11 weeks of Challenge, Mentorship, and Meaningful Connection.

Where Gifted Minds Grow Deeper.

Courses your child will love. Topics they’ll remember forever.

From Burnout and Overwhelm to Confidence and Joy

“After pulling my gifted autistic teen from a school that didn’t fit, I spent weeks searching for a better way. When we found Young Scholars Academy, I saw a spark in him I hadn’t seen in ages. He told me, ‘Mom, these people get me.’ That was the moment I knew we’d found our place. And as a parent, the support I’ve found here has been just as life-changing.”

Alex, YSA Parent

Our 11-Week Courses are Led by Expert Mentors

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STEM & Innovation

  • 📅 Ages: 8–12 & 13–18
    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Mr. Mark Tidman
    📝 Description:
    Embark on an immersive science journey that transcends traditional boundaries. Students will explore real-world specimens like megalodon teeth, meteorites, and live reptiles, delving into interconnected topics across chemistry, astronomy, biology, and anatomy. This hands-on, narrative-driven course is designed to ignite curiosity and foster a deep passion for scientific discovery.

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  • 📅 Ages: 10–16
    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Mr. Salch
    📝 Description:
    Dive into the exciting world of robotics and programming! In this hands-on course, students will build and program circuits using Arduino, exploring how sensors, motors, and code work together to bring projects to life. Through open-ended challenges, your child will tackle real-world problems, combining technical skills with imagination to create innovative solutions. By the end of the course, students will showcase their own robotic creation, designed and built entirely by them.

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  • 📅 Ages: 10–12 & 13–18
    👩‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Amy Bechtol
    📝 Description:
    In this hands-on course, students will delve into the fundamentals of rocket science using the Kerbal Space Program. They'll design and launch virtual spacecraft, exploring concepts like thrust, gravity, and orbital mechanics. Through weekly challenges, learners will develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and teamwork, all within a supportive and engaging environment. Whether a novice or seasoned kerbonaut, this course offers a stellar opportunity to ignite a passion for space exploration.

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  • 📅 Ages: 7–16
    👩‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Jolene
    📝 Description:
    Join a dynamic Minecraft club where students of all editions connect over their shared passion. Under the guidance of a Minecraft Education Certified Mentor, learners engage in independent play while participating in collaborative discussions. This course emphasizes creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction, providing a supportive environment for differently-wired kids to thrive.

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  • 📅 Ages: 7–16
    👩‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Jolene
    📝 Description:
    Join a dynamic Minecraft club where students of all editions connect over their shared passion.
    Under the guidance of a Minecraft Education Certified Mentor, learners engage in independent play while participating in collaborative discussions.
    This course emphasizes creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction, providing a supportive environment for differently-wired kids to thrive.

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  • 📅 Ages: 7–11 & 12–18
    👩‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Louise
    📝 Description:
    This course offers a safe, structured environment where differently-wired kids can build social skills, confidence, and friendships through collaborative Roblox gameplay. Students engage in group discussions, practice teamwork, and develop flexible thinking—all while having fun and feeling supported.

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Creative Expression & Arts

  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Kristina

    📝 Description: Unleash your creativity in a welcoming space where artists of all skill levels can explore new techniques, share their work, and collaborate with peers. Students will engage in hands-on projects using a variety of mediums and build confidence in expressing themselves visually.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Kristina

    📝 Description: Budding engineers, architects, and inventors will love this course! Students will learn the foundations of technical drawing, including perspective, line work, and precision. Projects encourage spatial awareness and real-world application, all in a supportive and engaging environment.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Jackson

    📝 Description: From scripts to stage presence, this course helps young performers shine. Students will explore character development, voice projection, movement, and improvisation—all while building confidence and connection in a collaborative setting.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Kristina

    📝 Description: Where art meets narrative! Students will learn to craft compelling stories using visual media—from comics and picture books to illustrated scenes. This course blends creativity, writing, and design to help learners bring their ideas to life on the page.

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Communication & Life Skills

  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Kristina

    📝 Description: In this immersive course, students will create choose-your-own-adventure style stories that invite readers to shape the outcome. Along the way, they’ll explore plot structure, branching narratives, and digital tools that bring interactive storytelling to life.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Jackson

    📝 Description: A fun and supportive space where kids can build friendships, practice social skills, and connect over shared interests. Through games, conversations, and collaborative activities, students strengthen communication, empathy, and confidence in a welcoming group environment.

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  • 📅 Ages: For Parents of YSA Students

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Ms. Jackson

    📝 Description: Connect with other parents raising gifted and twice-exceptional children in this supportive weekly gathering. Led by Ms. Jackson, this club offers a space to share experiences, gain insights, and build community with families who truly understand the journey.

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Humanities & Culture

  • 📅 Ages: 13–18

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Mr. Z

    📝 Description: Discover the roots of modern language, culture, and logic through the study of Latin. This course makes Latin come alive with stories, games, and engaging activities that connect ancient language to modern thinking. Perfect for teens curious about words, history, and big ideas.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Mr. Z

    📝 Description: Explore the epic tales and timeless lessons of world mythology! From Greek heroes to global creation stories, students will analyze myths, uncover archetypes, and connect ancient narratives to modern life—all while developing critical thinking and cultural literacy.

