You may have already seen some new faces around campus! Join us in welcoming our new staff members to the Wildflower community!
We are so pleased to welcome Zoe, Mary, and Katie to our school and are happy to have them join our school community! In getting to know our new staff members, we took a moment to ask them what they are most looking forward to this coming school year! We also asked them what their favorite thing they did this summer was! And they had some pretty cool answers! So take some time to get to know them here and make sure to say hello when you see them around campus!
We are so pleased to welcome Zoe, Mary, and Katie to our school and are happy to have them join our school community! In getting to know our new staff members, we took a moment to ask them what they are most looking forward to this coming school year! We also asked them what their favorite thing they did this summer was! And they had some pretty cool answers! So take some time to get to know them here and make sure to say hello when you see them around campus!
What are our students most looking forward to this upcoming school year?
In gearing up for the new school year, we wanted to take a moment to talk to our students and get to know some of their favorite parts bout being back on campus! We talked about what they are most excited about for this school year, what some of their favorite things are from the first days of school, and so many other fun topics! We are so happy to see our students as excited as we are for the new school year! It's already off to a great start!
In gearing up for the new school year, we wanted to take a moment to talk to our students and get to know some of their favorite parts bout being back on campus! We talked about what they are most excited about for this school year, what some of their favorite things are from the first days of school, and so many other fun topics! We are so happy to see our students as excited as we are for the new school year! It's already off to a great start!
Starting the year off the Wildflower way!
To kick off the new school year, this past weekend we had our annual All-School Campout! The All-School Campout is our way of welcoming students, families, and staff back into the new school year and creating time for everyone to catch up after summer break! This is also a way for our new families to get familiar with our community and make some friends! Our Campout weekends are always filled with such good times - from cooking and sharing meals together to long, sunny days spent swimming in the creek to stories and talent shows shared around the campfire! The All-School Campout is truly one of our favorite events here at Wildflower!
We want to share our gratitude and appreciation for Deserae, who helped organize and put together the whole weekend! We also want to thank the entire team, Michelle, Ashley, and Emmeline, who put an immense amount of time and work into making this weekend as amazing as it is for all of our families! We appreciate you all so much!
To kick off the new school year, this past weekend we had our annual All-School Campout! The All-School Campout is our way of welcoming students, families, and staff back into the new school year and creating time for everyone to catch up after summer break! This is also a way for our new families to get familiar with our community and make some friends! Our Campout weekends are always filled with such good times - from cooking and sharing meals together to long, sunny days spent swimming in the creek to stories and talent shows shared around the campfire! The All-School Campout is truly one of our favorite events here at Wildflower!
We want to share our gratitude and appreciation for Deserae, who helped organize and put together the whole weekend! We also want to thank the entire team, Michelle, Ashley, and Emmeline, who put an immense amount of time and work into making this weekend as amazing as it is for all of our families! We appreciate you all so much!
Adventures in Forest School! 🌳🌀📚
A lot has been happening on campus, but we wanted to take a moment to share what's been going on in our Forest School Program! What have our Forest School students been up to this first week of school? Lots of learning, exploring, and getting to know our amazing new Forest School teacher, Zoe!
A day spent in Forest School is a day spent learning and cultivating growth through the exploration of the natural world. Here, students have the opportunity to connect their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual learning to the world, where they develop an understanding of their place in it. Forest School is all about taking risks throughout the learning process in order to create resilient and independent learners! Take a look at what Forest School is all about!
A lot has been happening on campus, but we wanted to take a moment to share what's been going on in our Forest School Program! What have our Forest School students been up to this first week of school? Lots of learning, exploring, and getting to know our amazing new Forest School teacher, Zoe!
A day spent in Forest School is a day spent learning and cultivating growth through the exploration of the natural world. Here, students have the opportunity to connect their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual learning to the world, where they develop an understanding of their place in it. Forest School is all about taking risks throughout the learning process in order to create resilient and independent learners! Take a look at what Forest School is all about!
