Copper Learning Academy

12/19/2025

The best gift isn’t under the tree — it’s the wonder your child carries into every day ✨

At Copper Learning Academy, we’re growing a new kind of school where curiosity leads the way. 🌿

Follow us for updates or head to our website to learn more or join our waitlist!

📍St. John’s, Michigan
🗓️ Opening 2026
🌿 Nature-Based K-5 School
🐝 copperlearningacademy.com

12/10/2025

🌞 BIG NEWS! Launching Summer Camp 2026 🌿

I’m so excited to share that we will be opening a nature-immersive, hands-on summer camp — a joyful preview of what families can expect once the full K–5 school opens!

Camp will run June through August 2026. Kids will spend their days exploring outside, building, creating, learning through play, and soaking up a whole lot of sunshine and confidence.

We’ll have small groups, caring guides, nourishing meals, and activities designed to spark curiosity and let childhood feel like childhood again.

✨ Enrollment is limited to 20 children
✨ The first two Founding Campers, pay $1,000 now and you will receive $500 off your first month!
✨ Full 11-week summer care — no scrambling for child care, no piecing together week-to-week camps. One consistent, joyful place for your child all summer long.

If you want to sign up, you can fill out the enrollment form here: https://copperlearningacademy.com/summer-camp/

I’ll review submissions and send payment details to approved families.

I cannot WAIT to create a magical summer for your kids. Let’s make Summer 2026 one they’ll remember forever. 💛🌻

12/05/2025

Why do we love events like days?

Because they remind us what learning can look like — alive, connected, and full of wonder.

Days like this give kids a chance to explore and imagine, parents a chance to connect and ask questions, and our community a chance to grow together.

These off-site adventures are at the heart of what we do at Copper Learning Academy — hands-on, real-world learning that nurtures both curiosity and community. 🌳

Every field trip, every shared moment, every “wow!” builds the foundation for a school where children can thrive both inside and out.

If this vision resonates with you, we’d love for your family to join our waitlist and grow with us🌻

Join the waitlist today at copperlearningacademy.com

📍St. John’s, Michigan
🗓️ Opening 2026
🌿 Nature-Based K-5 School

12/05/2025

🌟 We made it to the finals — thanks to YOU! 🌟

Copper Learning Academy has officially been selected as one of the finalists in the Clinton County Business Incubator Challenge! I’m so grateful for every vote, every share, and every bit of encouragement sent our way. This truly is a community-powered dream.

Standing alongside the other finalists is such an honor. There are some truly inspiring businesses in this group, and it’s exciting to grow next to people who are working so hard to make Clinton County even better. And to those who didn’t move forward this time — I’ve seen your ideas and your dreams. I can’t wait to see what you build.

This experience is a reminder that our community is full of creativity, vision, and people who care deeply about making a difference. Your support tells me you’re ready for a school rooted in curiosity, nature, and connection — and I’m honored to keep moving forward.

Thank you again for cheering us on. The live pitch happens January 22nd — stay tuned! 🌻ms

12/04/2025

12/04/2025

It’s voting day! Open the photo, give it a “like,” and help support Copper Learning Academy! Share if you feel called to also!

12/03/2025

Every big dream starts small — a seed, a spark, a belief that we can do something different. 🌿

Copper Learning Academy is still in our building season and your support today helps us grow a school where curiosity leads the way.

Your gift directly funds construction, learning materials, and future scholarships for kids right here in Clinton County who are ready for more: more time outside, more discovery, and more heart in their education.

🌻 Join our Sunflower Donor Garden:

🌱 $10 — Sunflower Seed Supporter
Your name (or family name) added to our Sunflower Maze this summer.

☀️ $25 — Sunshine Supporter
A handwritten thank-you note from a future CLA student.

🍃 $50 — Nature Nurturer
Your name hand-painted on a garden stone or sunflower maze sign.

🏞️ $100 — Trailblazer
Invitation to our opening celebration or special sunflower maze walk (plus all rewards above).

🪶 $250+ — Copper Founder’s Circle
Your name engraved on our Founding Donor Plaque + early invites and behind-the-scenes updates.

🌿 Every bit of support helps us open our doors to a new kind of learning — one rooted in wonder.

