about the Diamond Prepatory System
One System. Birth to Career. No Interruptions.
The Diamond Preparation System (DPS) is a planned lifelong learning journey designed to prepare the students for the real world. This system will combine high-level academics in Science, Math, Engineering, Arts, and Technology (STEAM) with essential life skills like financial literacy and health leadership.
Designed for the Students' Real Lives
We know that life doesn't always go according to plan. That is why DPS is being developed as a justice- and victim-centered system. Most schools stop working when a student faces a crisis. This system will be different:
- The Safe Housing Network: This will be a core part of the system for the students. We are planning safe places to live and a supportive community for everyone in the program. If a student faces a challenge—like losing their home or a family crisis—the system is intended to keep them safe so their education never has to stop.
- Nature-Based Learning: The students will move beyond the four walls of a traditional classroom. They will learn through "expeditions," using the outdoors and wilderness adventures to build confidence, teamwork, and health.
How the Journey Begins
The journey for the students will start at home. Through our planned Post-Partum Support Network, we will help parents of infants and toddlers (ages 0–4) with a specialized homeschool curriculum. This is intended to ensure that families have the tools and community leadership they need from day one.
Our Living Labs: Research in Action
Living Lab 1: Education Corridors
The Educational Corridors project researches resilient infrastructure to improve access for youth facing multi-system challenges in rural and urban conflict zones. We invite proposals for Anti-Terrorism Force Protection and nature-based wellness tools to ensure student safety, healing, and academic continuity.
Living Lab 2: The North Star Trek
The North Star Trek researches campus safety and gender-based violence to create a secure Dark Sky Reserve biophilic housing network. We invite proposals for regenerative living certifications and green-skills training to empower the students and protect their health and security.
Living Lab 3: Biocultural Sovereignty
The #BonesBack Project utilizes backcasting and Systematic Inventive Thinking to repatriate Indigenous remains and cultural heritage. We invite researchers to join our anthropological excavations of boarding school sites and help co-design "educational corridors" and heritage conservatories that facilitate ancestral reburial, osteopathic study, and community-led restorative justice
