Archives Middle Schools: Phoenix

Official Name: The Phoenix School of Discorvery 

Year Opened: 2009

This school originally opened as the Jefferson County Virtual School, emphasizing computer and online learning, mixed with traditional classroom instruction. Students from schools identified as underperforming under the No Child Left Behind Act chose transfer to this school. The school was renamed The Phoenix School of Discovery in 2009. In 2007 grades 7 through 9 were offered at Valley and grade 6 was offered at Western Middle School. The school later offered middle school at the Stuart Middle School campus and high school (grades 9-12) at Valley High School. In 2012, Phoenix evolved into an optional school specializing in meeting needs of struggling students through differentiated instruction. In 2014 the school relocated all its classes to the facility formerly used by Myers Middle School. In 2015 a satellite site of the ESL Newcomer Academy opened classrooms in the Phoenix building.