Principal

Liz Kelz

Principal

On behalf of the entire staff, I am thrilled to welcome you to the 2025-2026 school year.

This Year’s Theme:
Building Creative Coyotes Through Collaboration

While our Applied Learning Core Beliefs are the foundation of everything we do, each year we develop a theme that brings our community together and highlights unique aspects of our program model. This year’s theme was developed with the help of Room 21, who took on the challenge before heading off to middle school. We’re proud of the insight and creativity they brought to the process!

Collaboration is more than just working together. It is about sharing ideas, listening deeply, valuing perspectives, and growing stronger together. When students collaborate, they don’t just learn from one another, they build something greater together. That’s the kind of learning that sticks, and it’s what empowers our Coyotes to become innovative leaders of their own learning journeys!

Our core beliefs as a staff are to:

• Foster a sense of community and lifelong learning

• Teach an understanding of accountability and each person’s role in that concept

• Encourage and facilitate collaboration

• Provide avenues for students to find their voice

• Create an environment that promotes problem identification, inquiry, and problem solving

I am honored to be serving this community as the lead learner and cannot wait to begin the year with you.