SmartHead Academy · Heber, Utah
Services Disclosure
Utah Fits All Scholarship Program — Approved Private School Application · Program Year 2026–2027
1. Education Services Provided to Each Scholarship Student
SmartHead Academy is a full-time, tuition-bearing private school serving Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Academy is the primary school for every enrolled student and delivers the majority of each student's academic instruction. Every scholarship student receives the following services as part of the single, comprehensive tuition rate for their program:
- Direct academic instruction in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, with integrated visual arts and communication, delivered by a state-licensed teacher employed or contracted by SmartHead Academy. Parents do not serve as the instructor of record.
- A required instructional schedule of at least three teacher-led instructional days per week. The Core Hybrid tier delivers four required instructional days each week: one in-person session, two live virtual sessions, and one teacher-led portfolio, assessment, and presentation day; the Full Immersion tier adds further required one-on-one session time. Each scheduled instructional day includes three hours of structured, teacher-led instruction during a standard 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. window, with assigned independent academic work continuing beyond the daily window.
- Standards-aligned curriculum mapped to the Utah Core Standards for English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies at the student's grade level, and to the Next Generation Science Standards.
- Structured independent academic work assigned, reviewed, and evaluated by the student's teacher between scheduled sessions.
- Continuous assessment and documentation of progress through a standards-referenced student portfolio reviewed weekly by the teacher, including written teacher feedback.
- Quarterly written Mastery Reports citing the specific Utah Core Standards covered (by code), documenting evidence of mastery, and identifying areas requiring additional support.
- Attendance tracking and reporting for every scheduled instructional day, in-person and virtual, with records available to Odyssey upon request for any scholarship student.
- Required learning materials, included in tuition. Optional standardized testing and optional field experiences are available at cost and are disclosed in writing before any charge.
- Family communication, including monthly written progress summaries and quarterly family review sessions.
SmartHead Academy offers two full-time enrollment tiers — Core Hybrid and Full Immersion. The tiers differ only in the amount of required one-on-one teacher session time and the depth of supplemental family support. Both tiers receive the complete full-time academic program described in this disclosure, and both are offered at a single, comprehensive annual tuition rate covering enrollment as a whole. Tuition amounts, additional fees, and the refund policy are stated in the SmartHead Academy Tuition, Fees & Refund Policy, published on this website.
2. Grade Levels Served
For the 2026–2027 program year, SmartHead Academy enrolls students in Kindergarten through Grade 12. Each scholarship student is enrolled at, and participates in curriculum designated for, a specific grade level (K–12).
3. Skill and Grade Level of the Curriculum
A prospective scholarship student will participate in the grade-level curriculum corresponding to their enrolled grade. The curriculum at every grade level is aligned to the Utah Core Standards adopted by the Utah State Board of Education for that grade, and to the grade-banded Next Generation Science Standards. The table below details the skill level of the curriculum in which a student at each grade will participate.
| Grade | Curriculum skill level — ELA, mathematics, science, and social studies |
|---|---|
| Kindergarten | Letter–sound knowledge, phonemic awareness, emergent reading and writing, listening and speaking; counting and cardinality, number recognition to 20, basic shapes and comparison; observation-based science (weather, living things, forces and motion); family, classroom community, and citizenship basics. |
| Grade 1 | Phonics and decoding, sight-word fluency, sentence writing, retelling and comprehension; addition and subtraction within 20, place value to 120, measurement and time; light and sound, plant and animal needs, patterns in the sky; community roles, geography of home and neighborhood. |
| Grade 2 | Reading fluency and comprehension of literature and informational text, paragraph writing, spelling patterns; addition and subtraction within 1,000, money, measurement, early data; properties of matter, habitats and biodiversity, Earth changes; Utah communities, maps, civic responsibility. |
| Grade 3 | Multi-paragraph narrative and informational writing, reading comprehension strategies, research basics; multiplication and division within 100, fractions as numbers, area and perimeter; forces and interactions, life cycles and inheritance, weather and climate; Utah geography, indigenous peoples, and community history. |
| Grade 4 | Opinion, narrative, and informational writing with evidence; summarizing and inferencing across texts; multi-digit multiplication and division, fraction equivalence and operations, angles and geometry; energy transfer, waves, plant and animal structures, Earth's changing surface; Utah history and government. |
| Grade 5 | Research writing with cited sources, literary analysis, oral presentation; decimal operations, fraction multiplication and division, volume, coordinate graphing; matter and its interactions, ecosystems and food webs, Earth systems and space; United States history, geography, and founding documents. |
| Grade 6 | Argumentative and explanatory writing, textual evidence and analysis, vocabulary in context; ratios and rates, expressions and equations, statistics, integers; integrated science covering Earth's systems, energy, and ecosystems with engineering design; world geography and ancient civilizations. |
| Grade 7 | Research and argument writing across disciplines, literary and rhetorical analysis; proportional relationships, operations with rational numbers, probability, geometry of scale; integrated science covering cells and body systems, genetics, geologic processes, and chemical reactions; Utah studies and state government. |
| Grade 8 | Advanced composition, research projects with formal citation, presentation and discussion skills; linear equations and functions, the Pythagorean theorem, bivariate data, pre-algebra mastery for secondary readiness; integrated science covering forces and motion, energy, waves, and space systems with engineering design; United States history and civics. |
| Grade 9 | Literary analysis and argumentative writing with textual evidence, research foundations, speaking and listening; Secondary Mathematics I (linear and exponential functions, systems of equations, congruence and constructions, descriptive statistics); earth and space science aligned to the Utah SEEd standards (Earth's systems, cycling of matter and energy, human impact); world geography and global citizenship. |
| Grade 10 | Rhetorical analysis, synthesis and comparative writing, literature across cultures and time periods; Secondary Mathematics II (quadratic functions, rational exponents, probability, similarity and right-triangle trigonometry); biology aligned to the Utah SEEd standards (cells and body systems, genetics, evolution, ecology); world history and civilizations. |
| Grade 11 | American literature, formal research paper with citation, college- and career-ready composition; Secondary Mathematics III (polynomial, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, mathematical modeling, statistical inference); chemistry (structure and properties of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, energy); United States history. |
| Grade 12 | Advanced composition and rhetoric, capstone research project with formal presentation; precalculus or applied quantitative reasoning according to the student's pathway; physics (forces and motion, energy, waves, electricity and magnetism) or an advanced science course; United States government and citizenship, and general financial literacy. |
Instruction at every grade level is delivered at grade-level rigor as defined by the Utah Core Standards. Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of the grade-level standards for their enrolled grade; quarterly Mastery Reports document this mastery by standard code. Students in Grades 9–12 earn course credit aligned to Utah high school graduation requirements, documented on an official SmartHead Academy transcript.
4. Placement of a Prospective Scholarship Student
Before enrollment is finalized, SmartHead Academy determines the grade and skill level at which a prospective scholarship student will participate through:
- Initial grade placement based on the student's age and prior academic records (report cards, transcripts, portfolio samples, or prior homeschool documentation provided by the family).
- A teacher-administered academic skills review in reading and mathematics during the first two weeks of enrollment, used to confirm placement and identify any skill gaps.
- A written placement confirmation provided to the family, stating the student's enrolled grade level and the curriculum the student will participate in for the program year.
If the skills review indicates that a student needs reinforcement below grade level in a specific skill area, the teacher provides targeted support within the student's grade-level program; the student remains enrolled in, and accountable to, the grade-level curriculum and standards for their enrolled grade. Instructional approach may be differentiated to the student's learning style; the standards the student is required to master are not reduced.
5. Instructional Model and Instructor of Record
Instruction is delivered through a structured, teacher-led, mastery-based hybrid model combining required in-person sessions, required live virtual sessions, and assigned independent academic work. Each instructional session follows a defined four-phase sequence: teacher-led concept instruction, guided practice, teacher-led analysis and discussion, and creation of a documented portfolio artifact demonstrating mastery.
The instructor of record for every scholarship student is a teacher holding an active Utah educator license, employed or contracted by SmartHead Academy, who has completed a criminal background check before any student contact. Parents serve as supportive partners and do not direct, assign, or evaluate academic instruction.
6. Public Availability
This Services Disclosure is published on this page, is provided to every prospective family before enrollment, and is available in print from the school's administration at [email protected] or 801-651-0219.
Effective for the 2026–2027 program year · Services Disclosure v4 — June 2026