Phoenix Schools

Elementary School District
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Mission Statement
At Phoenix Elementary School District #1, our goal is to ensure learning every day for every child. We offer a broad and unique set of services to meet the diverse needs of every child we serve.

Early Learning: Preschool & Kindergarten
As the first district in Arizona to offer full day kindergarten at no charge to all students, our program began in 1987. Beginning at age four, children may enroll in a variety of early learning programs including Montessori and traditional preschools. Each classroom is focused on the development of the whole child and school readiness. The Greater Phoenix Urban League also offers Headstart classes on several of our campuses. Our preschool and kindergarten teachers are engaged in professional development to continually augment their knowledge in early childhood education and deliver developmentally appropriate instruction to meet the needs of each child.

Extended Learning Opportunities
Before and after school guided enrichment is offered each school day for students of working parents. Intersession classes during semester breaks and vacations, as well as summer school programs are provided for additional learning opportunities.

Gifted Education
Students identified as gifted participate in the district’s ALPS Program.

Title I
We boast a National Distinguished Title I School in our district and ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education through our Title I funds. Supplemental education materials and programs are provided for our students and on-going professional development is available to all staff members. Community liaisons are provided at all school-wide Title I campuses to enhance parent involvement and parent education.

For a list of schools in the area and their respective websites, please visit http://www.phxelem.k12.az.us/school_sites/index.html.

Phoenix Union High School District

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The mission of the Phoenix Union High School District is to provide a learning environment that enables every student to develop those understandings, attitudes and skills needed for success.

One program that sets Phoenix Union High School District apart from every other school district in Arizona is its extensive Magnet program. There are 12 Magnet programs at seven campuses, available to all students who reside within the District boundaries. Created in 1985 in response to a desegregation order, these specialized magnets feature the most innovative education resources available, as well as university, community college and industry support. From the prestigious International Baccalaureate program to Metro Tech’s four-year Career and Technical Education, Phoenix Union’s Magnet programs offer unparalleled educational opportunities based on students’ interests and talents.

• Agriscience – Cesar Chavez High School
• Aviation/Aerospace Education – South Mountain High School
• Communication Arts – South Mountain High School
• Computer Studies – Carl Hayden Community High School
• International Baccalaureate – North High School
• International Studies – Central High School
• Law Related Studies – South Mountain High School
• Marine Science – Carl Hayden Community High School
• Medical Arts & Health Studies – Alhambra High School
• Metro Tech High School
• Performing Arts – South Mountain High School
• Visual Arts – South Mountain High School

For a list of High Schools in this district and their respective websites, please click here

Phoenix Private Schools

Brophy College Preparatory
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Brophy is a private, Jesuit, Catholic, college preparatory that is committed to the belief that all creation is a reflection of God’s love and presence which demands a passionate and generous response from the entire community. We are dedicated to students of all socio-economic backgrounds who have the potential and desire to maximize their God-given gifts. By creating an atmosphere for academic, emotional and spiritual growth, Brophy College Preparatory develops critically thinking, articulate, sensitive and aware students with a strong sense of self-worth. Through the process of nurturing the soul, Brophy offers these students an intimate relationship with God and inspires leaders who are devoted to the service of others in a global community.

Rancho Solano School
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Founded in 1954 by the Bayer and Freesmeyer families, Rancho Solano is dedicated to providing learning opportunities to serve the high-achieving student. The family-like setting affords each teacher the opportunity to know and understand students as individuals, recognizing their strengths and addressing their weaknesses.
Situated on beautiful campuses, Rancho Solano schools provide a well-rounded program that combines accelerated academics with substantial exposure to the arts, science, technology and athletics. Students participate in music, the visual arts, hands-on science, architecture, foreign language, computer labs, dramatics, and both competitive and noncompetitive sports leagues.

Villa Montessori Private School
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Villa Montessori School was founded in 1964 by a group of parents looking for a new model for educating their children. As the first Montessori school in Phoenix, Villa has been recognized for more than 40 years as a leader in providing a quality education focusing on the unique talents of each child.

Villa’s program is based on a well-developed Montessori curriculum and philosophy. The integrated curriculum is supplemented with numerous extracurricular programs and resources that stimulate and enrich the child’s learning experience. These include individually guided education, outdoor environments, a land lab, foreign language, fine arts, and sports.

Villa educates children from the age of twelve weeks through the eighth grade. The School is comprised of a private and a charter school. The private school serves children from infants to five years and offers extended day and enrichment programs to the charter school’s students. The charter school serves children from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Awakening Seed School
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“The Seed” is an internationally recognized educational environment for children ages 12 months through 11 years. It is a community where children and adults can learn and grow together, celebrating both diversity and individuality. The Seed is a school designed to promote creativity, higher level thinking, and individual potential using cooperation and collaboration as a base. It is a place where respect for each other, and for all living creatures, is an integral part of the curriculum.

