Acton Academy Morristown is a Revolutionary Learner Driven Community serving learners ages 4.5-16.
We are currently enrolling 2024-2025 for ages 4 1/2-14 and have limited space available in all studios. To begin the enrollment process please begin by submitting an inquiry.
JOY + RIGOR = MASTERY
Embracing rigor is part of saying ‘yes’ to a Hero’s Journey. Deep learning brings a special sense of joy, but the mastery required for a Hero’s Journey goes even further, requiring commitment, discipline and hard work towards a worthy goal.
A 21st century Learning Community in Morristown, NJ
We believe that each young person who enters our doors is a hero destined to change the world.
Acton Academy Morristown is part of the Acton Academy network –a network of true learner-driven communities started in Austin in 2009– and considered by many to be a leading model of K-12 innovation in the United States.
We believe it is the most nurturing, deep-learning, student-centered learning environment in the world, and we're thrilled to share it with intentional families in our community.
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At Acton Academy Morristown, we believe that learning to do, learning to be, and learning to learn are more important than memorization alone - learning to know
Learn to Do
What skills do you need to change the world? Every day we're standing in the shoes of doctors, designers, president, and builders, learning the skills and tools that heroes have mastered. We call it a Quest.
Learn to Learn
The world is changing fast. The skills of tomorrow aren't the skills of today. Take with you a DIY toolbox of curiosity, grit, trial-and-error, joy, and perseverance. You've confronted new things before. You can learn anything.
Learn to Be
No other accomplishment matters unless you've built a life you're proud of. Have you become a good person? What relationships have you nurtured? What habits have become part of your character?
Learn to Know
Build a solid foundation of traditional academics –and even more importantly, a clear "why?". Master writing and grammar because storytelling can change the world. Dive deep into biology because you intend to cure cancer.
What Makes Acton Academy Morristown Different
Traditional School
Rows of desks and a teacher at the blackboard
Memorization and testing of rules and facts
Report card measures your success
One teacher lectures to many students
Worksheets just like our grandparents used
School like a factory with bells, shifts, and one-size-fits-all
Acton Academy Morristown
- Work collaboratively like at the world's leading technology companies
- Learn real skills and apply them in hands on projects
- Set personalized goals then track progress using our exclusive technology
- Everyone's a teacher; everyone's a student
- Professional tools for art, engineering, and storytelling; Cutting-edge adaptive tech for Core Skills
- The Hero's journey , with big goals, mentors, tools, and a destination you care about
We believe clear thinking leads to good decision, good decisions lead to the right habits, the right habits lead to character, and character becomes destiny
