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<!-- Sedona Charter School (SCS) is a Montessori - based school that enrolls grades Kindergarten - 8th Grade. All of the grades are located at 165 Kachina Drive in Sedona, AZ, behind the Sedona Public Library, except the Kindergarten, which is located nearby. There is currently 161 students enrolled.

History
Sedona Charter School was founded in 1995 by 14 people as the second charter contract issued in the state of Arizona. Sedona Charter School is the oldest charter school in the state of Arizona. After six years in ten temporary locations, the school finally moved into it's permanent campus in 2001, located on 165 Kachina Drive Sedona, AZ. The permanent campus took 6 years to build.

Academics
In September 2007, Schooldigger ranked it #145 out of 941 public elementary schools in the state of Arizona, giving it a 4 - star ranking for it's test scores accumulated. According to parents' reviews on greatschools.net, it has been rated a 9 out of 10 overall for it's teachers and staff.

Students
As of 2006, 138 (81 percent) of the students are White/Caucasian, 21 (12 percent) are Hispanic, 8 (5 percent) are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 4 (2 percent) are African American. The highest year of enrollment was in 2005, when a total of 185 students were enrolled.

Community Involvement
The students at Sedona Charter School have been involved in many different events throughout the community, including the constructing of the Oak Creek Canyon tent-house replica, and the Arizona Archery in the Schools State Championships. The School has also been a main contributer to the Sedona St. Patrick's day parade, and the Sedona Marathon, for which the school had the largest group running the event together.

Other Information

 * SCS is a member of the American Montessori Society


 * The students are classified into three main groups, The Lower Elementary, which teaches grades 1-3, the Upper Elementary, which teaches grades 4-6, and Middle School, which teaches grades 7 and 8.


 * Unlike other Montessori-based schools, SCS does not have a main principal, but has a "head director" in each classroom, who serves as a principal in their own classrooms, and deals with the class. In other cases, disruptive students can be sent to the head director of the Seventh and Eighth grade, which will deal with the disruptive student, and let the other Head Teacher attend to his or her class.


 * Sedona Charter School owns the oldest log cabin in Sedona, the cabin is the second oldest building in Sedona, and became a historic landmark on September 4, 2007. The school currently maintains the cabin, and rents it out to visitors in Sedona.