Silverton Paideia Academy is an elementary (PreK-6) magnet school in the Cincinnati Public School District, located in a quiet residential neighborhood in the City of Silverton. Our teachers and staff are highly qualified educators averaging more than 20 years experience in the classroom. As a magnet school featuring Paideia-based instruction and a supporting museum school concept, our students come from more than 30 different communities in the Cincinnati area, but we are well rooted in our home community of Silverton.
Silverton Paideia Academy is guided by the principles of the Paideia philosophy that:
ALL children can learn
ALL students need and deserve the same high quality education
ALL students must be challenged to perform to the best of their ability
ALL genuine knowledge is active rather than passive
What is a museum school?
A museum school can mean different things to different people, but at Silverton Paideia Academy it means that our students are engaged in the active creation of projects, artifacts and exhibits that utilize the skills and knowledge they gain through the existing Paideia program. In order to fully appreciate this creative process and to put knowledge into a meaningful context, students will make frequent visits to local museums and related institutions. More than just a fieldtrip, these visits will focus on selected objects or exhibits in order to stimulate or enhance the students’ traditional classroom learning. Through these visits, as well as pre-visit and post-visit activities directly related to the museum experience, students and teachers will utilize the museums as an extension of their classroom, not someplace to visit only on special occasions.
Community Calendar What's happening for the community at Silverton Paideia Academy
August 2010 Wednesday, August 18: STUDENTS' FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Wednesday, August 25 : 3rd Annual Back-to-School Ice Cream Social, 6:00-7:30pm
September 2010 Thursday, September 9: Whole Foods Traveling Salad Bar, 10:30a.m.-1:00p.m.
Friday, September 10: "A Grand Morning" breakfast and classroom tours, 9-10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, September 22: Silverton Paideia Academy Open House
Saturday, September 25: Silverton Mayor's Brunch and Citywide Open House, 11 a.m.
Monday, September 27: Silverton Blockwatch Association meeting, 7 p.m.
October 2010
Saturday, October 2: "Happy Worst Day Ever" presented by Playhouse in the Park, 3 p.m.
April 2011
Saturday, April 23: "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse"
presented by Playhouse in the Park, 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 23: Community Spring Fling, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Silverton Paideia Academy
6829 Stewart Road, Silverton, Ohio 45236 Phone:(513)363-5400