Natural Connections Academy

07/11/2026

03/11/2026

We help our students learn for the love of learning knowledge and not just for a grade. Love this thought! It is one I believe in firmly, that drive for intrinsic motivation.

My sons went out to play outside after school, they enjoyed their time together, the joy of the fresh air, and then they sat down and talked. They discussed things they are both learning about in school and the world. They discussed what they hoped to learn about next that they had been inspired by from being outside. Then they moved into finding a quiet spot to sit and read their books side by side.

Love of learning. Love of nature. Love of family.

12/30/2025

Enrolling now for 2026-2027 school year!

12/27/2025

We are offering our normal weeks of equine summer camps this year, but we have added a FARM CAMP!
Share with your friends and family and enjoy sending kiddos for a week of fun in the sun, mud, chores, and animals!

11/25/2025

Try your luck and see if you can win our NCA sponsored basket or one of the other fabulous prizes!

Our first Golden Ticket has been redeemed before we were even able to announce all the prizes! Big congratulations to Evan U. who's getting $250 toward a 529 Education Savings Plan through our Sweet Scholars Fund!

And now to reveal all the remaining Gift Basket prizes this year, we've got:

• ADR Highland Inc: Car Candy Basket + $50 Gift Card
• BSE Accounting & Consulting: Money Gift Basket + $100 Chamber Bucks
• Cardinal Tint Solutions: Gift Basket
• Gall Fitness: Gift Basket
• Heart and Soul Yoga with Sharon: Gift Basket
• Highland Nutrition: Gift Basket
• Lisa Sauer - State Farm Agent: Insurance Candy Gift Basket (2)
• Live Laugh Illinois Real Estate Group - Jamie Horstmann: Welcome Home Gift Basket
• Natural Connections Academy: Farm Gift Basket
• Wellen Tax: $100 + Money Gift Basket

We'll be announcing the final prizes this afternoon! Lots of Golden Tickets are still out there! Stop by or order yours online today: www.trythesweetspot.com/goldenticket

11/14/2025

Win a free month of horseback riding lessons, gift baskets, or many other prizes by finding your Golden Ticket! After reading Charlie Chocolate Factory and then The Chicolate Touch, we had to sponsor our local Golden Ticket competition. Visit the Sweet Spot in Highland, IL.

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10/13/2025

Loving this fall weather!! Who needs a playground when we have a creek, woods, farm animals, bikes, sticks, and friends!!