About us
Flourish Schools is a growing network of accessible private K-8 schools across the greater Phoenix area.
Students learn academics One on One and grow their SuperPowers through direct instruction and project-based learning.
Our schools are intentionally small, so students don’t get lost in the crowd. Every child is known, safe, and part of a close-knit community.
See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover the $12,500 tuition.
Why We Started Flourish
John Danner and Adam Nadeau have known each other for twenty years. They met in grad school and then went through the charter wars together at Rocketship Public Schools, a charter school network with 12,000 students.
When Adam and John realized that AI measurement would let them build a modern project-based classroom with real rigor, they dove in to create something students would love and that would make a big difference in their lives.
In terms of what we want to teach
We think the world will move from standards-based to skills-based learning over the next decade. We intend for Flourish to lead the charge and provide proof that students with strong skills such as Agency, Curiosity, Perseverance will outperform students who have memorized facts.
Which brings us to the how
Our schools are small on purpose: about 60 students per site, so every child is known. Each day, students spend about an hour in One on One Learning, mastering academics with AI while teachers work One on One with the children who need extra help. That frees the rest of the day for what makes school joyful: building SuperPowers through biographies, case studies, novels, and the hands-on projects we call Pursuits.
About us
Flourish Schools is a growing network of accessible private K-8 schools across the greater Phoenix area.
Students learn academics One on One and grow their SuperPowers through direct instruction and project-based learning.
Our schools are intentionally small, so students don’t get lost in the crowd. Every child is known, safe, and part of a close-knit community.
See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover the $12,500 tuition.
Why We Started Flourish
John Danner and Adam Nadeau have known each other for twenty years. They met in grad school and then went through the charter wars together at Rocketship Public Schools, a charter school network with 12,000 students.
When Adam and John realized that AI measurement would let them build a modern project-based classroom with real rigor, they dove in to create something students would love and that would make a big difference in their lives.
In terms of what we want to teach
We think the world will move from standards-based to skills-based learning over the next decade. We intend for Flourish to lead the charge and provide proof that students with strong skills such as Agency, Curiosity, Perseverance will outperform students who have memorized facts.
Which brings us to the how
Our schools are small on purpose: about 60 students per site, so every child is known. Each day, students spend about an hour in One on One Learning, mastering academics with AI while teachers work one on one with the children who need extra help. That frees the rest of the day for what makes school joyful: building SuperPowers through biographies, case studies, novels, and the hands-on projects we call Pursuits.
About us
Flourish Schools is a growing network of accessible private K-8 schools across the greater Phoenix area.
Students learn academics One on One and grow their SuperPowers through direct instruction and project-based learning.
Our schools are intentionally small, so students don’t get lost in the crowd. Every child is known, safe, and part of a close-knit community.
See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover the $12,500 tuition.
Why We Started Flourish
John Danner and Adam Nadeau have known each other for twenty years. They met in grad school and then went through the charter wars together at Rocketship Public Schools, a charter school network with 12,000 students.
When Adam and John realized that AI measurement would let them build a modern project-based classroom with real rigor, they dove in to create something students would love and that would make a big difference in their lives.
In terms of what we want to teach
We think the world will move from standards-based to skills-based learning over the next decade. We intend for Flourish to lead the charge and provide proof that students with strong skills such as Agency, Curiosity, Perseverance will outperform students who have memorized facts.
Which brings us to the how
Our schools are small on purpose: about 60 students per site, so every child is known. Each day, students spend about an hour in One on One Learning, mastering academics with AI while teachers work one on one with the children who need extra help. That frees the rest of the day for what makes school joyful: building SuperPowers through biographies, case studies, novels, and the hands-on projects we call Pursuits.
What Parents Ask The Most
You’ve got questions; we’re here to help.
Is Flourish accredited?
We are approved as a Class 1 independent school by the state of Arizona, and have our preliminary accreditation through the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), one of the country’s leading accreditors of independent schools.
I know Flourish is a private school. What is the tuition?
Tuition at Flourish is $12,500 per year. See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover it, and we’ll help you through the process.
How large is the school, and what grades does it serve?
