Our STUDIOS
Like Maria Montessori, we believe even the youngest child has important work to do, even if the work is imaginary play or working with wood scraps, ladders, and old tires to build a castle.
The Spark Studio is best imagined as a garden where learners embrace Montessori work, fun Quests, and Spark Play to learn real-life skills and develop the independence, focus, and kindness needed to enter an Acton Elementary Studio — each prepared to discover a calling that will change the world.
Spark Learners:
Grow curiosity through hands-on projects and outdoor adventure "Spark Play"
Explore mindfulness, natural interests, and music, and have a LOT of fun
Build the foundations of independent learning, reading, writing, communication, and math
Ages 4 to 7
The Discovery Studio builds a foundation of learning and discovery through personalized Core Skills, exploratory Quest projects and play. Core Skills – reading, writing, math and computer science – are self-paced and mastery-based using adaptive technology. Learners explore the arts, sciences, history and natural world through hands-on projects each afternoon.Simulations require teamwork, critical thinking and creativity. Meanwhile, plenty of free time and competitive games bind the community together and builds problem solving and collaboration skills.
Discovery Learners:
Ask great questions
Have fun and welcome others
Set and track goals
Build a solid foundation in math, reading, writing, and Civilization
Explore, are curious and develop a love of learning through hands-on project-based learning
Ages 7 to 11
Adventure Studio is where young heroes learn to work hard, tackle complex computational challenges; communicate clearly and persuasively and develop the passion and real-world skills needed to make a difference in the world.
Learners begin to embark into the real world, with the thrilling opportunities and responsibility that come with it, including apprenticeships each year with heroes in the community. As young people grow into adolescence, their impact multiplies.
Adventure Learners:
Master core skills (reading, writing, and math) through the latest technology
Develop critical thinking and an appreciation for heroes and history through Socratic discussions
Dive deeply into biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, finance and psychology through immersive quests and public exhibitions
Prepare for the real world through challenging apprenticeships
Ages 11 to 14
Launchpad (high school) is where Learners prepare for the adventure of a lifetime and get ready for real-world success by gaining valuable skills, mastering them through apprenticeships, and launching real startups, businesses and projects – whether that's in business, science, humanities, or the arts. Apprenticeships increase in length and complexity, so by the time a young person leaves they have a portfolio of real-world work to prove what they can do.
Launchpad Learners:
Read deep literature; communicate clearly and powerfully; and tackle real world computational challenges
Wrestle with timeless moral dilemmas through Socratic discussions in Civilization and through studio governance
Dive deeply into college level biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, finance and psychology through immersive quests and public exhibitions
Serve in leadership roles in lower studios, their community, and around the world in the Acton Network
Ages 14 to 18
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