Our high school program costs $9,900/year or $3,300/session.
This includes:
Within your application you will be asked to state your income along with what you can afford to pay for Prisma. Given this information and any other factors that you wish to share, we’ll evaluate your request for support. We have limited spots available at various pricing levels within our cohorts, so we recommend that you apply as soon as possible to increase the likelihood of support being available.
We accept applications year-round and enroll learners at the start of our fall, winter and spring sessions. See our calendar for exact start dates.
Not yet. We're a full-time, comprehensive high school program.
A key part of Prisma’s mission is to create a global network of young people who learn and grow together in mutually enriching community. As such, we are expanding the time zones in which we operate as quickly as possible. For now, Prisma learners need to be fluent in English, and our middle school program is available in all geographies aside from UTC+4 to UTC+8 (i.e. We are not yet able to offer our program in countries with time zones like India, Russia or China).
Prisma High School will initially be available in US-compatible and Western European time zones. Graduates of Prisma’s high school will receive a US private school diploma and will need to take US History. Note: We are not able to accommodate German citizens due to local education laws.
If you want to transfer to another high school, we will provide you with a learner portfolio (documenting all key learning milestones and developed competencies), which we can help you to convert to a transcript that captures all the courses (i.e. badges) earned at Prisma. This serves to translate Prisma work to a conventional school’s equivalent requirements.
A wide range of kids thrive in our middle school program, and we expect our high school to be the same. Prisma may be an especially good fit for:
Yes. From our focus on real-world skill building and problem solving to our emphasis on ethical and communication fluency, young people will come away from their time at Prisma with valuable skills, having been shaped into young adults who will be poised to shine when applying to selective schools. Additionally, we plan to build relationships with colleges and organizations to help them understand how our program enables each learner to thrive and prepares young people for the future, including in higher education. Our aim is that within the next 3 years admissions personnel at selective schools get excited when they see an applicant coming from Prisma.
Prisma is a registered Florida private school, and a Prisma diploma complies with all graduation requirements set forth by the state of Florida. We are also on the path to accreditation and, once accredited, will have a college board number that our young people can use to apply to college. We plan to be fully accredited before our learners will be at the point of applying to college or graduating from Prisma.
Prisma will partner with carefully selected, accredited organizations to offer AP and IB courses so that each learner can self-select the best courses and curriculum that lines up with their interests and dreams for the future.
We assess each incoming learner's transcript individually when we review your application. Any credit earned from an accredited institution will be accepted, and credits earned from non-accredited institutions will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Prisma includes a lot of holistic and formative assessment. We have lots of opportunities for meaningful, regular feedback and iteration so that learners really get to do their best work and learn as they go. We don’t have grades in the conventional A-F sense; however, we do have rubrics for learning—both in terms of what quality work looks like and what skill attainment and learning objectives are associated with each theme and project. We share these key learning milestones with Prisma learners and their families so that everyone is on the same page regarding expectations and learning outcomes, and learners have the opportunity to earn badges with distinction (meaning that they really went above and beyond in their mastery of the skill or knowledge area). When needed, we help learners convert their Prisma work and badges into a more conventional record.
Here's a great article from Harvard Graduate School of Education on why competency-based badges are better than seat-time-based grades.
At a minimum to successfully participate in Prisma, young people need a consistently reliable internet connection, a quiet space to learn with limited distractions and a computer (not a tablet) with a webcam and microphone designated for the learner's daytime use. More specifically, we’ve found that at internet speeds lower than 25 mbps or with a computer that has less than 4 GB of RAM or less than 4 cores, learners may experience tech challenges associated with navigating our live synchronous sessions and digital learning platforms. More details, including device recommendations, can be found here.
Yes! We’ve found that Prisma works incredibly well for learners with a variety of accommodation needs. Within the Prisma application you’ll have the opportunity to describe your young person’s needs. You’re also welcome to contact us before applying to see if Prisma is a good fit.
We don’t yet have the resources needed to support learners who struggle to learn independently via asynchronous work or who aren’t able to participate in live synchronous sessions. We've also found that young people who have severe auditory processing disorders, ASD or anxiety that prohibits them from participating in synchronous sessions may struggle at Prisma.
Prisma has a robust learner and parent community—with families who organize events, summer camps and a variety of ways to get together from museum tours to time in a local park across the US. We’ve found that Prisma families love to tell their friends about their experiences with us, so often small groups of learners wind up geographically co-located and find great ways to connect regularly in their local communities.
Socialization also happens organically online. At Prisma, learners have daily social lounges where they have the option to hang out or play games with other young people from all over the world. They can join learner-led clubs that meet each Friday, some of which are Baking club, Nature club, Inventor's club, Coding club, Debate club, and Prisma News. There are also lots of coach or expert-led enrichments to choose from each cycle like art, musical theater, leadership and survival skills.
Prisma offers flexibility in many ways! Beyond the ability to learn from wherever you want, Prisma gives learners
All high school graduation requirements can be met through Prisma themes, workshops or missions. We frontload most graduation requirements in the first two years to give learners lots of flexibility to explore AP or dual enrollment courses or to spend time diving deeper into areas of passion through capstone projects and internships.
A wide range of kids thrive in our middle school program and we expect our high school to be the same, but it may be an especially good fit for:
