A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INSPIRING LIFE-LONG LEARNERS Pre-K, Elementary, Middle
Do you believe your child has a gift, that if nurtured, could change the world in a profound way?
We do too!
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
You Know you're at Acton when
Learning to learn
Learning to learn
Learning to learn
"In an age of Google, where all information is free, memorizing facts just doesn't seem to make sense." Jeff Sandefer, Acton Academy Co-founder. At Acton Academy of Morgantown, we teach kids the value of curiosity and instill a love for learning that is life-long.
Learning to do
Learning to learn
Learning to learn
Acton students participate in projects and quests that simulate real world events. We want students to explore their gifts and passions now! As students progress into middle school and high school, they take on real apprenticeships so they graduate with a portfolio of experiential work. It is the courage to act and try new things that prepares students for the real world.
Learning to be
Learning to learn
Guides not teachers
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts," Winston Churchill. Students study the different aspects of character and how these relate to their own hero's journey. At Acton Academy of Morgantown we believe in failing quickly, cheaply, and often, because this is where we believe some of the best learning takes place.
Guides not teachers
Guides not teachers
Guides not teachers
The greatest rule for guides at Acton Academy is they must never answer questions! Instead, you will hear guides responding with questions and offering choices. This develops students critical thinking skills, encourages them to search for answers on their own, and allows the older students to help as peer mentors. Guides are then free to work with students who need them most.
Setting goals
Guides not teachers
Setting goals
d naStudents set their own SMART goals for what they want to accomplish and are are rewarded not by grades but on their efforts and how they challenge themselves. Through this students learn time management, growth and character. Parents learn to allow their students to struggle in a safe environment because it is through these struggles that students learn critical and necessary life skills.
Core Skills
Guides not teachers
Setting goals
Acton Academy of Morgantown leverages the best technology available for core skills like reading, writing, and math. Students work at their own pace to develop a mastery knowledge of topics prior to moving on to the next level. This ensures there is no "Swiss cheese" learning or gaps from lack of understanding. Students pick up where they left off the previous day and are free to work on core skills at home if they would like however homework in the traditional sense is not assigned.
Part of the magic of the Acton journey is its ever-changing, ever-evolving nature and the awakening it inspires not just in children of all creeds and backgrounds but also in their parents.
Laura Sandefer, Co-founder of Acton Academy
