Adventure Science Center is gearing up for a creative, innovative, quirky, fun, and educational year of camps for kids in grades K-6th. Weekly sessions explore themes your children know and love while introducing STEAM concepts to ignite their curiosity. The science center inspires a life-long passion for learning and fosters an environment for creative problem solving, teamwork, and critical thinking through hands-on activities, exciting experiments, and scientific explorations. Children will emerge with new learnings, new friends, and a newfound passion for learning in action.
This Spring Break - March 13 to 17, camp professors will lead their group of mythical creatures through classes, lessons, and experiments that explore the real-life science that inspired Harry Potter. Weekly summer sessions run from May 29 to August 4 and explore themes like forensic investigation, paleontology, and the wonder of distant galaxies.
Sessions are filling fast, so learn more and register today by visiting adventuresci.org/camps. Let the adventure begin!
Metro Nashville Public Schools
At Metro Schools, we’re committed to seeing every student learn, grow and thrive. Through tailored, individualized teaching and learning, our teachers and staff get to know our students’ interests, learning styles and needs, creating personalized learning experiences for all students.
We have more than 150 schools across Nashville; each offering interesting, rigorous academic programs starting as early as elementary school.
Big dreams start young, and our elementary schools offer foreign languages, STEM and STEAM, gifted and talented programs and more, in creative and supportive learning environments.
Students go on to cultivate their interests and expand their academic skills with a personalized experience in middle school, before moving into high school, where students can explore career pathways and earn industry certifications in high-demand industries, dual college credits, and even an associate degree – all before graduating as well-rounded young adults, ready for college and career.
- Career and college options are exciting – and no matter what path a high school graduate chooses, we work with students to find their passions and cultivate a competitive skillset through our AVID college and career framework.
- With welcoming classrooms and talented teachers, and a range of programs and opportunities, MNPS has a school for every student. Enroll today to design your own MNPS experience: www.mnps.org/
TIP: Metro Schools are your neighborhood schools; what makes them shine is the reflection of our diverse and beautiful city shown through our students, staff and opportunity of programs and experiences. If you haven’t visited, or it’s been a while, it’s time to take a second look.
St. Cecilia Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory Academy for girls grades 7-12, seeking to grow in character, confidence, and creativity. Our independent, all-girl environment ennobles young women, equips them to excel, and inspires them to lead lives of integrity.
Founded by the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in 1860, St. Cecilia Academy is the oldest continually operating high school in Nashville. SCA provides a rigorous liberal arts academic program in a Christ-centered environment. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of the arts, and SCA takes pride in its long tradition of excellence in the arts, reflected in its extensive offerings. SCA offers the opportunity for young women to know their worth and potential. In the classroom or on the athletic fields, St. Cecilia girls have an abiding sense of purpose. They collect an impressive academic honors list to prepare for their future education at the next level.
Last year’s senior class was offered over $16.5 million in merit aid awards for various talents, including academic achievement, leadership, athletics, service, and the arts. They are now attending 45 colleges and universities in 22 states and making a difference in the world everywhere they go. St. Cecilia Academy has been consistently recognized nationally since 2004 to the Catholic Education Honor Roll School by the Cardinal Newman Society.
TIP: Schedule your Day at SCA to experience what it means to be a St. Cecilia Girl! stcecilia.edu/admissions
Bringing together a diverse group of some of the top students at Tennessee Tech University, Trailblazers are taking campus visits to a personal level. Trailblazers offer one-on-one campus tours of Tech to prospective students and their families while fostering genuine connections with future Golden Eagles.
“Trailblazers are special. They are bold thinkers, fearless students, confident leaders, and kind classmates,” said Karen Lykins, vice president for enrollment and communication. “At Tennessee Tech, we put students first and what better way to foster personal connections than by pairing prospective students with current students who have experiences and insight to share about the college experience,” said Lykins.
With a Trailblazer to lead their tour of campus, the visit becomes a personalized experience, with a focus on the prospective student’s interests and intended major.
