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NYC·Motivation · 2026-27

Learning Lab Motivational Model

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At Learning Lab, kids start to connect focused learning with real rewards. The system is simple: do your work, earn Alphas, get a payout. Alphas can be spent at the Emporium, given to a community cause your child cares about, or saved for later. These are the first choices your child makes with their own money.

The deal at Learning Lab

Daily reward
Daily Alpha payout & Comfy seating after reaching 120 XP each day. 10 Alpha bonus for >145 XP.
Weekly reward
Emporium shopping & Fun Friday
Session-long reward
Mobile Squad: an off-campus field trip voted on by the kids

Day to day

What life looks like at this level

What kids aim for

The day's color comes from the subject rings and XP. The full week's tracker comes home on Fridays.

Not Yet

Subject rings left unfilled.

Minimum

All subject rings filled. Earns the 5 Alpha ring bonus.

EPIC Day

All subject rings filled and 120 XP earned. Another 5 Alpha bonus.

The big once-a-Session reward

Session reward

Mobile Squad

An off-campus field trip the kids vote on themselves at the start of each Session.

How to earn itEarned by hitting 100% or more of your XP for the entire Session.

The money

What kids earn and what they do with it

How earning breaks down

WhatHow it’s earnedPayout
Daily App WorkXP earned through focused app work1 Alpha per 25 XP
Ring BonusFill all subject rings5 Alpha bonus
XP BonusReach 120 XP after all rings are filledAnother 5 Alpha bonus
Mastery Test · 100%100% on a mastery test, the test triggered after a student finishes a grade level's content100 Alphas
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