Our first day back was a blast!
We had such a fun day welcoming our students back to campus last week! It was so wonderful to see so many returning students and to meet all the new faces joining us this year! We also had some fun teaming up with our friends from Resolute Dog Training, who joined us in welcoming everyone back for the 2026-2027 school year!
We are so excited for the upcoming year and all the fun times ahead! We can't wait to see everything our students will accomplish and all the memories to be had! Happy first week back Wildflower!
We had such a fun day welcoming our students back to campus last week! It was so wonderful to see so many returning students and to meet all the new faces joining us this year! We also had some fun teaming up with our friends from Resolute Dog Training, who joined us in welcoming everyone back for the 2026-2027 school year!
We are so excited for the upcoming year and all the fun times ahead! We can't wait to see everything our students will accomplish and all the memories to be had! Happy first week back Wildflower!
Have you ever wondered what a day-in-the-life of a Wildflower student looks like?
Well here you are! These are just some of the ways our students learn and some of the activities they participate in throughout the day! Here are just a few examples of what a day spent learning at Wildflower can look like ranging throughout all our grades!
Are you interested in being a part of our community and fostering growth in your student through the open classroom approach to teaching? Have you ever wondered what Forest School looks like? Or maybe you are interested in the ways that our middle schoolers learn through an immersive and thematic curriculum that includes overnight field trips? Don't wait to contact our office for more information! We still have a number of limited spots available for the 2026-2027 school year! We welcome you to take this opportunity to join our school today!
Well here you are! These are just some of the ways our students learn and some of the activities they participate in throughout the day! Here are just a few examples of what a day spent learning at Wildflower can look like ranging throughout all our grades!
Are you interested in being a part of our community and fostering growth in your student through the open classroom approach to teaching? Have you ever wondered what Forest School looks like? Or maybe you are interested in the ways that our middle schoolers learn through an immersive and thematic curriculum that includes overnight field trips? Don't wait to contact our office for more information! We still have a number of limited spots available for the 2026-2027 school year! We welcome you to take this opportunity to join our school today!
Today is officially the big day!
Happy 1st Day of School! We are so excited to welcome our returning students back to campus and to meet some new additions to our community as well! We hope everyone has an amazing 1st day of school, whether it's first day of school ever or your last before moving onto high school! We are so happy to have our students back on campus! Here's to a great school year!
Happy 1st Day of School! We are so excited to welcome our returning students back to campus and to meet some new additions to our community as well! We hope everyone has an amazing 1st day of school, whether it's first day of school ever or your last before moving onto high school! We are so happy to have our students back on campus! Here's to a great school year!
One of our favorite things about our campus is all of our murals and paintings! 🎨🌀🖌️
We absolutely love walking around campus and seeing so much art brighten our days! Something special about our school is that each classroom is known by a different type of flower, and on each door we have a mural of that flower to match! And even better, each of these flowers were painted by two of our alumni students, Maya and Malia! We also have our all-school mural that each student helped to create! We love how art brightens and brings our community together!
We absolutely love walking around campus and seeing so much art brighten our days! Something special about our school is that each classroom is known by a different type of flower, and on each door we have a mural of that flower to match! And even better, each of these flowers were painted by two of our alumni students, Maya and Malia! We also have our all-school mural that each student helped to create! We love how art brightens and brings our community together!
Some big things have been happening around campus...
We've got some fun surprises for the start of school in the fall! Can you notice anything different about our blacktop and ball courts in these photos? We can't wait for our students to be back on campus in the fall to see and test out the new improvements around campus!
We've got some fun surprises for the start of school in the fall! Can you notice anything different about our blacktop and ball courts in these photos? We can't wait for our students to be back on campus in the fall to see and test out the new improvements around campus!
What are Wildflower Open Classroom's 8 guiding principles?
