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We are a Montessori-inspired private middle and high school in Austin, TX. We deliver a powerful education for independence to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact us at (512) 649-2069 to learn more or book a tour.

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ATI Austin's middle and high school program is unique:

 a deliberately planned and charted curriculum of foundational skills that open a greater and greater number of possible paths. Our students don’t just memorize—they understand, apply, and integrate knowledge to pursue their own passions.

Montessori-inspired middle and high school in Austin, TX

High-achieving students who are looking for an intellectually-challenging school

College-bound students looking to get into competitive institutions

Ambitious teens looking for a small, private school and a more personalized learning environment

Homeschooled or virtual school students looking for more opportunities to socialize and excel

Students who are looking for a supportive and accepting community

Advanced students looking for a Montessori-inspired middle and high school

Gifted and Talented students looking for an alternative to Austin public high school

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Students are challenged and get the preparation they need to be successful in school and life. Our graduates go on to college, create their own companies, and become global citizens. 

They serve as a productive members of the community

They realize their natural desire for independence

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Learning is a lifelong pursuit, and we help students discover their own love of learning and watch as it motivates them to expand their knowledge. 

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AT ATI Austin, we choose to have small class sizes because we believe that is the best way to give students the personalized attention – through our unique teaching and coaching structure – that they need to grow and explore. 

In a small school community, our students learn and practice self-governance, interdependence, and conflict resolution, gaining a sense of ownership and pride for the community around them. 

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Our Montessori-inspired learning pairs learning academic foundations with real life skill building. Dr. Montessori emphasized that teens should do real work: not just in school, but fully in the world. At ATI Austin, we remove the artificial barrier between the vocational and the avocational; what's required for class and what's chosen for life. 

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Every ATI Austin student is paired with a coach, who meets one-on-one to help define the student's values, set goals, take risks, and chart their own path. The coaching curriculum has been built by educational experts and psychologists to support the process of self-creation that is so fundamental to adolescence. The coaching process emphasizes:

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ATI Austin is a tight-knit community that is also connected to a global network, allowing students to learn from industry experts, take part in unique electives, find mentors in your field, and connect with peers around the country and world.

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ATI Austin’s ultimate goal is to create students who thrive: living happy, fulfilled, and productive lives. We work with each student to identify their own values, set specific goals, and learn how to achieve them. This process gives them a sense of accomplishment, and prepares them for a variety of paths in life.


Many of our students choose to pursue higher education, and to date we have a

 100% placement rate for college-bound seniors

. In addition to their coach and guides, students work with a full-time, licensed college counselor.

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In Montessori education, a guide is a teacher, but not a teacher in the way that's presented in a traditional school model. A Montessori teacher, or Guide, is a facilitator who journeys alongside students in the process of learning and self-construction and guides them toward their innate human potential.

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ATI Austin is located at 5815 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78752. We'd love for you to come and visit!  


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We are a Montessori-inspired middle and high school in Austin, TX dedicated to developing self-motivated and curious adolescents who want to thrive.

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We are a Montessori-inspired middle school located inside the same building as our sister school, Guidepost Montessori Chantilly. We deliver a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated youth who thrive in school and in life. Contact us to learn more or book a tour: (571)-321-0364.

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A modern Montessori-inspired Middle School 

Welcome to the Academy of Thought and Industry (ATI), a modern Montessori-inspired Middle School located at 4550 Walney Rd, in Chantilly, Virginia!

Serving grades 6, 7, and 8 in small, personalized classes, our curriculum uses the foundations of Montessori to deliver a rich academic experience. Our learning community is intentionally small, so that we are able to deeply know each student, help them thrive emotionally and socially, and support their individual path to excellence.

We combine a rigorous, intellectually demanding liberal arts education with cultivation of student independence, agency and responsibility. Deep learning consists of both ‘learning’ and ‘doing’—thought and industry. We help each student become a great thinker and a great doer in a way that follows their interests and passions. Each student is supported by their own coach, which ensures personalized fulfilment of their own short and long-term goals.

