Paideia Academy
OverviewPaideia Academy, a
parent-founded school, welcomed
its first students in August, 2005. Today, it is a K-8 program with 384
students.
Paideia Academy is a core-knowledge and classical school, offering
students an education centered on a consistent body of knowledge presented in a
coherent and structured manner.
The Core Knowledge sequence is a scope and sequence developed by
E.D. Hirsch, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Virginia.
This program provides a comprehensive education incorporating art, language and
music as core subjects. Paideia uses proven, yet innovative education programs
for grades K-8 based upon the ancient liberal arts tradition of the
Trivium—Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric—to guide teaching methodology and to
optimize student learning.
18% of its students
qualify for special education services, a slightly higher percentage when
compared to most district and other charter schools.
Paideia
is unique in that it runs on a year-round schedule made up of four academic quarters, with two to three week breaks
between. There is a seven week break between academic
years. Click below to see the school calendar:
Click here to see the Paideia Academy dashboard
Directors: Joyce Lee
Address: 7200 West 147th Street, Apple Valley, MN 55124
Website: paideiaacademy.org
Email: painfo@paideiaacademy.org
Phone: 952.953.6200
Core Strengths
To serve all of their students, special education and regular
education alike, Paideia has pioneered an innovative co-teaching and
differentiation instructional model which seamlessly integrates all levels of
learning into the classroom. Paideia’s regular education students are scoring
in the top 10 percentile in statewide MCA tests and Paideia aims to have the
entire student body scoring at similarly high levels.
The
Core Knowledge curriculum includes art, languages and music as core subjects,
which begin at kindergarten. The school has a partnership with Minneapolis’
respected MacPhail Center for music, so the school is
able to include superior musical instruction and programming for every grade
level. Spanish begins in kindergarten and formal Latin begins in fifth
grade
