Learning should be purpose-driven & rooted in the real world.
Innovative & engaging
Prisma empowers each learner to chart their unique path with an accredited, project-based curriculum that’s comprehensive, research-backed, and full of choice.
Powered by 1:1 mentorship and a supportive, interactive online peer community, learners dive into real-world relevant themes that pair rigorous academics with ample opportunity to deepen your learning according to your interests and goals.
At Prisma, you’ll develop key 21st-century skills, like Applied Curiosity, an Innovator’s Mindset, Communication & Collaboration, and Initiative & Follow-through, while building a striking portfolio and following your joy.
Thea channeled her passion for endangered animals into a Prisma entrepreneurship project and now sells real products to donate funds to nonprofits that protect endangered species. She's also a phenomenal photographer!
Hagan is a Duke of Edinburgh International Young Leader who started a coding club and is taking AP Calculus to next tackle advanced maths via dual enrollment while living between England and the US.
Arden co-produced a play for a real theater company for their capstone, which led to a Carnegie Mellon summer accelerator, a paid theater production internship, and acceptance at multiple top-tier universities.
A flexible high school that opens doors & inspires deeper learning
Why sit in a classroom listening to a boring lecture just to later regurgitate meaningless
information on a test when you could be applying your passions to your education today?
Personalized academics
Impact Fellows
Expert mentor coaches
Merit Scholars
Dual enrollment, AP, & electives
In-person meetups & Endeavors
Project-based learning
Interdisciplinary & thematic
Prisma learners attain an accredited diploma and transcript that’s easily understood by university admissions officers by engaging the most research-backed, innovative approaches in education.
Our comprehensive, mastery-based, project-based curriculum is personalized to each learner and maps to a rigorous set of competencies and standards that draw from the best of IB and AP criteria.
Learners at Prisma often exceed the course credits they’d obtain in a traditional high school. What’s different is the choice, depth, and real-world relevance.
In Hindsight 20/20, learners step into the shoes of past decision-makers, debating the choices that shaped world events.
Through simulations, mock war rooms, and investigative reports, they explore the forces behind history’s triumphs and tragedies.
Some code sensors to detect signs of life on exoplanets, while others model extreme environments like hydrothermal vents. By exploring chemical principles through hands-on experimentation, they uncover what it takes for life to thrive.
In Build a Business, learners don’t just study economics—they live it. Through hands-on entrepreneurship, they identify market opportunities, refine business models, and launch startup concepts. Whether developing branding strategies, testing products, or crafting persuasive advertising campaigns, they gain the skills to bring ideas to life.
In the literacy course, learners design an advertising campaign, using persuasion techniques, to target their specific market audience.
Through hands-on experiments, including crafting Rube Goldberg machines, students bring physics concepts to life.
In Propose a Policy, learners tackle real-world economic and social issues by researching local challenges and crafting policy-based solutions. They analyze stakeholder perspectives, balance competing interests, and craft proposals with real-world impact.
Alongside this, they explore the judicial system, studying an undecided Supreme Court case and writing an amicus curiae brief.
Teens need mentors who celebrate, challenge, & invest in them.
Prisma coaches aren’t just highly credentialed teachers. They’re also handpicked for their passion for working with young people and their skilled approach to cultivating meaningful relationships; creating a supportive, interactive culture; and bringing depth and personalization to Prisma’s cutting edge curriculum.
Prisma educators
Alecia Tumpap, M.Ed., STEM specialist
National Principal Academy Fellow Researched the correlation between post-traumatic stress disorder & hippocampal volume reduction
Michael Granado, Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy
M.T.S., Historical Theology; M.A., History; B.A., Philosophy>br> Presented several research-derived, published academic papers at prestigious associations & conferences
Leena Williams, Ph.D., Curriculum & Instructional Design
Claes Nobel Top 10 Educator
Recognized by FL governor for volunteer leadership in water resource management & anti-pollution education
Trevor Baker, M.Ed., Transitional Ed., Instructional Design
Two-time Teacher of the Year
Designed Career and College curriculum used by several programs in the U.S., including VA Dept. of Ed.
