Mastery-based instruction for grades 2-10 - live small group cohorts, 1:1 academic support when your child needs it, and a daily schedule designed around how your child thinks, moves, and learns. Enroll any month. The only baseline requirement is that your child is comfortable using a computer.
Two diagnoses, two responses. Each grounded in research that's unusually consistent for education.
Sources: Loe & Feldman, 2007; Bloom, 1984.
Mastery learning means each unit has explicit proficiency criteria. Students don't move forward until they hit them - and reaching mastery is treated as the rule, not the exception.
One monthly price covers the full baseline experience - core academics in small group cohorts, enrichment and SEL classes, a daily coworking hour, and progress reporting that keeps you in the loop. Enroll any month. Most families never need more than this.
A curriculum built around your child, taught live in small group cohorts that keep momentum. 1:1 academic support is there whenever your child needs it.
Live classes chosen from a rotating catalog - filmmaking, debate, worldbuilding, entrepreneurship, chess, esports - plus SEL classes that build confidence. Where kids find their people.
Drop-in coworking with mentors on the daily clock - body doubling that keeps work moving. Moderated interest channels, Recess Squads, family news feed - a community that's already here.
Sustained 1:1 academic tutoring, additional group classes, or specialized supports for accelerated tracks and documented additional needs - designed with the family, no surprises.
Mentors stay with your child across years. They coach academics, navigate extracurriculars, and teach the executive-function skills traditional schools assume kids already have.
A mentor who knows your child's whole picture - strengths, struggles, goals - with 1:1 sessions when your child needs them.
Help finding clubs, competitions, internships, and passion projects that match how your child is wired.
Real coaching on planning, prioritization, focus, and follow-through - skills, not slogans.
A project that pulls the year's challenges and personal work into one shipped thing — a film, a business, an app, a study, a performance.
We picked mastery-based, tutor-supported, mentored learning because for the students we serve, it's what the evidence actually points to.
Three families. Three different kids. Three different reasons school wasn't working.
“He quit soccer, sank into Minecraft, and we couldn't reach him. Now he's leading kids online and actually sharing wins with me again.”
“Because of your emails, I get to talk to my son.”
“It's incredible - the joy spilled over into everything else.”
Use ESA, scholarship, or charter funds toward Recess Academy tuition - and with tuition from $650/month, many full state awards cover the entire year. We confirm what your state covers and walk you through the portal.