Our community partnerships with local and international organizations to help expose students to potential interests that they may want to develop further.

Whether you are a student, parent, or interested community member, we want to connect with you. We invite you to reach out and get involved in our revolutionary school.

Contact admissions to learn more or to book a tour - we can't wait to meet you!

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Our Middle School program offers rolling-admissions to meet the needs of your family and is now enrolling for grades 6-8. The ATI Middle School program operates out of the same building as our early years school, Guidepost Montessori at Chantilly.

You may notice we do not have individual classroom desks for each student! 

Instead, our classroom is designed as an open environment that allows for freedom of movement and exploration without the constraints of a traditional school setting. 

Students are encouraged to get up, move around, lay down, relax, focus, and most importanlty, feel at ease in our middle school.

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Middle School is a critical period of development. Students are constantly growing in higher-order thinking skills, peer relationships, personal responsibility, and more. They're searching for their place in the world and beginning to form the values that will shape their lives.

Recent studies have shown that enthusiasm for school drops dramatically between fifth and twelfth grade, with nearly 75% of students reporting negative feelings towards school.Now more than ever, students are 

They need an educational option that is appropriate for their developmental stage, and tailored to their individual needs.We believe there's a better way.

At ATI, students are given both freedom and support to help them excel beyond their own expectations. Our students don't just study for tests—they become life-long learners. Each step our students take is designed to help them explore their unique passions, inspire their creativity, and develop greater independence.

We don’t offer just one path for academic excellence. We strive to create a total school experience that will unlock each student’s unique potential—to prepare them for the world, and to help them access that world today!

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Our students and guides work together to co-create the school community. We build routines, plan trips, create clubs, write our school constitutions, and decorate our space together. And beyond each school, our students actively engage in their local community, the global ATI network, and the world.

Consider a attending Shadow Day on campus to experience a day in the life of ATI

Submit your student application to ATI, which includes financial aid if necessary.

Work with admissions to prepare for your first day of school!  We can't wait to have you join our community.

ATI Chantilly is located at 4550 Walney Rd, Chantilly, VA 20151, in the same building as our early years school, 

chantilly-admissions@thoughtandindustry.com

Located in the same building as our sister school, Guidepost Montessori, ATI at Chantilly offers Montessori-inspired middle school education for students.

Full-time and part-time Montessori middle school programs for teens who want to excel on their own terms

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired middle school in Fort Mason, CA delivering a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact us at (415)-429-2008 to learn more or book a tour.


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Welcome to the Academy of Thought and Industry in Fort Mason. I am delighted you're here!

ATI is a unique educational opportunity designed specifically for the needs of adolescents. Adolescence is a period of intense physical and emotional growth, and it deserves individually tailored education.

I'm honored to lead this school and to partner with our exceptional educators and our remarkable students and families to co-create a challenging, supportive, deeply caring, and inspiring learning community.

I hope you'll explore our website to learn more about ATI and then come see us for yourself. I'd love to meet you.

Our Middle School program is now enrolling for grades 6-8. The ATI Middle School program will operate out of the same building as our early years school, Guidepost Montessori.

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Our community at Fort Mason is quickly growing. We host regular events to foster a vibrant school community: coffee chats with our faculty, student work showcases, and shadow days to experience a day in the life of an ATI student. We look forward to meeting you!

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ATI Fort Mason is located at 3741 Buchanan St, San Francisco, CA 94123 US, in the same building as our kindergarten and elementary school, 

fortmason-admissions@thoughtandindustry.com

Academy of Thought and Industry at Fort Mason serves middle school students by delivering powerful education to students that want to thrive independently.

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired middle and high school in Hollywood Beach, FL  delivering a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact admissions at (954)-408-8925 to learn more or book a tour.


I am honored and excited to be a member of Academy of Thought and Industry. As your Head of School, I look forward to strengthening the relationships that I have begun building and will build with all of our current and future wonderful students, families, teachers, and talented staff.

