Our Purpose
and Great Joy
Templeton Academy was founded to revolutionize access to Student agency by nurturing young people from all backgrounds into purposeful adults who use their gifts in a way that brings them joy and serves others.


Core Advisory
Through meaningful relationships with their Advisor and their peers, Students engage in innovative curriculum that helps them delve deep into who they are — their strengths, interests, and values. Learn more »

City As Classroom
We think the most meaningful learning often comes from being out in the world and interacting with the community, not limited by a desk or a classroom. Learn more »

Deeper Learning
Our rigorous learner-centered instructional method allows our students to learn key content in STEM and the humanities by engaging with complex, meaningful questions. Learn more »

Success in the Innovation Area
Most of today’s schools are stuck in a 19th-century curriculum and instruction model. Despite a culture and economy focused on technology and innovation, conventional schooling isn’t helping young people develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the 21st-century.
Discovering passions, pursuing personal goals, learning accountability, developing essential skills to build on those passions and achieve those goals is what Templeton Academy is all about.
From the Templeton Academy Blog
- Last Day of School in 2020: What Did You Learn? What Did Your School Learn?December 18, 2020 One of the many things I learned this year is that you’re not supposed to date blogposts. […]
- How Do Young People Flourish Into Purposeful Lifelong Learners?At Templeton Academy, we believe wrestling with good questions is much more important than reciting correct answers, especially in a world […]
- The Role of Character in Strengths-Based EducationIt goes without saying that most parents want their children to thrive, be joyful, and live lives of meaning and purpose. […]