Children moving from indoor classroom to outdoor play at Sozo School

A small Christian
school for
big imaginations.

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What we promise

We teach hands-on. And we keep the lessons short.

A few focused blocks a day for reading and math — practiced properly, measured, done. The rest belongs to the children: building real things, measuring, making, testing, fixing what doesn't fly. Children remember what they learn by making it themselves.

build it. fly it. learn it.

Play is part of every school day.

Kids use math as they turn a drawing into something that runs. Build it, race it, check it against the drawing, fix it, run it again. We clear the path and get out of the way.

the plan said four wheels. the cart disagrees.
Two boys racing a homemade go-cart with a red pennant flag
An older girl gently wraps a gauze bandage below a younger boy's knee under the mango tree, the first-aid tin open beside them

Kindness takes practice.

Clever thinking matters, but the way children treat people matters more. Children practice patience, honesty and generosity as they follow the path Jesus walked, look after each other and care for their neighborhood.

big ones help. little ones learn it's safe to ask.
Three children each absorbed in their own world: sketch, glider, and a little knight

Every child is a whole person.

We shape the school day around who they are. We plan every part of it for one child at a time.

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About Sozo

At their own speed, all the way.

Kids of different abilities learn side by side — falling, helping each other, trying again. Many of our kids are neurodivergent. All of them belong.

A little boy in a yellow helmet sits in the sand next to his tipped-over pedal bike
four falls before lunch.
An older girl runs behind the bike, steadying the saddle while the little boy pedals
we help each other keep trying.
The little boy rides on his own toward the older girl, who kneels ahead with both arms raised, cheering him in
same afternoon. all the way.
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Come and see if we are the right fit for you.

Kids and teachers mid dance party in the classroom
we play together. kids and adults.
Children walking single file through the garden greenhouse
the garden counts as a classroom.
A girl deep in a puzzle at the long table
deep in a puzzle.
Kids and teachers mid dance party in the classroom
we play together. kids and adults.
Children walking single file through the garden greenhouse
the garden counts as a classroom.
A girl deep in a puzzle at the long table
deep in a puzzle.
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