The 2026–27 Skip School Journey

A year of missions
that build on each other.

Skip Schoolers do more than complete activities. Each season is a connected learning arc full of experiments, real world encounters and meaningful work that is shared with an audience.

SEPTEMBER 2026 — MAY 2027

Four arcs. One thoughtful journey.

Every arc begins with curiosity, grows through making and testing, and culminates in a shared experience that gives children a real audience for their work.

September–October
Fall
01

Book Salon + Design Foundations

Children become authors, artists, and engineers.
What children explore
  • Story sequence, character, voice, and expression
  • Handmade paper, pop-ups, and book structures
  • Simple circuits that bring stories to light
Capacities in motion
  • Creativity and communication
  • Perseverance through revision
  • Design thinking and audience awareness
Culminating experience: a Young Authors’ Book Salon where children share original light-up books and the process behind them.
November–January
Winter
02

Maker Market + Contribution

Ideas become useful, beautiful things made for others.
What children explore
  • Motion toys, product ideas, and prototypes
  • Materials, craftsmanship, packaging, and presentation
  • How making can solve problems and serve a community
Capacities in motion
  • Agency and initiative
  • Collaboration and resourcefulness
  • Helpfulness and contribution
Culminating experience: a child-created Maker Market centered on sharing, contribution, and pride in well-made work.
February–March
Spring
03

Beauty & Wonder Lab

Science and art meet in the questions children cannot stop asking.
What children explore
  • Pattern, color, balance, movement, and form
  • Animals, natural systems, bubbles, and playful chemistry
  • Sculpture and interactive inventions
Capacities in motion
  • Curiosity and close observation
  • Flexible thinking and experimentation
  • Wonder, imagination, and explanation
Culminating experience: an interactive art-and-invention exhibition that invites families to touch, test, notice, and wonder.
April–May
Late Spring
04

Transformation + Performance

Children turn raw materials and shared ideas into a world of their own.
What children explore
  • Sound, rhythm, textiles, props, and stage worlds
  • Character, storytelling, rehearsal, and performance
  • How separate creations become one shared production
Capacities in motion
  • Confidence and self-expression
  • Teamwork and adaptability
  • Commitment to something larger than oneself
Culminating experience: a live performance and year-end celebration created and shared by the children.

The threads running through every season

The subject matter changes, but the deeper rhythm stays consistent: children notice, ask, imagine, make, test, improve, and share.

✦ Real-world mentors
✦ Hands-on design
✦ Outdoor exploration
✦ Meaningful showcases
✦ Child-led quests
✦ Family community

This is what a richer childhood can look like.

A thoughtful education, real friends, meaningful work, and enough room for children to remain children.

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