"Honor Where They Are Today & Prepare Them for the Possibilities of Tomorrow"
At Envision, we nurture education by offering teaching methods that excite both right and left brain learners. Through indoor and outdoor activities, we utilize tactile, kinesthetic, and creative approaches to facilitate cognitive and critical thinking. We give children a Voice in what they learn and a Choice in their elective activities — and we allow it to be fluid from one year to the next, as they grow and mature. This is an Organic Education, designed to meet them where they are and in the times they are in.
We cultivate independence with respect, accountability, work ethic, self-identity, self-worth, motivation, and gratitude for the Earth and its living beings.
We work to eliminate the stress, anxiety, and weighted judgments that can diminish individual strengths in traditional educational settings.
At Envision, core academics are woven into life skills. This is a place where kids apply what they learn — where Mathematics, Language Arts, Geography, and History are integrated with environmental education, biology, permaculture, chemistry, nutrition, building, design, alternative energy, arts, music, computer skills, and healthy emotional expression. We teach leadership, entrepreneurship, teamwork, animal and land stewardship, and the power of intention — alongside the life skills that build confident, capable human beings.
As parents, we have to admit that we don't always know what our children will want to do as adults. They are free-willed and free-thinking. So let's set them up with strong life skills and the confidence to know they have options — whatever direction they choose to go. Whether artist or engineer, farmer or doctor, our goal is to help every child feel empowered, appreciated, and ready to build a life they love.
— Cara Frantz, Founder, Director & Mother of Envision Graduate
2026-27 Highlights:
3 big outdoor adventures - October, February & June
(past adventures have included ski trips, rafting, and multi-day campouts)
Optional Friday Family Outings/Potlucks
(past groups have organized Soccer Groups, Chess Meet-ups, Hikes & More!)
School-wide Concert Fundraiser & other Fundraising Opportunities for Students
Student Entrepreneurship Fair
Field Trips to “meet the experts” in our Community
Daily Physical Activity
Class Play Performances and Theater Studies
A School Built to Fit it’s Participants
Each Year a custom academic curriculum is crafted for each class. This curriculum responds to the specific needs of the students in the group and the desires expressed by families.
At Envision, our Guides have over a decade combined experience crafting custom curriculum for a variety of settings and now 6 years of experience creating curriculum for Envision. Our guides hold traditional training skills in Education and over 2 decades of life experience as educators and guides. They utilize innovative and revolutionary training methodologies and an open mind to help craft & deploy a unique curriculum that empowers participants to solve problems and turn ideas into actions.
Envision utilizes a block rotation of core subject areas to direct our academic studies throughout the school year. Our school year is broken into 3 Trimesters, and each Trimester features 3 subject area blocks that run approx. 4-5 weeks each. Broadly speaking, these block areas correspond with a major core-subject area (ex: math, science, civics, language arts).
Each Block has it’s own focus area, associated projects, reading materials, writing and art activities. We often use role playing, games, and field trips to practice what we are learning in real, tactile environments. Through first-hand experience, participants are exposed to the diversity of perspectives available within a given situation. We emphasize the development of problem solving capabilities and critical thinking capacities.
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Applied Academics
Mathematics, Language Arts, Geography, History, Environmental education, Biology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Arts, Music, Anatomy & Physiology are woven into Program Units. Participants develop their practical application of academics.
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Personal Growth
Our classroom is also a place for cultivating emotional Intelligence, leadership skills, and learning the power of intentionally directing our minds and actions . We practice team building, collaboration, mind-mapping, vision boarding and the power of affirmations.
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Life Skills
From natural building and permaculture to entrepreneurship, animal stewardship, and alternative energy experimentation, students engage with the real work of living and contributing to a community. We believe that confidence, resourcefulness, and a strong work ethic are just as important as academic achievement.