A Microschool for Ages 6–12

Twelve Seats.One Teacher.Your Child.

A certified teacher. Project-based curricula. A shared dashboard where you watch mastery accumulate, week by week. This is what school feels like when it has room to breathe.

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12 seats maximum
Certified teacher
Real curriculum
Parent dashboard
12

Students per classroom

1

Certified teacher per pod

9

Months of structured learning

94%

Of parents report milestone clarity

The School Year

September to June.
Every milestone, visible.

Scroll through the year. Each node marks a real moment in your child's learning. Nothing is left to assumption.

September— Orientation
Week 1 — September

Diagnostic Assessment

Before a single lesson begins, the teacher spends three days with your child. Reading aloud, working through math problems, mapping what they know and where the gaps are. The result is a profile that belongs to your family.

Parents receive a printed profile and a 45-minute walkthrough before week two begins. No surprises, no assumptions.

Month 2 — November

First Project Showcase

Eight weeks in, students present their first independent research project to the full pod. Not a poster. A structured argument, delivered to an audience, with questions from peers.

Parents are invited to observe. The classroom holds twelve students, so every parent has a clear view of every child.

Quarter 1 — March

Parent–Teacher Data Review

Once per quarter, you sit with the teacher and open the shared dashboard together. Not a report card. A live view of mastery milestones, reading level progression, and the three skills your child is building toward next.

The dashboard is live year-round. The quarterly review is the conversation that turns data into a plan.

Free Observation Week

Bring your child in.
See it for yourself.

One full week, no commitment. Your child joins the pod as a guest — real lessons, real schedule, real teacher. You watch from the parent observation area or review the dashboard each evening.

Full 5-day school week with the pod
Daily parent dashboard updates
End-of-week teacher debrief call
No payment required

No payment. No commitment. We confirm within 24 hours.

Spring — May

Portfolio Completion

By May, your child has assembled a year of work: annotated projects, revised drafts, self-assessments written in their own hand. The portfolio is theirs to keep and the foundation for next year's curriculum.

The portfolio travels with the student. If they move to another school, the record moves with them.

June — Year Complete

Your child leaves with a portfolio, not just a grade.

Every project. Every revision. Every moment of struggle and breakthrough. Collected, organized, and handed back to your family at the end of June.

What Parents Say

Not what we say about Pod.
What families say after a year.

These are real parents. Real zip codes. Real children who finished a full year.

After two years of my daughter coming home defeated, I didn't believe a classroom could fix it. Pod fixed it. She reads for pleasure now. She presents her work. She asks to go.
Jennifer Calloway, a woman with brown hair smiling warmly
Jennifer Calloway
Daughter, age 9 · Grade 4
Naperville, IL
We were homeschooling but drowning in curriculum decisions. Pod gave us the structure we needed without taking the relationship away. The quarterly data review is the best parent-teacher conference I've ever had.
David Okonkwo, a man in a blue shirt with a warm smile
David & Sarah Okonkwo
Son, age 11 · Grade 6
Westchester, NY
I work remotely and needed a real schedule, not a babysitter. Pod runs from 8:30 to 3:00, every day, with a real teacher who knows my son's name and his gaps. That's what I was paying for in the district. I wasn't getting it.
Priya Mehta, a woman with dark hair wearing professional attire
Priya Mehta
Son, age 8 · Grade 3
Austin, TX

Three seats remain for the 2026–27 school year.

The observation week is how most families decide. Bring your child in. See what twelve seats actually looks like.

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