Why I Built Interwoven Academy

For as long as schools have existed, students have been taught to think in boxes: science in one, literature in another, history in yet another, and so on. Each subject is stacked neatly in its own compartment, rarely mixing with the others.

Some call that interdisciplinary learning, because, after all, the student is exposed to multiple disciplines, right?

Not so much.

Yes, in traditional venues students cover multiple areas of study, but they don’t really see how those areas connect. The threads that weave those disciplines together often get lost, leaving students with mere fragments of understanding instead of an interconnected picture.

But when you start making those connections, when physics illuminates philosophy, when history gives context to innovation, when art deepens our grasp of human nature … something incredible happens. Curiosity ignites. Learning accelerates. Ideas click into place. And they persist.

That’s what I saw when I began designing a curriculum for my oldest son. I wanted him not just to “get through” high school, but to actually see how concepts fit together, to understand why things matter, not just what they are. 

What started as a small homeschool experiment quickly transformed into something bigger. He loved it. And when my younger son followed along, he found that same excitement, that sense of discovery that turns learning into an adventure.

Those experiences changed how I thought about education entirely. I realized the problem wasn’t with our students or even with our teachers … it was with the structure of education itself. Traditional education rewards compartmentalized thinking, but the real world demands connection, creativity, and cross-pollination.

That realization became the foundation for Interwoven Academy.

I spent years refining the approach: blending disciplines, designing projects that link seemingly unrelated subjects, and creating a framework that invites students to think like explorers rather than test takers. 

And in 2026, Interwoven Academy became a place where any student could experience that same transformational way of learning and understanding.

Interwoven Academy isn’t just a new curriculum, it’s a new way of seeing our fast-changing world. It’s for students who want to understand how ideas connect, for families who believe education should spark wonder, and for anyone ready to leave behind the old model of isolated learning.

Because when everything is interwoven, learning stops being a checklist and starts becoming a lifelong journey of discovery.