Donate at copperlearningacademy.com/support

12/02/2025

I've got jokes today. On a scale of 1 to 5 how excited are you for summer break?😁

11/30/2025

Does your child love hands-on learning? Mine too!

That’s why the core of our educational programming will be child-led and nature-based 🌿

If this sounds like an environment your child would thrive in, head to our website to subscribe for updates or join the wait list 🫶🏻

📍St. John’s, Michigan
🗓️ Opening 2026
🌿 Nature-Based K-5 School
🐝 copperlearningacademy.com

11/28/2025

Following my dreams so that other parents & kids can realize theirs 🥹🫶🏻

It all started when my daughter Linnea aged out of a nature based preschool and I was faced with finding what’s next (spoiler alert, there wasn’t anything comparable)

So I did what any reasonable parent would do and I sought out to build what my daughter needed—and that’s how Copper Learning Academy was born 🌻

This school is for children who lead with curiosity, compassion, and creativity. For parents who want a homeschool feel, but with more flexibility. For educators who are passionate about child-led learning. And for a community in need of adaptable schooling options.

If this sounds like something you or your child would love, head to our website and join the waitlist or subscribe for updates as we near our opening

📍St. John’s, Michigan
🗓️ Opening 2026
🌿 Nature-Based K-5 School
🐝 copperlearningacademy.com

11/27/2025

✨ Magic & Meaning Advent Calendar✨

I’ve been working on something special for families this season, and I’m so excited to finally share it.

This year, I wanted to create something simple, warm, and meaningful—something that brings families closer, sparks curiosity, and reminds us to slow down and savor the small moments. So I put together a 25-day Advent Calendar filled with tiny adventures you can do together all month long.

These aren’t big, complicated activities. They’re gentle invitations into connection—
🌿 little nature walks
💛 small acts of kindness
✨ cozy moments by glow light
📚 stories, gratitude, laughter, and wonder

The kinds of memories that last.
The kinds of traditions kids ask for year after year.

If you’d like your own December of Magic & Meaning Advent Calendar, you can download it here: https://copperlearningacademy.com/advent

I hope it brings your family joy, warmth, and togetherness this season. 💚
Here’s to a month of tiny adventures and big memories.

11/23/2025

What happens in your head when you answer 27+48?

I saw this question in my Facebook feed today, and it instantly pulled me back into the ways I used to struggle in school. The memorization side of math never came naturally to me. Spelling memorization was another battle.

Now, in my 40’s, if I'm honest with you—I still have to work at both of them. There are moments when it still makes me feel a little small, unworthy. As a kid I believed that if I didn’t master those skills, I would be a failure. I truly thought struggling meant I was broken.

But here’s the part younger-me never knew:
✨ I’m actually smart. Just… differently.

The TRUTH is:
🧮 I understand accounting on a deep, intuitive level.
📚 In 2023, I read 500+ books, 2024 was 600+, 2025 will be a “slow” year, I’ll be just under 300.
👨‍💼 My Score.org business coach told me I’m one of his favorites because of how I show up, take advice, and immediately implement it.
🧠 I’ve written pages and pages of policies, curriculum plans, and operational documents—both big-picture vision and tiny details.
🌿 I create environments where kids and families feel safe, welcomed, and understood.
🌈 I think in stories, visuals, metaphors, and connections… not worksheets.
🔍 I problem-solve creatively when the “traditional” answer doesn’t work.
🗺 I run a household, homeschool my daughter, and build a school—all while being neurodivergent.

So, what happens in your head when you answer 27+48? Here’s what happens in mine:

2 and 4 is 6
8 and 8 is 16
Minus 1
15
Plus 60
75 is the answer

It’s not linear. It’s probably not the easiest way. But it works for my brain.

And that’s the whole point.

I want kids to know that even if something isn’t their area of genius, it doesn’t make them less capable or less intelligent. I want them to discover tools and strategies that work for their unique minds. We are not meant to be cookie cutters. We are all beautifully, wonderfully made.

Curious to know more about Copper Learning Academy?

Sign up for a connection call with me—I’d love to hear about the learning dreams you have for your child.

📅 https://calendly.com/copperlearningacademy/family-connection-call