Carolyn Ruffin, M.T., Math, Special Education, & ESL
Teacher of Promise awardee Degrees & experience in Psychology & French Studies sparked passion for creative instruction in math education
Shaquita Basileo, MBA, Stanford
Stars that Shine board member IT exec. who founded ACT/SAT prep, guidance, & tutoring org. that sparked passion for advanced Maths education
Todd Forsyth, M.S., Math & Education
New York City Teaching Fellow Polyglot who left Russian-language PR & Production career to design & teach innovative Math curricula
Tara Ventura, M. Ed., Humanities expert
Researched how policymakers, educators & communities can address systemic inequality in the US to create schools that better serve all students, not some.
James McManus, B.S., Social Studies Education
Fulbright Scholar; VFW Citizenship Ed. Teacher of the Year Eagle Scout, EMT, & Entrepreneur who's taught Economics, Political Science, AP History, & IB English
Future focused & skills driven
When young adults graduate from top universities only to struggle to find work or be quickly fired because they lack the skills most valued by top organizations, we know we are failing our children.
High school academics today can’t be limited to an outdated, 200+ year old model if we’re to equip our young people for the future.
Prisma offers rigorous courses that prepare learners to tackle challenging post-secondary academics and gives them a framework to grow key 21st-century skills.
Not only will whatever door you choose to walk through after high school be open to you, but you’ll also be prepared with the applied skills and self-knowledge you need to thrive on the other side.
LaunchPad
From a year-long Capstone to a senior-year Internship, at Prisma, learning is never limited to the theoretical. Self-inquiry and strengths finding offer clarity around how to deepen your learning in ways that are meaningful, match your passions, and hone your skills.
Each learner receives tailored guidance regarding post-high school options, deadlines, and processes with lots of individualized support along the way. Need essay strategy feedback when applying to your dream school? Your LaunchPad Coach will help!
Amplify learning in ways that match your goals.
Merit Scholars
Prestigious academic track that incudes rigorous college prep, with focus on resume building and compelling university applications
Impact Fellows
Dual Enrollment
Partnership with ASU that offers the opportunity to earn up to 60 credits toward a college degree with supportive coaching from Prisma
AP & Electives
Connected & interactive
At Prisma, you’ll never experience a droning, pre-recorded lecture. Instead, each learner collaborates virtually within a vibrant peer cohort that connects via daily interactive live workshops that could include anything from a design thinking challenge to a socratic discussion to a debate.
We believe learning is more powerful in community and also more fun! When we’re accountable to and learn from one another, everyone’s growth is elevated. And, Prisma’s learner-centered culture and community-focused approach gives you opportunities you’d never have in a typical school. Week-long surfing and marine science camp while attending Prisma? Yes, please!
The New England-based Club Getaway Endeavor included ropes courses, zip lines, team-based challenges, and was even complete with a learner-initiated formal dance!
In-person
Endeavors
Clubs & Enrichments
Leadership Opportunity
Clubs & Enrichments
Catalytic & impactful
Starting in 4th grade, Prisma exists to ignite a lifelong love of learning and equip learners with skills to thrive.
By the end of high school, the words parents use to describe their child’s education include: Transformative, pioneering, future-proof, elevating, and life-shaping. And, when teens have unparalleled opportunities to create and explore, permission to make a real impact today, and support to chart a course for the future that uniquely matches them, they’re unstoppable.
But, what does open doors and yield deep, significant learning that lasts? The answer is exactly what traditionally educated students often lack: self-direction, intrinsic motivation, leadership and collaboration skills, and real-world learning experiences that foster curiosity and engagement, all while following your joy.
Outcomes
- 100% of seniors applying to university have been accepted to at least two, including a Top 75 school
- 12 businesses started, 17 initiatives launched, and 4 novels written by Prisma high schoolers to date
- Average SAT score in 93rd percentile (28% above U.S. national average)
- 100% of seniors have a goal for their future that they're excited about and actively pursuing
- $250,000 in scholarships awarded, on average, per learner from competitive schools
“Prisma lives by their promise that ‘Learning should be hard fun’. The choices, creativity, and challenge have pushed me to thrive academically.”
-Arden Z.
Prisma graduate who’s now attending Carnegie Mellon
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