High School · 14–18 years
High School Squad
College-ready, career-curious, self-directed. Pick your lane and build the record that gets you in.
Time it takes
Four to five focused hours
Mastery academics in focused mornings, lane work and real projects in the afternoons, weekly pod seminar, and a College Lane program that runs all four years.
What we promise
- Transcripts, dual enrollment, and test prep that fits your lane
- Internships and real projects with real clients
- Athlete and performer schedules that don't sacrifice academics
- Launch plans for college, trade, or venture
Nourish & rest, included
Fueling a body and brain that are still growing, and cooking for real life.
8–10 hours; biology runs late, so protect the morning
Every week you get
Mastery targets across a transcript-ready course load
One College Lane task: research, writing, outreach, or portfolio
Lane project hours with an adult in the field
Pod seminar with a written response
A real-world hour: internship, job, service, or venture
Portfolio, transcript, and reflection updates
A sample month, in your lane
High School · 14–18 years
High School Squad
College-ready, career-curious, self-directed. Pick your lane and build the record that gets you in.
How a week is shaped
Mastery academics in focused mornings, lane work and real projects in the afternoons, weekly pod seminar, and a College Lane program that runs all four years.
Time: Four to five focused hours
Every week you get
- Mastery targets across a transcript-ready course load
- One College Lane task: research, writing, outreach, or portfolio
- Lane project hours with an adult in the field
- Pod seminar with a written response
- A real-world hour: internship, job, service, or venture
- Portfolio, transcript, and reflection updates
🥄 Nourish at this stage
Fueling a body and brain that are still growing, and cooking for real life.
Pick a lane to see the tilt
🧭 Explorer in the High School Squad: A structured exploration year: rotate through lanes with informational interviews in each.
A sample month (weeks 1–5)
Week 1
Know Your Lane
Interests, strengths, and a working hypothesis
- Interest inventory and three informational interviews
- Draft a one-paragraph 'why I'm curious about X'
- Map majors and programs that fit
- Pod seminar: present your lane hypothesis
Week 2
Research Like a Pro
Find, judge, and use real sources
- Databases, primary sources, and how to read a study
- Annotated bibliography on a lane question
- Email a professor with one good question
- Write the 600-word brief
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 3
Write So People Read It
Letters, essays, and emails that get answers
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 4
Build the Record
Transcript, portfolio, and proof
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 5
Make Yourself Known
Networking and outreach, done right
The College Lane
Getting into the right school is a four-year project with a method. We teach the method, one task a week, and your pod holds you to it.
Pick the lane, then the schools
Interest inventories, informational interviews, and shadow days turn 'I don't know' into a working hypothesis. Schools are chosen to fit the lane, not the other way around.
Research effectively
How to read a study, judge a source, use databases, and write an annotated bibliography. The same skills that write a great essay write a great email to a professor.
Write letters that get answers
Cold emails to admissions and faculty, thank-you notes people keep, recommendation-letter requests that make it easy to say yes, and the personal essay built from one small true story.
Network without being weird
How to find and approach mentors, alumni, and professionals in your lane; how to follow up; how to give before you ask.
Contact schools and be remembered
Demonstrated interest done right: specific questions, campus and virtual visits, regional rep outreach, and a tracker so nothing slips.
Build the record
Transcript planning with rigor where it counts, a test strategy that fits the student, a portfolio site with real artifacts, and summers that mean something.
Pay for it
Financial aid, merit scholarships, and the FAFSA calendar; how to compare offers; how to write a scholarship essay that stands out.
Athletes, artists, and makers
Recruiting timelines and coach outreach, portfolio reviews and auditions, competitions and programs that admissions offices actually recognize.
How each lane tilts the High School Squad
🧭
Explorer
A structured exploration year: rotate through lanes with informational interviews in each.
⚽
Athlete
Recruiting-ready: film, coach outreach, NCAA eligibility tracking, and academics that travel with the season.
🔧
Builder
Engineering, computer science, or trades: a portfolio of real builds and the competitions and programs that admissions offices know.
🩺
Healer
Pre-med and health careers: shadowing, certifications, research exposure, and the coursework that matters.
🎨
Creator
Arts, design, media, and writing: portfolio reviews, submissions, publications, and auditions.
🌿
Naturalist
Environmental science and field careers: real data, real fieldwork, and summer programs.
Nourish at this stage
- • Meal prep for a full schedule
- • Training nutrition and recovery
- • Budget cooking for college
- • Caffeine, sleep, and focus, honestly
- • Body-neutral, evidence-based food talk
Educational guidance, not medical advice. Your pediatrician or a registered dietitian knows your child.
Rest at this stage
- • 8–10 hours; biology runs late, so protect the morning
- • Phones outside the bedroom; the study hack that works
- • Sleep before tests, not cramming
Ready for the High School Squad?
$99/month per child · siblings 25% off · first 14 days free · 30-day guarantee