CHOICE empowers children with the skills and beliefs necessary to live their potential and dreams.
CHOICE Learning Center is a place where a child, along with their parents, determines their learning goals and curricula. CHOICE creates a unique learning environment for your child with the resources, peer-to-peer coaching, and games/challenges to make learning enjoyable and fruitful! In a learner-driven school, your child creates, amends, and holds up the “rules” at CHOICE. If you dream of a learning environment that will let your child flourish, please consider CHOICE!
Spark Studio (pre-literate generally ages 4-7)
In general, the Spark Studio schedule consistently includes the following activities:
- Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:
- Tribe time discussions (Socratic discussions, problem solving, emotional awareness, songs etc)
- Morning Montessori work cycle: Math, reading, writing, sensorial, practical life, art, history, sciences
- Afternoon CHOICE work cycle: collaborative, open ended, imaginative play experiences
- P.E. is one day each week
Fire Studio (post-literate generally ages 7-11)
In general, the Fire Studio schedule consistently includes the following activities:
- Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:
- Socratic discussions
- Individual work time – Math, reading, writing, Exploratory Works
- Mentoring/Service of Spark Studio
- Collaborative work time in Projects/Quests
- Civilization (our term for History because it includes studying economics, politics, art, geography and philosophy)
- Wellness discussions focused on social/emotional wellness
- Town Hall meetings and running partner/squad meetings
- Music Theater, Creator Time and P.E. one day each week
Delta Studio (self-driven learning - generally ages 11-15)
In general, the Delta Studio schedule consistently includes the following activities:
- Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday:
- Socratic discussions
- Individual work time – Math, reading, writing, Exploratory Works
- Collaborative work time in Projects/Quests
- Passion Projects
- Mentoring/Service of Fire & Spark Studios
- Apprenticeships/Entrepreneurship
- Civilization (our term for History because it includes studying economics, politics, art, geography and philosophy)
- Wellness discussions focused on social/emotional wellness
- Town Hall meetings and running partner/squad meetings
- Music Theater, Creator Time and P.E. one day each week
You’ll wish learning was like this when you were younger. This is what happens each week…
Shout It From The Roof Tops!
Session 3, Week 3 There is a familiar conversation that goes something like this... "How was school today?" "Good!" "What did you do?" "I don't remember" Every time I hear that conversation between parents and heroes I cringe. Your heroes do so many incredible things...
The Unmeasurables
Session 3, Week 2 You are 4 feet 2 inches tall. You weigh 73 pounds. I finished blue drawers! I made it to Island 8 in Nessy! I got 93% on my Khan Course Challenge! I did 5 pull ups! I scored in the 90th percentile. I finished my 4th book! These are all measurable...
Who is your Frodo?
Session 3, Week 1 Frodo is the main character In the epic tale of Lord of the Rings, However, many LOTR fans will tell you that Sam is actually their favorite. Sam is Frodo's main ally and helper throughout Frodo's Hero's Journey. We are typically focused on our...
We are grateful for…
Session 2, Week 6 I always thought I was quoting my mother when I said "Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all of the others." As is turns out I was quoting the Roman philosopher, Cicero! Regardless of whom I was quoting, gratitude is...
Small wins
Session 2, Week 5 As our family and friends were standing, jumping, and collapsing around the T.V. screen screaming at the top of our lungs last weekend, it would have appeared to an onlooker that there was much more going on than a college football game! This is a...
It’s freezing in here!
Session 2, Week 4 As the weather turned this week, it quickly became apparent which heaters were working and which heaters were not working around the school. For a few days it was pretty darn cold in some parts of the studios! It was awesome to watch the heroes...
What the learners and their parents say…
I love the confidence-building atmosphere. It makes learning possible and more enjoyable! He said to me at the beginning of the school year, “I’m going to this school so I can be responsible and learn for myself.” So true! He is taking responsibility for himself and his own learning here! Before CHOICE, we struggled getting to school, emotionally and physically. Several months in, he still wakes up early so he’s not late for another fantastic day!
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CHOICE has been such a blessing for our kids. It is so comforting knowing our kids are in a positive environment that is helping them grow! Not only are they learning scholastic skills, they are also learning how to become wonderful, strong individuals and how to handle everyday life. It has been so much fun watching our kids grow and come home so happy each day.
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I highly recommend CHOICE. As I did my research about Acton Academies, I really liked their philosophy. I love that my child isn’t just learning for a test, but learning things like: initiative, responsibility, grit, gratitude, critical thinking, and collaboration. I love so much about CHOICE, but my favorite thing is they truly see each child as a hero. Whether my child has had a productive day or not, I know she is loved at CHOICE.
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We have seen wonderful changes in our 1st grader these past few months! Where she would usually get frustrated and quit if something got difficult, she will now stop, assess, ask questions to figure things out. Most days when she comes home she prefers to continue learning and asking questions rather than watch T.V. When we decided to start this Hero’s Journey we knew we’d be on the right track if our child developed a love for learning and that exact thing has happened – but in much less time than expected!