Shuffleboard Arrives in the Studio
A new game, a new challenge, and a fast favorite during breaks and free time.
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The part that isn't curriculum.
Thanksgiving potlucks the learners organize themselves, a camping trip in the rain, Holi, Halloween, and the small traditions children invent on their own. This is what a school feels like from the inside.
Our Fifth Thanksgiving Potluck | A Community, Not a Campus
Evenings like this are where lifelong memories and real friendships get made.
A Surprise Baby Shower for Our Guide
We celebrated Ashlee stepping into a new chapter, surrounded by the learners and families who love her.
They Pranked Each Other. Here's Why We Let Them.
They planned it, worked as a team, read the room and handled the reactions. Social intelligence isn't taught from a worksheet.
We Celebrated Holi | Color and Culture in Our Curriculum
The ancient Indian festival of colors marking spring and the victory of good over evil. Joy isn't an extra here.
Halloween at a Microschool: Spooktacular, Spider Hunt, Pumpkins
We joined Dublin's Halloween Spooktacular and threw our own celebration — a spider hunt, pumpkin carving and plenty more.
A Veggie Eating Contest, Acton Columbus Style
Others do pizza and hot dogs. Our learners compete on fueling their bodies well — and genuinely enjoy it.
A Christmas Concert the Kids Planned Themselves
Our Christmas Medley singers chose the songs, arranged the program, and ran the show. A learner-driven holiday season in Dublin, Ohio.
A Thanksgiving Potluck Run by the Students | Dublin, Ohio
Learners created the sign-up form, wrote the invitations and organized the feast. Community is something our children build, not something handed to them.
Moving-Up Day, Planned Entirely by the Children
Two Eagles moved up from Growth Studio into Discovery Studio, and the learners planned every banner, decoration and detail themselves.
Kids Built Their Own Christmas Town | Dublin OH Microschool
A December group project: our learners designed and built miniature Christmas towns from scratch — no worksheet, no teacher-led steps. This is what project-based learning looks like at a learner-driven microschool in Dublin, Ohio, minutes from Hilliard and Powell.
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