Launchpad | Alternative High School / Focus Program Lincoln NE - A Montessori Inspired Private School in Lincoln, NE (K-12) Where Learners Become Leaders

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The 'Launchpad' Focus Program is Lincoln's unmatched private alternative high school experience - where learners prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, whether the next step is a selective college, launching their own business or a first job at SpaceX or Google.

In our High School Focus Program, Learners:

💼Prepare for the real world through challenging apprenticeships, interviews with industry leaders, and deep reflection of how your gifts and passions align with a need in the world.

📖Read deep literature; communicate clearly and powerfully; and tackle real world computational challenges.

🧠Wrestle with timeless moral dilemmas through Socratic discussions in Civilization and through studio governance.

🧪Dive deeply into college level biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, finance and psychology through immersive quests and public exhibitions.

💓Serve in leadership roles in lower studios, their community, and around the world in the Acton Network.

🚀Determine their Next Great Adventure after high school!

Your Next Great Adventure
after high school

Our focus program prepares you for real-world success by gaining valuable skills, mastering them through apprenticeships, and launching real startups, businesses, and projects.

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We have a limited number of need based scholarships set aside specifically for Middle/ Highschool aged learners. Schedule your tour above & be sure to note scholarships as one of your questions on the form!

WHY AUDITION FOR Lincoln's Unrivaled Alternative High school experience?

Private High Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska

Each individual at Acton Academy matters so we want to know WHO YOU ARE.
Because we only have a few spots, reserved for extraordinary people. We need to know what you’re made of and that you’ll never give up.
Most schools solicit applications; we’re a learning community that only accepts commitments from people who believe they are going to change the world. You have to prove yourself if you want a starring role in life.

"Acton is a place where you learn how to learn and learn how to live. There will always be fallouts, and places where things just don’t go how you may have planned them to, but what’s important is the ability to brush it off and keep going."