Oct 17, 2022
Session 2, Week 1 “Just can’t wait to get on the road again!” That was what it felt like as we all arrived for school Monday morning. Heroes were ready and anxious to see one another and get going on their new session! Along with week highlights,...
Oct 3, 2022
Session 1, Week 6 “Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.” – John C Maxwell Acton Academies organize their days, weeks, sessions and years into learning arcs. We begin each learning arc with a “launch.” A launch is a challenge...
Sep 24, 2022
Session 1, Week 5 One of my father’s favorite poems is “A Builder or a Wrecker” by Charles Franklin Benvegar. The poem asks the question, “Am I builder who works with care, measuring life by the rule and square? Or am I wrecker who walks the...
Sep 17, 2022
Session 1, Week 4 What is Lip Dub? You may have heard about it. The Lip Dub is an annual worldwide Acton tradition. Heroes spend time choosing a song, choreographing a dance, learning the lyrics to lip sync, filming the production and if you are in the Middle School,...
Sep 11, 2022
Session 1, Week 3 “The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.” – John Steinbeck It often seems that the older we get the more we lose our ability to explore. One of our overarching goals as a school this...
Sep 3, 2022
Session 1, Week 2 Critical components of a learner driven environment are the contracts and promises the heroes make to one another. Because there is not a teacher defining the boundaries and rules, the heroes must do it themselves. Creating contracts and promises is...
