About Us

At Colossal Academy Jacksonville, we are reimagining middle and high school education. 

We believe that by providing a personalized, hands-on learning experience, we can empower our students to become lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and compassionate leaders. 

Our approach focuses on the whole student, nurturing their intellectual curiosity, emotional well-being, and social responsibility. We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive community where every student feels valued, challenged, and inspired to reach their full potential. 

Our learning is project-based, relevant, meaningful, fun, student-driven, and personalized. Our students are prepared, independent, problem-solvers, confident, self-aware, and leaders. Our classroom is filled with teenagers engaged, collaborating, problem-solving, working at their own pace, driving their own learning, laughing and learning. 

Our students learn through hands-on, student-driven learning including project-based learning, entrepreneurship, STEM, and community service that prepares them not just for college, but for life. 

Our students learn traditional college prep curriculum AND how to manage their finances, start a business, fix a faucet, embrace AI, communicate, resolve conflict, and create healthy relationships. Join us on this exciting journey as we transform the educational landscape and prepare our students for a bright and successful future.

In 2022, Janet and Lindsey, the founders of Colossal Academy Jacksonville, set out to create a middle and high school for students like their sons—bright, social, and thriving in their small, innovative K-8 schools—but underwhelmed by the options available at that time: high-pressure environments of traditional private prep and magnet schools or the safety and rigor challenges of general public school settings.

After years of research, interviews, networking, planning, and collaboration, we proudly opened Colossal Academy Jacksonville in August 2024. Our inaugural class includes eight students in grades 7 through 10, guided by three highly qualified teachers, an intentionally crafted curriculum, and the invaluable support of Colossal Academy—a nationally recognized, award-winning micro middle school in Fort Lauderdale.