Founded in 1977, the Awakening Seed School is nonprofit private school that helps children in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade grow in a welcoming atmosphere, with students ranging from 12 months to 10 years old.
With a mission to create a learning environment where everyone respects one another, Awakening Seed celebrates diversity and individuality and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. The faculty and staff here are committed to nurturing loving kindness and compassion in all of their students.
Although the school primarily follows a STEAM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) that revolves around inquiry and project-based learning, the instruction also integrates an emergent curriculum that organically evolves to include lessons that might expand or deepen learning. Students can also build a deeper sense of community in smaller learning groups and classes that include peers in different grade levels.
Lovingly called a hippie school by its founders, Awakening Seed also starts each school year with an annual Tie-Dye Day in autumn where staff, students, and loved ones come together to tie-dye shirts and enjoy other artistic activities as a fun way to meet and learn about one another.
True to its school song, Awakening Seed welcomes all to “celebrate love on Planet Earth [and] live your life for all it’s worth.”
Awakening Seed School
Private Pre-K, Elementary School
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Grade Pre-K-4
6630 S 40th St,
Phoenix, AZ
School Details
Students
149
Head of School
Mary Glover
Student Teacher Ratio
30:1
Annual Tuition
$11,400
Niche Grade Details
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
30:1
Teachers
7
Full Time Teachers
3
Part Time Teachers
4
GreatSchools Rating Details
Student Diversity
White
55.4%
Two or more races
14.3%
Black
12.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander
7.1%
Hispanic
5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
3.6%
Native American
1.8%
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This School’s Reviews
GreatSchools Reviews
9/29/2021
Read all the negative reviews and read them again. They are all very very true. Some of the good reviews you see are from people who went there and eventually work there or people who donate a LOT of money or time and are in turn being treated nicely or teachers that have their kids enrolled in clas...
9/29/2018
Wonderful experience. I'm an educator and I trust my own children with the whole child approach at Awakening Seed.
9/4/2017
Incredible. This school embodies respect and compassion.
5/21/2016
Our family come from Denmark and we don't speak English as our first language, so we were a bit anxious of letting our 5 yr old son start in pre-school. However, the AW staff were incredibly warm, inclusive and helpful and our son had a great start and quickly made friends with a lot of the other ki...
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About South Mountain
List Price Range
$222K - $1.3M
Homes For Sale
299
Average Home Value
$388,593
Median Lot Size
6,098 Sq Ft
% Renters
39%
Household Income
$83,039
% of College Grads
18.6%
Median Age
34
Average House Size
2,038 Sq Ft
% Commercial Property
61.5%
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