Middle · 11–14 years
Middle Squad
Identity, rigor, and real-world stakes. A portfolio instead of a report card.
Time it takes
Three to four focused hours
Mastery mornings, lane-driven afternoons, weekly pod seminar, monthly mentor session, and one real-world project per quarter.
What we promise
- Lane-driven curriculum with academic core
- Portfolios instead of report cards
- Travel- and sport-friendly schedules
- Mentors from the community
Nourish & rest, included
Fueling growth spurts and training, and learning to feed yourself for life.
8–10 hours; later biology, earlier bedtime routine
Every week you get
Mastery targets in math, writing, science, and history
A seminar text and discussion
Lane project hours with a mentor check-in
Pod seminar or critique
A writing piece per week
Portfolio and reflection
A sample month, in your lane
Middle · 11–14 years
Middle Squad
Identity, rigor, and real-world stakes. A portfolio instead of a report card.
How a week is shaped
Mastery mornings, lane-driven afternoons, weekly pod seminar, monthly mentor session, and one real-world project per quarter.
Time: Three to four focused hours
Every week you get
- Mastery targets in math, writing, science, and history
- A seminar text and discussion
- Lane project hours with a mentor check-in
- Pod seminar or critique
- A writing piece per week
- Portfolio and reflection
🥄 Nourish at this stage
Fueling growth spurts and training, and learning to feed yourself for life.
Pick a lane to see the tilt
🧭 Explorer in the Middle Squad: Quarterly lane rotations with reflection.
A sample month (weeks 1–5)
Week 1
Argue It
Claims, evidence, and a real audience
- Read two sides of a live issue
- Write an op-ed
- Pod seminar debate
- Submit it to a local paper
Week 2
Build a Business
From idea to first sale
- Customer discovery interviews
- Unit economics
- A landing page
- Sell something to someone you don't know
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 3
Science Fair, Real Version
A testable question, tested
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 4
History Detective
Primary sources and a documentary
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 5
Serve
A community problem, a real fix
How each lane tilts the Middle Squad
🧭
Explorer
Quarterly lane rotations with reflection.
⚽
Athlete
Training blocks protected; travel weeks planned; sports science and recovery as curriculum.
🔧
Builder
Engineering, coding, and fabrication with mentors; a public build.
🩺
Healer
Health science, volunteering in care settings, first-aid and CPR certification.
🎨
Creator
Studio practice, publishing, performing, and a public portfolio.
🌿
Naturalist
Field research with data shared to a real database.
Nourish at this stage
- • Breakfast for brains and bodies
- • Cooking for the family twice a week
- • Eating for training and recovery
- • Reading food media critically
- • Body-neutral nutrition talk
Educational guidance, not medical advice. Your pediatrician or a registered dietitian knows your child.
Rest at this stage
- • 8–10 hours; later biology, earlier bedtime routine
- • Phones charge outside the bedroom
- • Sleep as performance: the athlete's edge
Ready for the Middle Squad?
$99/month per child · siblings 25% off · first 14 days free · 30-day guarantee