- Struggling to find mentors and connections to guide their students
- Finding resources that encourage creativity without overwhelming pressure to accomplish more than possible
- Knowing how to narrow the search to prioritize quality and eternal value
12th Grade Coaching &
Dual Credit
The Skills Training & Christian Community Your Highschool Senior Needs
Give Your Student the Mentorship, Accountability,
and Skills Training They Need to Thrive
Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
12th Grade
The Skills Training & Christian Community
Your Highschool Senior Needs
Give Your High School Senior the Mentorship, Accountability,
and Skills Training They Need to Thrive
Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
Trying to Find the Right Resources for Your Highschool Senior is Overwhelming
Parents face challenges like…
And that leads to feeling overwhelmed, stressed about making the right choice, and fearful of the unknown.
We don’t want that for you.
Explore by Unbound gives high school seniors the skills training, hands-on experience, accountability, and community they need to thrive in the real world. Your student can have that too.
Explore Provides the Skills Training, Interest-Led Experience, and Community Your Highschool Senior Needs to Thrive Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
ACCOUNTABILITY, MENTORSHIP, & PEER COACHING
Explore Coaching
Each month in Explore, students complete four Coaching Modules and attend two Group Coaching Calls. Coaching Modules introduce students to a new coaching principle each month and require study, application, and reflection to complete. On Group Coaching Calls, students meet with 8-10 other students in their grade and a coach for mentorship and accountability, assignment and goal check-ins, and peer coaching.
CRITICAL LIFE, STUDY SKILLS, AND WORLDVIEW TRAINING
Explore Book Studies & Courses
Each year in Explore students complete two 8-week life and study skills courses, 1-3 optional CLEP exams, and read two life skills books. Their life and study skills courses include short, engaging video lectures or demonstrations and immediately applicable reflection assignments. In addition to their courses, books, and CLEP exams, students complete 8-weeks of Christian worldview training. Explore courses, reading assignments, and training are intentionally designed to help students build critical thinking skills, learn how to apply principles and concepts in their own lives, and to reflect on their experiences as they seek to determine their next right step.
STUDENT-INTEREST LED PROJECTS FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
Explore Projects
At the heart of the Explore program are the student projects. As a project-based training program, Explore is designed to teach students how to learn by doing. Through their projects, students take everything they are learning in their courses, book studies, coaching modules, and coaching calls and put it into action. Projects are 8-weeks long, completed once per semester, and are fully student-interest led. Students receive a project guide that helps them brainstorm ideas and make sure their ideas meet the requirements of being personal, meaningful, relevant, and challenging based on their unique interests, passions, season of life, and comfort zone
Program Breakdown
Explore runs for 10 months from August-May.
What's Included
- Explore Coaching Group
- Unbound's annual student convention, APEX
- Bi-weekly live group coaching calls
- Course 1: Living Forward
- Course 2: The Noticer
- Optional: 3 CLEP exam vouchers
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Reading Assignments: In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day by Matt Batterson &
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer - Worldview Training: How to Think Like a Christian Part I or II by Thinking Out Loud
What's Included
- Explore Coaching Group
- Unbound's annual student convention, APEX
- Bi-weekly live group coaching calls
- Course 1: Living Forward
- Course 2: The Noticer
-
Reading Assignments: In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day by Matt Batterson &
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer - Worldview Training: How to Think Like a Christian Part I or II by Thinking Out Loud
Hear From Students
How will Unbound’s Explore program teach your student to thrive in the real world? Watch now to meet Rachel and hear her thoughts.
Meet Unbound's High School Coaches
Julia Gottfried
JULIA is a high school coach for Unbound. Julia is a homeschool graduate, Ascend program alumni, and describes her time in the Unbound community like a second family to her. She is an avid storyteller, real estate agent, and revival missions team alum.
While Julia is mainly surrounded by corn fields, she is always down for a good competition. Whether it is a fierce game of beach volleyball, acting out reverse charades, or baking the best family carrot cake, she loves to faithfully seek out laughter and connection. She daily strives to encourage people to be compassionate and courageous with the gifts God has given them. Her dream is that she might grow in knowing Christ crucified and always live conscious of His deep love for her. Julia abides in a northwestern Ohio farm town where she enjoys the community of godly friends and church family.
Hannah Quintero
HANNAH is a high school coach for Unbound. After graduating high school in 2019, she joined a Christian mission organization and has had a strong passion for mentoring young people ever since. She believes a thorough knowledge of Scripture and a constant desire to learn are the foundation for any successful life.
When she’s not working, you can find Hannah studying a new language, reading a book, drinking a cup of coffee, or hanging out with family. She loves any kind of conversation, no matter the topic! She currently lives in beautiful Colombia with her husband, Aníbal, and their young daughter.
Kyle DeJarnatt
KYLE is a high school coach for Unbound. He is a homeschool and Unbound graduate who earned his BSBA from Liberty University in 2021 and is currently pursuing his MA in Christian Ministry from Liberty’s School of Divinity. He loves working with high school and college students and especially having discussions about biblical topics and how these can be applied to students’ lives.
