“If it’s easy or you’re too comfortable, you’re not growing.”
When kids begin their Phoenix education, it often involves a process of unlearning common beliefs about mistakes. In a traditional education model, students are largely confined to the classroom and presented with standardized content which they are expected to...
Launch Zone: Summer Adventures
At the end of June, summer adventures explored aerodynamics and propulsion during Launch Zone. On Monday the weather kept us at The Phoenix School. Before it started raining everyone was still able to go out on a walk; they collected things like dandelion seeds and...
Purpose Driven Curriculum
Tired of seeing your child come home with worksheets? What would it look like if your child experienced a Purpose-Driven Curriculum that presented real-world problems for kids to solve? Kids embrace curiosity and love for learning when they can make connections...
Is your child getting bored at school?
Imagine a school that…. has a purpose-driven curriculum intentionally shifts focus to ensure challenge + engagement collaborates with individuals groups, and organizations to improve our community and the world emphasizes the process Phoenix has been practicing...
Phoenix Summer Adventure Kids
This past week the Phoenix Summer Adventure Kids went on adventures in the Salem Willows. The theme of the week was Spies in the Wild, all about exploring how animals hide in nature. Early in the morning, the kids started off by playing games to get ready for the day...
Martial Arts for Teamwork, Collaboration and Skill Building.
On Wednesday of this year's Adventure Week, the Phoenix Kids went to do a workshop with two self-defense instructors at Forged Martial Arts Studio. The kids did some exercises, some games, and some drills to help them do better teamwork and learn about self-defense....
THE PHOENIX SCHOOL VISITS ROTARY
Two weeks ago Rotary welcomed the Phoenix School as the students gave a presentation on their recent trip to the Everglades. Prior to leaving, students completed research on what to expect when they arrived in Florida, specifically the plants and animals they might...
Beets make for a colorful science experiment!
Tala and Ragad, 10th graders from Saudi Arabia, have worked with our students for the last 2 years. They work collaboratively with our 5th-8th grade students to create a curriculum to explore together. We strongly believe exposing our students to global collaboration...
AIRPLANE SCIENCE
Engineering is a HUGE part of our curriculum here at Phoenix. It provides the opportunity for curiosity and exploration through design, experimenting, building, testing, and trialing. Each team or individual designed their own airplane, based on the challenge they...
F.A.I.L.U.R.E.S
This is how we view failures at The Phoenix School... First Attempt In Learning, Understanding, Redesigning, Experimenting, and eventually Solving!