Our Approach

The Truth School’s teaching method stimulates students’ natural curiosity about the world and provides a carefully constructed 
environment to ignite their natural drive to learn.  Students, 
teachers, and parents work together to make Truth a strong community of adults and teenagers who respect each other. We provide an opportunity to contribute to a real micro-economy by engaging directly in a hands-on work enterprise in middle school and then with off-site internships in high school.

Truth students attend STEM and Humanities sessions each day and also have blocks of personalized learning time with a small advisory cohort facilitated by a mentor guide.  Academic units are explored in 5-week terms, and students engage in one passion-project per term that is then presented to families and the rest of the school community during our Passion Project Fairs.

Student work is assessed with a skill-specific competency rubric that gives students and their families specific, detailed feedback on student strengths and also distinct areas to target for growth.  To support holistic development, this feedback is provided not just for traditional academic skills but also for character-based skills such as goal-setting, cultivation of joy and self-worth, and fulfilling responsibilities.  Parents are also given the opportunity each term to work with their student’s mentor to identify a personal and individualized goal - academic, social, or otherwise - to monitor for growth over the next five weeks and then to appear on the next report card.

All aspects of the Truth School are anchored by our design principles: honor self development; pursue justice everywhere; design for positive impact; and challenge the mind, body and soul.