YSC Academy is the first of its kind, soccer-specific sports high school for student-athletes in grades 6-12. The school provides talented youth soccer players of diverse backgrounds the opportunity to pursue their passion to play soccer at elite levels while simultaneously obtaining a highly individualized, learner-centered, and rigorous college-preparatory education. YSC Academy employs a cutting-edge, responsive educational model specifically designed for adolescent learners that honors their minds and bodies and encourages their personal ownership of their educational process. Academy faculty and staff strive to align the latest research in the science of the brain and the science of the body with the end-goal of empowering students to become self-directed learners in the classroom, on the soccer field, and in all life pursuits. At YSC Academy, we are transforming the student-athlete experience, and driving a cultural shift in the way we educate young people.