As it has been in previous years, we will continue our commitment to helping all our children develop their intellectual capacity, academic skills, and social competence so that they will be prepared to effectively negotiate the demands associated with living in an ever-changing 21st century. Beyond their academic program, we aim to instill within each student the essential principles of self-confidence, respect, and responsibility of being a productive and contributing members of our increasingly global society.

At Academy of Thought and Industry, we will strive to make our students learning process a positive and rewarding experience while maintaining a desire to develop a generation of inquisitive young people who will become lifelong learners in their various pursuits of excellence.

We invite you as parents to become active participants in our learning community. Whether you participate in our workshops or volunteer to help with class projects or with Going Outs, we welcome your commitment to your child's education.

Thank you for your interest in our school! Everyone at the Academy of Thought and Industry is looking forward to a productive and rewarding school experience.

Our community at Hollywood Beach is quickly growing. We host regular events to foster a vibrant school community: coffee chats with our faculty, student work showcases, and shadow days to experience a day in the life of an ATI student. We look forward to meeting you!

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Student, ATI Hollywood Beach

We'd love for you to come and visit. ATI Hollywood Beach is located at:

Campus address: 425 North Federal, Hallandale Beach, FL, 33009

hollywoodbeach-admissions@thoughtandindustry.com

Welcome to ATI Hollywood Beach, serving middle and high school students

In Hollywood Beach, FL, our Montessori-inspired middle and high school offers powerful education designed to inspire personal growth and productivity.

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired middle school at Museum Mile, NYC delivering a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact us at (917)-388-1710 to learn more or book a tour.


Welcome to the new Academy of Thought and Industry (ATI) at Museum Mile! We are so thrilled to offer a continuous learner-centered experience from Guidepost Children’s House (ages three through six), through our Guidepost Lower and Upper Elementary programs (ages six through twelve), all the way through our new adolescent ATI program (ages twelve through sixteen).

The ATI experience is unique and compelling. Our program’s Montessori foundation features both a deep understanding of adolescent development and a commitment to guide and nurture our students on their individual journeys to create lives of virtue, value and purpose. To achieve these goals, we understand that it would never work to set up institutional schooling and place students within that somewhat-rigid framework. Instead, we continually co-develop the school experience with our students as they grow and change as individuals and as a community. True ownership comes by way of including students in the design process of space, time and arrangement of learning contingencies.

Dr. Montessori’s gift to adolescent education is the visionary framework of autonomy paired with accountability. Students emerging from their middle and high school education today must navigate an ever-changing world through their ability to be self-driven, to approach problems with innovation and perseverance and to be citizens of our global society who understand how their personal choices and actions affect others. The ATI program is a guided space to hone these competencies within the school experience.

Deep learning consists of both ‘learning’ and ‘doing’—thought and industry. At ATI, we combine rigorous core learning arrangements, clustered around humanities, analytics and Socratics in which our students build the foundational working knowledge needed to engage in ever-complex, multi-disciplinary real-world projects. In addition, students experience activities under the heading “life design,” including our coaching program, which ensures personalized fulfillment of their own short and long-term goals. A rich practical life component and iterative creatives round out the exposure students require during these years to develop life-skills and to be exposed to potential interests they might want to explore further.

We know that the adolescent years can be a wonderful but challenging time for you as parents and that choosing the right program is not always an easy decision. Yet one thing is certain. By joining ATI, we are sharing your child’s middle years together, by constantly communicating and striving to make sure that his or her school experience supports and realizes the young emerging person he or she is truly meant to be!

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Our community at Museum Mile developed five community service projects this year: hygiene backpacks for children in homeless shelters, coat drive, food drive, community composting, Little Library. They received the "Triple C" Award (Courage, Character, Commitment) from the Attorney General of New York in recognition of their work.

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ATI Museum Mile is located at 12 E 79th St, New York, NY 10075 US, in the same building our kindergarten and elementary school, 

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Academy of Thought and Industry at Museum Mile is a middle school and high school inspired by Montessori principles to help students thrive independently.

