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Aspen Academy sold to London for-profit firm

Freda Miklin reports Aspen Academy at Orchard and University was sold to UK-based International Schools Partnership.

Freda Miklin ·

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Aspen Academy, located at Orchard Road and University Blvd in Greenwood Village, has been sold to International Schools Partnership (ISP), a for-profit firm backed by private equity, based in London, England. The price was $39 million, a portion of which depends on performance, though reports were not clear in what sense.

The school’s published curriculum, as described in the print story, includes student-run businesses, where middle schoolers “learn accounting, marketing, customer service, and failure—all before high school.” Students complete more than 200 hours of personal financial education by the time they graduate and work with real business mentors when they are in 8th grade.

A photo credit in print said the accompanying picture was from Aspen Academy’s website. This digital package does not reproduce that photograph.

Print source: The Villager, Vol. 44 No. 34, July 16, 2026, page 6. Issuu edition.