Programs & Curriculum
Strong Academics, Learned by Doing
A first-principles, mastery-based curriculum that blends Montessori-inspired practice with modern tools and real-world projects — for K-12 students across three communities.
Enrollment options
Programs Designed to Fit Your Family's Goals
Our flagship offering · 5 days/week
Full-Time Program
A rich five-day-a-week experience packed with academic exploration, hands-on discovery, and leadership development.
$500/week →
Flexible · 1-3 days on campus
Hybrid Program
On-campus collaboration plus guided at-home learning — the perfect balance for homeschool families.
From $139/week →
6th grade and up
Adolescent Program
Advanced academics, real-world projects, and leadership opportunities that prepare adolescents to thrive.
Learn more →
Across Texas · K-12
Remote Program
A small-school experience paired with fully personalized learning pathways — school, built around your child.
Coming 26/27 →
Our communities
Three Communities, One Journey
K-2
Lower Elementary
A love of learning takes root. Foundational skills in reading, writing, and math are nurtured through hands-on, personalized work in a warm, close-knit environment.
Grades 3-5
Upper Elementary
Deeper understanding and more complex projects build critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership — including multi-day leadership camps with Nature's Classroom Institute.
6th grade and up
Adolescent
Advanced academics and real-world application — accelerated math with Math Academy, engineering with SystemsGo, Nature's Classroom leadership camps, and genuine community impact.
Key Features
Project Blocks
Small Groups
Community Focus
Hands-on Learning
How we teach
Curriculum Principles
Flexibility for Individual Pacing
While the curriculum is structured around sessions and themes, individual progress and mastery are personalized — through Montessori-inspired work cycles, prepared environments, individual and group projects, and teacher-guided instruction.
Subject Integration & Real-World Connections
Unit studies cross traditional subject boundaries, encouraging students to apply skills in interdisciplinary projects. Whenever possible, projects include a real-world connection, helping students see how their work connects to the world around them.
Assessment for Mastery
A diagnostic assessment anchors each student's personalized learning path. Progress is captured through project presentations, portfolios, skill demonstrations, and our Milestones tracking system — with annual NWEA MAP Growth testing to measure each student's individual growth.
The building blocks
How Learning Happens at AMS
Core Skill Blocks
Subject-based, open work periods that blend structure and self-paced work. Students receive small-group or individual lessons from subject-area leads while working independently at their own pace — combining the best of Montessori and traditional approaches.
Project Blocks
Dedicated periods for active, hands-on work and extended inquiry. Real-world application through projects, experiments, and fieldwork — students deepen understanding through doing, creating, and collaborating.
Innovation & Design Lab
Our dedicated Maker Space: engineering, systems thinking, design challenges, and prototyping. Experimentation, collaboration, and iterative thinking applied to real-world problems.
L.E.A.Ds
Labs, Experiments, Activities, and Demonstrations — concrete application of academic concepts through direct engagement, observation, and practice.
Specials — for Every Community
Art delivered by Cordovan Art School, theater by Inspired Minds, music with Mr. Sean, plus PE, foreign language, and outdoor education in our garden.
Adolescent Accelerators
In our Adolescent community, math is accelerated through our Math Academy partnership and engineering runs through SystemsGo — real aerospace and design challenges.
Meet our specialist partners on the Partnerships page.
A day in the life
Moments from Around Campus
Want to See the Curriculum in Action?
The best way to understand AMS is to watch a Project Block happen. Book a tour.