on our children’s progress and provides thoughtful ideas on how we can support them. Mrs. Duzyol and Mr. Duzyol are both highly experienced mentors who genuinely care about every student’s development. Our oldest daughter’s academic progress benefited greatly from their guidance after attending the summer camp with Mrs. Duzyol as an 8th grader, her SAT score rose from 950 to 1200. She also improved by roughly 150 points in Math and English, with overall gains around 200–300 points, and Math and English showed especially strong gains. In addition, the one on one sessions have been incredibly beneficial for her with Mrs. Duzyol. She teaches in a very clear way, she makes the hardest topics feel easy for students. She knows many subjects beyond her main field and is always ready to help. Our younger daughter, who started with encouragement but needed motivation, has grown into a student who loves learning and has made academic progress. Her individual sessions, along with the FLL activities led by Mr. Duzyol, have shown outstanding results, and she has participated in competitions. Group projects benefit from encouragement, creative thinking, and speaking opportunities in group presentations, all facilitated by Mr. Duzyol. The environment is inspiring, supportive, and genuinely joyful learning is exciting, and the outcomes are exceptional.

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