Openings for children 5 to 11 years old.
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Meraki Academy
Meraki Academy is a K-12 school that turns traditional education upside down. Instead of sitting at a desk completing assignments and learning facts for a test, students engage in deep learning. Deep Level 4 learning only happens when learning is active, engaged, meaningful, and socially interactive. This means that children learn best by doing. This forms the core of our curriculum. By focusing on these four things, providing an environment for children to learn by doing, and taking the focus off of academic performance, several amazing things happen; not only is the deepest learning achieved, but soft skills and character are also developed. Then, the academics follow naturally after that, often more quickly and with much less effort.
This is a learner-driven community. Responsibility for their education is placed squarely on the shoulders of the learners. They are provided with boundaries, mentors, and legitimate authority. Then, within those boundaries, the students are trusted with the freedom and responsibility necessary to take charge of their own education. Next, the students are allowed to struggle. In this struggle, they accomplish the most important task of childhood and adolescent: the development of a sense of self. It is this development that enables the development of all the character traits we most want our children to develop: self-control, self-discipline, self-confidence, resilience, perseverance, good work ethic, empathy, compassion, etc.
35 Sylmar Rd, Rising Sun, MD 21911
Our Mission
Our mission is to create an environment where every student understands their inherent value and finds a passion–something they love and have a gift to do. They will use this gift to serve others and fulfill a need they are passionate about in the world. In this way, each one discovers their own genius and changes the world.
“Imagine a place where your child is always greeted warmly and made to feel welcome with a parent-communication experience that keeps you informed and confident that your child has fallen in love with learning.”
Hear it from our parents!
What I was thrilled by at first, after enrolling my children in Meraki Academy, was my immediate impression of a simple, warm, nurturing atmosphere without the sea of chaos that you find in so many schools. Instead, I noticed an approach that was personal, embracing, and encouraging the individual child within a collective collaborative environment. This is where children can really learn, build inner confidence and empathy for others. I look forward to seeing even more powerful results as they continue to grow and learn.
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