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About EACPA · Penn Valley, California

A college-preparatory academy built around the equestrian student.

Equis Amare™ College Preparatory Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving grades 9 to 12, opening Fall 2026 on a 37.9-acre Penn Valley campus with an established working equestrian facility.

Structure
501(c)(3) nonprofit
Grades
9 to 12
Campus
37.9 acres
Opening
Fall 2026
The story

For decades, brilliant equestrian students have been forced to choose. Rigor or the saddle. A college pathway or the barn. Public school doesn't accommodate the training schedule. Online schools with independent study programs lack daily peer interaction. Traveling families patch together tutors, missed semesters, and exhaustion. And by sixteen, most students leave the sport, or leave the rigor.

EACPA is the school that doesn't ask them to choose. Core Academics are incorporated into the equine experience, not bolted onto it. Wellness is woven through the day. Industry credentialing begins in ninth grade.

We are building the only school designed for this exact moment.

We are not the first equestrian school. We are the first to combine medically-defensible wellness, industry credentialing across five professional tracks, and a flagship Penn Valley campus where learning is structured around the rider's lifestyle and the bond between rider and horse.

Campus aerial

Thirty-seven point nine acres in Penn Valley. The campus where academics get built around the saddle.

EACPA · Penn Valley, CA · PO Box 1093
Structure

Two entities. One mission.

EACPA delivers. Equis Amare™ amplifies. The academy is the live lab where the curriculum gets stress-tested every day; the platform extends teacher reach through AI.

The academy

EACPA · the nonprofit.

A college-preparatory day school in Penn Valley.

Where students ride, study, and build the bond with horse and herd that no classroom alone can produce. 501(c)(3) governance. Donor-restricted capital. Tax-deductible giving.

The platform

Equis Amare™ · the platform.

AI-amplified instructional infrastructure.

Curriculum tools and digital instruction that extend teacher reach beyond the Penn Valley campus to the broader equestrian student body. Operated as a separate for-profit entity.

Donor capital sits entirely within EACPA and is governed by a capital firewall provision in every donor agreement. Funds cannot be transferred to the affiliated for-profit entity. Counsel: Adler & Colvin. Audit: Aldrich CPAs.

What we've built

An institution, ready to open its doors.

EACPA is not an idea. The 501(c)(3) is filed, the curriculum is built, the real estate is secured, and 345 families are already on the waitlist.

2024
Concept and incorporation

Laura Bruner architects the integrated 9 to 12 model after two decades coaching equestrian students through fragmented schooling.

Complete
Mar 2025
501(c)(3) status & federal trademarks

EACPA registered as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. Federal trademarks for EACPA and Equis Amare™ complete (USPTO Reg. 7,234,891). EIN 39-2918392.

Complete
2025
Legal counsel & board formed

AALRR retained for tax, corporate, and non-profit counsel. Five-director board seated with Adriana Chuzak-Trufyn-Epperheimer as co-chair. Tax-exempt counsel engaged.

Complete
Fall 2025
Curriculum built. 27 courses, 5 tracks

Equine Science · Equine Business · Equine Law · Reproduction & Genetics · Biotechnology. CTE and UC a-g course approval in progress.

Complete
Apr 2026
Real estate option secured

37.9-acre parcel in Penn Valley, CA, with an established working equestrian facility: 4,000 sq ft barn, 140 × 280 ft covered arena, 16 stalls, and 14 grassy turnouts.

Complete
May 2026
345 families on the waitlist

Demand confirmed. Faculty hiring underway. WASC + NCAA accreditation pathway in motion.

Complete
Jun 2026
Founding Donor campaign live

Givebutter campaign open. Founding 30 wall in production. Tier 01 through Lead Gift levels accepting commitments.

In progress
Jun to Jul 2026
Accreditation filings & key hires

WASC submissions filed. Final faculty and head-of-curriculum hires confirmed before campus opens.

Sep 2026
Cohort 01 opens. Doors open. Horses ready.

Soft launch Fall 2026. 42 founding seats. The Founding 30 wall installed before opening day.

How we differ

Other options exist.
None are this.

EACPA does not claim to be the first equestrian school. We are the first to combine academic rigor, evidence-based wellness, and industry credentialing in a single integrated 9 to 12 academy.

Public school
ICL Academy
EACPA
Built around the training schedule
No
Partial · online flex
Yes · day structured around the equine partnership.
Daily barn time as core curriculum
No
No
Yes · daily
Mental health integrated, not bolted on
Add-on service
Add-on service
Core · equine-assisted, evidence-based
Industry credentialing from day one
No
No
USEF · USHJA · ARIA · RACE · AVMA
Faculty credentials
Varies
Online instructors
M.S. / Ph.D.
Accreditation
State
WASC + NCAA
WASC pathway · UC a-g + CTE in progress
All four learning styles integrated
Visual / auditory / reading
Visual / auditory / reading
Visual · auditory · kinesthetic · reading
The graduate

Every student leaves with a credential the industry recognizes, and an indelible bond that both horse and rider will carry forever.

College-ready. Industry-ready. Built by the bond.

UC a-g
College portfolio
CTE
Career pathway
200
Hands-on hours
4 yrs
In the saddle
1
Bond they keep
Every dollar restricted by donor intent. Capital firewall provision in every donor agreement. Legal counsel · AALRR