Austin, Texas

Villagers Microschool

Villagers Microschool

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Microschool Founder

Meredith Orf is a native Austinite; she was homeschooled in the expansive and eclectic Austin Area Homeschoolers group from second grade until college, and graduated summa cum laude from Southwestern University with a BA in Music/English back when universities were still hesitant to admit homeschoolers. She became passionate about helping to reform the world of education after learning about educational inequality in the mainstream school system, and about innovative school models that were already capable of creating better outcomes. Her experience includes academic tutoring, volunteer mentoring, a brief but informative foray into Teach For America and the world of public school teaching, and running her own private piano studio. Now that she has two children of her own, her long-time dream of opening her own innovative school has taken on new urgency; creating an environment that supports parents and helps children to grow into and cultivate their best selves is both a personal and professional goal. As an entrepreneur who works as a residential REALTOR and still teaches a few piano students on the side, she understands the challenges faced by working parents who are looking for a school environment that complements and strengthens the values they are trying to impart to their kids at home, especially in the secular context many of us are seeking. When she's not working in one of her businesses, she enjoys reading, writing, traveling, and nerdy pastimes like video games and cross-stitch.

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