Summer adventures are winding down, and we’re thrilled to welcome our Innovations family back for another incredible year of inquiry-based learning! As we prepare for the 2025-26 school year at our K-8 tuition-free public charter school, we’re here to make your transition as smooth as possible.
Prep Your Routine
The secret to stress-free mornings and avoiding after-school melt downs? Practice makes perfect! When we establish solid routines now, students know what to expect. Try these proven strategies:
- Come up with a list of things to do before and after school. Add them to a plastic sleeve, attach to the refrigerator and use a dry erase marker to check them off.
- Have kids help fold laundry once a week and then have them put it away so they know where everything is…even if it’s all shoved in one drawer.
- Set up a “launch pad” by the door with backpacks and shoes
- Review our school calendar together as a family
- Decide on your lunch strategy: will you pack the night before or make it a morning ritual?
Speaking of lunch, our wellness approach encourages nutritious packed lunches that fuel curious minds and active bodies ready for hands-on learning adventures.
Before and After School Program
Need coverage beyond school hours? We want your children to be safe when you’re not with them. We’ve teamed up with Champions to offer before and after school care:
Before School: 7:00-8:30 a.m.
After School:
Mondays: 12:30-6:00 p.m.
Tuesdays-Fridays: 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Sweet Dreams = Successful Days
What’s trickier than adjusting to the classroom routine? That’s right, the bedtime routine! Add excited emotions to the mix and it can make for less sleep right when kids need it most. Well-rested students are ready-to-explore students. Consider these calming bedtime rituals:
- Family storytime with favorite books, including the book your child has chosen for our literacy campaign!
- Gentle music or nature sounds (or an audiobook)
- Screen-free wind-down starting one hour before bed
- Earlier, lighter dinners to promote better sleep
- Learn more tips and the importance of a quality sleep routine here
Remember: elementary students need 9-11 hours of sleep for optimal learning and growth.
Spread the Innovations Joy
Know a family searching for exceptional project-based education? Our proven inquiry-based model with plenty of social-emotional learning creates confident, critical thinkers ready to tackle real-world challenges. Every student enjoys:
- Engaging Explorations classes in performing arts, fine arts, engineering, nature studies, and Spanish
- Regular field study trips and community partnerships
- A safe, modern campus designed for curiosity and exploration
- A close-knit welcoming community
- High academic standards through meaningful, hands-on learning
- Positive discipline approach treats children with respect while encouraging independent problem-solving.
- No homework policy
School just started on August 18th, but there is still time to join us! Experience all the benefits of our supportive community where students powerfully create their lives through self-expression, compassionate connection, and purposeful learning. A few spots remain for the 2025-26 school year, check out our enrollment page now.
About Innovations Academy:
Innovations Academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in San Diego, California. Our small school values a hands-on, inquiry-based education with high academic standards using self-expression, compassionate connection, and purposeful learning. Our new modern campus is intentionally designed with curiosity and exploration in mind. Join our innovative school today! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Find us at innovationsacademy.org.