Your child is destined to be a world-changer.
Slope School is an innovative Pre-K through Middle School at the foot of Utah's Wasatch Mountains, in "Silicon Slopes." We are a tight-knit community with campuses in Provo, Millcreek, and Heber City.
A 21st century school in the heart of Silicon Slopes
Slope School is an innovative Pre-K through Middle School at the foot of Utah's Wasatch Mountains, in "Silicon Slopes." We are a tight-knit community with campuses in Provo, Millcreek, and Heber City.
Slope School is part of the Acton Academy network — hailed by the US education secretary as a leading model of K-12 innovation in the United States.
We believe it is the most nurturing, deep-learning, student-centered learning environment in the world, and we're thrilled to share it with intentional families in our community.
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At Slope School, we believe that learning to do, learning to be, and learning to learn are more important than memorization alone – learning to know.
Skills for the Future
Learn to Do
What skills do you need to change the world? At Slope School, every day we're standing in the shoes of doctors, designers, presidents, and builders, learning the skills and tools that heroes have mastered. We call it a Quest.
Learn to Learn
The world is changing fast. The skills of tomorrow aren't the skills of today. Take with you a DIY toolbox of curiosity, grit, trial-and-error, joy, and perseverance. You've confronted new things before. You can learn anything.
Learn to Be
No other accomplishment matters unless you've built a life you're proud of. Have you become a good person? What relationships have you nurtured? What habits have become part of your character?
Learn to Know
Build a solid foundation of traditional academics – and even more importantly, a clear "why?". Master writing and grammar because storytelling can change the world. Dive deep into biology because you intend to cure cancer.
What Makes Slope School Different?
Traditional
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Rows of desks and a teacher at the blackboard
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Memorization and testing of rules and facts
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Report card measures your success
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One teacher lectures to many students
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Worksheets just like our grandparents used
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School like a factory with bells, shifts, and one-size-fits-all
Slope
School
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Work collaboratively like at Google or Facebook
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Learn real skills and apply them in projects
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Set personalized goals then transparently track progress
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Everyone's a teacher; everyone's a student
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Professional tools for art, engineering, and storytelling; Cutting-edge adaptive tech for Core Skills
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School like a journey, with big goals, mentors, tools, and a destination you care about