We wanted to take a moment to tell you about the core values that drive our school! In its initial creation, the founding group of Wildflower Open Classroom identified 8 values that would serve as guiding principles for all actions and decisions made by our Wildflower community as a whole. These principles work
and stand as the foundation of our community!
🌸 Joy & Adventure in Learning means that part of the excitement of learning is the challenge of risk-taking, where both failures and successes contribute to personal and academic growth!
🌼 Stewardship means being the example you wish to see as we care for people, our environment, and our community with the joint goal of prosperity and success. We teach and practice eco-awareness and connectivity to our planet!
🌹Community means belonging to a group that works together and has empathy, compassion, and consideration for each other. It means feeling part of the whole and working for the good of the whole!
🪻Being Respectful means creating a safe space where community members listen and speak with care, openness, and compassion. Our community is always open to differences and willing to see situations from others' viewpoints, learning from each other as we work toward shared solutions!
🌺 Integrity means remaining true to our school philosophy while standing up for the vision and intent of our school as we work towards our goals!
💐 Personal Responsibility means taking the initiative to care four our community. Our ongoing goal is to have a community made up of self-motivated, accountable individuals taking pride in their work!
🪷 Collaboration means a learning community where all voices from our students, teachers, parents, staff, administration, and board are heard!
🌷 Positive Communication & Honesty means discussing issues where the common goal is resolution and satisfaction for all parties. We strive to acknowledge the efforts of others and are willing to engage in conversations of all types!
We wanted to take a moment to tell you about the core values that drive our school! In its initial creation, the founding group of Wildflower Open Classroom identified 8 values that would serve as guiding principles for all actions and decisions made by our Wildflower community as a whole. These principles work
and stand as the foundation of our community!
🌸 Joy & Adventure in Learning means that part of the excitement of learning is the challenge of risk-taking, where both failures and successes contribute to personal and academic growth!
🌼 Stewardship means being the example you wish to see as we care for people, our environment, and our community with the joint goal of prosperity and success. We teach and practice eco-awareness and connectivity to our planet!
🌹Community means belonging to a group that works together and has empathy, compassion, and consideration for each other. It means feeling part of the whole and working for the good of the whole!
🪻Being Respectful means creating a safe space where community members listen and speak with care, openness, and compassion. Our community is always open to differences and willing to see situations from others' viewpoints, learning from each other as we work toward shared solutions!
🌺 Integrity means remaining true to our school philosophy while standing up for the vision and intent of our school as we work towards our goals!
💐 Personal Responsibility means taking the initiative to care four our community. Our ongoing goal is to have a community made up of self-motivated, accountable individuals taking pride in their work!
🪷 Collaboration means a learning community where all voices from our students, teachers, parents, staff, administration, and board are heard!
🌷 Positive Communication & Honesty means discussing issues where the common goal is resolution and satisfaction for all parties. We strive to acknowledge the efforts of others and are willing to engage in conversations of all types!
Our summer camp kids have been out adventuring all summer! 🌀🌞🫧
From sunny days spent swimming in the creek to visiting some animal friends, our summer camp kiddos have been up to all sorts of fun! Each week, our summer camp cycles through a different theme with different activities and fields trips! The other week, our summer camp had their Forest Week, where they spent lots of time having fun in the sun and learning about the world around them! Last week was Cooking Week, where they have spent time learning how to make all sorts of delicious snacks and even had the chance to visit the neighboring gardens next door at Little Red Hen! And this week is Special Interest Week! Our summer camp shows how learning and fun go hand-in-hand!
From sunny days spent swimming in the creek to visiting some animal friends, our summer camp kiddos have been up to all sorts of fun! Each week, our summer camp cycles through a different theme with different activities and fields trips! The other week, our summer camp had their Forest Week, where they spent lots of time having fun in the sun and learning about the world around them! Last week was Cooking Week, where they have spent time learning how to make all sorts of delicious snacks and even had the chance to visit the neighboring gardens next door at Little Red Hen! And this week is Special Interest Week! Our summer camp shows how learning and fun go hand-in-hand!
