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The BY Journal

Ideas, wins, and what we're learning.

Articles for parents, studio updates, and quick news from the front desk — one feed from Beyond Young Academy in Millburn, NJ.

The Beyond Young K-12 Skill Map app: strand and grade pickers on the left, the 1,871-skill galaxy on the right
Featured · Interactive

Everything a New Jersey child learns, K through 12 — on one map

1,871 skills and 3,518 prerequisite links, from first sounds to precalculus. Tap any dot to see what a child must master before it.

September 8, 2026 · Interactive · Beyond Young Academy Read the story →
Cover of Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan: an illustrated girl in a golden dress leaping above a farm field at dusk, holding a rose
Books · ELA Desk

Why we read Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan's award-winning novel about a girl who loses everything and becomes a migrant farm worker during the Great Depression — one of the chapter-book texts in our Reading and Writing classes.

Sep 27, 2026 · The ELA Desk
Cover of The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
Books · ELA Desk

Why we're reading The Year of Billy Miller

Our Grade 1 Reading & Writing class's first chapter book of the year. Vocabulary in context, following characters across chapters, and a homework note home: no test, just conversation.

Sep 16, 2026 · The ELA Desk
Student paintings and sculpture in the Beyond Young studio
Student Gallery

What our students make

Paintings, sculpture, and studio moments — the full collection, always growing.

Permanent collection
Three Beyond Young students holding First Place trophies with their coach at BPA Nationals 2026
Competitions & Test Prep

Where curious minds compete

BPA, AMC, Math Kangaroo, SAT/ACT/ISEE, Scholastic awards, and original research.

Six tracks · Grades K–12
Cover of The Giver by Lois Lowry, one of the books read at Beyond Young Academy
Books We Read

Books we read

Every book on our reading plan — picture books, chapter books, novels, short stories and poems, sorted by level.

94 books · 24 short texts
Cover of Shark Lady by Jess Keating, the picture-book biography of marine biologist Eugenie Clark
Books · ELA Desk

Why we chose Shark Lady

How we pick a book, and what one true story about a shark scientist teaches a six-year-old about reading nonfiction.

Sep 10, 2026 · The ELA Desk
An NJ Transit train pulling into Millburn station, with the brick station building beside the platform
Article · Family Logistics

Seven minutes from the train, and the afternoon works

Our center is a 7-minute walk from Millburn station and 7 to 8 minutes from three Millburn schools; the bus covers five more. How the afternoon works for a commuting parent.

Sep 8, 2026 · 4 min read
Bananas on the ShopRite checkout belt, with the Beyond Young Academy sign on the lane divider behind them
Update · Front Desk

A snack run, and a familiar sign at the ShopRite checkout

Bananas for the children arriving after school, included in tuition. And if you shop at ShopRite around Millburn, look at the lane divider: our tryout-class QR code is on it.

Sep 8, 2026 · 2 min read
The new Beyond Young school bus that picks students up at Millburn elementary schools
Article

Beyond Young now has a school bus

New for Fall 2026/27: one afternoon route from five Millburn elementary schools straight to our center — flat annual pricing, no monthly plan.

Sep 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Reading and writing practice at Beyond Young Academy
Article

Meet ISEE Vocab: our free online vocabulary trainer

Flashcards and quizzes for ISEE Lower Level words — free at isee.beyondyoung.org, on any device.

Aug 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Beyond Young students with trophies at BPA Nationals 2026
Article

How six Millburn kids won First Place at BPA Nationals

From a Sunday-night classroom on Millburn Avenue to the stage in Anaheim: what a year of competition prep actually looks like.

Aug 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Student working one-on-one with a Beyond Young teacher
Article

ISEE Lower vs. Middle: which level is your child taking?

A plain-English guide to levels, timing, and how private-school families plan the year.

Jul 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Update

📌 Fall 2026 schedule is live

All fall classes are open for enrollment — new sections, new times, and Sunday BPA prep resumes in September.

Jul 21, 2026 · Front desk