Thank you for visiting the website for Ideal Schools and welcome to an extraordinary opportunity. In September 2008, we will open the first independent co-educational high school in Loudoun County.

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Choosing the right high school can be more important than choosing the right college. This will be the ideal high school for students who are not sufficiently challenged, engaged or inspired by traditional public or private high schools.

Our academic program is built on a simple principle: Students learn and accomplish more when they are interested in what they are doing in school and know why they are doing it. For students and for their parents, this will mean the difference between a student who is at their best in school and one who is not reaching his or her potential. An example of this inquiry- and curiosity-driven academic approach is described in an article about "The Physics of the Familiar" and the work of an Applied Math Lab at Harvard University in the March/April 2008 issue of Harvard Magazine.

Our small, innovative school will open in September and provide benefits no other high school can offer:

• INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IN A TECHNOLOGY-RICH SETTING

• No more than 12 students in a classroom, with students seated around a conference table discussing academic content, exchanging ideas, and thinking deeply about complex questions, as experts do in professional settings
• Our class size is less than half the size of the average class in public schools--click for a recent Washington Post article entitled "To Save Money, Some Schools in Region Plan Bigger Classes"
  
• Each student is a contributing member of a learning community and no student is overlooked and
• A very low student to teacher ratio, so that expert teachers can guide each student and make sure each student is both challenged and supported
  
  
• A HEALTHY AND SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC CLIMATE


• AN INNOVATIVE AND ENGAGING CURRICULUM


• COLLEGE PREPARATION THAT AIMS FOR LONG-TERM STUDENT SUCCESS


• OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK
  

Please take some time to read more about our project-based, learner-centered approach to high school education. If you have any questions about the school, or would like to arrange a time to meet to discuss the school, please complete the form below and we will contact you promptly.