The Awakening Seed curriculum is designed to evolve from and with the children and staff. Children are highly motivated, self directed learners because they are allowed to have a voice in determining their learning experiences. The rich multicultural leaning environment allows students to appreciate both the similarities and differences we share as human beings. Many school activities include all ages and foster a spirit of cooperation; thus creating a sense of family and community.

St. Francis Xavier School
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St. Francis Xavier School fosters a learning environment whose community members appreciates God’s presence in the world and responds generously in action to His love. In the Ignatian tradition, St. Francis Xavier School sees spiritual formation as integrally connected to the academic, social, emotional, and physical development of the whole child. The excellent educational traditions of St. Francis Xavier School are strongly supported by the families in the community, many of whose roots at the school go back three generations. A stable, dedicated faculty and staff work closely together to develop a cross-curricular and interactive curriculum that meets the needs of students. In collaboration with parents who are the primary educators of their children, St. Francis Xavier School challenges students to embark on a life-long journey of discovery of their God-given gifts and to share these gifts in service of God.

Phoenix Christian School
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The predominant purpose for founding the school was to provide Christian parents with a Christ-centered educational environment where the home, church and school worked together, each mutually supporting the other. The belief was (and is) that our children should experience and gain an understanding of God’s great love for them, and rely on His word as the foundation for all wisdom and learning. At PCS the truths of Scripture have provided a light and a path to teach students to understand our great God, His world, and their place in it.

Phoenix Country Day School
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The mission of Phoenix Country Day School is to provide students with a distinguished college-preparatory, liberal arts education for the growth of the whole person and as a foundation for success in college and in life.
Phoenix Country Day School is a nonsectarian college-preparatory school with an enrollment of 750 in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. A rigorous liberal-arts curriculum prepares graduates for admission to the nation’s top colleges and universities.
The student/faculty ratio at Phoenix Country Day School is 9 to 1. The School is organized into a Lower School (PreK-grade 4), a Middle School (grades 5-8), and an Upper School (grades 9-12).
Extensive facilities on the 40-acre campus include: fully integrated computer infrastructure; modern science labs; art studios and music building; gymnasium, swimming pools, tennis courts, athletic fields, and outdoor play areas

Phoenix Colleges/Universities

South Mountain Community College
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South Mountain Community College provides quality higher education for our diverse community. We create a caring teaching and learning environment that fosters student development and supports productive citizenship in an increasingly global and technological society.
Our purpose is to meet these needs by offering:
• General education courses
• Transfer programs
• Occupational education and career development
• Continuing education
• Developmental studies and English as a second language
• Cultural, civic, and social events
• Academic support and student services

Paradise Valley Community College
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Paradise Valley Community College is one of ten colleges, two skill centers, and multiple satellite locations, which comprise the Maricopa County Community College District located throughout metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. The District was established in 1962, with a single college and has since grown to serve over 277,174 students in credit and non-credit programs making it the largest provider of post-secondary education in the state of Arizona. Today, the district’s colleges and centers offer comprehensive educational programs in professional, occupational, special interest, and continuing education curricula to serve the needs of the rapidly growing county area.
Founded in 1985, Paradise Valley Community College has grown from a per-semester enrollment in 1987 of 3,700 to over 8,739 today. The college’s unduplicated headcount per year is over 13,958, with an additional 7,000 in non-credit and continuing education programs. Historically, PVCC has seen enrollment growth between 2-7% each semester. Coincident with enrollment growth has been the increase in number of faculty: from 27 full-time residential faculties in 1987 to 103 in 2006 (plus 329 adjunct faculties in 2006). The total number of employees has grown from 62 in 1987 to 248 in 2006.

University of Phoenix
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Founded in 1976, University of Phoenix was one of the first accredited universities to offer online college education with complete degree programs via the Internet. Our commitment to educational excellence and unsurpassed student service has made us the leading accredited university offering online courses in the United States.
We are also the nation’s largest private university; with over 17,000 highly qualified instructors, 170 campuses, and Internet delivery worldwide. Since 1976, more than 171,000 working professionals have earned their degree from University of Phoenix. We’ve helped them and hundreds of businesses achieve a higher level of success.

Grand Canyon University
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Founded in 1949, Grand Canyon University is a premier, private, accredited, Christian university located in Phoenix, Arizona. The University offers online and campus-based Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs through the Ken Blanchard College of Business, College of Education, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and College of Humanities and Social Sciences and supports both traditional undergraduate students as well as the working professional.

Students enjoy Phoenix’s 300 days of annual sunshine, major league sports, culture, recreation, and of course, the incomparable Grand Canyon just four hours away. Campus students enjoy modern dormitories, an array of social activities, a state-of-the-art exercise and wellness facility, ten different NCAA sports, and opportunities to participate in community outreach programs to genuinely make a difference.

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