According to research, the healthiest, happiest, most joyful people have:
- A sense of meaning or purpose bigger than one's self
- Healthy, positive connection with others
- Healthy, positive connection with themselves (mind, body, spirit)
- Healthy, positive connection with nature
- Experiences of flow states
- Experiences of beauty
what if school were designed to cultivate all aspects of flourishing?
our mission:
each person who enters our doors will find a calling that will change the world.
Launched Fall 2018, The Forest School at Trilith—Fayetteville, GA—joins a growing network of Acton Academy Schools worldwide that are building on the success of the original Acton Academy in Austin, Texas.
Watch these videos about how The Forest School and the Acton network are transforming education.
A School for the 21st Century
Let's teach for mastery—not test scores
// Sal Khan
What is The Forest School?
// Forest School families & staff
Bring on the learning revolution!
// Sir Ken Robinson
What does a flourishing child look like?
// Forest School families & staff
A virtual tour of Acton Academy
// Acton Academy, Austin, TX
What is self directed learning?
// Forest School families & staff
our partners
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