Our Story

We started in Spring 2020, when the rest of the world was stuck in Zoom School and we asked a different question.

What if we didn't just move the classroom online, what if we rebuilt it in a place students actually wanted to be?

That question led us to become the first school in the world to hold class in the Metaverse. We didn’t set out to build a bigger school — we set out to build a more human one, where technology serves connection instead of replacing it. From that first virtual reality classroom, we’ve grown into a full K-12 program, but the belief that started us hasn’t changed: the right technology, used well, can make learning feel alive again.

Method

How we teach

We deliver a time-tested, content-rich classical curriculum — grounded in the Great Books — through immersive virtual reality, so students learn in the very places history actually happened.

Mission

Why it matters

To prepare students not just to pass a test, but to live a meaningful life, pursuing work and relationships worth having, guided by character as much as knowledge.

Vision

What we’re building toward

A school where every student, regardless of location or income, can access an education centered on truth, goodness, and beauty.

Values

What we teach toward

Every lesson points toward the true, the good, and the beautiful — the true through a rich, honest curriculum; the good through character and civic virtue; the beautiful through experiences that make learning feel alive, not administered.

A Few People Behind OAO

Real educators and innovators who built OAO from a simple belief: technology should make school more human, not less.

OAO was founded by Adam Mangana and Vince Jordan, who in 2020 pioneered the world’s first virtual reality school, pairing classical education with immersive technology to reimagine what online learning could be.

Today, Kim Abel leads OAO’s academic program as Head of School, ensuring every student gets a rigorous, personal, and values-centered education.

Behind the scenes, our Admissions Team, Fallon, Joel, and Marcus, helps guide every family through enrollment, answering questions and making sure the process feels simple from first contact to first day of class.

Great Books. Singapore Math. Character at the Core

Our story is the belief, our approach is how we live it out every day, through a classical curriculum built on the Great Books, Singapore Math, and a commitment to virtue in everything we teach.

For Grades K–12

For Grades K–9

Our Story

We started in Spring 2020, when the rest of the world was stuck in Zoom School and we asked a different question.

What if we didn't just move the classroom online, what if we rebuilt it in a place students actually wanted to be?

A Few People Behind OAO

Great Books. Singapore Math. Character at the Core

For Grades K–12

For Grades K–9

Our Story

We started in Spring 2020, when the rest of the world was stuck in Zoom School and we asked a different question.

What if we didn't just move the classroom online, what if we rebuilt it in a place students actually wanted to be?​

A Few People Behind OAO

Great Books. Singapore Math. Character at the Core

What if we didn't just move the classroom online, what if we rebuilt it in a place students actually wanted to be?