SPRINT programming offers local Homeschoolers the opportunity to join our on-campus Boundless Achievement Academy learning community part-time.

Offerings are limited to available space; however, they are flexible and family-forward. This programming is best for the family who feels secure in their homeschooling and is looking for a way to extend learning within a safe and supportive environment for social enrichment and learning extension experiences or for replacement learning in specific subject areas.

CURRENT OFFERINGS: 25-26 ACADEMIC YEAR

SPRINT includes offerings in core subject areas as well as areas of enrichment. For other programming your homeschooler may enjoy, see the Edventures page.

Our SPRINT program is:

Strategic – Families intentionally select courses that align with their homeschooling goals and educational values.

Progressive – Students move toward deeper engagement through meaningful connections with peers, the community, and real-world learning.

Responsive – Course selection adapts to individual learner abilities, interests, and family logistics, offering support for a range of learning needs.

Inclusive – Our approach combines research-based pedagogy with creative, student-centered practices that inspire curiosity and growth- perfect for all learners; especially for neurodivergent learners or those with learning challenges or anxiety.

Nimble – Flexible scheduling allows families to choose classes that fit their routines, making learning accessible and stress-free.

Thoughtful – Purposeful pricing designed with families in mind.

CORE Course Replacement

Learners replace current homeschooling in a specific subject area by semester. A Report Card will be issued for the subject coursework at the end of the semester. Grading is mastery-based, and thus, learners complete all work on site, within the course, and are not assigned work to complete at home. The fees for course replacement selections are for the full semester.

Spaces are limited in each grade band: Grades 4-6, Grades 7-8, Grade 9; and may also be limited in each course. Learners must meet the academic requirements for coursework: ie: minimum reading or math level, as necessary. Academically gifted students may advance in coursework.

COSTS & SCHEDULING OF CORE CLASSES

Science $625/Sem I held Mondays, 9:05 - 11:35 AM

Social Studies $625/ Sem II held Mondays, 9:05 - 11:35 AM

Mathematics $897 each semester held Tuesdays & Wednesdays 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Core Skills $1145 each semester held Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10:45 am - 12:30 pm
*Handwriting and Keyboarding are not included in this course offering.

Lunch Bunch & Enrichment Club, Thursdays $225 each semester 11:55 am - 1:55 pm

Core Course Subjects:

Social Studies, offered in Semester II
Mathematics, offered in both Semesters
Science, offered in Semester I
Core Skills* (Reading & Writing, English-Language Arts), offered in both Semesters

Semesters: SEMESTER I & II

Semester I runs after labor day in September through mid December
Semester II runs the second week of January through just prior to memorial day

Drop off/Pick up:

AM Car Pool at Success4School
PM Pick up at Library/ Ashworth Fuquay Varina Park

Supplies:

All supplies are included unless noted otherwise

CALENDAR

SPECIFIC DATES OF EACH CLASS?

WHEN IS SCHOOL CLOSED?

Core Subject Descriptions

SCIENCE: Our science offerings change every year in a three-year rotation. This year’s offerings include:

Science Grades 4-6 Science Unit: Light, Sound, Magnetism, and Electricity
Learners will explore how light, sound, magnetism, and electricity work through hands-on experiments. They will discover how energy moves, interacts, and powers the world around them.

Science Grades 7 & 8: Genetics & Space Science
In Genetics, learners will study how traits are passed from one generation to the next and explore the role of DNA in living things. They will further investigate patterns of inheritance and connect genetics to real-world applications. In Space Science, learners will explore astronomy through an advanced study of the solar system, stars, and galaxies while investigating Earth’s place in the universe. They will use models and inquiry to understand gravity, planetary motion, and the possibilities of space exploration. High School science credit is possible for 8th graders with completion of additional course requirements.

Science Grade 9: We currently do not offer grade 9 science offerings as this falls in our live Academy High School or our Virtual High School (hybrid or virtual); and is only available when fully registered for the high School Program.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Our SS offerings change every other year in a two-year rotation for Grades 4-6 & 7/8 . This year’s offerings include:

Social Studies Grades 4-6 History: European Medieval and Renaissance History
Learners will study life in castles and villages, the role of knights and rulers, and the influence of the Church. They will then explore the Renaissance, comparing how new ideas in art and science transformed Europe.