Founded in 1870, The Webb School is a day and boarding school that has students from 22 different countries and offers challenging academics with an emphasis on personal integrity for students in grades 6-12. Boarding begins in grade 7. Our family-like setting provides an 8:1 student to teacher ratio and an average class size of 13. Webb’s flexible curriculum and small class size challenge students as individuals, allowing them to exceed their expectations. Our 150-acre campus is located just south of Nashville in historic Bell Buckle. Webb is committed to providing opportunity to families and offers over $4 million in financial aid and scholarships.
Why Webb? At The Webb School, our emphasis on honor and personal integrity is central to every aspect of school life. In addition to an Honor Code, we strive to ensure every student’s voice is heard. Our Emerging Voices Program focuses on writing and public speaking by requiring students to present declamations, orations, and original work in front of their peers.
Furthermore, our focus on global education throughout the curriculum gives Webb students knowledge of many cultures and prepares them to live and work in a globally connected world. The diversity of students at Webb, including students from around the world, promotes increased awareness and understanding of how we are all connected and the challenges we face across regions and nationalities. Webb also offers a more personalized education in order to meet the student’s needs and goals along with unique opportunities for travel and outdoor activities. Through offering dual enrollment, AP classes, weekly advisory meetings and college counseling, we can provide encouragement and support for our students’ future. Additionally, our WILD program and international travel opportunities allow our students to gain knowledge and experience outside the four walls of a classroom.
Vanderbilt University’s MusicTech camp offers a unique opportunity for students to learn the foundational tools of digital music creation and composing original video game music alongside world-class musicians and game developers. The program is based on methods and models used in the music technology courses taught at Vanderbilt Blair School of Music by Pascal Le Boeuf, who will co-direct the week’s program with Steven Pardo.
Much more than the typical summer camp experience, MusicTech engages students through a combination of hands-on, production-based projects and group interactive experiences, learning a multitude of skills including Logic Pro, digital music composition, MIDI sequencing, and more in a state-of-the-art studio environment.
About MusicTech’s Program Leaders: Pascal Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer, and electronic artist whose work fuses classical technique with production- based technology. He is a visiting assistant professor in computer music and technology at Vanderbilt. Steven Pardo is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and interactive audio designer, who has created soundtracks for a wide range of successful games and contributes original scored music for Netflix, Adult Swim, and IFC.
MusicTech 2023 is July 10-14 and is open to students 12-17 years of age. It is perfect for beginners as well as intermediate and advanced students. For more information, please visit: vandy.link/blair/musictech
TIP: For an even more immersive experience, MusicTech offers campers the option of staying in a Vanderbilt University dorm for the week.
Promoting strengths. Supporting differences.
Situatedonabeautiful83-acrecampusinBrentwood,Tennessee,Currey Ingram Academy is a PreK-12 day school and 9-12 boarding school for students with learning differences. Some of our students have diagnoses such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, twice exceptional, executive function and/or processing speed deficits, and others simply thrive best in a smaller, more personalized setting.
“Currey Ingram is the best decision that we have ever made for a child. It has been life-changing.” ~ Anonymous parent comment from the 2020-21 all-school survey.
If your child is not reaching his or her fullest potential in a traditional classroom, Currey Ingram can help arm them with the tools to succeed. Through small classes and individualized learning plans, we address each student’s learning profile – allowing students to soar ahead in areas of strength while shoring up any areas of need. Strong signature programs, arts, athletics and extracurricular activities emphasize student strengths and talents. We offer support in speech-language and occupational therapy, executive function skills and social-emotional learnin. School counselors and college counseling round out our approach to preparing every child for college and for life.
TIP: Currey Ingram Academy features in-person instruction and has a year- round admission process, which means it is never too late to apply. For more information about admission or to set up an in-person tour, contact the Admission Office at admissions@curreyingram.org or call (615) 507-3173.
Harding Academy is a coeducational, nonsectarian day school serving pre- kindergarten through eighth grade. With a focus on rigorous academics taught by nurturing teachers, Harding Academy students thrive within a uniquely balanced and motivating environment.
