RISE Program

RISE News and Updates

New For Spring! Elective Classes

Cottonwood students can now sign up for electives, including Spanish, art, and music. This free pilot program will be offered in two cycles during the spring semester:

Cycle 1: Feb 12 – Mar 18
Cycle 2: Apr 8 – May 13

All classes will be held on Zoom and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click the registration button below to open the TK-8 Instructional Programs Request Form and sign up!

Register for Electives

Click the image below to open the Instructional Programs class schedule for Spring 2024 in a Google sheet and view the class days and times for the new elective classes.

Pop Art Picnic Palooza

Art instructor Dann Hagstrom will explore sculpting techniques with felt, paper bags, and clay. Students will sculpt pop art pillows, apple pies, and poppers.
6th-8th (W 10:00-11:30am)

Exploring Español

Spanish instructor Ana Santana will take students on an immersive language experience featuring games, songs, and easy home recipes as they learn greetings, numbers, colors, and more in Spanish. No experience required.
6th-8th (Tu/Th 2:00-3:00pm)

The Music Around You

In Music Cycle 1, music instructor Jamin Coller will introduce students to facets of sound, including art, duration, pitch, timbre, and harmony.
6th-8th (W 1:30-2:30pm)

Play Every Instrument

In Music Cycle 2, music instructor Jamin Coller will introduce students to all types of instruments, including keyboards, percussion, strings, brass, and woodwinds.
6th-8th (W 1:30-2:30pm)

About Jr. High RISE

The Cottonwood School’s RISE program reimagines and elevates the home study experience and strives to build community among our junior high students. This program offers live, virtual instruction in Math, Language Arts, and Science for students in 7th and 8th grades.

RISE is crafted to meet not only our students’ academic needs, but also their social and developmental needs. Interaction with their peers, teacher-guided discussions, project-based learning, and local meet-ups and field trips are woven into the fabric of our courses and approach. The goal of our program is for our students to develop their own sense of agency, build a growth mindset, and take ownership of learning.