An Acton Academy
Find a Calling
Change the World
A Montessori Inspired Private School in Moorhead, Minnesota

Your family may belong at Odyssey if:
You want
Your child to fall in love with learning
You believe
Every child should be curious and creative
You desire
Your child to discover their passion and calling
You believe
Children thrive with hands-on learning
Odyssey FM Acton Academy
We believe
Every child is destined to find a calling that changes the world.
Did you know that education as we know it was designed in 1893? At Odyssey we bring the one-room community schoolhouse that shaped and built America into the 21st Century. Odyssey is a part of Acton Academy, a learner driven community with over 300+ worldwide campuses. We believe every child is on a hero’s journey to find a calling that changes the world.

Your Hero's Calling?
We believe that clear thinking leads to good decisions, good decisions lead to the right habits, the right habits lead to character and character becomes destiny.
Traditional Schooling
- Children are grouped by age and have rows of desks
- Memorization and testing of facts and figures
- Students complete busy work, worksheets, and homework
- Standardized tests and grades that measure achievement
- Teacher led instruction
- Adult authority figure that enforces order and rules
- School is a factory with bells, rigid schedules, and one-size fits all


The Odyssey Difference
- Learners work collaboratively in a mixed age open spaced studio
- Young children learn real life skills and apply to hands on projects, exhibitions, and real-world apprenticeships
- Learners explore, create, and innovate with hand-on tools and technology
- Learners set personalized challenging goals and transparently track progress through creating portfolios
- Learners lead in a self-paced environment where everyone is a student and a teacher
- Learners self-govern through creating contracts of commitment and peer accountability
- School is an individual journey with goals, mentors, and 21st century tools that help them discover their calling

We are Michael &
Emily Koska
We decided that we wanted school to look different for our children and the children in the Fargo Moorhead community. We are so happy you’re here and interested in discovering more about our innovative learner driven school – Odyssey!