Choose your own adventure...
and grow into who you’re meant to be.

We're just here to hand you the compass.

Independent Learning

Personalized learning, powered by purpose. Every learner receives a Mentored Adventure Plan (MAP), whether learning collaboratively or independently. This track emphasizes self-direction, allowing students to pursue personal goals through a combination of books, courses, hands-on projects, and fieldwork.

Custom exploration mapped to interests & goals
Self-paced, reflexively adapted learning plans
Supported by regular mentoring & learning check-ins
Available as part of hybrid or fully remote support models

Shared Learning

Collaboration. Co-mentorship. Collective growth. Some journeys are best traveled together. Shared learning paths offer multi-age collaborative learning through thematic projects and group inquiry. This model is the foundation of our full-time Ceiba Nova Exploratory experience but is also available in hybrid form for part-time students and families engaging in home-based learning with school support.

Multi-age projects & peer mentoring
Staff-supported thematic units
Available as part of full-time enrollment or hybrid homeschool-support models

Community Explorations

Learning beyond the classroom. Whether we’re volunteering at an animal sanctuary, interviewing local elders, exploring permaculture farms, or visiting archaeological sites, learning through the world around us is a Ceiba Nova signature. Community explorations are open to all students and woven into our interdisciplinary approach.

Field-based research & experiential learning
Real-world challenges & problem-solving
Cultural immersion & local partnerships

Microcredentials + Badges

Skill-building, the meaningful way.

At Ceiba Nova, learners don’t just earn grades — they earn evidence of growth.
Wayfarers begin by exploring foundational skills and earning badges through hands-on, project-based learning. As students grow into Pathmakers and Stargazers, they take on greater challenges and unlock microcredentials by completing real-world, purpose-driven projects tied to their Mentored Adventure Plan (MAP).

These accomplishments reflect true mastery, not just seat time — preparing each Explorer for their next chapter, whether academic, professional, or personal.

Progress is demonstrated through portfolios, showcases, and project artifacts
Aligned to MAP themes, student-driven goals, and global standards
Each credential reflects authentic application — not just completion

Real-World Skill Building

Because learning should be useful.

At Ceiba Nova, skill-building starts with curiosity and grows with purpose.
Wayfarers begin developing practical, transferable skills through hands-on exploration. As learners grow into Pathmakers and Stargazers, they deepen those skills through production-based learning — creating real, meaningful work tied to their Mentored Adventure Plan (MAP), personal interests, and long-term goals.

From bike repair and herbal medicine to web design, public speaking, and more, students focus not just on doing a project, but on producing with purpose — cultivating consistency, quality, and real-world application.

Skills are developed through thematic explorations and personal pursuits
Students can specialize in technical or professional tracks as part of their MAP
Growth is supported with mentorship, workshops, and portfolio-aligned development

At Ceiba Nova, learners don’t just complete assignments — they create things that matter.

Wayfarers, Pathmakers, & Stargazers

These are developmental learning identities — not based on age or grade, but on a student’s evolving readiness, autonomy, and purpose.

They help guide each learner’s Mentored Adventure Plan (MAP) and build shared culture, language, and community understanding.

Wayfarers – Emergent explorers building foundational skills, growing curiosity, and developing scaffolded independence
Pathmakers – Learners stepping into self-direction, deepening focus, and engaging in purposeful skill-building
Stargazers – High-autonomy learners with a strong sense of identity, vision, and global context

These roles help students reflect on how they engage with learning — and grow with them over time.

Specialized Tracks

Progressing with purpose, skill, and agency. As students grow in independence, mastery, and self-direction, they may evolve into one of Ceiba Nova’s five Specialized Tracks — immersive learning pathways designed to deepen technical, creative, or global skillsets. These aren’t separate schools — they are personalized expansions of a learner’s journey, aligned to their Mentored Adventure Plan (MAP).

Each track offers increased challenge, authentic production, and portfolio-building experiences, supported by expert mentorship, real-world application, and the same relationship-driven design that defines all of Ceiba Nova.

Think of them as progressive trail ratings: more technical, more focused, always intentional — and always supported.

How They Work With Paths

A Wayfarer focuses on broad exploration and foundational learning — preparing for future focus.
A Pathmaker may begin track-based work when readiness and motivation align.
A Stargazer typically leads their learning with increasing complexity, pursuing one or more tracks in depth.

Wayfarer, Pathmaker, Stargazer reflect who a learner is becoming.

Tracks reflect where they're headed — and how they'll get there.

5 Tracks, Endless Routes

🎨 Creative Arts & Design

For makers, storytellers, and expressive thinkers exploring visual, performing, literary, and digital arts.

💼 Ethical Entrepreneurship & Finance

For community-minded innovators focused on business, finance, and social enterprise with ethical intent.

🌍 Global Communications & Advocacy

For youth leaders driven to inform, connect, and create change through language, research, storytelling, and diplomacy.

🔬 Scientific & Environmental Inquiry

For curious minds exploring systems, sustainability, scientific method, and ecological thinking.

💻 Technology & Systems Thinking

For builders and problem-solvers engaging in design, programming, infrastructure, and digital tools through a systems lens.

Track Entry Is Based On:

Student interest & motivation
MAP progress and readiness
Collaborative planning between student, family, and educator

Because challenge isn’t about age — it’s about purpose, reflection, and drive.

All Tracks Are Prep Tracks

At Ceiba Nova, “prep” doesn’t just mean test prep or college-only prep.
It means preparing for purpose — for meaningful futures, impactful work, and lifelong learning.

Whether your child dreams of becoming an artist, launching a social initiative, designing sustainable tech, or traveling the world to tell untold stories — we honor their goals as worthy, and build their pathway accordingly.

That’s why each Specialized Track is a preparation track:

Rooted in real-world relevance
Aligned with each student’s MAP (Mentored Adventure Plan)
Grounded in self-direction, ethics, and agency
Flexible enough to support changing goals

Whether a student’s path leads to college, launching a creative career, developing a business, or preparing for community leadership, every track is a preparation track. The goal is not a specific outcome — it’s a meaningful, capable learner, equipped to walk their path with confidence and care.

Because preparation isn’t about where you go — it’s about who you become.

Choose your own adventure... and grow into who you’re meant to be.