Alumni Spotlight

I attended Alpha II for my last year of high school. Before that, I had been homeschooled/unschooled since kindergarten; essentially, I had never been in a traditional school setting. I was a creative child, and got into theatre and the arts from a young age. In middle school, I became interested in writing fiction, and…

Mik Tampold spent grades 7-12 at Alpha 2. During that time, among other things, he focused on developing his social skills—as someone on the autism spectrum, this did not come easily for him. Many years later, Mik still has a vibrant group of friends from Alpha 2. He also credits Alpha 2 with giving him…