Academic Studios

CHECK OUT OUR STUDIOS

DISCOVERY STUDIO

Ages 5-7/8

(PreK/K/1st)

EXPLORER STUDIO

Ages 7-11/12

(1st-5th)

PATHFINDERS STUDIO

Ages 11-15/16
(6th -9th)

LAUNCH PAD STUDIO

Ages 16+

(10th – 12th)

KEY DIFFERENCES

  • We have Guides not Teachers.
  • We have Studios not Classrooms.
  • We have Portfolios and Exhibitions not Grades.
  • We have Contracts and Covenants not Rules.
  • We ask Questions not lecture.
  • We are Self-Paced not Teacher-Paced (No Homework).
  • Our students find their own Apprenticeships.

KEY QUESTIONS

  • Do you want your child to feel like life is an endless stream of opportunities?
  • Do you want your child searching for the truth but not at the cost of religious indoctrination?
  • Do you want your child to learn from real world challenges?

A SCHOOL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

An award winning independent documentary about Acton Academy.

Imagine if we Invented school today… what would it look like?

DO SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY?

A TED talk by Acton Sir Ken Robinson talks about “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”