We’re excited to inform everyone that Phoenix Academy’s playground build and student reveal will be featured on John Knicely‘s segment of WOWT Channel 6 News tonight at 6 pm! On May 7th more than 160 volunteers came together to build a new playground for our students. When the playground was revealed to the students they […]
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Press reports about Phoenix Academy.
The Phoenix Academy Playground is Finished
Thank you to the Pacific Life Foundation and Kaboom! for making our new Phoenix Academy playground a reality. Not only did all of our volunteers build a playground today but they mixed pallets upon pallets of concrete, moved 130 cubic yards of mulch, built 4 picnic tables, 4 benches, 2 storage cubes, 4 trash and […]
We’re half way there! Kaboom Project Update
What a transformation! Can you believe what has been accomplished in just 3 hours?! We’ve made picnic tables, a connect 4 game, benches and look at how much of the playground system is already set up–not to mention the mulch! Wow! Where will we be in another 2 and half hours? Updates are awaiting!
Transforming the Phoenix Academy Playground in 6 hours?
Transforming Phoenix Academy playground in 6 hours. Today is the big day! The Phoenix Academy “Build it with KaBOOM” We have 200 volunteers here from Pacific Life Foundation and Phoenix Academy working to transform our playground. Can we do it in 6 hours? Stay tuned! #playmatters.
UNO Service Learning Project
Full rooms, skylines, football and basketball players, and phoenixes too; fairies and princesses, and video game pop art held together with glue. These were the type of awesome art projects Mrs. Ryan and Mr. Cunningham’s Spalding students developed with help from UNO Art 1110: Foundation Drawing Design class. To begin the partnership, each Phoenix student […]
Michael B. Yanney and Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, to be Honored
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2015 Contact: Christine Dunn, (402) 345-5401, ext. 107 or cdunn@vgagroup.com Michael B. Yanney and Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, to be Honored at 2015 Phoenix Academy Scholarship Luncheon Tickets Now Available Omaha, Neb. – Phoenix Academy is proud to announce its 2015 Scholarship Luncheon to be held on Friday, October […]
Phoenix Academy Groundbreaking Expansion Ceremony
Phoenix Academy started in 1991 in a single bay of a local shopping center, with just one student and one teacher. Since that time, the school has experienced significant growth. Our school eventually grew to take over an additional bay and then a small facility nearby. In 2011, with over 40 students, the school had […]
Vote for Phoenix Academy!
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]
Phoenix Academy Visits UNO Service Learning Academy
Mrs. Stephanie Loneman and Mrs. Casey Riesberg visited UNO’s campus today to take part in a Service Learning Seminar. Thank you to the UNO Service Learning Academy for holding the seminar, to the community partners who gave us information about resources we may be able to utilize, and to the professors, teachers, and educators who […]
Summer Kickstart to Kickoff Soon
Just a happy reminder our Summer Kickstart will be kicking off on July 6th. We are thrilled to have students back in our school and to again watch young minds take flight! Interested but haven’t registered yet? While space is limited, we are still taking registration forms! If you should have any questions about enrolling your child […]