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Wonders Academy
Wonders Academy is coming soon to Warsaw, Indiana.
Acton Academy is our parent school. Based in Austin, Texas, Acton Academy is recognized for revolutionary learning design. Acton Academy and its affiliate schools often make the news and receive regular national recognition. The founders of Acton Academy, Laura and Jeff Sandefer, also founded run a highly competitive business college, Acton School of Business, which rivals Harvard in its rigor and education quality. We have over 300 sister sites around the world!
Our program focuses on Socratic discussions and group projects. Montessori methods are used in our learner-driven studio. The classroom will be overseen by a guide and the guide's role is to ask questions and to encourage students to think and seek their own answers. Students will practice discussing and debating past and current events. Students will work on real-world group projects and have time to investigate their own interests. The students will be awarded badges as opposed to grades and must achieve certain benchmarks before moving on to middle school and high school. Our students will also set and monitor their own learning goals. Our academy will run on an 11-month school-year and attendance is 5 days a week. All grade levels will exhibit their work to the public at the end of each 6-week session. The skills and experiences gained from a discussion-based, learner-driven, classical education are the pillars for producing creative thinkers who are confident leaders. Our students are free to progress at their own pace in math and language arts.
The elementary will serve students age 7 through 11, in grades 1st through 5th. The different ages will work together as one class. We will cover core subjects (math, reading, and writing) as well as history as a group or independently. Other subjects (science, applied math, arts) will be incorporated into the projects, called quests.
Our future middle school (grades 6th through 8th) will offer challenging reading, writing, and group quests. A critical part of this learning phase is reading quality, time-tested books. Another key component is that the students are tasked with analyzing the past and present from someone else's shoes. During this time the students are encouraged to begin researching their ideal careers and they may enter into internships.
The high school (9th through 12th) level learners will be tasked with many quests. They will read lots of deep books and they will participate in and lead Socratic discussions about past and present events. High School students will have the option to take local college classes for dual credit-should they want to go the college route. They will also work at internships so that they can find their calling and change the world.
Hero's Journey
The core promise is that each student will “Begin a Hero’s Journey.” Through real-life challenges in the one room schoolhouse, “Our young people at Acton are learning that courage, grit, and perseverance matter far more than regurgitating facts,” said Laura’s husband and Acton co-founder Jeff Sandefer.
Learning at Wonders
Learn to learn
Learn to learn
Learn to learn
Socratic discussions and self-paced challenges equip children to be independent life-long learners.
Learn to do
Learn to learn
Learn to learn
Hands-on quests for science, entrepreneurship, and the arts prepare children for apprenticeships and real-world challenges.
Learn to be
Learn to learn
Learn to be
The Hero’s Journey, relational covenants, and real-world consequences transform difficult decisions into virtuous habits.
Our Principles:
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
Wonders Academy exists to inspire each student who enters our doors to find a calling that will change the world.
Our Beliefs:
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
We believe that each child has gifts and abilities that can change the world in a profound way.
We believe in learning to learn, learning to do and learning to be.
We believe in a closely connected family of lifelong learners.
We believe in economic, religious, and political freedom.
Our Philosophy of Learning:
Our Philosophy of Learning:
Our Philosophy of Learning:
We believe that:
Clear thinking leads to good decisions,
Good decisions lead to the right habits,
The right habits lead to character and
Character becomes destiny.
Our Promise to you:
Our Philosophy of Learning:
Our Philosophy of Learning:
Your child will:
Learn
to be curious and become an independent and life-long learner
Discover
their most precious gifts, along with the dedication it takes to develop real talent
Understand
the importance of a strong character
Cherish
the arts, technology, and the wonders of the physical world and the mystery of life
Treasure
economic, political, religious and artistic freedom
Explore
begin a Hero’s Journey
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Nondiscriminatory Policy:
Wonders Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at Wonders Academy. Wonders Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Wonders Academy
Warsaw, Indiana 46580
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