Opening Fall 2027
The Civic School
Phoenix

A small, independent school coming to north-central Phoenix — a place where your child is known by name and learns to think for themselves.

Become a founding family
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Our Promise to Your Family

Your child will…

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Love and learn how to think.
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Contribute to their community.
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Meet what's next.
The Four Pillars

Four habits we help your child grow — in every classroom, every routine, every day.

01
Curiosity · Asking

The Thinker

Your child learns to think for themselves — to wonder, ask real questions, and stay with a problem until it gives.

02
Community · Belonging

The Citizen

Your child is known here, comes to know others in return, and learns to care for the people around them.

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Creativity · Making

The Maker

Your child learns to make things with judgment and pride — to author the world, not just consume it.

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Contribution · Giving

The Giver

Your child learns to lead kindly, choose well, and become the kind of person who’s missed when they’re away.

Our Mission

We want your child to leave us curious, kind, and ready for whatever comes next.

At The Civic School, education is the long work of coming to know, coming to belong, and coming to be oneself. We grow free, responsible, generous citizens — critical thinkers, ethical decision-makers, leaders who care for the common good — through the daily practice of asking, belonging, making, and giving. We invite children into the question their generation will answer: what does it mean to work, lead, and live well in a world being remade by what machines can now do? We are learning alongside them, and what we learn, we share.

Our Vision
Always asking, "What's next?"

A Day in the Life

A steady rhythm: serious mornings, hands-on afternoons, and shared rituals that hold it all together.

Mornings Core academics +
Mornings are devoted to literacy, numeracy, and core knowledge — taught with care and depth. This is where children build the foundations that make everything else possible: reading well, becoming fluent and confident with numbers, and growing a rich understanding of the world.
Afternoons Studios +
Afternoons belong to the Studios — sustained blocks of time where children do real work they can name and own. Across five studio blocks, a child's center of gravity becomes making, building, investigating, and creating.
Daily rituals, building traditions +
The school runs on rituals children own — daily closing circles, a weekly all-school town hall, and exhibition nights with real audiences. These are the practices of asking, belonging, making, and giving, woven through every day.

The Essentials

Grades & Opening
Kindergarten through 5th grade, opening Fall 2027.
Location
2131 E Lincoln Drive, Phoenix
In the heart of north-central Phoenix.
Class Size
Small, multi-age groups of 12–15 children.
Every child known by name.
Tuition
$10,000–$14,000 per year
Designed to be offset by Arizona’s ESA. Final tuition confirmed summer 2026.
What We Mean by Civic

Civic is the practice of being a contributing member of a community.

At The Civic School, civic is something children practice every day. It lives in the weekly town hall, the shared meal, and the steady work of being known, knowing others in return, and caring for the people nearby. Children learn to contribute real work, to lead responsibly, and to be the kind of person who is genuinely missed when they're away. That is what it means to grow up civic.

Coming Fall 2027

Be one of our founding families.

We’re welcoming a small first class. Tell us a little about your family and we’ll keep you close as plans take shape — you’ll be first to hear about tuition, tours, and enrollment.

Join the founding-family waitlist

Or just say hello: danielle@thecivicschool.org