The Mission

The mission of Evelyn Mack Academy is to give every student the tools necessary to be successful in life. We also believe that if given the chance, each student can learn and achieve his or her goals academically, socially, physically, emotionally,and spiritually. We are committed to give every child a sound and solid foundation in the skills necessary to function in society. We want to help every student to believe, to achieve, and to have faith that they, too, can be successful in life. To enable them to realize their gifts,talents,and that nothing is impossible when God comes first.

The Philosophy

The overall purpose of Evelyn Mack Academy is to provide academic excellence in education, based upon educational principles. To promote high morale and values in a environment that encourages a personal commitment to education, and to continue to reinforce that commitment. To establish an educational environment that is conducive for learning. To help establish the fundamentals of education that would provide students with the tools necessary to perform in a world of constant change. To help shape and mode young minds to become leaders in our society, where a strong educational foundation is imperative. We understand, if given a chance, anyone can learn to be successful and learn to be responsible people.

About the Founder

Evelyn Mack Academy named after its founder Evelyn Mack who was inspired by the Lord to start a tutoring center back in 1989.  In 1998 Evelyn Mack Day School started and later on the name was changed to what is known to us today as Evelyn Mack Academy.

Evelyn Mack received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from Bethune-Cookman College located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and her Master of Science Degree in Education Administration from Eastern Illinois University Located in Charleston, Illinois. 

Evelyn Mack is a former educator who worked in the educational arena as a teacher for several years before starting the academy.  She taught school  in Detroit, Michigan, Charleston, Illinois, Decatur, Illinois, Des Moines, Iowa and here in Charlotte, NC  before becoming a Law Enforcement Officer here in the city of Charlotte.    She is also an aspiring actress who had an extra part in the TV movie “Having Our Say.”   Mrs. Mack is also a phonics consultant where she has trained hundreds of teachers on how to teach students using the Discover Intensive Phonics Program.    She is now the proud owner of Evelyn Mack Academy and Tutoring Center.

The journey began when Mrs. Mack realized that her son was struggling in elementary school, believing that if she did not do something to help her son he would not graduate from high school.  She took it upon herelf to get help for her son and she met Charlotte Lockhart, Author who used her program with her son.  It is when Mrs.  Lockhart taught him the  42 sounds of alphabet, the five phonetic skills and the two-steps  decoding skills that changed his young life and opened up the world of reading for him.  The program worked so well for her son until she began using it in her tutoring center and in her school to help those students who struggle in reading. “I am a firm believer in teaching the basics skills to children because it is where the solid foundation is built.”  You must have a solid foundation in reading and math in order for one to succeed in school and in life.

The Discover Intensive Phonics is used at the Evelyn Mack Academy today where many children as well as adults have been and are being helped; we are making difference in the lives of children and adults.