For private and online schools
Make handling pressure part of the curriculum
Schools that educate athletes, musicians and performers know the problem: these students must deliver in moments that do not wait, and almost nothing in a normal timetable prepares them for it.
Two ways schools work with us
Most partnerships run both at once — a school-led cohort for a selected group, and an endorsement to the wider student body.
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The school runs a cohort
A selected group trains as part of the school program, with structured mental performance work alongside their sport, music or performing arts commitment.
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The school recommends it to families
For the wider student body, the school endorses the program and families enrol directly at a rate reserved for the school community. No administration for the school, and no cost.
PE credit
Leveraging our physical training integration
Our mental workouts integrate into the cool-downs of physical workouts and create a mind-body training habit that sits squarely inside what physical education already does.
While granting credit is your school’s decision under your own accreditation, we provide the participation and completion evidence that decision needs.
Proof
At ICL Academy, we are dedicated to providing all passion-based students in sports, music, performing arts, and more with resources that get them ready for the future.
Kirk Spahn — Founder and President, ICL Academy 
We have partnered with ICL Academy since 2024 to build an environment in which mental fitness training is as normal as physical fitness training. ICL Academy uses a custom THRIVE pathway for PE credit with a selected student cohort.
Confidentiality
What the school sees — and what it does not
This is the part worth reading closely, because it is what makes the program work rather than a limitation on it.
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Participation
Whether a student is engaging with their program, at the cadence the program expects. The practical question a school actually has.
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Completion
Progress through the pathway, and completion of the stages that credit or reporting depends on.
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Never individual results
Assessment results belong to the student. We do not share them with the school, and we say so to students up front.
What it looks like for a student
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Eight minutes, inside training
Mental workouts integrate into the cooldown of physical training rather than adding another commitment to an already full week.
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A curriculum, not a chat
Structured, progressive training built on exercise physiology — the method professional athletes use, at the stage a student is at.
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It transfers
The skills apply wherever performance is judged in a moment: competition, audition, recital, exam hall. One set of skills, not four.
Questions schools ask
› Can this count for PE credit?
Yes. We have done this for multiple school years now. Whether it counts at your school is your school’s decision under its own accreditation — we cannot grant credit, but we can provide the participation and completion evidence you need to make that determination, and we can walk you through the process, step by step.
› Is this mental health support or counselling?
No. This is performance training — building mental skills the way physical training builds physical ones. It complements counselling and clinical support rather than replacing them, and we are explicit with students about that distinction.
› What does the school get to see?
Participation and completion, at the level you need for credit or pastoral oversight. Not individual assessment results — those stay with the student. Reporting can also be switched off entirely for a group if that is the right setting for your context.
› Is it only for athletes?
No. Most of our students compete in sport, but performing under pressure is the same problem for musicians, dancers, actors and students facing high-stakes exams. The techniques and the routines transfer.
› How much does it cost?
School engagements are quoted individually — cohort size, cadence and the level of coaching involvement vary too much for a list price to be useful. Families enrolling through a school endorsement do so at a rate reserved for that school community.