The Library Book Mobile will be on Cedar Campus every 4th Friday from 11:30 - 12:30. Parents and students are invited to come visit and check out books!
Our Charter School is a public school that has an approved legally binding contract with The Arizona State Charter Board http://www.asbcs.state.az.us/ which authorizes our school to operate persuant to the terms of the charter and any applicable state and federal laws. Typically a charter agreement functions as an outline of the design framework for the school containing the school's mission, vision, student learning goals, and operational principles.
Flagstaff Junior Academy Philosophy
FJA is committed to providing a student centered education consistent with the Montessori philosophy of education. That goal of the student / parent / teacher team is the education of the whole person. The curriculum is an integrated curriculum that meets the academic requirements as well as physical and psychological needs of the student. A primary goal of our program is to create a safe and challenging environment that enables each student to reach his/her fullest potential.
Flagstaff Junior Academy Organization Structure
Flagstaff Junior Academy is a team-managed school that grows out of the interaction of a community consisting of parents, teachers, and students. It's classes are multi-age grouped, with a low teacher-student ratio. Our school seeks diversity among it's student population.
FJA is a non-profit corporation in which all parents are automatically members, and as such, have voting privileges as outlined in the By-laws. (By-laws are available in the main office.) A Board of Directors governs the Corporation. Board members can be parents or interested community members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the board. The Board members shall be appointed for a minimum term of 2 years.The Board makes all policy decisions regarding FJA.
FJA employs an Executive Director who enacts the policies set forth in the charter and by the Board
In the beginning of December, one Lego League team from FJA went to the regional First Lego League competition. The event was held at Coconino High School, and it was organized and hosted by Christine Sapio and the Coco-Nuts, which is the high school robotics team. The competition itself was remarkable. There were almost 30 teams registered from all over Northern Arizona, and it was a day of cheers, music, dancing and all things robotic. The teams competed in four areas: the design and construction of the robot, the elegance and reliability of the program, a research project and presentation on a transportation problem, and the performance of the robot in solving tasks on a playing field. Our FJA team was named the Beatles, and our robot was named St. Pepper. Our theme song was "we all live in a grey Lego Brick" sung to the melody of the Beatles tune. Our transportation project was on bicycle safety, and we worked on ways of reducing injuries due to cyclists failing to wear helmets and having collisions with car doors when riding in bike lanes. The team developed several ideas, including painting signs on the pavement in bike lanes reminding cyclists to wear helmets and separating bike lanes from parking areas. At the end of the day, the FJA team was awarded first prize for programming of the robot. The team consisted of Sean Stevens, Marley Wall, Jacob Downard, Abigial Downard, Braydn Duey, Mia Armstrong, Jonas Armstrong and Sam Herring. Jeff Downard was the coach and Susan Wall was the parent helper.
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