Find a calling;
change the world
Aim for something higher
Aim Academy is reinventing education. We help students discover
and grow their unique strengths — because the
world needs them.
We offer a truly different approach to school. Supported by the latest in technology and cognitive science, we move beyond the traditional tools of lectures, homework, high-stakes tests, and grades. At Aim Academy, our students learn in collaborative classrooms of multi-age learners. Our flexible approach challenges each student with their own differentiated learning plan and inspires them through real-world projects and experiences.
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At Aim Academy, we believe that learning to do, learning to be, and learning to learn are more important than memorization alone – learning to know.
What Makes Aim Academy Different?
Socratic discussions, collaborative projects and self-paced learning in a student-led environment. Acton students are building real-life skills in the classroom everyday.
Powerful interactive technology
Self paced learning for Reading, Writing and Math.
The Socratic Method
Critical thinking skills and forging character.
A Learner Driven Community
Serious commitments; genuine relationships; authentic accountability.
Real World Quests and Apprenticeships
Hands on learning for 21st Century skills.
Traditional Schools vs. Aim Academy
At Traditional Schools...
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Worksheets, busy work, homework, boring work
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The teacher is always the expert
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Taught what to think through memorization and regurgitation of rules and facts
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Grades and report cards
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The teacher lectures, disciplines, and makes the rules
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Students are confined to rows of desks
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Told what to read, what to learn and when to learn it
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Classrooms where creativity is diminished and its nearly impossible to reach your full potential
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Pace set by the teacher, or worse, the average of the collective where student progress is effectively limited by the lowest common denominator
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Grouped by age
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Kids often stressed out about going to school every morning
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Beaurocratic processes that almost never change
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Lack of any leadership or decision-making opportunities
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Failure is avoided and is considered a depressing end
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Morals and character are an afterthought or avoided entirely
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Passive, disengaged learning where its easy to get lost in the crowd
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A transactional school like a factory with bells, shifts, and one-size fits all
At Aim Academy...
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100% customized learning plans with cutting-edge adaptive tech, writer's workshops, quests, hands-on materials, and exciting challenges
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Socratic Guides ask questions inviting our learners to become the experts
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Learn how to think with debates and real world projects
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Personalized goals, mastery based badges, comprehensive portfolios, and community exhibitions
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Everyone's a teacher, peer-to-peer accountability, and student created contracts and promises
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Freedom to move around, explore, experiment, and collaborate
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Freedom to puruse your own interests and work on passion projects every day
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Studios where outside-the-box thinking is rewarded and the process of finding a calling a life begins to occur
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Self-paced progress enhanced by productivity hacks and independence, only hindered by a learners imagination
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Experience 'Houses' of mixed-ages where freqeuently changing rosters and difficult team projects are always adding new dynamics to learn from
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Our learners complain every time there is a day or week off of school--seriously
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A never-ending process of innovation where we are always adapting and looking for even better ways of doing things
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Incredible leadership opportunities developed by serving on committees, team leaders, and making decisions that actually impact the school
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Failure is embraced for the learning and growth it provides
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Strength of character is tested, grown, and explored-- including attributes such as perserverance, honesty, accountability, gratitude and more
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Active, egnaged learning alongside a community of families
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A transformational school like a journey, with big goals, mentors, tools, and a destination you care about
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If you’d like to learn more about Acton Academy's story, read the book Courage to Grow.
