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Public Schools Using Whole Child Models
This list includes schools we know well, and schools we have not visited that identify themselves as “whole child” on their websites. It is by no means complete, and does not indicate that the schools listed all use the same methods. For complete lists of Public Montessori or Public Waldorf schools see their national websites listed on the Holistic Learning Approaches page. If you know of a school we should be including or excluding, contact us!
AN ASTERISK INDICATES A SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTED AT AUGUST TO JUNE’S CONCLUSION
Alaska:
*Anchorage: Chugash Optional Elementary School
California:
Altadena: Odyssey Public Charter School
Camarillo: Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education
Carmichael: Mission Avenue Open School
Chico: Hooker Oak Open Structured Classroom Program
Chico: Wildflower Open Classroom Public Charter School
Los Angeles: Open Magnet Charter School
Los Angeles: The City School, Public Charter Middle School
Los Angeles: The City School Public Charter Dual Immersion Elementary School
Mountain View: Stevenson Elementary PACT
Napa: Vichy k-3 Alternative Elementary Program
Palo Alto: Ohlone Elementary School
Petaluma: Mary Collins School at Cherry Valley
Redding: Chrysalis Charter School
Redwood City: Orion Alternative School
Salinas: Oasis Charter Public School
San Carlos: San Carlos Charter Learning Center
San Francisco: Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy
San Francisco: Rooftop Alternative School
San Francisco: Sanchez Elementary School
*San Geronimo: San Geronimo Open Classroom
Santa Barbara: Open Alternative School
Santa Clara: Washington Open Elementary
Santa Cruz: Monarch Community School
Saratoga: Christa McAuliffe School
Ventura: Open Classroom
Colorado
Carbondale: Carbondale Community School Public Charter
*Lakewood: Jefferson County Open School
Woody Hills: Aspen Community School Public Charter
Illinois
Chicago: Namaste Public Charter School
Indiana
*Indianapolis: Key Learning Community
Iowa
Cedar Falls: Malcolm Price Laboratory/Northern University HS
Kansas
*Wichita: Emerson and Lewis Open Magnet Elementary Schools are now combined as Enders Open Magnet School
Kentucky
*Louisville: Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary
Louisville: Byck Waldorf Inspired Magnet School
Massachussetts
*Boston: Mission Hill Pilot School
Cambridge: Graham and Parks Alternative School
Springfield: Rebecca Johnson School
Michigan
*Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Open School
Ferndale: John F Kennedy School Open Classroom
Grand Haven: The Voyager School, Ferry Elementary
Minnesota
Minneapolis: Clara Barton Open School
Minneapolis: Marcy Open School
*St Paul: Open World Learning Community
New York
New York City: Brooklyn New School, PS 146
*New York City: Central Park East 1, PS 467
New York City: Central Park East II, PS 964
New York City: Ella Baker School
New York City: The Earth School
*New York City: Muscota New School PS 314
New York City: Neighborhood School PS 363
New York City: The New Vision School PS 69
New York City: School Of the Future
New York City: The Bronx New School
Ithaca: Lehman Alternative Community School
North Carolina
Davidson: Community School of Davidson
*Winston-Salem: Arts Based Elementary
Ohio
Columbus: Douglas Alternative Elementary School
Hilliard: Alton Darby Elementary
Oregon
*Eugene: Corridor Alternative Elementary
Eugene: Eastside Alternative School
Utah
*Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Open Classroom Charter
Virginia
*Fairfax: Mantua Elementary School
Washington
Seattle: Salmon Bay School
Seattle: Thornton Creek School
Wisconsin
*Madison: Open Classroom at Lincoln”