A Day in the Life

A day in our Studio is creativity within constraints: large blocks of time for work and play with clear but broad guardrails, empowering young people to manage their time, set goals, and track progress.

A Learner-Driven Community

Our young heroes learn in tightly bound communities with extremely high standards of excellence, where self-management and self-governance are celebrated daily.

  1. Learners create and sign a Contract of Promises describing how each individual will act and the consequences for violating community norms.

  2. Running Partners and Squads encourage younger and older heroes to listen, affirm, set goals and hold each other accountable.

  3. Servant Leader badges celebrate warm-hearted and tough-minded decisions that build character.

Daily Schedule

Each day is broken up into work sprints with a shared purpose or goal.

Both studios are active Monday through Friday.

Spark Studio

8:00 Drop-off / Free Time

8:30 Daily Launch (Socratic Discussion)

8:45 Montessori Work

Conflict Resolution, math, writing, reading

10:00 Spark Play

11:30 Lunch / Montessori Life Skills

12:30 Studio Maintenance / Free Play

1:00 Pick-up

8:00 Drop-off / Free Time

8:30 Daily Launch (Socratic Discussion)

8:45 Core Skills

Goal setting, math, writing, reading, civilization discussion

11:30 Lunch / Free Time

12:30 Quest Launch (Socratic Discussion)

12:45 Quest

Hands-on work, team-based challenges, sciences, coding, entrepreneurship, art, music, history

2:45 Studio Maintenance

3:00 Closing Group (Socratic Discussion)

3:15 Pick-up

  • The schedule is flexible to accommodate different learning needs. Students can rearrange work blocks and choose from a variety of work options based on personal goals, passions, and commitments.

  • After-care from 1:00 to 3:15 is available for Spark learners depending on availability. Call or email with questions.

Discovery Studio