Pioneer Academy

01/08/2025

Rain or shine…or snow we are getting our outdoor time!
On Wednesdays our learners refocus with midweek mindfulness. 🧘
Today they enjoyed a guided meditation while visualizing themselves in a snow globe ❄️

01/07/2025

How do they learn science without “science class”?
Through hands-on, engaging, and fun quests!
Today our Pioneers transformed into detectives-in-training to try crack the case!
They’ll spend time over the next 6 weeks learning about forensics, doing research, and conducting experiments.

12/12/2024

Writer’s Workshop involves individual work, collaboration, and warm/cool feedback from fellow heroes.

12/06/2024

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY! Our first holiday business fair commences at 10 am.

Our young entrepreneurs have been working hard developing products and working on their sales pitches!

Come show your support and check out our Acton Studio!

Room Spray, ornaments, cookies, gourmet coffee drinks, crochet items, jewelry, candle melts, and so much more!

12/04/2024

It’s all about finding flow, embracing challenge, and learning how to self-manage.

11/15/2024

There are great lessons to be learned in the uncertainty of life.

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11/13/2024

On “teaching history” in a learner-driven environment.

11/06/2024

Socratic discussions are hard. Young learners are trained to look to adults for answers. As guides we vow to never answer a question. It is hard. It is valuable and pays off handsomely.

11/05/2024

Applications are open 👇👇👇
https://www.childrensbusinessfair.org/richfield-ohio

11/01/2024

We moved our “Fun Friday” outing to Thursday this week to “meet the neighbors.” 😳
Fun time exploring two VERY old cemeteries and then a hike for some leaf collecting on the Hemlock Trail .

10/29/2024

Real world work is one of the most important skills traditional education models ignore.
This week our heroes are researching and developing a prototype of the product they plan to make and sell at the next Business Fair.
This includes doing market research, cost breakdown, and unit pricing.
Come see what they create at our event on December 7 from 10 am to 1 pm at 4131 W. Streetsboro Rd., Richfield

10/23/2024

Today at Acton we focused our morning launch on what it means to help others and how to receive tough feedback from peers.