At the heart of the Harding Academy advantages is our fundamental commitment to the PreK-8 structure, which supports every student’s social, emotional, and academic needs in a developmentally appropriate manner. We seek to serve a diverse community of families searching for the optimal pathways to some of the nation’s most challenging public and independent high schools, and who share our mission to foster thoughtful, lifelong learners and responsible, caring citizens.
We encourage any interested family to schedule a tour and to connect with a Harding Academy representative. We also offer a few facts and figures that well represent the success of our school and our students:
The science curriculum features robotics, programming, physics, chemistry, organic gardening, and four science labs.
Our athletics programs include 21 teams, and our no-cut philosophy allows participation, skill development, and leadership opportunities for all.
Harding Academy produces two full-scale theater programs each year and has attained national status with its award-winning art program. Harding Academy strives to inspire the mind and nurture the spirit in all we do. Our PreK-8 model provides the optimal environment in which to strike this balance. We serve each and every student with a whole-child approach and through challenging and developmentally appropriate curriculum, character education, and extracurricular activities.
Overbrook School, located on 83 acres in the heart of Nashville, has prepared students for high school, college, and beyond since 1936. An academically-rigorous approach to education emphasizes the true learning that leads to wisdom. While Overbrook students excel academically at a level above national norm, they also form leaders for tomorrow. Faculty and staff help students build a foundation where a life of virtue, grounded in friendship with Jesus Christ, who is Truth, leads to happiness, fulfillment, and joy.
Nashville’s premier preschool, Overbrook utilizes a Montessori-based, hybrid approach for their youngest students to be prepared for Kindergarten. As students enter grade school, they are reading at an early age, engaging in STEM projects, excelling at higher-level math classes, receiving sacramental preparation, participating in weekly Mass, and conducting service projects.
Enrolling preschool – Grade 6, Overbrook School is a co- educational, private, independent Catholic school. Owned and operated by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Overbrook offers small class sizes, multi-layered support and community, and exciting afterschool programming.
TIP: Want to see the Dominican Difference for yourself? Overbrook welcomes visitors every Monday through Friday. Visit overbrook.edu to schedule a visit.
Battle Ground Academy is located in Franklin, Tenn., and is the No. 1 Private K-12 School in Williamson County.
Known for creating an elevated educational experience, we believe in the enormous potential within every child, and we know that full potential is not achieved by merely acquiring academic skills and facts. It is achieved within a community where the needs of each individual are recognized, supported, and encouraged, and where teachable moments extend far beyond the walls of our classrooms. Once our students leave the halls of the Academy, they join an alumni network of more than 3,500 Wildcats worldwide, who give their time, treasure, and talent annually to provide opportunities and experiences for current BGA students.
Last fall, BGA expanded its Upper School academic program to include a concentration in STEM. The Academy’s innovative Entrepreneurial Leadership and STEM concentrations provide students the opportunity to meaningfully explore and dive deeper into an area of academic interest through specialized curricula, enhanced learning opportunities, and intentional experiences. Additionally, Middle and Upper School schedules have been redesigned with a focus on students’ overall wellness, creating a school day that allows for greater opportunities for connection and community and offers students enhanced options in their academic and extracurricular lives.
TIP: Learn more about our admissions process at battlegroundacademy.org/admissions.
The Episcopal School of Nashville is a diverse, urban, independent school located in East Nashville. ESN’s mission is to nurture the joy of learning and the spirit of discovery in each of its students. ESN’s vision is to shape students who are intellectually, spiritually, and responsibly engaged with the place, community, and world they call home.
ESN’s goals are to develop each student’s:
Social and Emotional Intelligence
Valuable Habits of Mind – Perseverance, Gratitude, Joy, Resilience, and Curiosity
Problem Solving Skills – students who understand their roles as change agents in their local community and the wider world.
Value of Diversity and the Episcopal Tradition of Inclusiveness.
Strong Academic Skills – students will be competitive and academically successful in the most rigorous college-preparatory high schools as well as in university and life beyond.
Exploration of spiritual practices, cultivation of a spiritual identity, and an understanding of the richness of religious traditions in our world.
When our students graduate from ESN, they will possess a set of experiences and values that help define who they are and distinguish them from their peers.
