BOLDLY
REIMAGINING
EDUCATION
Acton Academy is a 21st-century solution for the old-school model of passive learning; one-pace-fits-all curricula, standardized exams, and a top-down approach are not for us.
Acton is an innovative approach to education that celebrates personal responsibility, creative thinking, and the pursuit of one’s life purpose.
With 320+ worldwide campuses, our learner-driven community believes every child has incredible talents that will change the world. Bound by high standards of excellence and lifelong learning, Acton encourages the development of empowered, productive, and fulfilled citizens. This is where great adventures begin.
Welcome to AANSA
Our mission is to create an environment of curiosity and deep exploration where every child can be who they are meant to be and find their calling through the hero's journey.
Acton Academy North San Antonio delivers a 21st-century education in a self-directed environment where learners become independent, global citizens prepared for the real world.
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AANSA delivers experiential learning emphasizing teamwork, social-emotional awareness and a growth-mindset.
WHY CHOOSE AANSA?
LEARNER-LED
Our learner-led environment is a departure from a traditional classroom experience focused on lectures, rote memorization, and conformity. At AANSA, we offer learners agency over their education and learning environment and we focus on their personal goals and interests. In contrast to traditional classrooms, in our self-paced, mastery-based approach, students spend the necessary time on a skill until they achieve proficiency.
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SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING
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PACING
PREPARING LEARNERS FOR THE FUTURE
Today’s diverse and fast-changing world requires a multi-dimensional approach to learning. Our 21st-century skill-based curriculum focuses on the skills needed to best prepare our learners for tomorrow. Through hands-on, experiential, interdisciplinary learning, we foster creativity, collaboration, effective communication, problem solving, critical thinking, leadership, ethical decision-making, and character.
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21ST-CENTURY SKILLS
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HANDS-ON LEARNING
PROBLEM SOLVING
Entrepreneurship is a mental mindset. It’s an attitude and approach that empowers dreamers to become doers. At AANSA, we seek active change rather than waiting to adapt to change. Our learners are encouraged to actively participate and pursue their interests and talents through exploration, intellectual curiosity, creativity and individual thought. We encourage risk-taking and embrace the possibility of failure as part of the journey.
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SELF-DISCIPLINE
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INTEGRITY
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LEARN TO LEARN
Socratic discussions and self-paced challenges equip children to be independent lifelong learners.
LEARN TO DO
Hands-on quests for science, entrepreneurship, and the arts prepare children for apprenticeships and real wold challenges.
LEARN TO BE
The hero´s journey, relational covenants, and real-world consequences transform difficult decisions into virtuous habits.
3 KEYS TO LEARNING
MULTI-AGE STUDIOS
Acton Academy North San Antonio is “student-led.” This means young people take ownership of their education and peer relationships. Acton students learn to think independently, take responsibility, and embrace challenges. At Acton Academy NSA, we call our classrooms "studios" because students are learning through movement, exploration, and hands-on activities. Studios replace traditional classrooms and create a space for students of varying ages to learn together. They are being prepared to bring their own unique genius to the world.
HANDS-ON LEARNING
We believe the learning experience is much richer when the Guide offers insightful questions and facilitates hands-on learning. Guides use the Socratic method, always responding to students questions with new questions. This exchange hones students critical thinking skills. No boring sit in your desk teacher-led lecture-style learning at Acton, we believe students learn by doing. Whether it’s launching a startup business, creating a tide-pool habitat, playing a musical instrument, painting a mosaic, or programming a robot, Acton Academy NSA students are building real-life skills in the studio every day.
DISCOVER PASSIONS,
FIND CALLINGS
We encourage our students to develop personal virtues such as honesty, hard work, responsibility, kindness, and empathy. Armed with purpose and good character, we believe our students will launch into adulthood prepared to find their calling and change the world. Acton Academy North San Antonio uses the latest technology in a self-paced learning environment that is designed to foster responsibility, goal-setting, and teamwork. Acton students are empowered to thrive in a world that needs independent, motivated thinkers and learners.
The latest in educational technology for self-paced mastery of reading, writing, and math skills.
Deep Socratic discussions about heroes, history and self-governance to hone critical thinking skills and the ability to powerfully think, write and speak.
Hands-on project-based Quests to master the tools and skills needed to solve problems in the real world.
Written promises and covenants that form a bound community of individuals learning to form authentic friendships and resolve interpersonal problems.
21ST CENTURY LEARNING
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