Because it’s fun to do hard things:
launch your Hero’s Journey, find a
calling, change the world.

What is CHOICE?

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. Everyone learns differently. If you envision a different learning environment for your child, please consider CHOICE!

Interested in working as a guide at CHOICE?

2024/2025 Admissions?

We are at capacity in our current building and do not have any remaining spots for 2023/2024. We are building on a farm property in Woods Cross and we are delighted to be opening 30 spots for the upcoming year! We are looking for more creative, self-driven learners who are ready to take on the world!

Apply Today!

The Story of CHOICE

CHOICE: An Acton Academy, is a learner driven learning center in Bountiful, Utah for ages 4-14 Monday – Thursday. CHOICE empowers children with the skills and beliefs necessary to live their potential and dreams.

You’ll wish learning was like this when you were younger. This is what happens each week…

We noticed…

We noticed…

Session 6, Week 1 As Spark and Fire Studio heroes came back to school for Session 6, they were welcomed into a Detective Quest. Among other things, this quest will focus on noticing and observation. Following suite, here is what we noticed and observed as guides this...

How does it feel?

How does it feel?

Session 5, Week 6 Last year the Spark heroes learned and performed an epic song titled "The Golden Rule." The heroes sang questions such as "How does it feel when someone takes the time to get to know you?", "How does it feel when someone offers you a helping hand?",...

Being comfortable with the uncomfortable

Being comfortable with the uncomfortable

Session 5, Week 5 During our 3rd Parent Night this past Thursday, we (parents) practiced being "comfortable with the uncomfortable." We shared our thoughts about hard questions such as motivation, excellent work, overwhelm, the heroes' system of self governance and...

What did you do today?

What did you do today?

Session 5, Week 4 "I forgot." "I can't remember." "Nothing." As I look around each day and see all the incredible, challenging, meaningful and fun work the heroes are engaged in, I am amused and stunned (and sometimes even sad) by the responses parents get to the...

Different flavors

Different flavors

Session 5, Week 3 I don't like chocolate. Never have. As I got older, I recognized an intolerance to dairy. And nuts, I like them a lot, but they definitely don't belong in ice cream! No chocolate? No dairy? No nuts? Most people do not want to share ice cream with me!...

CHOICE Relationships

CHOICE Relationships

Session 5, Week 2 On the night my daughter came to me 5 years ago and asked me to start an Acton Academy, I asked her what we should call it? Her immediate reply was "CHOICE, because choice has two meanings and it will mean both of those." Choice as in: "an act of...

What our heroes (students) and their parents say…