Career Assessment & College-Major Coaching for The Renaissance School Families
The Renaissance School is an arts-focused independent high school in Charlottesville. Its model combines rigorous academics with serious arts training.
The Renaissance School — Charlottesville, VA · 9-12 arts-focused, day
Why the Highlands fits The Renaissance School
Renaissance students often have well-developed artistic identities and less-developed frameworks for thinking about academic or career direction. The Highlands provides objective ability data that complements — rather than competes with — their artistic interests.
How we engage
Most The Renaissance 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.
- Individual Highlands work for upper-school students
- Senior-class cohort engagement
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 The Renaissance 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.