Ascent: An Acton Academy

Ascent: An Acton Academy is a private micro-school and learner-driven community with the mission that each person who enters its doors will find a calling and change the world. Our campus is part of a larger network of over 100 Acton Academies around the world. We combine elements of the Montessori method with Socratic guiding, hands-on experiential quests and interactive technology. Underlying our method is an application of the Hero’s Journey creating a lively learning environment that feels more like an adventure than school.

At Ascent, we have mixed-aged classrooms called studios with a self-paced learning design as opposed to grade-levels. Our real world-oriented quests culminate in a public exhibition of learning as opposed to test scores and report cards. In all areas of Ascent life, our students are empowered to be in the driver’s seat of their learning.