Bridges Leadership Academy

Uniting Families Through Principle-based Leadership Education!

A Leadership Commonwealth Family School meeting on Tuesdays September 9th, 2025 through April 28th, 2025.

all classes will be held at a public library.

A parent MUST attend each time with their child(ren).

At Bridges, we inspire members to discern and live true principles
so they can strengthen, unify, heal and lead their families and communities.

We do this by:

Putting relationships first,

Building on true principles,

Teaching to the whole person,

Keeping heart and mind open, and

Keeping it simple.

Bridges uses the principles explained in the book

A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille.

It is vital that each adult member of Bridges understands the conceptual basis of our organization before becoming a member. Reading this book is a requirement before obtaining membership and before registering for classes (You can still apply and then start reading). If you haven't read it yet and aren't sure if you are up for it, start by listening to this audio on the seven keys. These are the foundational principles illustrated in the book. If you have already read it, good for you! Start reading "Hero Education" by Oliver DeMille.

What is Leadership Education?

Our definition of leadership is to affirm an individual's worth and potential so clearly that they can see it for themselves.

To lead in this way, our community draws from the educational principles found in A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century by Oliver DeMille and the Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd) Library.

To ensure excellence in leadership and teaching, our mentors are trained to enact the methods taught in the How to Mentor series by Oliver DeMille.

We aim to foster a adult "Attachment Village" because we believe: "You can't parent a child whose heart you don't have."

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