Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Sciences
School District: Kenai Peninsula Schools
Principal: Mick Wykis
Phone: 283-0804
Website: www.edline.net/pages/Kaleidoscope
Students Enrolled: 159
Grade Levels: K-4
Type: Arts/Science
State Board of Education Approval: March 16, 2004
Date Charter Expires: December 4, 2018
Mission: “Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Sciences is a public elementary charter school that develops student academic and life skills through the integrated study of arts and sciences. Like all Alaskan charter schools, the KSAS offers a free, public, and unique choice within the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District system for innovative instruction focusing on student achievement, creative problem solving, life-long learning, and parent involvement. We have chosen the name Kaleidoscope as the image reflects what we want to accomplish: to use multiple ‘lenses’ to create new patterns of understanding.”
Purpose: KSAS combines current magnum classroom concepts from Sears Elementary by centering all lessons on science and the arts, using the philosophy that students learn best through hands-on practice.