When he’s not studying or working with students, Kyle can often be found attending theatre performances or mini-golfing with his wife, Heather, doing cheese tastings and playing Super Smash Bros. with his friends, or talking someone’s ear off about Tolkien’s writings.
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How to Get Started
STEP 1
Register Your
Student for
Explore
You can register for Explore in two ways: through the registration section on this page or by booking an admissions call with our team. If you have any questions about Explore that the website hasn’t covered, we encourage you to book a call to get those answered!
STEP 2
Coaching Group Assignment &
Access to Slack
In August, your student will receive their Coaching Group assignment, get access to our program platform, Pathwright, and receive an invite to our private chat platform, Slack. Pathwright is where your student will find all of their program assignments and resources and Slack is where they will connect with the rest of the class and their Explore Coach.
STEP 3
Attend
APEX
Registration for Unbound’s annual student convention, APEX, is included for all Explore students and we highly encourage students to attend. APEX takes place in August in Michigan and serves as a program and community orientation for new students across all Unbound programs, a recognition event for returning students, and a reunion for Unbound alumni. Check out the most recent recap video here.
STEP 4
Complete Coaching Modules & Attend Group Coaching Calls
Each month students are introduced to a new coaching principle (examples: having an Attitude of Mastery, being Extraordinary at Ordinary) that they explore through 4 assignments over 4 weeks: introduction, study, application, and reflection. Every two weeks, students will attend group coaching calls for mentorship and accountability with their assigned group and coach. During these calls they will discuss the coaching principle of the month and check in on assignments and goals.
STEP 5
Complete Courses &
Reading Assignments
Each semester in Explore students complete an advanced life or study skills course followed by a book study. In addition, Explore students can earn up to 9 college credits through CLEP exams if they choose to (vouchers for exams are included in program registration costs). In the spring semester, they will also work through 8-weeks of Christian worldview training. Courses and worldview training are 8-weeks long and intentionally designed to be engaging, immediately applicable, and relevant to student’s seasons of life. Assignments are given for reflection and application, not busy work. Book studies are also 8-weeks long and material is assigned to engage student’s on a specific topic (i.e. habit-building, resilience, service) and have them practice observation, application, and reflection of the topic in their own lives.
STEP 6
Complete Two Student-Interest Led Projects
During both the fall and spring semesters, Explore students complete an 8-week project. Projects are student-interest led and required to personally relevant and challenging. Students receive a project guide that provides structure for brainstorming, planning, and executing their project. Throughout each semester they will complete their projects in steps, submitting progress to their coach along the way for feedback and review.
The Results
The goal of Unbound’s high school programs is to teach students to ask wise questions in a culture of assumptions, take action to create value, understand the context of their lives in God’s story, learn to live in the real world, and not just exist but rather thrive.
After their year in Explore, students will have an understanding of their core foundation and purpose. They will have cultivated the ability to reflect, ask good questions, and pursue wisdom. They will understand and be able to manage their time, tasks, and resources. They will have developed the ability to endure and live resiliently with hope, and take ownership of their life, work, and education.
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Most people are dissatisfied with the lack of practical skills training and personal responsibility that result from traditional high school.
Explore helps high schooler seniors develop personal responsibility for their education and build practical, relevant skills by providing project-based learning in a coaching environment so they can learn to thrive in their academics and relationships.
At Unbound, we think there are five foundational things young adults need to learn in order to thrive in high school and beyond:
- To take full responsibility for your life
- To serve others by being extraordinary at ordinary
- To prioritize relationships
- To create value
- And to live resiliently, in light of eternity, and for the glory of God
Every aspect of Explore is designed to teach these skills. And it all happens in the context of coaching and community.
FAQs
How long is the program?
Explore is a 10-month program that runs August-May.
Are the courses self-paced or live?
All your courses are self-paced, but your coach will help you work through the material with your fellow students at a pace that allows you to complete a course each semester.
Are my CLEP exams self-paced or live?
CLEP exams are self-paced, but your coach will help you work through the material at a pace that allows you to earn a minimum of three credits per semester if you choose to take advantage of the included CLEP vouchers.
When do the group coaching calls happen?
Group coaching calls will happen at the same time and on the same day every other week.
Get to Know Unbound
The Be Unbound Podcast teaches young adults and their parents how to ask the right questions, take action, and understand key truths that will enable them to live well, by showcasing conversations with guests who display what it looks like to be extraordinary at the ordinary.
Episode Highlights:
- Steve Demme: Learning to Wait on the Lord – Listen Now
- Stuart McAllister: Hope & Apologetics in a Post-Truth Culture – Listen Now
- Sarah Shaw: Illustrating the Invisible – Listen Now
The Be Unbound YouTube channel shares actionable tips for students and chronicles the adventures of Unbound students and alumni.
Video Highlights:
- What was your Favorite? | Ascend 22/23 Class Recap – Watch on YouTube
- Trebuchets + Tactics + Trials equals… | APEX 2023 Recap – Watch on YouTube
- The Rule 4 Gauntlet… | Basecamp 2024 Recap – Watch on YouTube
Read what’s happening in higher education and informed commentary on the topics of life preparation, education, and Christian leadership.