Athena School

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The Athena School is an independent, co-educational school located in New South Wales, Australia, at 26 Oxford Street, Newtown.

The school is notable for being the only Study Tech school in the area that serves K-10 and has a 1:15 (or below) teacher-to-student ratio. [1].

The school is affiliated with the Church of Scientology[1][2] with teachings based on L. Ron Hubbard's philosophy of education, centred around the theory that children, like adults, need to "learn how to learn".

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  1. ^ “Senate”, Official Hansard, Parliamentary Debates (Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia) 39 (16): p.19, 2000, 2000-11-10, <http://www.aph.gov.au/Hansard/senate/dailys/ds101100.pdf>. Retrieved on 25 October 2007 .
  2. ^ Burke, Kelly. "Scientology class suits shy Hindu", Religion in Schools, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2003-06-24. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. 

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