The power of an unconventional education.
Barefoot Technology Academy is a fully virtual microschool for students ready to go beyond traditional schooling. We believe young people learn best by building real things: coding software, designing systems, running experiments, and tackling complex problems that actually matter.
Our full-time high school program offers small community unlike any other online school, and advanced, interest-based academics unlike any traditional school.
For the brilliant, gifted, and twice-exceptional.
Our students are curious, intense, and often underserved by traditional schools. They’re the ones who crave challenge, dive deep into their interests, ask relentless “what if?” questions, and need a learning environment that moves as fast as they do.
An unparalleled learning experience.
Students learn through ambitious, interest-driven projects, supported by seminars, workshops, and targeted instruction. Along the way, they build mastery in core and advanced competencies, take college level classes, and graduate with a substantial portfolio of real, meaningful work.
Preparing every student for a bright future.
Our interdisciplinary program helps students learn to think, to apply knowledge to new contexts, and to explore novel ideas. Every project demands critical thinking, creative design, and real-world problem solving.
- Brian Silverman, Playful Invention Company
Learning by designing, building, experimenting, and creating things that matter based on students’ own questions and ideas. Students tackle real problems, produce real work, and build impressive portfolios that show what they can do.
Students apply coding and computational thinking across science, art, history, design, math, literature, and problem solving, turning technology into a creative and intellectual tool.
We care about developing true skills and understanding. Students pursue mastery through sustained project work, mentors guide them to deepen their thinking, and learners iterate until they’re genuinely proud of their outcomes.
Bright, gifted, and twice-exceptional learners often get left behind by traditional schools. Here, we honor complexity and difference, supporting students to thrive, grow in confidence, and follow their intellectual passions.
With small cohorts, personalized mentorship, flexible rhythm, and a schedule that balances community time with focused work blocks, students enjoy autonomy and structure designed for meaningful achievement.
Students work at (and often above) college level, tackling complex ideas that demand depth, creativity, and sustained thinking.
Students design and lead meaningful projects. They learn how to manage time, make decisions, and take responsibility for real outcomes.
Students graduate with a body of serious interdisciplinary work, college credit, and a mastery transcript that showcases what they can actually do.
No more being the “only curious kid” in the room. Students learn alongside driven, thoughtful peers who take ideas seriously and push each other to do their best work.
Admissions are currently open for our Founding Cohort. Start the application or schedule a conversation to see whether Barefoot Technology Academy is the right fit for your family.