Flourish is intentionally designed as a small school and serves approximately 60 students in grades K–8 per school.
What are the school hours?
Flourish’s school day is 8:15–3:15pm
Is there Before Care & Aftercare?
Yes! Before and after care is available at all of our sites, led by our guides.
Is there a dress code or uniform?
Yes. Students wear a Flourish shirt as part of our uniform policy. We share the full details with families, including how to get shirts.
What curricula does Flourish use?
Flourish combines two things: One on One Learning, where every student masters academics at their own pace with AI and one on one time with a teacher, and SuperPowers, the human, character, cognitive, and vocational skills students build through biographies, case studies, novels, and projects. We don’t use textbooks, worksheets, or packets.
What role does technology play?
The modern classroom should be infused with technology, but minimize screen time. Flourish measures SuperPowers by recording classroom conversations with parent consent, throwing away the audio, and keeping transcripts. Our AI model scores students daily on SuperPowers with a 5 level rubric in each skill. But none of that involves students on computers, it all happens in the background, the way we believe AI will have the most impact on the classroom.
Will there be a daily recess or sports? What about enrichments?
Despite our small school model, we think it is critical to offer enrichments and organized physical activity that meets students’ interests. With that, we will be partnering with coaches, artists, & other community members to offer Clubs three days a week. Clubs will reflect student interests and curiosities, and will rotate every 9 weeks to remain fresh. Clubs could include focus areas like pickleball, 3v3 soccer, guitar, stained glass artistry, calligraphy, and cooking, to give a few examples. We will also be partnering with local sports leagues to give students an option for organized sports with their friends, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse.
How is Flourish similar to Montessori?
Flourish and Montessori both compress academics into a fraction of the day so the rest can go to something bigger. Montessori does it with self-paced materials, Flourish with about an hour of One on One Learning. What fills the freed time is the real curriculum: practical life and independence at Montessori, 24 SuperPowers at Flourish. Both call the adult a guide, not a lecturer. The structures are similar too. Both run small, 60 students per Flourish site, and both sit outside the district system by design. And both measure what tests miss through sustained observation: Montessori by teacher record, Flourish by nightly AI scoring of SuperPowers on a five-level rubric.
What Parents Ask The Most
You’ve got questions; we’re here to help.
Is Flourish accredited?
We are approved as a Class 1 independent school by the state of Arizona, and have our preliminary accreditation through the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), one of the country’s leading accreditors of independent schools.
I know Flourish is a private school. What is the tuition?
Tuition at Flourish is $12,500 per year. See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover it, and we’ll help you through the process.
How large is the school, and what grades does it serve?
Flourish is intentionally designed as a small school and serves approximately 60 students in grades K–8 per school.
What are the school hours?
Flourish’s school day is 8:15–3:15pm
Is there Before Care & Aftercare?
Yes! Before and after care is available at all of our sites, led by our guides.
Is there a dress code or uniform?
Yes. Students wear a Flourish shirt as part of our uniform policy. We share the full details with families, including how to get shirts.
What curricula does Flourish use?
Flourish combines two things: One on One Learning, where every student masters academics at their own pace with AI and one on one time with a teacher, and SuperPowers, the human, character, cognitive, and vocational skills students build through biographies, case studies, novels, and projects. We don’t use textbooks, worksheets, or packets.
What role does technology play?
The modern classroom should be infused with technology, but minimize screen time. Flourish measures SuperPowers by recording classroom conversations with parent consent, throwing away the audio, and keeping transcripts. Our AI model scores students daily on SuperPowers with a 5 level rubric in each skill. But none of that involves students on computers, it all happens in the background, the way we believe AI will have the most impact on the classroom.
Will there be a daily recess or sports? What about enrichments?
Despite our small school model, we think it is critical to offer enrichments and organized physical activity that meets students’ interests. With that, we will be partnering with coaches, artists, & other community members to offer Clubs three days a week. Clubs will reflect student interests and curiosities, and will rotate every 9 weeks to remain fresh. Clubs could include focus areas like pickleball, 3v3 soccer, guitar, stained glass artistry, calligraphy, and cooking, to give a few examples. We will also be partnering with local sports leagues to give students an option for organized sports with their friends, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse.
