Vine Academy, Llc

125 S Vine St
Hinsdale, IL 60521

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #1 - Our primary program has a strong emphasis on building independence.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #2 - At Vine, we use a hands-on approach in science, rotating between Chemistry, Physics, and Life Science

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #3 - Students at Vine form strong relationships with one another due to their small class sizes.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #4 - Curiosity is one of our celebrated "Vine Nine" traits: Empathy, Grit, Curiosity, Optimism, Honesty, Zest, Self-Advocacy, Gratitude, and Encouragement.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #5 - At Vine, lectures are delivered in an engaging and exciting manner.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #6 - Our students interact across grade levels by setting examples for and learning from one another.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #7 - We embrace technology and actively teach students how to use many of its forms to strengthen their education.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #8 - Hands-on learning is emphasized and enjoyed daily at Vine Academy.

Vine Academy, Llc Photo #9 - Vine Academy's writing program is known for its strength. Intentional, interactive writing instruction is a foundational part of the curriculum.

Everything about our private school is carefully designed for personalized learning. At Vine Academy, we customize instruction, encourage students to discover their own passions, and give personalized support in all classes. This individualized education approach, achieved through small class sizes, means that our students experience amazing outcomes while maintaining their love of learning.

Quick Stats (2021)

Grades: Nursery/Preschool-12
Application Deadline: None / Rolling

School Overview

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Nursery/Preschool-12

Student Body

Total Students

n/a

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

State avg.: 34%

Academics and Faculty

Classroom Dress Code

Casual

Finances and Admission

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

School Notes

Our Start

Education is our passion, and providing the best in education is our obsession. Our customized education school in Hinsdale, IL started with a tutoring company, Nurturing Wisdom, that we still run today. For over ten years, we`ve offered 1:1 in-home tutoring to thousands of students. We are so proud of the amazing results we received in helping students earn high marks on the ACT, get into the high school of their choice, develop executive functioning skills, and much more-But, something was missing.

It`s so rewarding to help a student with one tough class or test. Other times though, tutoring can feel like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. We realized what some of these students needed wasn`t tutoring but a different approach to learning. Our dream to start our own school was born.

The Patterns

In our typical compulsion to collect data, we started to look closely at the students who didn`t seem to be best served by traditional schools. Here`s what we saw:

Smart or gifted students who were not working to their potential.
Students who had been inquisitive in their elementary years but had lost their intellectual curiosity.
Students who were falling behind at school not because they were missing the knowledge or skills, but because of waning motivation and lack of executive functioning skills.

Next, we looked at traditional schools. Traditional schools have many merits and serve many talented students. In each school though, a number of students fall through the cracks and are not achieving to their potential. At the heart of this problem are the things that our traditional schools are missing:

Developing advanced writing skills in students
Allowing customization for giftedness and special needs without alienating students
Teaching executive functioning skills
Helping students to purse their academic passions and interests
Customizing to every student

Our Dream

From this reflection and research, we designed Vine Academy. We took the best of everything we could find in traditional and alternative education formats. We addressed every major weakness we saw in traditional schools. We designed our school for students whose amazing potential was not being actualized. Vine`s Mission: "Inspiring students to embrace challenges, pursue passions, and develop an active mind through customized learning."

Our Goals

At Vine, we aim to:

Create a safe, peaceful, and structured multi-age learning environment for each student.
Customize instruction so that students can routinely work in their zone of proximal development.
Offer a highly rigorous education, customized to the current level of each student, in a way that to does not create unneeded anxiety.
Lay a foundation of executive functioning skills in all of our classes.
Create passionate learners who embody traits of curiosity, optimism, and zest.
Foster interpersonal values of honesty, empathy, gratitude, and encouragement of others.
Lay a foundation for an internal locus of control by developing grit, self-advocacy, and ownership in our students.

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