Education Organized Around The Student

Find people who help you grow.
Work on projects you are proud of.
Build a record that tells your whole story.

Support for existing curriculum. Custom educational experiences. Or both.

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Explore the ideas, relationships, and pathways that shape the student experience.

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Education Organized Around The Student

Explore The Salon

Different kinds of learning need different kinds of space.
Join a scheduled Salon or begin with a request of your own.

Study Salons

Bring the work already
in front of you.

Study alongside other students with an educator available to answer questions, provide structure, and help you keep moving. Study Salons can support existing coursework, independent study, or a project in progress.

Students working together with an educator in a Study Salon
Student receiving focused academic support from an educator

Focus Salons

Go directly at a particular
subject, question, skill, or challenge.

A Focus Salon brings a student or small group together with an educator for concentrated support and a short plan built around what is needed now.

Feature Salons

Encounter something new or go
further into something that matters to you.

Feature Salons bring students and educators together around a compelling subject, question, skill, project, or place. They may take the form of a discussion, workshop, demonstration, collaborative project, or field experience.

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Small private group learning together with an educator

Private Groups

Bring a small group together
around a shared need.

Families, friends, or students with a common subject, project, goal, or interest can request a private Salon. We will match the group with an educator and shape a plan around its size, schedule, and purpose.

One-to-One

Work closely with an educator
who fits the question.

One-to-one sessions provide focused conversation, instruction, planning, or project support. They can stand alone, continue as a short series, or help a student prepare to join a Salon.

Student working one-to-one with an educator
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