Welcome to Templeton Academy Nashville!
As a parent, a teacher, and an educator, I’ve made this special school my home from its founding day, when my daughter entered its doors as a newly minted 8th grader. Now I am watching her prepare to graduate, along with 17 other vibrant young Templeton souls, and I am profoundly grateful for this place that has given so much to her, to me, and to our family. When I applied for the role of Operations Manager in year two, I remember saying that I wished a place like Templeton had been available for me when I was growing up, and I often hear that sentiment echoed by our parents, many of whom spend time on campus regularly.
Templeton is unique, both in the Nashville education landscape, and in the much larger national arena. Our students are as varied as their number, each having a specific reason for being here: a desire for self-expression, a love of hands-on learning, a connection to a small and supportive community, a place to explore their passions. We are extroverts and introverts, leaders and collaborators, explorers and creators, artists and scientists. But in all that multiplicity, all that range of purpose and drive, we all share one essential thing: we needed a specific place to be seen, supported, challenged, and loved, and we found it in Templeton Academy.
Our core principles capture the essential functions of our community. In Core Advisory, we actively seek self-understanding, as well as how our identities interact with our communities, ranging from family to school to city to world. Project-Based Learning is our core academic expression, where we combine research, trial and error, analysis, and revision in tailored, hands-on demonstrations of concept mastery. Through weekly Field Work, we pair conceptual understanding with real-world applications to understand how physics explains the motion of a pinball machine, how archival practices preserve invaluable historic sources, or how a jury comes to a verdict in a double murder trial. Together, these three core principles add up to Deeper Learning, which asks students to move well beyond the “what” of education and into the “how” and the “why” – How did Nashville’s status as the home of the 19th amendment change the course of women’s suffrage? Why does the price of soybeans have a direct bearing on the stock market? How can studying historic court cases reveal the essential components of public speaking?
Our goal is to help our students pursue their own foundational “why” – what brings them joy and allows them to serve others? What unique contribution would they like to make to their home, their city, their industry, their art? Through asking big questions, developing critical reasoning skills, and recognizing that education of the whole person expands to every aspect of who we are as emotional, psychological, academic, and civic beings, we can challenge preconceived notions of what school is and instead create a place where education is as it should be: exciting, tailored, personal, engaging, and the foundation of a life rooted in inquiry and compassion.
Learning is supposed to be thrilling; it should light students up and energize them to be part of the scholarly conversation. We’d love to show you around and share more about education as it should be. Click below on the inquiry form to get started!
Welcome from the WolfPACK!
Erica Steakley, Ph.D.
Head of School
Inquire About Nashville Admissions
Templeton Academy seeks a diverse population of students (grades 5 – 12) who bring energy and commitment to the learning process. We’d love to share more about attending our Nashville campus.
Inquire About Nashville Admissions
Templeton Academy seeks a diverse population of students (grades 5 – 12) who bring energy and commitment to the learning process. We’d love to share more about attending our Nashville campus.
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