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Kindness cannot be mandated. It must be cultivated. Here is how our community grows genuine care for each other.

Launchpad Studio prepares teens for life after school through apprenticeships, ventures, and self-governance.

No grades does not mean no rigor. Mastery-based learning sets a higher bar than traditional grading ever could.

Learners write and enforce their own studio contracts. This self-governance builds responsibility and mutual respect.

We do not use detention or behavior charts. Learners resolve their own conflicts through a peer-led process.

Considering an alternative to public school? Here are ten meaningful differences that go beyond class size.

This twelve-year-old designed a product, wrote a business plan, and sold out at our Children's Business Fair.

In our writing quest, learners draft, revise, and publish real books. Not book reports. Real books.

Technology at Acton is a tool for mastery, not a babysitter. Here is how we maintain healthy digital balance.