Truxton Academy Charter School is located in Truxton, New York, a small rural town surrounded by farms and forest lands. Serving students in grades K thru 2 our first year, we opened in the Fall of 2019. We will add a grade each school year until we are a full elementary school serving children from grades K-6. Families, community members, and local business owners have expressed a need for a bett
er education that is local, affordable, and unique, to better the future of our children and our rural community. We Are excited that we have been able to meet these needs by establishing a charter school that actively engages students in meaningful hands-on projects where they will apply new knowledge and approach learning with excitement. Students at Truxton Academy develop a sense of inquiry and self-confidence that promotes high academic achievement and lifelong learning. Truxton Academy is constructing a STEM focused project-based curriculum involving the local agricultural community. As we grow our Rural Life Lab, students get to experience unique learning experiences. In addition to a focus on strong classroom communities, students have opportunities to work and play in multi-age and ability groups in a larger "School Family." Through these experiences, they learn to respect and support each other’s skills, differences, needs and backgrounds. Frequent family and community involvement encourage civic engagement. Students and teachers work with higher education and professional advisors from Syracuse University, SUNY Cortland, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and SUNY Morisville. These college partnerships are integral to expanding and enriching a meaningful place-based curriculum. Rural community and culture is important to the Truxton Academy Charter School. Students who are educated in safe, structured environments that improve social-emotional competencies, do better academically. Teachers, parents, and students work together to create a School Family that values positive character traits including honesty, kindness, and courage. In our first year, health and fitness activities are provided. We know that arts and physical education have favorable associations with students’ cognitive skills, attitudes and their academic achievement. Choral, instrumental and fine arts will be added in subsequent years. We also offer Spanish language instruction for all students starting in Kindergarten. Studies show early language learning helps develop students’ brains in ways which benefit them for life. We are one of the few elementary schools which include Spanish language instruction at such as early age in a rural setting. Truxton Academy Charter School aims to create an elementary school of excellence and choice.
