Phoenix’s Shoulders of Giants

2023-05-12T16:44:43+00:00

"If I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." -Sir Issac Newton At Phoenix, we strive to help all individuals in our community to look ahead to the future. As we all do that in life, it may also be important at times to understand the past behind us and learn about the efforts of those who came before us. We all can see more into the future if we have inspiration of how others reached for greatness, how others joined with peers to achieve greatness. In 2018, our organization began the practice of [...]

Phoenix’s Shoulders of Giants2023-05-12T16:44:43+00:00

Transition

2022-07-07T18:37:44+00:00

Phoenix Charter School of Roseburg began in 1981 as an idea in the minds of two GED teachers at Umpqua Community College, seeking support for students with learning disabilities. Now, as the school celebrates its 35th year, we reflect on the spark where Phoenix began.  Phoenix was built on the notion that students who struggled with the mainstream learning system were still reachable. Maybe because the three people who helped launched Phoenix school were dyslexic themselves. Tommy Neyhart, Vicki Morgan-Nunenkamp and Jacie Pratt developed the concept of an alternative school in Roseburg while sitting on a curb in an historic Roseburg [...]

Transition2022-07-07T18:37:44+00:00

Dyslexia

2022-07-07T18:33:13+00:00

Phoenix Charter School of Roseburg began as an idea in the minds of two teachers at Umpqua Community College, seeking support for students with learning disabilities. Now, as the school celebrates 35 years in Roseburg, we reflect on the spark where Phoenix began. Phoenix was built on the notion that students who struggled with the mainstream learning system were still reachable. Maybe because the three people who helped launched Phoenix school were dyslexic themselves. Tommy Neyhart, Vicki Morgan-Nunenkamp and Jacie Pratt developed the concept of an alternative school in Roseburg while sitting on a curb in an historic Roseburg neighborhood and then worked [...]

Dyslexia2022-07-07T18:33:13+00:00

History

2022-07-07T18:32:01+00:00

Phoenix Charter School of Roseburg began as an idea in the minds of two teachers at Umpqua Community College, seeking support for students with learning disabilities. Now, as the school celebrates 35 years in Roseburg, we reflect on the spark where Phoenix began. Sometimes innovative ideas are born outside of boardrooms and laboratories. In the story of Phoenix Charter School of Roseburg, a nontraditional school had a very nontraditional start. In 1981, UCC GED instructors Tommy Neyhart and Vicki Morgan-Nunenkamp were noting how many kids were failing middle school and high school because they were alternative learners. Typical classroom methods didn’t [...]

History2022-07-07T18:32:01+00:00
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