Academic opportunities
Every child learns differently, and here that is celebrated. Small classes, a low student-to-teacher ratio, and hands-on, experiential learning mean students truly understand what they learn instead of just memorizing it.
Our approach
A neurodiversity-affirming education, built around each child
Open Wings is a progressive, neurodiversity-affirming school with campuses in Kenosha and in Glendale, just north of Milwaukee. We celebrate and embrace how each child learns, teaching to their strengths through individualized instruction and learning in community, with a focus on academic and social-emotional growth.
Our guiding principles
The beliefs that shape every classroom and every day.
We respect and celebrate each learner
Each child is a unique, whole individual, known and appreciated. We hold high expectations while respecting developmental differences and nurturing every child's talents.
We center learning on each unique student
Individualized academic goals sit alongside daily practice in empathy, communication, patience, collaboration, and leadership.
We learn in community
Neurodiverse and neurotypical children learn together, every voice heard, growing both individually and as a group.
We use research-based pedagogy and curricula
Progressive, research-based, experiential learning, informed by child development and guided by ongoing assessment.
We keep growing our own practice
Through collective inquiry and shared learning, we improve continuously and support educators beyond our own walls.
Six ways we help every child grow
These principles come to life through six areas of growth that run through everything we do, in the classroom and beyond it.
Health focus
We connect regulating the mind and body with thinking and learning. Kinetic wellness is woven through the day, because a regulated child is a child who can learn.
Social growth
Teamwork and collaboration are part of community life every single day, so students practice real relationships, not just lessons about them.
Executive functioning
Each student builds their own strategies for planning, organizing, and getting things done, skills that carry far beyond the classroom.
Identity formation
Students come to understand themselves and cultivate strategies to meet their own goals, growing into who they are.
Emotional growth
We help students build coping skills and strategies to meet the demands of school and life with resilience.
Want to see what this looks like in practice? Explore our programs, curriculum, and a typical school day →
Voices from our community
The best way to understand it is to see it
A tour shows you a calm, individualized school day in a way words cannot. We would love to walk you through it.