Campus has been much quieter during summer break! ☀️🏖️🌊
We miss seeing so many smiling faces first thing in the morning and having classrooms full of hard workers throughout the day! We hope that each and every one of our students has had an absolute blast during summer break so far! We can't wait to hear all about your Summer adventures in the Fall! Campus misses you and can't wait to have you back in August!
But don't worry! Campus hasn't completely shut down! We've still got our hardworking teachers and office staff gearing up for the new school year and our summer camp, who have been up to so much fun! Stayed tuned to see what they've been up to!
We miss seeing so many smiling faces first thing in the morning and having classrooms full of hard workers throughout the day! We hope that each and every one of our students has had an absolute blast during summer break so far! We can't wait to hear all about your Summer adventures in the Fall! Campus misses you and can't wait to have you back in August!
But don't worry! Campus hasn't completely shut down! We've still got our hardworking teachers and office staff gearing up for the new school year and our summer camp, who have been up to so much fun! Stayed tuned to see what they've been up to!
What makes Wildflower Open Classroom unique? We wanted to take a moment to talk about the foundations of our philosophies and the pillars that make us who we are! Our 6 pillars are a set of guidelines that help shape the curriculum of our classrooms, the success of our school, and the overall growth of our students!
🌸 A Constructivist approach to learning, where students actively build their own knowledge rather than passively absorbing concepts!
🪻The Webbing Way describes a thematic based approach to learning in which students' overall education is centered around a specific theme and teachers collaborate to form connections!
🌹Ownership & Personal Responsibility, where students are taught to take charge of completing their assignments alongside supportive accountability from teachers!
🌼 The Whole Child pillar describes a socio-emotional approach to learning where a variety of diverse teaching techniques are used to reach different learning styles!
🌺 Community of Learners, where learning is conducted through multi-grade classrooms, classroom mixers, big buddies (or student mentors), community co-oping, and collaborative planning among teachers!
🌷The Bigger Picture works to connect our students' learning to their larger communities and the world around them!
🌸 A Constructivist approach to learning, where students actively build their own knowledge rather than passively absorbing concepts!
🪻The Webbing Way describes a thematic based approach to learning in which students' overall education is centered around a specific theme and teachers collaborate to form connections!
🌹Ownership & Personal Responsibility, where students are taught to take charge of completing their assignments alongside supportive accountability from teachers!
🌼 The Whole Child pillar describes a socio-emotional approach to learning where a variety of diverse teaching techniques are used to reach different learning styles!
🌺 Community of Learners, where learning is conducted through multi-grade classrooms, classroom mixers, big buddies (or student mentors), community co-oping, and collaborative planning among teachers!
🌷The Bigger Picture works to connect our students' learning to their larger communities and the world around them!
Wildflower Open Classroom is still open for admission and enrollment for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year! We once again want to welcome you to join us for the coming school year! We encourage you to contact our office for more information or head on over to our website to learn more on what Wildflower is all about! Limited spots are available for the upcoming school year, so don't miss out on the chance to fill out an enrollment interest form! We would love to have you be a part of our Wildflower community in the fall!
This past school year was filled with so many memories and lots of learning! We wanted to take a moment to ask our students what some of their favorite moments were! Here are some of their answers! We love hearing all about what our students love at Wildflower!
Wildflower Open Classroom is still open for registration and enrollment! We welcome you to be a part of our vibrant school and community. Contact our office for more information or head on over to our website to learn more and fill out an enrollment interest form. Limited spots are available so don't miss out on the chance to join our community!
Closing out the school year Wildflower style! 🌼☀️🎉
We had an awesome last day of school celebrating our Wildflower community! As tradition goes, we had our annual end of school BBQ along with some water slides and fun outdoor activities! We also had an end of year attendance drawing, where five lucky winners won all day passes to Terrain Park Climbing. These students were recognized for their perfect attendance record over the past couple weeks! We greatly appreciate Terrain Park Climbing for giving our students this opportunity! It was a great end to another amazing school year!
