DAKOTA COUNTY: PAIDEIA ACADEMY:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
Creator: | Paideia Academy. | |
Title: | Records. | |
Dates: | 2004-2016. | |
Language: | Materials in English. | |
Abstract: | School board minutes and agenda packets, annual and audit reports, by-laws, handbooks, guides, newsletters, policies and procedures, subject files, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and other records of an Apple Valley charter school. | |
Quantity: | 5.5 cubic feet (6 boxes) and 382 text files : PDF (236 MB). | |
Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
Paideia Academy was a charter school that opened in 2005 in Apple Valley, originally serving students in grades K-4 and expanding to serving grades K-8 by the time it closed in June 2016. From the 2005-2006 annual report: "'Paideia' connotes a theory of student-centered learning and the conscious pursuit of each child's intellectual, artistic, and social education." Subjects that were emphasized included: grammar, logic, rhetoric, Latin, art, and music.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Paideia Academy. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2017-67
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 008945482
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
114.D.4.2F | School board minutes and agenda packets: | ||||||||||
September 2004-October 2007. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
114.D.4.3B | November 2007-February 2011. 14 folders. | ||||||||||
114.D.4.4F | March 2011-June 2014. 14 folders. | ||||||||||
114.D.4.5B | July 2014-June 2016. 8 folders. |
Annual reports, 2005-2016. 2 folders. |
Audit reports, 2005-2015. 5 folders. |
School by-laws, 2004-2012. |
Parent and student (family) handbooks, 2006-2014. |
Personnel policies and procedures, 2006-2014. |
114.D.4.6F | Curriculum guides, 2013-2015. |
114.D.4.6F | Charter school application, 2004. |
Charter school contract with Friends of Education, circa 2011-2014. |
Principal's albums, 2005-2016. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
One photo album for each school year, with class photos of each class in the school. |
Subject files: | |||||||||||
Certificates and letter from Senator Al Franken, 2004, 2013-2015. | |||||||||||
Eighth grade graduation ceremony materials, 2010-2016. | |||||||||||
Friends of Education materials, 2013-2016. | |||||||||||
Fundraising Committee minutes, 2005-2007. | |||||||||||
News clippings, circa 2005-2016. | |||||||||||
Paideia Board and Committee Organization chart, 2007. | |||||||||||
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) minutes, 2012-2016. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
Promotional materials, 2005-2015. | |||||||||||
Published student work, 2010-2013. | |||||||||||
School closing letter to parents, circa 2015. | |||||||||||
Subcommittee meeting minutes, 2011. |
114.G.3.1B-1 | Scrapbooks: | ||||||||||
Construction of school, 2005. | |||||||||||
Press clippings, 2005-2009. |
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Charter schools -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
- Schools -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.