Spacious Skies, a project-based learning school, guarantees each child a quality education by providing joyful and challenging learning experiences in a safe and caring environment.
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Spacious Skies is a free public K-8 charter school that opens up the world to students in all its beauty and wonder.
In our first year, Spacious Skies will serve students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. We will increase a grade level every year until we reach 8th grade.
Spacious Skies at Glance
- Enrolling K-4 grades for 2021 school year
- Project-based learning
- Joyful and challenging lessons
- Specials classes include active education, music, and thinkering lab
- Tuition-free public school
- School begins on August 2, 2021
- School day: M-T and Th-F 8:00-3:30; W 8:00-1:30
- Before and after school care (school open from 6:30am-6:00pm)
- Emphasis on whole-child development
- Designated blocks for language arts and math instruction
- Small class sizes for personalized learning
Our Values
Enduring reverence for children and childhood
We recognize childhood as a stage in development and believe it should not be rushed. Students at Spacious Skies are immersed in developmentally appropriate programs and lessons when taking into consideration age, interest, and ability.
Steadfast respect for parents as educational partners
We look at families through a strengths-based lens and demonstrate empathy and understanding in all our interactions. We partner with families in meaningful ways that serve to enhance students’ educational experiences and ensure their success.
Profound trust in teachers as professionals
Teachers at Spacious Skies work collaboratively and purposefully toward increased student learning and school improvement. Teachers are leaders of improved instruction and are designers of curriculum and lessons.
Deep understanding of how children learn
We are dedicated to ongoing study of children and how they learn. We employ methods that are appropriate for children and the content.
Spacious Skies Thinkering Lab RSVP
Play Street Museum Colorado Springs
7075 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80923
Please note that all events are free, including admission, and held at Play Street Museum. Feel free to sign up for any events you’d like! Just let us know ahead of time if your plans change so we can open a spot for someone else who might be on the waiting list.
Valentine’s Day Card Marking
Saturday, February 6, 2021
from 11:30-1:00
3D Valentine’s Day Card Marking – participants explore card making, symmetry, and dimension as they make 3D Valentine’s cards.
Bouncy Ball
Saturday, February 20
from 2:00-3:30
Students will make a bouncy ball while learning about the chemical reaction of polymerization. We will have a contest to see whose ball bounces the highest.
Color Exploration
Saturday, March 13
from 11:30-1:00
Younger kids will explore the color wheel including primary and secondary colors while the older kids will conduct a paper chromatography experiment.
Owl Pellet Investigation
Saturday, March 27
from 11:30-1:00
Participants dissect an owl pellet to discover the owl’s diet.
project-based learning
Want to Enroll?
We are currently accepting Intent to Enroll (ITE) forms. Parents must request enrollment into SSCS by filling out an online ITE form. Submitting this ITE does not obligate the student to attend Spacious Skies, nor does it guarantee admission.