Social Studies Grades 7 & 8: World Cultures & Geography
Learners will examine diverse cultures and regions across the globe, studying how geography influences daily life and traditions. With an emphasis on platform and presentation skills, they will create engaging visual aids and exhibit their work to share their learning with others, building executive functioning & organizational skills as well. Students will learn to write a discussion-based question essay [5 Paragraph] and learn proper MLA source citation.

Social Studies Grade 9: Historical Inquiry & the Rise & Fall of Ancient Civilizations
Learners will develop the skills of a historian by examining primary and secondary sources, comparing perspectives, identifying cause and effect, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. They will practice asking thoughtful questions about the past and constructing interpretations using historical evidence. In the second part of the course, learners will apply these skills to explore the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, analyzing how geography, culture, leadership, and innovation shaped their successes and struggles.

Mathematics: Math is taught in a flipped studio style, offering manipulatives and other supports to students while they work. Students have access to many resources while learning, and when ready for a new skill, can move at their own pace, and can indicate their readiness to move to the next skill and receive one on one support to progress. Lecture style or direct instruction is not provided, mathematics is taught like a workshop, the teacher is more of a guide on the side, pulling students one on one or in small groups, not a sage on the stage delivering paced content. Students work to master math skills and can use notes or other aides while working. Students can work on whiteboards or in a provided notebook. Problem sets are available for students on their issued chromebook in class. Students do not receive weekly or unit based testing; instead, they need to show mastery skill by skill. Mah courses avaulable are within one year below grade level andone year above grade level: Math Grade 3, Math Grade 4, Math Grade 5, Math Grade 6, Pre Algebra for grades 7/8 (two year span or one year span), Math high School credit: Algebra I -must have comopleted pre-algebra with us or present with transcript showing credit in that course. A grade 7 course completion is not the same as pre-algebra, and will require the remaining requisite skills in pre-algebra to progress.

Core Skills: Core Skills is taught in station workshops, providing students with small group and one-to-one time with teachers, building reading comprehension, fluency, and text analysis skills through various experiential and interactive lessons and activities involving shared, guided, and independent writing and reading. All students engage in reading novels and real literature. We value classics, but do offer a variety of reading to meet passions, interests, and level needs. All text is leveled to the student’s beginning reading level, and readers grow from there. Students are grouped by reading level, not developmental age, to ensure their needs are met and skills grow.

ELECTIVE Courses

Simulation [Sims] A maker’s model multi-age, team-based course in which students use engineering, humanities & art, math and/ or science skills to compete for a reward in meeting an industry-specific briefs – think completely hands-on initiatives like taking fairty-tale characters to court and learning costume design or building a real themed mini-golf course or creating a business and pitching ideas to real investors in a SharkTank, or building giant chairs that hold up to 500 lbs using a method taught by a local cardboard physics company that builds furniture with cardboard for disabled kids- the sky is the limit, each sim is different. Learners may add “Lunch Bunch” to this course offering and get some extra friend time and stay for lunch prior to the class.

Schedule & Cost: $225/ each simulation term~CHOOSE Fall Winter Spring

Mondays 12:10 pm - 1:50 pm SEE CALENDAR FOR ALL DATES, one or two may fall on a different day of the week. Sims are exhibited at Exhibition Day

One Sim unit held each term 3x year

Lunch Bunch:

Come for lunch on Mondays before Sims class
Add on to any Sims registration for Fall, Winter, or Spring, $125
Arrive at 11:35 am and stay until Sims class ends.

Seminar [SEM] A course that explicitly teaches and creates opportunities for practicing life skills, problem solving, growth-mindset, entrepreneurial skills, career skills like resume building and interviewing, as well as executive function skills through real-world applications. Activities are hands-on and help learners integrate life skills, social skills and the brain skills necessary to be successful in school & life. Activities are hands-on.

Schedule & Cost: $300 for the year, Seminar runs year-long. SEE CALENDAR FOR ALL DATES

( GRADES 5 - 6 ) 8:30am - 9:00am Thursdays
( GRADES 7 - 8 ) 9:00am - 9:30am Thursdays
(GRADE 9) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tuesdays