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Everything about our private school is carefully designed for personalized learning.
At Vine Academy, we customize instruction, encourage students to discover their 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.
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Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Tuition and Acceptance Rate
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Admissions Director
Amy Tripple
Extracurriculars
Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
15 extracurriculars
ExtracurricularsExtra-curric.
Club or Organization: Book club, Chess club, D n D, Geography, Programming, Tile-laying games
Arts and Music Programs: Audio production, Choir, Craft club, Improv, Stage, Stop-motion animation
Varying Class Sizes: Vine's unique approach to
class size is one of the ways we are most effectively able to
customize the curriculum to our student's individual needs. Core
classes (literature, writing, and math) are taught in small class
sizes of six every day. Content classes (history and science) are
taught in class sizes of up to eighteen (twelve for our primary
students). The students' other classes, including Spanish,
projected learning (a project-based executive functioning class),
art, music, fitness, and others are taught in medium-sized
groups.
High Rigor/Low Anxiety: At Vine, we believe
that children are best able to learn in a comfortable, relaxed
state of mind. Our intentionally low-stress, homework-free
structure supports a rigorous education beneficial to each of our
students. We seek to maximize each student's executive functioning
skills by gradually increasing the difficulty of work according to
individual ability. Through this model, our students learn how to
handle more rigorous work, leading to an education that is
challenging and engaging but not overwhelming.
Serious About Executive Functioning: Our
position is that all students should be constantly developing and
improving these essential productivity skills. Whether your child
needs to learn the basics of managing materials or he's ready to
learn to study smarter, not harder, executive functioning is for
everyone. We even have a project-based class that our students take
every day dedicated to E.F. development!
Homework Free: At Vine, we strongly believe
that the skills needed to complete homework can be taught in
school, and we actively instruct our students to develop them. A
sustained focus on independent work, breaking down large tasks into
manageable pieces, and developing study techniques are some of the
essential skills we prioritize as we ready our students for their
next level of education.
A Safe Place: We believe that a proactive
approach to our students' social and emotional well-being allows
them to be their best selves in the classroom and on the
playground, markedly lowering instances of bullying. The way our
students feel about themselves at Vine goes hand-in-hand with the
satisfaction they feel from being appropriately challenged in their
learning: they are more sure of themselves and less likely to act
negatively due to insecurity. When conflicts do arise, as they will
with all children who are growing and learning, the staff at Vine
is ready to guide them through these trickier emotions
step-by-step, showing them that there is always a way through to
the other side!
We're Ready to Meet You! Our admissions director, Amy, is
ready and
waiting to meet for a Zoom or phone call to learn
about your family and share about Vine. She'd love to hear from you
to begin a discussion about whether Vine Academy could be the right
fit for your child!
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Quick Stats (2024-25)
Grades: Kindergarten-12
Average class size: 9 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: Verified school update
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The average private school tuition in Dupage County, IL is $8,599 for elementary schools and $11,577 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
