Students at Lauritzen Gardens

Lauritzen Gardens Field Trip

On Friday, May 11th, the students from Phoenix Academy went on a field trip.  The students all ventured to Lauritzen Gardens for a morning with exploration and nature.  While the day was cloudy and cool, the students were bright and enthusiastic about the gardens.  They especially enjoyed the trains, the Japanese gardens, the rose gardens […]

FEI World Cup Finals Exhibit Field Trip

On Friday, March 31st, our whole school took a field trip to the FEI World Cup Finals Exhibit at the CenturyLink Center.  This was such an amazing opportunity, as Omaha was chosen this year to be the host city for this international event. First held in 1986, the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final features the […]

Construction Field Trip

 Yesterday our students went on a construction-themed field trip… right in our own backyard.  Our building expansion project is running along smoothly and workers have just begun to erect the steel beams. Adding the steel beams requires big machinery (including a crane that weighs 40,000 pounds) making it the perfect time for our students to […]

Phoenix Academy is competing to win $10,000

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We’re excited to announce Phoenix Academy has been nominated as a Top Five Finalist in Metro’s Magazine’s “Big Event” under the category “Speaker/Special Guest.” Vote now and you can help Phoenix Academy compete to the Top 12–where we could be selected to win $10,000! [button link=”http://www.spiritofomaha.com/TheBigEvent-VOTE/” size= “large” color=”red”]Vote Here[/button]

A Ponca Hills Round-Up

Just before school ended, Phoenix Academy rounded up our students for yet another successful Ponca Hills field trip. This year, the school was divided into 4 groups, The Red Chestnuts, The Yellow Palomino’s, The Overo Orange’s, and The Black Stallion’s. Each group had a corresponding bandana. One at a time the groups went on a […]

Studying the Holocaust at the Phoenix Academy

Written by students Regan and Sydney For the last several weeks Mrs. Lasenburg and Mrs. Hutchson’s Social Studies classes have been learning about the Holocaust and what happened during those tragic years between 1933 – 1945. Six million Jewish people from all over Europe died during the Holocaust. The most specific ghetto we studied was […]