How is Flourish similar to Montessori?
Flourish and Montessori both compress academics into a fraction of the day so the rest can go to something bigger. Montessori does it with self-paced materials, Flourish with about an hour of One on One Learning. What fills the freed time is the real curriculum: practical life and independence at Montessori, 24 SuperPowers at Flourish. Both call the adult a guide, not a lecturer. The structures are similar too. Both run small, 60 students per Flourish site, and both sit outside the district system by design. And both measure what tests miss through sustained observation: Montessori by teacher record, Flourish by nightly AI scoring of SuperPowers on a five-level rubric.
What Parents Ask The Most
You’ve got questions; we’re here to help.
Is Flourish accredited?
We are approved as a Class 1 independent school by the state of Arizona, and have our preliminary accreditation through the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), one of the country’s leading accreditors of independent schools.
I know Flourish is a private school. What is the tuition?
Tuition at Flourish is $12,500 per year. See how your Arizona Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) and scholarships can fully cover it, and we’ll help you through the process.
How large is the school, and what grades does it serve?
Flourish is intentionally designed as a small school and serves approximately 60 students in grades K–8 per school.
What are the school hours?
Flourish’s school day is 8:15–3:15pm
Is there Before Care & Aftercare?
Yes! Before and after care is available at all of our sites, led by our guides.
Is there a dress code or uniform?
Yes. Students wear a Flourish shirt as part of our uniform policy. We share the full details with families, including how to get shirts.
What curricula does Flourish use?
Flourish combines two things: One on One Learning, where every student masters academics at their own pace with AI and one on one time with a teacher, and SuperPowers, the human, character, cognitive, and vocational skills students build through biographies, case studies, novels, and projects. We don’t use textbooks, worksheets, or packets.
What role does technology play?
The modern classroom should be infused with technology, but minimize screen time. Flourish measures SuperPowers by recording classroom conversations with parent consent, throwing away the audio, and keeping transcripts. Our AI model scores students daily on SuperPowers with a 5 level rubric in each skill. But none of that involves students on computers, it all happens in the background, the way we believe AI will have the most impact on the classroom.
Will there be a daily recess or sports? What about enrichments?
Despite our small school model, we think it is critical to offer enrichments and organized physical activity that meets students’ interests. With that, we will be partnering with coaches, artists, & other community members to offer Clubs three days a week. Clubs will reflect student interests and curiosities, and will rotate every 9 weeks to remain fresh. Clubs could include focus areas like pickleball, 3v3 soccer, guitar, stained glass artistry, calligraphy, and cooking, to give a few examples. We will also be partnering with local sports leagues to give students an option for organized sports with their friends, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse.
How is Flourish similar to Montessori?
Flourish and Montessori both compress academics into a fraction of the day so the rest can go to something bigger. Montessori does it with self-paced materials, Flourish with about an hour of One on One Learning. What fills the freed time is the real curriculum: practical life and independence at Montessori, 24 SuperPowers at Flourish. Both call the adult a guide, not a lecturer. The structures are similar too. Both run small, 60 students per Flourish site, and both sit outside the district system by design. And both measure what tests miss through sustained observation: Montessori by teacher record, Flourish by nightly AI scoring of SuperPowers on a five-level rubric.
Ready To Schedule Your Visit?
Joyful Learning for Curious Students
We’re now accepting scheduled visits to meet our teachers. Come meet us and find out how Flourish can help your child grow.
Ready To Schedule Your Visit?
Joyful Learning for Curious Students
We’re now accepting scheduled visits to meet our teachers. Come meet us and find out how Flourish can help your child grow.
Ready To Schedule Your Visit?
Joyful Learning for Curious Students
We’re now accepting scheduled visits to meet our teachers. Come meet us and find out how Flourish can help your child grow.
Ready To Schedule Your Visit?
Joyful Learning for Curious Students
We’re now accepting scheduled visits to meet our teachers. Come meet us and find out how Flourish can help your child grow.