Academy of Thought and Industry - San Francisco 2690 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

"Our daughter is a highly focused and motivated young person, but she had always felt like high school was a waste of her time. I wish we had found ATI sooner. She was able to spend her senior year there and just finished in their first graduating class. We are so grateful to her guides and to the leadership of the school. We wish continued success for the school and the many future students fortunate enough to attend ATI."

"It's hard to say enough good things about this school. I had quite a precocious, independent-minded teen on my hands with few educational options as we approached high school and I was very apprehensive. We are very thankful we found ATI. From the process of determining if ATI was a good fit through my daughter's first year at the school, several things have impressed me: Michael Strong is passionate about mentoring young people and seems to understand and connect with them. He's also assembled a fabulous staff team who share a genuine affection for the kids they mentor and teach. Students have the chance to ask relevant questions and do work relevant to their lives. Their education is shaped and driven by things that inspire them. This makes all the difference. The rigor is impressive without being oppressive. Our daughter has had the chance to take AP classes at 12 and is thriving on the challenge.  High expectations are set for students and because their education is shaped by what drives them, they seem to rise to meet those standards and still have time to grow and process because there are less boxes to check off. The evaluations are especially helpful in taking on the role of coach for an increasingly independent teen."

"ATI has been a godsend for our family. Our son needed a break from the academic pressures of boarding school but still wanted a rigorous learning experience. The choose-your-own-adventure method of teaching, learning, and achieving at ATI provided a pressure-free environment from which our son could go deep in math and chemistry, explore socratic method, and whet his appetite for SATs and AP testing. The 10:00-4:00, Monday-Thursday schedule saved us many a household battle, as it builds in time for teenage sleep and non-academic interests. The staff at ATI are empathic, intellectually engaging, and flexible as all get out. We're not sure how we would've made it through this year without the support of ATI."

"When we were looking for a high school for our daughter in the fall of 2018, ATI stood out for us in the sea of schools with its approach to education that is tailored around individual interests. We appreciated ATI's philosophy of empowering the individual by providing the tools to be curious and creative rather than memorizing and regurgitating information. Our daughter has been an ATI student since fall 2018, and she has absolutely flourished into a confident and smart young woman in this short amount of time. She is eager to go to school every day and she is excited and passionate about her projects. ATI 's teaching model is definitely progressive and with the changing times, we can only hope that more schools can follow suit one day."

"ATI is a precious jewel in the San Francisco independent high school scene. My son is getting in depth academics, the choice he craves in how to spend his intellectual time, college prep testing/training, an intimate community of peers that values kids who walk off the beaten track, incredible mentoring from committed teachers, and the time to pursue his non-school interests. He has just the right amount of homework, allowing him to connect to activities in the whole city and to develop not just as a student but as a well rounded citizen. The school expects a kind of independence from students that is, in our experience, both age appropriate and liberating."