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Build the schedule
that fits your child.

The baseline: core academics in live small group cohorts, a dedicated mentor who holds the whole picture, independent work in Studio, and drop-in coworking - plus the option to layer in sustained 1:1 subject instruction when your child needs more. Every piece designed around how your child actually learns.

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Core academics in small group cohorts

Four students working in parallel in their own rooms, viewed as a 2×2 grid of video tiles.

Live academic classes in small group cohorts - a handful of students, a credentialed teacher, and a mastery bar everyone clears. Working alongside peers gives your child the momentum of body doubling, with a teacher close enough to catch every gap.

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Credentialed teachers, small rooms

Live, synchronous instruction with a teacher who knows every student in the room by name.

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Body doubling, built in

Working alongside peers keeps focus and follow-through going - the effect ADHD communities call body doubling, available every school day.

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Mastery-based progression

Each unit has explicit mastery criteria. Students move forward on demonstrated mastery and loop back without shame when something doesn't stick.

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1:1 support on call

When a concept needs more than the cohort hour, your child gets 1:1 academic support - scheduled to the need.

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A mentor who holds the whole picture

A mentor and student talking through a plan together over a video call, notebook open on the desk.

Every student is matched with a dedicated academic mentor - the adult who knows their strengths, struggles, and goals, and meets with them 1:1 around what they need most. Capstone planning one stretch, executive-function coaching the next.

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Educational advising

The mentor designs and adjusts the academic plan with your family - which cohorts, which Studio classes, what to try next.

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Capstone progress

Scope, plan, unblock, deliver. The mentor is your child's thinking partner on the end-of-year capstone from first sketch to final ship.

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Executive function, taught explicitly

Planning, initiation, prioritization, follow-through. The hard skills traditional school assumes kids already have.

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Same mentor across years

Continuity matters. The mentor builds the full picture: strengths, struggles, what works, what to try next.

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Self-directed classes

A student at a desk under a single warm lamp, working through a self-directed lesson late in the evening.

Independent study on a structured curriculum your child can move through at their own pace. Every self-directed class includes 24/7 access to our Instant Help Center.

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Structured but flexible

Each class has a clear scope and sequence. Within it, your child controls the pace.

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Parent visibility

Weekly progress reviews, recap emails, and progress reports - you always know where your child stands, well before any report card.

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Different shape, same standards

Self-directed is a different shape of learning for the right subjects, held to the same mastery bar.

24/7 BUILT-IN TUTOR
Stuck at 9pm? Help is one message away.

Every self-directed class has a tutor built right into the curriculum. Your child posts a stuck math step, a confusing passage, or a writing block - and gets a worked-through, step-by-step explanation back in seconds. Around the clock, no waiting on email.

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Coworking hours

Drop-in virtual rooms, staffed by mentors and teachers, where students do their work together. Homework help, executive-function coaching, body doubling.

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Subject-specific breakouts

Stuck on math? Drop into the math room. Need a writing reader? There's one open.

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Mentor-staffed

Adults in every room - for a check-in, a read-through, or just to keep the focus going.

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Quiet rooms too

For students who just want company without conversation. Cameras on, mics off, work in parallel.

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When you want more 1:1 in a subject

Over-the-shoulder view of a one-on-one online tutoring session: a teacher visible on the laptop screen, a student's hand writing in a grid notebook.

Sustained 1:1 in a single subject - math, writing, a language, exam prep - with a credentialed subject teacher. Available whenever your child needs it, designed with your family as an add-on to baseline.

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Real subject specialists

Math with a math teacher. Writing with a writing teacher. Spanish with a Spanish teacher.

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Scoped to the child

Depth, length, and cadence get designed on the intake call - tuned to your child's specific gap or goal.

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Layered on top of baseline

1:1 subject work supplements the cohorts, Studio, enrichment classes, and coworking.