Our Vision

Students inspired by life and prepared to assume their authentic place within it.

Our Mission

1) An Integral Model of Education

high academic standards, a deep sense of knowing self

…and a meaningful relationship between the two

2) What We Teach

6 dimensions: academic, aesthetic, emotional, physical, social/moral, and spiritual literacy

3) How We Do It

We have a low student-teacher ratio

We teach core competencies such as Critical Thinking and Reflection
School without borders + relationships with other institutions

Fostering meaningful creativity/innovation
Teaching content within a contextual framework

4) A Caring Community is Our Foundation

• We’re not an insular institution

We are family centered
We develop mutually fulfilling relationships with other institutions in Asheville

Through CTAC our campus provides a significant public venue (40 hours weekly)  to the art, media, technology communities of Asheville.

We make our curricular and approach to education available to any who wish to reform the present public/private educational policies of our society.