Our Mission
The Acton Academy mission is to inspire each child and parent who enters our doors to find a calling that will change the world.
Our promise to you:
We promise you and your child will:
- Begin a Hero's Journey
- Learn to be curious and love life-long learning
- Discover your most precious gifts, along with the dedication it takes to develop real talent
- Understand the importance of a strong character
- Cherish the arts, the wonders of the physical world and the mystery of life
- Treasure economic, political and religious freedom.
Our Beliefs
- We believe each child has a gift that can change the world in a profound way
- We believe in learning by knowing, learning by doing and learning by being
- We believe a closely connected family of lifelong learners
- We believe that the American Experiment, with all its faults, is the best hope on earth for protecting human liberty.
Our Educational Philosophy
We believe that clear thinking leads to good decisions, that good decisions lead to the right habits, that the right habits lead to character and that character becomes destiny.
Related Links
- Children's Business Fair
- Acton Sims
- Rosetta Stone
- Dream Box Math
- Acton Heroes
- The Well-Trained Mind
- Your Child's Strengths
- Acton Guides
- Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Education
- Project examples
- The Thomas Jefferson Education
Project Examples
| Traditional Curriculum | Acton Academy Projects |
|---|---|
| A class garden | Growing food for a farmer's market |
| A class newspaper | Selling a neighborhood newspaper |
| A lemonade stand | Launching a real business at the Children's Business Fair, complete with financial statements |
| A science project | The 100 Greatest Science Experiments, performed at a neighborhood science fair, celebrating the heroes of science |
| A website selling something | Social studies Interviewing successful entrepreneurs and honoring the Acton Academy Entrepreneur of the Year |
| Studying history | Interviewing real politicians to find one most like your favorite Founding Father |
| Studying Spanish | Reaching a certain skill level in Rosetta Stone to earn the right to travel with your family to Mexico to build a home for a poor family |
| Physical education | Yoga; personal journeying in quiet time; preparing for a parent child campout |
| English assignments | Writing poems and short stories you intend to publish and sell |
| Art | Having an art show |
| Yoga | Giving yoga lessons to others |
| Foreign language | A trip to Mexico to build a house |
| Boring lectures and drills in math and language arts | Acton sim games; Dream Box Math; Montessori math |