Apply
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. Both parents read Courage to Grow by Laura Sandefer.
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 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.
STEP 4
Following the interview, if we believe Acton Academy Alpharetta will be a good fit for your family, we will send an invitation to enroll. A final, formal application will be provided. Congratulations!