Planned Location: Woodbury
Current Mailing Address:
8362 Tamarack Village
Suite 119-444
Woodbury, MN 55125
Grades K-5
mnmfa.org
Chartered in 2007
For More Information, Please Contact:
Laurel Tangen-Foster
info@mnmfa.org
Vision:
The vision of the Michael Frome Academy is to develop a 'green' school where the facility, operations, and educational program reflect a commitment to environmental sustainability and to preparing our young citizens to become leaders and models of exemplary, responsible citizenship, and stewards of the natural environment.
Mission Statement:
The Michael Frome Academy will provide innovative, inquiry-based and place-based learning opportunities for K-5 students utilizing the unique environmental assets of the St. Croix River Valley and a variety of community partnerships. With support from Minnesota's Audubon Center of the North Woods and the State Education and Environment Roundtable, MFA will promote academic achievement in the areas of science, math, technology, literacy, music, and the arts and will develop students' social responsibility through experiential education, interdisciplinary environmental studies, and inquiry-based learning projects. MFA will strive to develop the capacity in all students for working cooperatively with others, for empathy and compassion, for thinking critically and creatively, and for becoming adept learners, community leaders, independent thinkers, and lifelong environmental stewards.
Programmatic Focus:
The purpose of the Michael Frome Academy is to prepare our young citizens to become leaders and models of exemplary, responsible citizenship and stewards of the natural environment. We will also promote academic achievement in the areas of science, math, technology, literacy, music, and the arts.
The MFA will be innovative in its utilization of integrated-interdisciplinary, inquiry-based environmental studies, community partnerships, and place-based learning. A unique characteristic is that it will be a "green" school where the facility, operations, and educational program reflect a commitment to environmental sustainability. The school's facilities will model Low Impact Development and feature green building design, utilizing principles of sustainability and energy efficiency. The facility will serve as a model for green school buildings and a focal point for on-going research and learning within the school.