Welcome to Chronos Academy
We’re transforming education to empower our students and better prepare them for high school and beyond
Chronos Academy is committed to educating gifted learners from transitional kindergarten through 8th grade. Our mission is to inspire confidence and passion in learning. We build confidence by fostering creative problem-solving and a growth mindset. We spark a passion for learning by sharing the amazing feats of human innovation, helping our students develop a global, historical context for where we are in the world.
At Chronos, we value curiosity, innovation, and authentic learning experiences. Our small class sizes create a close-knit learning community where every student is valued for their unique talents. With the support of our exceptional faculty, our students know they have a safe space to ask questions, make mistakes, and have fun learning.
When you are ready to learn more, please sign up for an informational Zoom meeting or contact us to arrange a campus tour.
Changing the Approach To Education
A Chronological Approach to All Subjects
Every Lesson is a History Lesson. Every skill and every fact is a story of curiosity, necessity, discovery. At Chronos, we have built a curriculum around the innovation of humanity through the ages. Each year, we focus on an era of human history and each week, we move forward in time. By building a global, chronological context for learning, our students develop a powerful understanding of not just what happened in the past, but why innovations, political changes, and cultural shifts happened, and how we arrived at the point in innovation, politics, and society that we live in today.
For each week of “time travel” we undertake, we weave the studies of philosophy, geography, art & music, PE, science, and math into the exploration. Our students add everything they learn to their timeline, building it decade over decade as they move through the school year. They get to experience how art and culture evolve by listening to composers and studying art. They explore how innovations move across the map. They use the tools and materials in the Maker Workshop to build the technological advancements of the age. They play cultural and historical games in PE.
Educating Without Limits — a Low Floor, No Ceiling Approach
“Chronos Academy is the only school that has kept my gifted daughter engaged and challenged.” —Mom of a 6th grader
At Chronos, our curriculum is designed so that all students have an accessible point of entry that is demanding, but within reach. We support students in learning at their own pace, while keeping their eyes on the limitless horizon. By having no fixed endpoint, students learn to stretch and challenge themselves.
In traditional elementary and middle-school classrooms, gifted students often finish their work first, or faster than other students. In later years, when they encounter more challenging work, they often struggle and experience self-doubt, because they haven’t learned how to handle academic challenges. Our limitless approach fosters a growth mindset by providing limitless opportunities. By reaching as far as they can, our students naturally reach their points of challenge, and learn to work through them.
The Importance of Innovation and MAKING
The story of human kind is the story of innovation. At Chronos, we celebrate the innovators of the past in all disciplines. We talk about the forces that drive innovation, and how inventions spread between cultures and across the globe. Chronos teachers encourage innovative thought in the classroom. And, every day, the students have a Maker class in our workshop, where they learn how to use tools and recreate some of the inventions they have been studying, from catapults to musical instruments!
Experiential Learning
Full-body, whole person learning makes for the best retention and changes a student’s perspective. Making, Presenting & Exploring empowers Curiosity.
Making
Making makes leaning stick
Presentations
Pick a topic, research it & present to classmates weekly
Exploration
Explore scenic hikes & fantastic museums
Curiosity
Chase your own questions;
then ask even better ones
Breathing Life into Academic Skills with Narrative of Human History
History is full of more than the movement of people and the decisions of kings. Literature can spring from philosophies which in turn may rise from scientific discovery, itself a likely product of mathematical innovation. Languages reflect the geographical borders people inhabit and describe, perhaps even prescribe, the art of that population. When we say we’re more geared for humanities than the sciences or mathematics, we’re missing out on the human stories behind those essential subjects. When we prefer their skills and facts to the stories that produced them, we’re missing out on the connective tissue of our societies: narrative. Both narrative and skills are necessary for us to use our education with knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
