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Curiosity and Creativity.
Discover and do something new.

Creator’s House holds the belief that every child that walks through our doors has the ability to find a calling and change the world.

Creator’s House, an Acton Academy joins a growing network of Acton Academies worldwide. We join teams in Wisconsin, California, Toronto, Houston and London to open a new wave of Acton Academies to build on the success of the original Acton Academy in Austin, Texas. Watch this video about how we are reimagining education.

Education Reimagined

Are you frustrated with the old, traditional educational model that teaches students to spit out facts and pass state-mandated tests?
Watch this documentary video to see how Acton Academy (our affiliate school) is turning education upside down.

Our Mission

To inspire each child and their family who enters our doors to find a calling that will change the world.

Our Promise

At Creator’s House, your child will begin their Hero’s Journey. We will guide them to discover and use their strengths to seize opportunities and solve meaningful, real-world problems. We encourage all students to be curious, independent, and lifelong learners.

Children will learn to explore the arts, social sciences, technology, and the wonders of the natural world. We will support your young hero and encourage them to uphold the highest standards of excellence.

 

Learn to learn.
Learn to do.
Learn to be.

Our Approach

  • Multi-week, narrative-based Quests designed to develop self-regulation skills

  • Innovative experiential and play-based learning (for younger eagles)

  • Peer-to-peer learning and collaboration

  • Socratic discussion to develop critical thinking, perspective taking and communication skills

  • Self-directed and self-paced mastery of core skills

  • Individualized scaffolding aimed at each learner’s journey

  • Real-time progress tracking

  • Measured mastery through assembled portfolios

  • Empowerment through choice and freedom levels

  • Social emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence development

  • Guides facilitate growth

  • Discover and nurture personal gifts

  • Daily goal setting and reflection

  • Arts across disciplines

What Makes Creator's House So Different?

Creator’s House uses the latest technology in a self-paced learning environment that is designed to foster responsibility, goal-setting, and teamwork. Our students are empowered to thrive in a world that needs independent, motivated thinkers and learners.
We believe in the power of apprenticeships. Near the end of the elementary school, our students obtain summer internships in a field they are passionate about. Our students will intern with doctors, entrepreneur bakers, plumbers, attorneys and graphic designers. What will your child choose?
Creator’s House is “student led.” This means young people take ownership of their education and peer relationships. Our students learn to think independently, take responsibility and embrace challenge. They are being prepared to bring their own unique genius to the world.
We believe the learning experience is much richer when the teacher (“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.
We believe children learn best by doing. Whether it’s launching a startup business, creating a tidepool habitat, playing a musical instrument, painting a mosaic, or programming a robot, Our students are building real-life skills in the classroom every day.
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.

"A school for the 21st century: Interest-based, Gamification, Blended-learning with Apprenticeship and Entrepreneurship."

CORE SKILLS

Self-paced mastery of reading, writing, and math skills through deliberate practice and the latest educational technology.

QUESTS

Authentic tools and skills taught through engaging, story-driven narratives, and interdisciplinary projects.

INTEGRATION

Critical thinking and powerful communication through Socratic discussions about heroes, history, and self-governance.

CONNECTION

Discovering personal gifts, developing character, and creating genuine relationships through real-world, action based projects.

Rethinking Education

If we were to imagine education for the 21st century, what would it look like?

Reinventing Education

Salman Khan’s TED Talk about how online educational videos could change the classroom

Measuring Mastery

  • Young heroes celebrate the mastery of tools, skills, and character by earning badges, assembling portfolios, and taking part in public exhibitions. 

  • Parents use badges to track academic progress across many core skills, disciplines, and character development.

  • Electronic and hardcopy portfolios capture rough drafts, photos, video, and other creative work.

  • Public exhibitions following Quests allow young heroes to present their work to experts, customers, or the public, for a real-world test.

 

Joy+Rigor
=Mastery

This school has transformed our family, inspiring each of us to find a calling and discover a Hero’s Journey.

Kimberly W.
Start Your Journey