The Making of Chronos Academy

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After years of preparation we are excited to announce Chronos Academy, a Micro-school. Here’s the story of how it all came to be.

We moved to Marin in 2004 to begin our Masters degrees and took jobs tutoring part-time to make ends meet. We loved it! One-on-one interaction with kids of all ages is a special opportunity, so we started Golden Gate Tutoring, employed our classmates as tutors, and met students in homes and libraries.

When we graduated in 2008, we moved to San Anselmo, and a year later we opened Golden Gate Learning Center downtown. Eventually some homeschool families approached us and asked us to put together a small class for their boys. We thoroughly enjoyed making creative lesson plans that integrated several subjects. We became a vendor of Pathways Charter and spent many years supporting their students. We designed our own Maker Camps to integrate Engineering, Art, Technology & Recreation to weekly themes. We hosted a Classical Conversations Community for 4 years and learned the benefit of the Classical method of learning & memorization.

We eventually outgrew our small center and moved to Red Hill Church in 2014. We developed Chronos Cohorts in 2016 to connect our various homeschool classes to a master timeline: Math Club, Writing Club, Make History, Make Science, Art Appreciation & Book Club were all integrated, and we composed History ditties to help students memorize the content. As the program has grown, we have worked to extend our classes to all students, five days per week. We have combined the authenticity of individual tutoring, the thrill of Making and the chronological content of our classes into one fabulous school: Chronos Academy. We are excited to embark on this new adventure with you!

We’d love for you to be a part of our story. You can drop us a note and tell us how we’ve already impacted you or your child, consider enrolling in our school, after-school enrichment or tutoring, or contribute to Golden Gate Learning Foundation and make it possible for another student to enroll.