Dear Friends and Families of PNA, As Snowflake Bentley proved, no two snowflakes are alike; and at PNA, no two students are alike, and this creates a rich learning environment. As we reflect back on 2019, we want to say thank you to everyone who has invested in...

by Jelsea Lemanski | PNA 1st Grade Teacher Compound words, word sorts, alliteration, scooping, poetry, vocabulary, literature - these are just some of the ways your child has been exposed to words this week. Immersing students in a language rich environment is...

by Martina Henke | PNA 5th Grade Teacher Our social studies standards are ambitious; built around the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Frameworks, they include standards for content and skills, but also standards for developing questions, planning inquiry,...

by Brenna McCormick | PNA Kindergarten Teacher Think back to math instruction in your school years. I'm sure it was much like mine, filled with algorithms and abstract idea, ideas that I memorized and used to calculate answers, but did not understand. In grade school,...