Thank you to all the teachers, volunteers, staff, parents, and students who made this year so successful! We hope you have a wonderful summer!
We had an awesome last day of school celebrating our Wildflower community! As tradition goes, we had our annual end of school BBQ along with some water slides and fun outdoor activities! We also had an end of year attendance drawing, where five lucky winners won all day passes to Terrain Park Climbing. These students were recognized for their perfect attendance record over the past couple weeks! We greatly appreciate Terrain Park Climbing for giving our students this opportunity! It was a great end to another amazing school year!
Thank you to all the teachers, volunteers, staff, parents, and students who made this year so successful! We hope you have a wonderful summer!
Congratulations to this year's graduating 8th graders! 🎉💫
Earlier this week, Wildflower celebrated our 8th graders on finishing up the school year and beginning their journey towards high school! We have loved watching these students grow over the years and cannot wait to see what they will accomplish next! Congratulations to this amazing group of students!
Earlier this week, Wildflower celebrated our 8th graders on finishing up the school year and beginning their journey towards high school! We have loved watching these students grow over the years and cannot wait to see what they will accomplish next! Congratulations to this amazing group of students!
Visits from Resolute Therapy dogs always brighten our days! 🐾
On Mondays and Fridays, Wildflower gets some pretty special visitors! Our students absolutely love when our furry friends over at Resolute Dog Training stop by to say hello! Seeing Marley, Winston, and Daisy is something that our students look forward to each week! Whether they’re stopping by to listen to our amazing readers, show off their tricks, or simply stopping by to greet students, our classrooms are always filled with joy when they visit! Thank you to our amazing friends over at Resolute Dog Training! We appreciate you and your time spent stopping by our classrooms!
On Mondays and Fridays, Wildflower gets some pretty special visitors! Our students absolutely love when our furry friends over at Resolute Dog Training stop by to say hello! Seeing Marley, Winston, and Daisy is something that our students look forward to each week! Whether they’re stopping by to listen to our amazing readers, show off their tricks, or simply stopping by to greet students, our classrooms are always filled with joy when they visit! Thank you to our amazing friends over at Resolute Dog Training! We appreciate you and your time spent stopping by our classrooms!
What's a better combo than colorful artwork and a refreshing drink to brighten your day? 🎨🪻☕
All throughout the month of May, the wonderful Daycamp Coffee has been displaying our students' mixed media artwork all around their cafe! And yesterday, they hosted an art reception to celebrate our students' creativity and imagination! We had such a nice evening collaborating with Daycamp and seeing some Wildflower friends!
From TK through 8th grade, our students created artwork centered around a picnic theme! Our 4th and 5th graders created some berry sweet pies and our WOCAP 6th, 7th, and 8th graders created some sour citrus alongside our TK's marching ants! Our 2nd and 3rd graders created "Scooby-Doo" sandwiches using materials they found around campus and our Kinder and 1st grade students weaved some picnic baskets! Our students have loved exploring their classroom themes through art and sharing their creations with the Chico community!
All throughout the month of May, the wonderful Daycamp Coffee has been displaying our students' mixed media artwork all around their cafe! And yesterday, they hosted an art reception to celebrate our students' creativity and imagination! We had such a nice evening collaborating with Daycamp and seeing some Wildflower friends!
From TK through 8th grade, our students created artwork centered around a picnic theme! Our 4th and 5th graders created some berry sweet pies and our WOCAP 6th, 7th, and 8th graders created some sour citrus alongside our TK's marching ants! Our 2nd and 3rd graders created "Scooby-Doo" sandwiches using materials they found around campus and our Kinder and 1st grade students weaved some picnic baskets! Our students have loved exploring their classroom themes through art and sharing their creations with the Chico community!
