Pacific Northern Academy

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Pacific Northern Academy
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Pacific Northern Academy
2511 Sentry Drive, Suite 100

99507

United States
Coordinates 61°08′12″N149°50′00″W / 61.13667°N 149.83333°W / 61.13667; -149.83333
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School type Private, independent preschool elementary and middle school
MottoWe educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, courage, and integrity.
Established1995(29 years ago) (1995)
CEEB code 020356
Head of schoolLaurie Hoefer
Grades Preschool8
Enrollment102
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Green and yellow
  
Mascot Panther
Website www.pacificnorthern.org

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 affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS). Situated in a new facility in south Anchorage, the school serves students from all over the Anchorage bowl, from Girdwood to Eagle River.

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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 102 students from 3 year-olds in the Beginners program to eighth grade. [3] PNA has small class sizes a maximum of 18 students per grade.

The academic program at Pacific Northern Academy includes an emphasis on specialist programs, with all students taking Spanish, visual arts, 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 one classroom each for Beginners (3 year olds), Early Kindergarten (4 year olds), and Kindergarten up through 8th Grade. The school plans to add a third preschool classroom in 2018.

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 judo, fencing, basketball, and robotics as extracurricular programs.

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References

  1. "The 50 Best Private Elementary Schools in the U.S." 20 August 2015.
  2. Gopal, Prashant (2009-01-15). "America's Best High Schools". BusinessWeek . McGraw-Hill. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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  4. "Pacific Northern Academy". www.pacificnorthern.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-14.

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