| Pacific Northern Academy | Anchorage, Alaska

Описание: Pacific Northern Academy (PNA) is a private, independent school located in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1995, it holds the unique position of being the only non-sectarian, independent day school in Alaska certified by Cognia and affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS). In South Anchorage, the school serves students from all over the Anchorage bowl, from Girdwood to Eagle River.

Pacific Northern Academy was recently ranked as the 10th best private elementary school in the United States. [1]

The school has also been named as GreatSchool's Parent's Choice for private schools in Alaska.[2]

Classes
Pacific Northern Academy serves 140 students — from 3 year-olds in the Preschool program to eighth grade.[3] PNA has intentionally small class sizes — an average of 12 students in each class.

The academic program at Pacific Northern Academy includes an emphasis on specialist programs, with all students acquiring Spanish language, visual arts, music and performing arts, and physical education. The school utilizes Project Based Learning in all grades, emphasizing critical thinking and problem-solving as well as community service. The school uses the Responsive Classroom approach to social and emotional learning, focusing on inclusion, individuality, non-punitive correction, kindness, and community-building.

The school has three preschool classrooms from beginnings to early kindergarten, and a single class for and kindergarten up through 8th Grade.

Pacific Northern Academy is the home of Create Academy, a STEM and Project Based Learning-focused summer camp for students kindergarten through 8th grade, centered around the school's Makerspace — a dedicated area for building, tinkering, and creating physical and digital products including stop-motion animation, green screen videos, sewing, woodworking, and robotics. [4]

PNA also offers cross-country running club and teams, cross country skiing club and teams, robotics and Choir as extracurricular programs.

Mission Statement: We educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, courage, and integrity.

9251 Lake Otis Pkwy
Anchorage, Alaska 99507

Information (907) 333-1080
http://www.pacificnorthern.org/
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Description Credit: PNA