Franklin Road Academy is a pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade coeducational independent school offering a challenging educational experience in an inclusive Christian community. FRA provides an excellent education within a collaborative learning environment, preparing students to attend the finest colleges and universities across the nation while also cultivating a concern for others within and beyond their own community. With innovative academic spaces like a DNA Lab and Innovation Lab, students are honing team-building, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills in dynamic spaces as they become critical thinkers and leaders in pursuit of excellence.
FRA is big enough to offer students opportunities to discover and pursue their passions and small enough to know each family’s story. FRA fosters a healthy student experience with intentional class sizes that allow students to fully engage in the classroom while competing at a high athletic level or perfecting an art form. For more information, call our Admission Office at 615-832-8845 or visit www.franklinroadacademy.com.
TIP: At FRA, service learning is an essential part of the complete educational experience as students are encouraged to lead and participate in a variety of opportunities including Service Saturdays, Crafts for a Cause, Senior Habitat Build, and Philanthropy 101. Through experiential learning and community engagement, our students discover innovative ways to meet the world’s needs as they become leaders who are guided by Christian principles and compelled to lead lives of compassionate global citizenship.
Serving students in grades 6-12, Pope John Paul II Preparatory School was established in 2002 in Hendersonville, Tennessee as a Catholic school community of faith and service with high academic standards, competitive athletics, and innovative extracurricular programs. Inspired by our understanding that God made each of our students with unique gifts that can be used to change the world, our school exists to serve students of all faiths by helping young adults find their God-given talents and discover their greater purposes in life. With the addition of middle grades in the fall of 2021, we continue to grow as an innovative institution committed to our unchanging mission: to prepare students to be strong in mind, body, character, and spirit for lives of learning and service, according to the Gospel.
TIP: Pope Prep’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship courses and internship placements are developed in partnership with instructors who are professionals in a variety of fields: engineering, healthcare, visual and performing arts, business, and marketing. Through project-based learning, students develop skills necessary for careers in the 21st century: communication, collaboration, dependability, creative and critical thinking, and technology.
St. Edward Church & School (SES) is a well-known and respected Roman Catholic Community in the Diocese of Nashville, serving students from Pre-K3 through 8th grade. Our parish school is grounded in a strong sense of community and tradition, with 70 years of experience in providing Catholic education in the Nashville area. Students of all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds gather daily to learn, play, serve, and pray together.
“We picked St. Edward because it is the total package - caring teachers, commitment to academic excellence, a welcoming community, and a focus on our children’s whole development,” St. Edward parent, Ginette Brown said. St. Edward has a dedicated teaching staff, who ensure that students receive a balance of academic rigor, social-emotional learning, individualized attention, and faith formation. St. Edward is cultivating the next generation of Saints and Scholars. To set-up a tour, call 615-833-5770 or visit us at www.ses.stedward.org.
TIP: Follow us on Facebook @St. Edward Church and School and on Instagram at @StEdwardCommunity
Saint Henry School provides a vibrant, faith-filled, academically rich school environment. Teachers challenge and support students to achieve their highest potential and seek to make all academic areas come to life in developmentally appropriate ways. In all grades, students engage in the core subjects of Religion, Math, Science, Literature, English, and Social Studies, thus continually deepening their comprehension of fundamental concepts and skills. Academic contests offered in almost every discipline (National History, Spelling and Geography Bees, Math and Science Olympiads, MTSU STEM Expo, Lego League, Middle Tennessee Vocal Association Contest, Mid-State Band Competition and Nashville Art Shows/Contests). Zero Hour Program offers Debate, Guitar and Drones. Sports teams for all levels of play, a spring drama production, forensics, scouts and many service opportunities. Full-time nurse practitioner, full-time school counselor, full-time security officer, and a Resource Department for educational testing, guidance and instructional support. Before and aftercare are available.
TIP: “St. Henry’s is one of the best decisions we made for our daughter; because of the academic standards she was held to, she developed an advanced knowledge base, work ethic, and discipline that prepared her for the rigorous academic challenges in high school. We are proud to see her as humble, respectful, and encouraging of others; character traits developed within the St. Henry’s family that have continued to live strong.”