As our inaugural year at Acton Academy Nanaimo winds down, we're diving deeper into Hero stories and exploring our Overarching Question...

In any Acton studio you will find many tools and systems being implemented simultaneously. Whether it's the daily schedule, Freedom...

Wow, this week was truly one for the books - the last week of our E-Ship Quest and the excitement in the air was palpable! After...

As we near the end of our first year at Acton Academy Nanaimo, many of us have our eyes on the horizon and are looking toward this...

We came back together after our Easter Break and dove head first into the next challenge on our E-Ship Quest - exploring "Identity...

Another week, another studio-wide challenge! Everyone had so much fun with the math challenge and there were many requests for one of a...

This week marked the beginning of our E-Ship Quest! E -Ship is a game in which heroes seek to find and create a business that is right...

This week we returned from our Spring Break holiday and it was so wonderful to have the gang all back together. We were graced with a...

Our last week leading up to Spring Break was action packed! On Monday we paired up into teams of two and tried our hands at dissecting...

This week we launched into our next quest and dove into the wonderful world of Ornithology! Each of our heroes chose a bird to study and...

This week marked the end of Acton Academy Nanaimo's inaugural quest! The first part of our week was spent wrapping up any unfinished...

This week we entered into the last leg of our Communications Quest, and dipped our toes into the exciting world of storytelling! We...

This week we continued on the next leg of our journey of the Communications Quest! Morgan prepared the challenge for our heroes on...

Here in our little town of Nanaimo on the big Pacific coast of Canada, we were graced with our first snowfall of the year, and our first...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, these e-learning programs are powerful ! I've watched these programs take children from zero...

This week, continuing our study of heroic people and in honour of Martin Luther King Jr., I asked our young group of heroes, "Can one...

We've had an unusually dry January and we're here for it! This week we took advantage of the gorgeous winter weather and spent a lot of...

We came back together this week after a lovely, relaxing break. We shared stories about our time over the holidays, what our favourite...

Excitement was definitely in the air during this last week before the holiday break. The book shelves were stocked with Christmas themed...

One of the most unique aspects of Acton Academy, and part of what culminates in such powerful leadership skills, is the agency children...