Yes we are! Sara Woods, the Phoenix Academy Board of Directors President, and new Assistant to the Sr. Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement at UNO, is the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the UNO Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women. Sara was presented the award at the Spring 2013 Awards Luncheon on […]
How important is daily reading? Would you like to be exposed or have your child exposed to 1.8 million words a year? Phoenix Academy requires all students to read for 20 minutes each night at home. Why? Common sense would say and *research has found that good readers naturally spend more time in daily reading. […]
We have been working over the last week to increase our Facebook friends. We issued a challenge to increase our “Likes” from 134 to 234 in one week. The DECA students from Bellevue West have helped a lot and we are currently up to 174 “Likes”. If you are not currently following us we invite […]
The Omaha World Herald published a story entitled “OPS puts new stress on teaching phonics” on December 17, 2012. Phoenix Academy was featured in the story as an example of a school that places a heavy emphasis on phonics. The story included the photo on the left of Phoenix Academy student Trinity Brookins holding up her answer […]
Bellevue West DECA was featured on the Channel 6 news last Saturday for their Drop & Shop fundraiser for Phoenix Academy. The DECA team had several fun stations set up for the children – an station where the kids made a cute penguin ornament, a coloring station with Christmas coloring sheets, a game station, a […]
TODAY is #GivingTuesday. In honor of #GivingTuesday, consider giving a new book to the Phoenix Academy library. Books can be dropped off at the school or Bellevue West High School (see News regarding “Phoenix Academy Week”). Thank you! On Tuesday November 27, 2012 charities, families, businesses and individuals are coming together to transform the way […]
Nebraska Governor, Dave Heineman, has declared Novemer 25th-December 1st “Phoenix Academy Week – Rise Read Succeed” at the request of Bellevue West DECA. During this week Bellevue West DECA members will be collecting book donations for the Phoenix Academy library. Donations can be dropped off at Bellevue West High School or Phoenix Academy. DECA is […]
This school year 2012/13 is our first full school year in our new building. Last spring Phoenix Academy unveiled the new logo. To go along with the new logo, this year Phoenix Academy adopted new colors, new uniforms, and new t-shirt and sweatshirt designs. The new colors are red, gold, yellow and charcoal grey. The […]
Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 4th from 2:00-5:00 p.m. for the Third Annual Phoenix Academy Family Fun Day at Ponca Hills Farm. This is for past and present students, families, staff & friends of the Phoenix Academy. Ponca Hills Farm is an equestrian facility located on 300 acres at 14605 N. 42nd Street in Omaha. […]
Summer School 2012 our four week intensive reading and math program was held June 4th – 29th, from 8:30 – noon, Monday through Friday. Summer school is a condensed version of our school year program. Students worked on reading, writing, spelling, and math. Here is what parents and students had to say about summer school: […]