Welcome
If you are here you must be looking for something different. Something more creative, more hands-on, or just simply better for your child's education.
Information
you have continued reading...
...because you want your child to do something big. You want your child to reach their fullest potential and become a life-long learner. At the Innovation Academy, we encourage students to dive in and get messy not only academically but in all areas of life.
Our mission is...
... to recognize that students are individual and creative beings with their own passions and strengths and to create an environment where children can flourish socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually.
Our approach:
- Individualized
- Project based "messy" learning
- Challenging each student to work to their highest potential
- Learning by doing
- Cross-curricular
- Fostering curiosity
- 4 C's - critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication
- Holistic (focused on the whole child)
- Immersive (depth over breadth)
- Purpose driven projects
- Creating a community of learners, families and educators
- Promoting self discovery
- Restorative justice practices
- Building resilience
- Social emotional development is just as important as academic
LEARNING PYRAMID
Following the practices of John Dewey and his lab schools, which have been around since 1894, research shows that the most successful schools in our nation follow a learning by doing model.
For more information, visit www.edutopia.org
nuts and bolts
so you've made it this far...
... you must want to know how this is going to work on a daily basis.
Here's The scoop:
- K - 8th grades
- Multigrade classrooms
- Small class size
- School hours 7:40am - 3:00pm Tuesday - Friday (additional options for Monday)
- Extended care available until 5:30pm ($63/week additional cost); no transportation available
- Follows Moorhead Public School's calendar
- Bring own lunches
- Tuition based education; cost $225/week ($9000/year) - Scholarships available
- Individualized curriculum influenced by common core standards
- Call for a tour
Sample schedule:
Explorers (K-1)
- 7:40-8:40 - Individualized learning (reading/writing)
- 8:45-9:00 - Movement break
- 9:05-10:00 - Morning meeting and creative play
- 10:00 - 10:30 - snack, recess (outdoor if weather permitting)
- 10:35-11:30 - Math stations
- 11:35 - 12:35 - lunch / physical education
- 12:40-1:15 - Chill time
- 1:20-2:20 - Inquiry/projects
Discoverers and Innovators (Elementary and Middle Grades)
- 8:50-9:00 - Morning meeting, peacemaker circle, resilience building
- 9:05-10:00 - Individualized learning (math or writing)
- 10:00 - 10:30 - snack, recess (outdoor if weather permitting)
- 10:35 - 11:30 - Individualized learning (math or writing)
- 11:35 - 12:35 - lunch / physical education
- 12:40 - 1:15 - Reading
- 1:20 - 3:00 - Inquiry / projects
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