Covid-19 Updates
Temporary Office Hours:
There are currently no scheduled office hours.
Please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher, the office manager, or the principle via email and they will do their best to respond in a timely manner.
Katie Piehl .................................. Office Manager .......................
James Gagner............................. Principle ...................................
Distance Learning Contacts:
If you have questions or need assistance with distance learning, please reach out directly to the following teachers:
Delaney Walsh ............................ Kindergarten ............................ delaney.walsh@phxacademy.org
Erica Parrish ................................ 1st Grade .................................. erica.parrish@phxacademy.org
Sonja Govednik .......................... 2nd/3rd Grade .......................... sonja.govednik@phxacademy.org
Mary Stamm ............................... 3rd/4rd Grade ........................... mary.stamm@phxacademy.org
Joseph Worwa ........................... 5th/6th Grade ........................... joseph.worwa@phxacademy.org
Distance Learning Plan
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Phoenix Academy is currently closed for the rest of the school year
due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We are still accepting enrollments for 2020/2021!
This situation is constantly changing and we will will do our best to keep information on this site current and up to date. Please check back often for updates.
All activities are canceled. As directed by the Governor of Minnesota, distance learning will continue through the end of the school year.
School Office Hours: School days from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
MCA Testing Schedule
April 8th – 9th .................. 5th Grade .......................... Science
April 14th – 16th .............. 3rd – 6th Grade ................ Math
April 21st – 23rd .............. 3rd – 6th Grade ................ Reading
April 28th – 29th ........................................................... Make Up Days
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
Working Session Meetings occur on the 1st Tuesday of each month
Board Meetings occur on the 3rd Thursday of each month
May 20th - Board Meeting (Remote Zoom Meeting)
Open to the public: If you wish to attend via ZOOM meeting, please contact Mr. Gagner for a meeting invite: james.gagner@phxacademy.org
All meetings begin at 6 p.m. at Phoenix Academy,
38460 Lincoln Trail, North Branch, MN, 55056
in the school library.
Accountability
All Phoenix Academy teachers are licensed and highly qualified. Phoenix is authorized by the Minnesota Guild and Licensed by the Minnesota Department of Education.
Tuition - Free
Charter schools are publicly funded public schools. We are open to all Minnesota students.
Why do we integrate the arts?
Research strongly supports the notion that arts education and integration can help struggling students to better learn the topics. For example, (Fiske, 2002) found that the arts provide students with authentic learning experiences that are real and meaningful to them. Others have discovered that when the arts are integrated into academic instruction, the learning experiences can become enhanced with discovery, improving the conditions for learning. Over the past two decades, ample research has been conducted establishing direct correlations between sustained involvement in arts programs and the development of cognitive and meta-cognitive capacities or “habits of mind,” associated with high student achievement and college readiness. These capacities include focused perception, analysis, elaboration, problem solving, motivation, active engagement and critical thinking skills.
We do not believe that simply increasing art activities alone is a silver bullet in achieving academic success. The Phoenix Academy school program also incorporates practices of schools that have been labeled “highly successful.”
For example, we offer:
• Smaller class sizes
• Research supported curriculum
• Small group instruction daily
• Uniform policy to enhance a strong school culture.
• A team teaching approach
• Connected classrooms that allow for daily team teaching.
• High levels of professional development for teachers;
• Instructional assistants that are highly trained;
• Staff that possess (and demonstrate) attributes of flexibility, optimism, adaptability, and the ability to problem solve.