Career Assessment & College-Major Coaching for Free Union Country School Families
Free Union Country School is a small independent school for preschool through eighth grade in Free Union, just outside Charlottesville. Its student-led, outdoor-rooted approach produces independent thinkers.
Free Union Country School — Free Union, VA · PK-8 independent, day
Why the Highlands fits Free Union Country School
Free Union's culture of agency and self-direction prepares students well to engage with their Highlands results. We typically meet with Free Union families at the eighth-grade transition point.
How we engage
Most Free Union Country School families begin with an individual Highlands Ability Battery — a 3.5-hour online assessment plus a two-hour debrief — for one student. Some families come back for a second child two years later. Schools sometimes engage us at the institutional level for cohort work.
- Eighth-grade family engagement on high school choice
About Timshel
Timshel Personal Consulting was founded by Benjie Colberg — Vanderbilt M.Ed., certified Highlands consultant, and nine-year Christ School faculty member who served as Dean of Campus Life. We see clients in Charlottesville and Asheville and consult with families across Virginia and North Carolina. Read more on the founder bio.
Timshel Personal Consulting is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Free Union Country School. We work with families and, in some cases, with school administrators on cohort engagements. School names and references are used factually to describe the populations we serve.