STEP 1:
Please complete our parent questionnaire for to provide us additional information about your family's interest in Acton Academy Alpharetta.
STEP 2
Complete your final research.
BOOKS:
Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down, Laura Sandefer
Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About School and Rediscover Education, Clark Aldrich
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, Salman Khan
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, Oliver DeMille
Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education, Sir Ken Robinson
BLOG:
VIDEOS:
Rethinking Education: Geniuses and Heroes, A TEDx Talk by Jeff Sandefer
Do Schools Kill Creativity, Sir Ken Robinson
Let's Teach for Mastery, Salman Khan
STEP 3
Schedule a collaborative in-person interview to:
Learn more about your interest
Discuss questionnaire responses / research
Answer any additional questions you may have
During this informal interview we will determine if Acton Academy Alpharetta is a good fit for your family. If so, we may schedule shadow days if school is in session.
STEP 4
Invitation to enroll and will provide final, formal application.