Discovering the Beauty of St. John: Day 5 Adventure to Amerika Hill, Cinnamon Bay Sugar Factory Ruins, and Cruz Bay Outdoor Market
Alice, Arlo, Eziah, and Fiona start their day at the crack of dawn with an early morning snorkel with Mike and Kyle. Cautiously, we journey into the brisk, early morning waters of Cinnamon Bay. Despite the groggy awakening, our minds are swimming with the fish that we...
The Beauty of Francis Bay – Day 4 Friday, March 24
Welcome to Day 4 of our 2023 St. John, USVI Travel Study Trip. Today, we had the pleasure of experiencing the beauty of Francis Bay with a seashore walk and snorkel. Despite the brisk breeze and swells, we made our way onto the limestone shelf rock where marine...
Phoenix School’s EarlyAct Club is on the job today. Brown Bay Community Service Day 3: Thursday, March 23
Phoenix School’s EarlyAct Club is on the job today. We join Taylor, a Friends of the Virgin Island volunteer, to give back to the National Park with a day of service. We head out early for Brown Bay to help clean the environment there. After a mile hike up a rocky,...
Discover Phoenix: An Experience-Driven Learning Community for TK-8th Graders
Phoenix is an experience-driven learning community that focuses on equipping TK-8th graders with the tools, thoughts, and experiences to become their best selves and active contributors to society. At Phoenix, we believe that learning is everywhere, and we have...
Discovering Annaberg and Cinnamon Bay Snorkeling on our USVI Travel Study Trip – Day 2 Wednesday, March 22
We travel back in time today, walking in the footprints of Annaberg sugar plantation slaves. From the moment we pass by the foundation ruins of slave huts, hovels too small to imagine anyone living there easily, we question history. We try to imagine hillsides...
Discovering the Tropics: A Middle School Travel Study Program in St. John, USVI – Day 1: Tuesday, March 21
As we made maps to trace our journey from Boston to Atlanta and over the backbone of St. Thomas, we knew we were in for an adventure. We boarded the Redhook ferry, crossed rolling water with whitecaps waving at us all the way to Cruz Bay on St. John, and wound our way...
“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...