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired middle school in North Scottsdale, AZ delivering a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact us at 480-256-2034 to learn more or book a tour.



Welcome to the Academy of Thought and Industry in North Scottsdale. I am delighted you're here!

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 is quickly growing. We host regular events to foster a vibrant school community: coffee chats with our faculty, student work showcases, and shadow days to experience a day in the life of an ATI student. We look forward to meeting you!

Katherine P.

Student, ATI North Scottsdale

ATI North Scottsdale is located at 20624 N 76th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in the same building as our early years school, 

northscottsdale-admissions@thoughtandindustry.com

Academy of Thought and Industry at North Scottsdale strives to encourage students to thrive both academically and personally throughout their lives.

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired high school in San Francisco, CA delivering a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact admissions at (415)-683-5459 to learn more or book a tour.




I'm thrilled to welcome you to ATI San Francisco. We're a unique school in this remarkable city. We combine the best of a rigorous, intellectually demanding liberal arts education with the best of a progressive orientation to cultivating student independence, agency and responsibility. We help each student become a great thinker and a great doer in a way that corresponds to their gifts, interests and passions.

Our learning community is intentionally small so we're able to deeply know each student, help them thrive emotionally and socially, and support their individual path to excellence. We're proud of our orientation to a set of values that guide us as a community, and I'd love to discuss how ATI might align with your vision of an extraordinary high school education.

I would be delighted to see you at our school soon!

Our community at San Francisco is quickly growing. We host regular events to foster a vibrant school community: coffee chats with our faculty, student work showcases, and shadow days to experience a day in the life of an ATI student. We look forward to meeting you!

Luke T.

Student, ATI San Francisco

ATI San Francisco is situated at 2690 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94115. We'd love for you to come and visit!  

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Academy of Thought and Industry at San Francisco is a Montessori-inspired high school for students who want to grow personally and academically!

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We are a modern Montessori-inspired middle school, located at 1767 Queen Street East, beside beautiful Woodbine Park and Ashbridge's Bay Park. ATI delivers a powerful education for independence, to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life. Contact us at (416) 703-2582 to learn more or to book a tour.

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Welcome to ATI Toronto, we are thrilled that you found us! Our team is excited to announce the launch of our Toronto middle school program in Fall of 2022.

Serving grades 7 and 8 in small, personalized classes, our curriculum uses the foundations of Montessori to deliver a rich academic experience. Our learning community is intentionally small, so that we are able to deeply know each student, help them thrive emotionally and socially, and support their individual path to excellence.

We combine a rigorous, intellectually demanding liberal arts education with cultivation of student independence, agency and responsibility. Deep learning consists of both ‘learning’ and ‘doing’—thought and industry. We help each student become a great thinker and a great doer in a way that follows their interests and passions. Each student is supported by their own coach, which ensures personalized fulfilment of their own short and long-term goals.


Our community partnerships with organizations such as Bob Acton Sports and Beyond The Beat round out the program and expose students to potential interests that they may want to develop further.

Whether you are a student, parent, or interested community member, we want to connect with you. We invite you to reach out and get involved in our Toronto opening.

Contact admissions at (416) 703-2582 to learn more or to book a tour - we can't wait to meet you!

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Adolescence is a critical period of development. Students are constantly growing in higher-order thinking skills, peer relationships, personal responsibility, and more. They're searching for their place in the world and beginning to form the values that will shape their lives.

Recent studies have shown that enthusiasm for school drops dramatically between fifth and twelfth grade, with nearly 75% of students reporting negative feelings towards school.

. They need an educational option that is appropriate for their developmental stage, and tailored to their individual needs.

Curriculum overview

Our students and guides work together to co-create the school community. We build routines, plan trips, create clubs, write our school constitutions, and decorate our space together. And beyond each school, our students actively engage in their local community, the global ATI network, and the world.





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Academy of Thought and Industry at Toronto is a modern Montessori-inspired middle school that helps teens develop independently through self-motivation.

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