Wellness Wed

Each week in the Middle School studio, we take 30 minutes for Wellness Wednesday. Sometimes it is a walk, meditation, colori...

This will be hard

This will be hard. That is bullet point ten of our parent contract. I often wonder if it should be number one—almost a discla...

Mall Era

Recently, during a parent dicussion it mentioned " I'm not as concerned about my child's academics, I want to make sure they ...

Lesson Learnt, but the Hard Way

Somedays in the studios there are " AH HA" moments that serve as reminders that young people  do great things, if we stand ba...

Leaders Eat Last

Recently, I watched this video from Simon Sinek about where the title of his book ' ' Leaders Eat Last 'came from.  One stat...

No FOMO allowed

" We believe in a closely connected family of lifelong learners." Is one of the Acton networks beliefs. While, to me, this ...

Freedoms..again

A few learners in the Upper Levels Studio put together a video about their experience at Acton Academy Salado and why they ch...

Yak Shaver or not?

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst” (William Penn). Do you agree? Why or why not? Recently, the Upper Level...