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Back to School

Kino School opened for in-person learning on August 31, 2020, with our large, open-space building surrounded by 10 acres of beautiful desert. The COVID-19 Community Support Fund held at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona helped us modify our indoor space for comfortable indoor learning and establish outdoor spaces for learning, eating, playing, and socializing. Over the summer the ventilation system was further upgraded to open up more indoor learning areas; a new window that can be opened was installed in the Blue Room, and increased duct work and ventilation was added to the shuttle area, the science lab, and the computer room. The van also has proper ventilation so students can go on field trips again! Kino students can now be in school for in-person learning every day, and the junior high and high school students will no longer need to stay home one day a week. We continue to offer our creative and challenging curriculum to K-12 students, which stresses respect for others and cooperative learning across all ages. 
Our head director, Mary Jane Cera, retired at the end of the 2020-2021 school year after 16 years as Director--and 45 years as the language arts coordinator! She'll continue to work with the primary students for language arts every morning. Vanessa Phillips is excited to return to the Kino community and begin her first year as Director for the 2021-2022 school year!
                                                  Welcome back Vanessa!


 

Kino School is looking to hire an elementary math and science teacher for grades K-6. This is a part-time position, from 9 am – 2:30 pm, Monday thru Friday, at a salary of $23,155. An Arizona teaching certificate is required. Math and/or Science background preferred. Kino School is a private, progressive, K-12 school emphasizing independent learning, creativity, and community.


Kino School is now enrolling for the 2021-2022 school year. Please call 520-297-7278 for more information.

Kino's mission is to provide an environment where students have the freedom and responsibility to develop their passion for learning. Kino is a school where creativity, respect for others, and community are valued, and where students of all abilities can succeed.
Enrollment is available to all children without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.