After School Program
Find clarity, confidence and future-readiness
Ascend is our certificate-bearing After School program for learners (ages 13-18) around the world. This is an opportunity to join us part-time to be more prepared for a world of increasing complexity.
This online-first program helps you develop the competencies, mindsets, and behaviors required to flourish and contribute to human progress.
6 Months
Advance at your own pace
8+ hours/week
Time commitment
Your personalized launchpad towards a meaningful future
Our programs naturally support graduates in the college admission and job application process:
- A compelling portfolio of projects & solutions
- Real-life work experiences to guide your career trajectory
- Mastery transcript of competencies for the future of work
- A robust network of industry experts and advisors
- Practical tools to help establish self-purpose & enable well-being
Upcoming cohorts & start dates
There are three start dates every year for incoming learners. You can select your preferred time cohort and zone for live sessions in the application form.
October 16th 2021
Online-first, global
Application deadline for this cohort:
September 30th 2021
Open to learners from around the world
October 16th 2021
Hybrid, Dubai at Expo 2020
Application deadline for this
cohort:
September 30th 2021
At the Classroom of the Future Pavilion, at Expo 2020
January 8th 2022
Online-first, global
Application deadline for this cohort:
December 16th 2021
Not your typical After School program
Instead of courses or pedantic lectures, learn by embarking on interdisciplinary paths that emphasize the competencies, mindsets & behaviors most relevant to today's world.
Creating solutions to local and
global challenges.
Learn by designing solutions to
humanity's most pressing challenges -
by embarking on challenge paths.
Develop the most essential competencies for today's world.
Develop the hard and soft skills
required to contribute to the world -
by embarking on our skill paths.
Learn through internships & real-life work experiences.
Experience micro-internships and real-
life challenges set by participating in our career paths.
Choose your own mission through
personalized learning
We don't believe in rigid courses and spoon-feeding information. Our learning paths are guided personalized interdisciplinary experiences. Instead of subjects or courses, learners participate in a variety of learning paths.
Art with Technology
Skill Path
Conscious Capitalism
Skill Path
Creating Virtual Worlds
Skill Path
Designing Space Settlements
Skill Path
Designing with Nature
Skill Path
Future of Medicine
Skill Path
Future of Money
Skill Path
Sustainable Cities
Skill Path
Sustainable Fashion
Skill Path
Systems Thinking
Skill Path
Collaborate with passionate humans
Enrolling in our programs means embarking on a meaningful, inspiring, and relevant educational path while making friends from around the world!
Learn with leading organizations
and industry expertise
Our mentors, facilitators, and speakers come from leading organizations.
A life and resume builder
Learners who meet all learning outcomes will receive a School of Humanity certificate as both proof of learning and as a mastery transcript with a portfolio of projects.
School of humanity must have been the first place where, in literally every workshop, I could take something and relate to my real life. There is no such thing in regular schools where we usually don’t see the purpose of what we’re doing.
Sophia Nascimento Silva
Learner
The community at the school welcomed me and I felt I belonged instantly, it was perfect and met so many new friends from across the world. It felt like I can connect with people better and learn in a better way
Abdullah Obeidat
Learner
My experience with the education team at the school of humanity has been nothing but phenomenal. They have all helped me so much in my learning experience and gave me plenty of resources to improve and utilize in my day to day activities.
Jana Eissa
Learner
I loved the live sessions. They where very interactive, fun and well though-out. I loved the idea of teaching, researching and making projects for our selves.
Lukas Robillard
Learner
The SoH community was an awesome one, with students all over the world. The group discussions really helped me make friends and form bonds with them. We had a personal Whatsapp group and it was so lively and we got to know each other in a deeper way. I thank SoH for bringing us all together.
Rania Hashim
Learner
I loved the model, mainly because I am able to learn in a different way. In other schools and summers programs usually we just listen to someone talking and later we do some project. However, in School of Humanity it was not like that. I was able to learn before, in the sessions and after them; talk and do a lot of activities in the workshops and learn so many skills that I will use in different fields of my life.
Caroline Lima Rech
Learner
A journey that will help you find clarity about your future
Over the course of every 6-month learning cycle, you can expect to develop
new competencies, tackle local/global challenges and participate in micro-
internships.
An inspiring learning model
Our online-first model is designed to be engaging, inspiring, and meaningful.
We don't believe in lectures. Instead, you can expect to learn through personalized learning journeys and collaborative activities. Learners participate in a combination of synchronous & asynchronous learning every day.
There are four hours of live sessions every week, combined with a variety of self-paced learning activities and projects.
Our model allows for personalized learning paths, where you can master the curriculum at a pace that works best for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our program is fully online – which means that learners can apply from anywhere in the world! Please note, you have to be fluent in english in order to participate.
Learners graduate the program with:
- Skill transcript demonstrating the competencies, mindsets and behaviors that were gained during the program
- A network of friends and industry mentors
- A portfolio of projects
- Experience showcase and presenting their work at a global event
We do not offer merit-based scholarships at this time. However, we do offer financial aid to learners who can not afford our programs. This would entail a partial or full discount on tuition. You can apply for financial aid
We don’t believe in standardized summative exams. Instead, we regularly evaluate and evidence learning through projects, actives and micro-assessments.
A minimum of 8 hours every week. Our program is rigorous and rewarding. In order to get powerful outcomes, learners need to participate whole-heartedly and put in the time. We do not recommend applying if you can not commit the minimum time requirements.
We take a week off for Christmas and New Years. Otherwise, you can expect to have sessions every week.
Yes! You can participate in multiple 6-month learning cycles and do different challenge or skill paths each time.
No, we offer a range of timings for our live sessions, which means you can join us after school hours.
Learners are also expected to participate in 80% of live sessions to graduate from the program.
No worries! We make exceptions for younger gifted learners.
We run live sessions at multiple time zones. You can indicate your interest in specific timings when applying in our program.
Learners do not need to have any pre-requisite knowledge in the paths they picked. However, this is a high-school level program – which means you have to have minimum of 9th grade equivalency in numeracy, english and science to participate.
