Mission:
Daniel Learning Services aims to guide students through a natural learning process which inspires a love of learning and challenges them to fulfill their full potential.
Vision:
Each young person has a natural and equal right to pursue an education. However there are many barriers, both intrinsic and extrinsic to any student, which obstruct the fulfilment of this right. Daniel Learning Services exists to create a bridge across these barriers, in the following ways:
1. To create an educational system which is:
-Comprehensive
-Customizable to each unique student, and…
-Affordable for low income families.
2. To offer educational services of uncompromising quality, guided by highly qualified adults.
3. To create a new set of curriculum standards and an objective and dynamic assessment system, which each meet mainstream graduation expectations while also addressing the deficiencies of the established curriculum and grade-based assessment system.
Daniel Learning Services is developing a full-time alternative education program for young people ages 12 through college.
A forward-thinking full-time alternative learning program:
Young people develop best when they are treated as capable, responsible participants in their own growth, when learning is connected to real experience, and when intellectual work is grounded in meaningful purpose rather than extrinsic motivation. This program will be designed for students who are prepared to assume increasing responsibility for their education and for families seeking a serious alternative to conventional schooling.
Academic study will emphasize primary sources, structured dialogue, and disciplined thinking, alongside meaningful engagement with significant ideas. Rather than prioritizing standardized benchmarks, the focus will be on conceptual depth, critical inquiry, intellectual autonomy, and sustained exploratory work. Activity-based learning will be foundational. Students will engage in hands-on projects, applied problem-solving, and real-world investigation that unite thought and action.
Instruction will follow a deliberate three-setting model shaped by seasonal rhythm. During temperate months, learning will extend outdoors through field study, physical exploration, and project-based work. In colder seasons, students will gather at a fixed site for structured seminars, Socratic dialogue, and concentrated analytical study, with stronger integration of remote learning to support continuity and independent work.
A strong vocational stream will provide direct preparation for engaging careers in emerging and future-oriented industries through mentorship, skill development, and purposeful project experience. The long-term goal will be to establish a stable learning community grounded in intellectual seriousness, practical competence, and responsible self-direction. Daniel Learning Services is actively seeking partnerships and funding to bring this model to full implementation.