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  • 📅 Ages: 9–13 & 13–18

    👨‍🏫 Mentor: Mr. Z

    📝 Description: Enter a world of imagination, strategy, and collaboration! In this D&D campaign, students build characters, navigate adventures, and solve challenges together—boosting creativity, teamwork, and confidence while having epic fun. No experience needed!

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Summer Course 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Our Promise To You:

If you’re not absolutely in love with your courses, we’ll stop payments immediately or switch you to another class that’s a better fit.

No risk. No stress. Just the learning and belonging you’ve been looking for!

We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!

We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting $3000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.

That’s my promise to you.

-Mr. Sam, Founder & Head of School

Mr Sam

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WHAT FAMILIES LOVE ABOUT YSA

The moment families find Young Scholars Academy, everything changes. Kids light up. Parents breathe easier. And connection replaces isolation. In this video, you'll hear from real families who found the joy, growth, and belonging they were searching for.

Questions Asked By Fellow Parents

  • Simple! 4 things:

    1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!

    2- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees

    3-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.

    Come by and see for yourself!

  • Courses are our premium offering, designed for families looking for fun, depth, consistency, and connection. COURSES COME WITH FREEE SOCIAL CLUBS AND WEEKLY CLASS SUMMARIES EMAILED HOME =)

    These meet once per week for 11 weeks, allowing kids to go further and grow together in a structured, engaging environment.

    Weekly deep dives into subjects they love

    Stronger friendships with the same group each week

    A FREE, live social club (when enrolling in 2+ courses)

    Weekly summary/progress report emails with updates on their progress

    Camps, on the other hand, are a fun, 5-day learning experienceone-week where kids bond, explore, and create together in a short burst of excitement.

    Typically camps will explore one of the many units that a course will explore.

    Camps meet Monday through Friday for ≈50 minutes per day, giving students a chance to immerse themselves in a topic they love while making quick connections with like-minded peers.

    Both are incredible!

    If you’re looking for long-term growth, deeper learning, and a premium experience, our once-a-week summer courses are the way to go!

  • Yes! Our courses and camps feature completely different content, so students are encouraged to take both.

    Courses typically cover multiple units over 11 weeks, offering a deep, structured learning experience. Camps, on the other hand, are a one-week intensive that might explore just one of those units.

    For example, if your child takes Theater Camp and the Theater Course, the course will go more in-depth with different activities and concepts and a more comprehensive play, while the camp will provide a focused, immersive experience for one week.

    No repetition—just more learning, more fun, and more opportunities to grow!

  • There are 2 kinds of refund requests:

    1- Summer Camp 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

    Our Promise To You:

    We want your child to have an unforgettable summer! If they’re not in love with their camp by the end of the first day, simply let us know and you’ll have two easy options:

    ✅ Transfer into another camp to find the perfect fit

    ✅ Receive a full credit to use toward a future camp

    No risk. No stress. Just an incredible summer experience for your child!.

    2- Summer Course 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

    Our Promise To You:

    If you’re not 100% in love with your course, we’ll either:

    ✅ Stop payments immediately OR

    ✅ Switch you to another course that’s a better fit

    No risk. No stress. Just the learning and belonging you’ve been looking for!

    We can offer this guarantee with confidence because we know our programs work for hundreds of families—and we know they’ll work for yours, too! Plus, when you enroll, you’re receiving $3,000 in bonuses, which you keep even if you decide to cancel.

    We take all the risk, so your child can thrive!

    Please read the description of each course before enrolling.

  • Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?

    Our courses are not at all the same animal =)

  • We do! We have 3 kinds:

    1- Word of mouth: 25% off- we know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth. When you help another family enroll in a YSA class and they name you at checkout, you will get 25% off the cost of the course you’re currently enrolled in once they stay past the refund period. Note— this applies to all regular courses, BUT only applies to the first month of membership courses.

    2- Homeroom Social Club 100% off- When the same student enrolls in 2 courses AND Homeroom Social Club you will automatically discount 100% of the tuition for Homeroom Social Club. When enrolling in only one course, you will receive a 50% automatic discount on Homeroom Social Club

    3- Multi-sibling: 10% off- We believe in supporting whole families and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is! When you sign-up 2 or more kiddos you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.

  • Of course! Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.

    If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.

    As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.

  • 2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.

    We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)

    Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org

  • All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!

    Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries! Cool, right?

  • ESA (Education Savings Account) funds are a publicly funded, government-authorized savings account that parents can use for educational purposes.

    YSA is approved with 10+ State ESAs!

    These funds can be applied to your YSA courses by following these steps:

    1. Enroll directly in the course you want to guarantee your seat

    2. Submit the invoice to your approved ESA and cc YSA at this email support@youngscholarsacademy.org

    3. When ESA funds are transferred to YSA, your payment method will be refunded, less the 6% credit card fee

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