The Kanawha Valley Academy of Learning Pod was born from the desire to free our children from the “box” of public school.   Children are unique and traditional study is not a fit for everyone.  " The reality is that conventional teaching and learning methods follow an assembly-line pattern which allows little room for deviation. Educators deliver a predefined curriculum based on the gradual mastery of specific academic and developmental milestones. The student demonstrates mastery of knowledge and skills by completing cumulative and summative assessments. These are often standardised. Thus, learner progress is often reduced to, and defined by assessment results."-- Estelle Borrey  We created an option that combined the best of public school and the best of homeschool to nurture creativity, intelligence, and kindness.  Let's take Albert Einstein as an example. He is one of our greatest scientific minds. His teachers told him he would never amount to anything....