“A place to be yourself.
No judgement. Just you.”
At TVS, social and emotional development isn’t a side program. It’s a dedicated, intentional space — supported by a professional team, grounded in research, and designed around one core belief: who you are is more important than what you know.
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A dedicated space for self-discovery and character.
Facts can be memorized and skills can be practiced. But who you are is something you spend your whole life discovering. Health and Wellness gives learners a structured, safe, and joyful space to do exactly that — to reflect on who they are, practice being themselves, and grow their character in authentic ways.
Each session builds on a theme tied to identity and character — belonging, grace and courtesy, friendship, resilience — and is responsive to what the studios actually need. If learners are navigating friendship challenges, we meet them there. If a studio needs to deepen its sense of community, we build that together.
“We believe that who you are is more important than what you know.”
The Village School
Where community is forged.
Every studio has at least three hours of outdoor unstructured play per week. For Discovery and Adventure learners, this means time at a nearby park — the freedom to play in a creek, compete in a soccer game, or just sit and talk. It looks informal. It is anything but.
During unstructured outdoor time, learners navigate real social challenges without adult scaffolding. They collaborate, listen, disagree, repair. They build the kind of resilience and self-awareness that cannot be taught in a classroom — only lived.
Built around the six traits of the TVS Profile of a Learner.
Our Health and Wellness curriculum is designed to bring these traits to life through story. Learners explore the stories they tell themselves, the stories of others, and the stories they have been told about who they are — because identity is shaped by narrative, and narrative can be rewritten.
Professional support at every level.
Our Health and Wellness team meets bi-weekly with studio guides to discuss the wellbeing of the studio and individual learners — so that no child falls through the cracks, and every guide is supported in responding to what each learner needs.
Evidence-based frameworks for measuring what matters.
TVS uses national evidence-based standards to guide our understanding of social-emotional health — so we know what thriving actually looks like, and we notice when a learner needs more support.
Discovering your authentic self is the heartbeat of our program.
We give every learner the opportunity to realize their value, their full potential, and their positive impact on the world — ensuring they find their footing in an ever-changing one.