Action Academy is designed to help young adults navigate life. We offer coaching, workshops, counseling, college readiness, mentoring, soft skills training, and career exploration courses. Our differentiator is that your student leaves the academy with connections, skills, an actionable plan for the future, and the confidence to go get their life.
We make the learning fun, interactive, and tailored to each student.
Life Skills
Learn how to to quiet self-doubt and develop essential skills for life after high school.
Teen Workshops
Learn how to navigate life through our coaching, workshops, counseling, college readiness, mentoring, soft skills training, and career exploration courses. Your student leaves the academy with connections, skills, an actionable plan for the future, and the confidence to go get their life.
Learn effective time management, develop emotional and social intelligence, build resilience, and more in this 1 day workshop.
Unlocking Your Potential
Learn how to to quiet self-doubt and develop essential skills for life after high school.
Keynote Speaking
It's not "what do you want to be when you grow up" it's "what do you love now?" Find out where your passion and purpose lies and create the next steps towards your future.
Mental Health
Learn how to to quiet self-doubt and develop essential skills for life after high school.
Team Trainings
Learn how to to quiet self-doubt and develop essential skills for life after high school.
Our Differentiator
We are results-focused, interactive, and tailored to the needs of our clients. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to development so we take the time to set individualized plans with each of our clients which includes data-driven follow-up meetings, access to resources, and actionable plans for your continued growth and success.
We don't believe in "one and done" facilitation.
About Us
Director and Founder Kate Hickey, M.Ed. is an Amazon best-selling author of the book "Have Fun, Be Safe, I Love You" a guide to life and happiness beyond high school. She's worked in corporate facilitation for brands like Unilever and L'Oreal and she's in her 11th year as a high school educator.
She spent 5 years in Spain and her family was featured on "House Hunters International".
Hickey's passion is for empowering and inspiring. Action Academy is founded on the idea that we need only action, not perfection, to live a fulfilled and successful life.
Testimonials
"I've loved watching Max's confidence improve. He's developed his own goals and is going after them. He's more purposefull in his interactions with others and I'm so glad we chose to enroll him at Action Academy."
Marcus Ansel
Academy Parent
"I've always struggled knowing what I wanted to do after high school. Action Academy helped me find direction. Now I'm on Fiverr and I have started my portfolio. I loved their courses."
Katherine Witt
Rising Junior
"I'm so grateful to Kate and Action Academy for their guidance with my son. He loved the workshop and was truly inspired. He can immediately apply his skills and learning and I wish these courses were mandatory for high schoolers. Highly recommend."
Allison Mantrel
Academy Parent
