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Daily Schedule

    Time     Activity

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  • 8:00 AM – Arrival & Outdoor Free Play

  • 8:30 AM – Morning Launch (story, song, circle)

  • 8:45 AM – Snack Break

  • 9:00 AM – Outdoor/Nature Walk or Play

  • 9:45 AM – Equipping Launch (Intro tool or system)

  • 10:00 AM – Core Skills Games (math, phonics, writing)

  • 11:00 AM – Group Challenge or Studio Job Time

  • 11:30 AM – Lunch & Story Time

  • 12:15 PM – Clean-Up & Transition

  • 12:30 PM – Spark Play / Creative Choice Time

  • 2:00 PM – DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) or Story

  • 2:30 PM – Studio Maintenance

  • 3:00 PM – Close Circle (reflection, gratitude)

  • 3:30 PM – Dismissal

Children are not identical — and education shouldn’t be either. Alternative systems like Acton’s offer flexibility, deep community, and personal responsibility. Families choose us because they want more than grades — they want growth.

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Here, learning is self-paced, mastery-based, and rooted in character. Kids gain the tools to lead themselves and contribute meaningfully to others.

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What if bells, lectures, and grades are holding your child back?

2 Kids outdoor Reading a Map.
3 kids and a teacher with small shovels in hand digging dirt and planting during Gardening Class
A Girl Looking at a Pendulum Model
Kids with arms raised wearing superhero Capes
Mother with her Two Kids. The boy and girl are kissing mother's cheeks at the same time.
A tree popping out of a book form the Acton Academy Logo.

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“Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.”
— Merlyn, The Sword in the Stone

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one that honors your child’s potential, passion, and path.​​​​​

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