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Pacific Northern Academy |
| School Level |
Elementary school
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| School
Membership(s) |
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) |
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| Religious Affiliation |
Nonsectarian |
| Grades Offered |
Grades Prekindergarten - 8 |
| Year
Founded |
1996 |
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County |
Anchorage County, AK |
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| Total
Students |
114 students |
| Student
Body Type |
Co-ed |
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| This
School |
(
AK )
Elementary School Avg. |
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| % Students of
Color |
23% |
24% |
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| Students by Grade |
| Pre-K - 15 students | | Kind - 10 students | | Grade 1 - 15 students | | Grade 2 - 15 students | | Grade 3 - 18 students | | Grade 4 - 8 students | | Grade 5 - 5 students | | Grade 6 - 15 students | | Grade 7 - 10 students | | Grade 8 - 3 students | |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
16 teachers |
| %
Faculty with Advance Degree |
50% |
| Average Class Size |
15 |
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| This
School |
(
AK )
Elementary School Avg. |
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| Teacher
: Student Ratio |
1:7 |
*Ntl.
Public School Avg. »
1:16
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| School
Days in Calendar Year |
180 days |
180 days |
| Hours
in School Day for Students |
7 hours |
6 hours |
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| Admission Deadline |
Mar. 1 / Rolling |
| %
on Financial Aid |
25% |
| Acceptance
Rate |
90% |
| Headmaster |
Mark Niedermier |
| Admissions
Director |
Mark Niedermier |
| Admissions
Associate |
Paula Harris |
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- At Pacific Northern Academy we expect students to be active participants in their own education, communicate clearly and respectfully and continually challenge themselves. We balance a dynamic academic environment with developmentally appropriate activities and expectations. From Early Kindergarten through 8th grade, students are taught to use good judgment, to treat others with compassion and to act with honor and integrity as they develop intellectually and personally. Students, teachers and parents at PNA work in partnership to create a community of learners dedicated to education.
We embrace a student-centered approach to learning and we are committed to maintaining low teacher to student ratios that enable students to have meaningful and personalized interactions with their teachers. Having smaller classes allows teachers to challenge students based on their individual academic ability, and affords students more opportunities to ask questions, experiment with multiple solutions, learn from hands-on experiences and engage with other students. Students also have the opportunity to work and learn with students of different ages in activities designed to encourage mentoring and cross-age learning.
In order to teach the whole child, an integral part of our intellectually challenging environment is an emphasis on visual arts, performing arts, community service, and cultural diversity. As we teach students to become critical thinkers we also teach them to embrace their responsibility to become leaders and active citizens in their community. As students and teachers with different experiences and perspectives share their ideas and interpretations with others, everyone in our academic community increases their understanding of the complexities of a culturally diverse environment, and expands their scope of ideas and their ability to confront the difficulties that may face them. Committing ourselves to diversity in our academic programs and cultural environment, PNA strives to recognize the past and promises a constructive approach to the future.
Educational Goals:
- To provide an academically challenging college preparatory program for all students
- To develop character, integrity and independence
- To foster a life-long love of learning
- To encourage each child to strive for excellence in all endeavors
- To develop confidence, understanding and responsibility
- To develop respect and love for the processes of thought. Intellectual discipline implies more than obligation, obedience and effort. It implies not merely competence but depth of thought. It is as much concerned with the processes of understanding as it is with the measurement of results. Sometimes its motives are a passion for mastery, sometimes a fascination and love for the subject studied.
- Profile last updated: 12/27/2006
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| About This
Zip Code (
99508 ) |
| School
Zip (
99508 ) |
(
AK ) State Average |
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| Population
(Approximate) |
33,897 people |
624,992 people |
| %
(age 25+) w/College Degree |
28% |
20% |
| Population Average
Age |
30 years old |
32.4 years old |
| Average Household
Size |
2.6 persons |
2.5 persons |
| Median Household
Income |
$43,025 |
$55,699 |
| Avg. # of Rooms
in Household |
4.5 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of
Housing Structure |
34 years old |
30 years old |
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (99508)
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| %
Owning / % Renting |
49% / 51% |
63% / 37% |
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