Eclipse Academy

Eclipse Academy describes its teaching approach as custom, discovery-based, and mastery-based, with teachers tailoring student-centered coursework to each learner’s interests, strengths, pace, and goals. The school emphasizes inquiry, critical thinking, hands-on and authentic projects, and a holistic, neurodiversity-affirming model that supports academic, social, and emotional growth while balancing intellectual challenge with a joyful, developmentally appropriate childhood.

Eclipse Academy’s website says families who want to enroll should start by completing the contact form so an admissions counselor can follow up, or by scheduling a complimentary Zoom or phone consultation with the founder/Head of School. (eclipseacademy.com) The school describes the first step as determining whether enrollment is a good fit; during the enrollment process, staff ask about the student’s availability, strengths, interests, goals, challenges, and learning preferences, then propose a custom schedule and teacher match. (eclipseacademy.com) For key dates, Eclipse Academy appears to use rolling admission: it says students can enroll and start anytime, year-round, in any time zone, with schedules built around each family’s preferred start date, vacations, and holidays. (eclipseacademy.com) As for requirements, the site says the program serves gifted, profoundly gifted, and twice-exceptional learners in grades 3–12, but I did not find a published checklist of formal application materials, testing, essays, or fixed deadlines on the admissions pages reviewed; it also says prior IEP/504 recommendations can be incorporated into each student’s individualized plan. (eclipseacademy.com) I did not find any publicly posted waitlist policy or admissions priority categories on the school pages reviewed, so those details are not stated on the website materials I found. (eclipseacademy.com)