Acton Academy Santa Cruz

A Hero’s Journey for the 21st Century!

Acton Academy offers a truly different approach to school- one that turns traditional education upside down and puts young people in the driver’s seat of their own learning.  There are no lectures, homework, or tests at Acton Academy.  Instead, our unique approach gives each learner agency over their own goals, and challenges each student through real-world, collaborative, hands-on projects and experiences, combined with the latest in educational technology.

Acton Academy empowers learners on their own unique Hero’s Journey to discover their gifts, become the best version of themselves, to learn how to think, not what to think, to explore what they are passionate about, and to learn to use their gifts and talents to change the world for the better!