The new standalone middle school building opens seats for hundreds of waitlisted students in time for the 2020-2021 school year.
CHANDLER, AZ, Aug. 31 – Legacy Traditional School – Phoenix staff and students celebrated their return to in-person learning today from their brand-new standalone middle school building. The new middle school building, named North Phoenix, serves grades 6-8 and adds 39,850 square feet of classroom space for up to 750 students. The school has educated online learners since Aug. 17, and is now providing a hybrid instructional model under a strict Mitigation Plan. Less than 250 students are attending North Phoenix in-person.
Located near 99th Ave. and Camelback Road, the North Phoenix middle school provides hundreds of families currently on waitlists across multiple grade levels to be able to enroll for the 2020-2021 school year.
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This is terrific news for Phoenix families who have been waiting patiently for a seat in our school,” said Andrew Ellis, principal of Legacy Traditional School – North Phoenix. “We’re thrilled that the new middle school building will allow us to accommodate the needs of so many new families in our community while enabling us to better serve our current students and staff.”
The new middle school building, located on the grounds of Legacy’s Phoenix K-5 location, includes 29 classrooms and state-of-the-art computer labs, science labs, music/piano rooms, an art lab, special education support facilities, and associated administration and facilities spaces.
The facilities also include an outdoor basketball court, covered athletic training area, student plaza, new parking lot, and additional student drop-off and pick-up areas.
“This year, we are welcoming more than 500 new families to our Phoenix and North Phoenix campuses and we are so proud to be able to meet their education needs whether online or in-person,” said Nicole Kirkley, superintendent of Legacy Traditional Schools. “This is a wonderful day for our school and for the current and future classes of students who will benefit from a Legacy education.”