Where Learning Feels Like Home

We are a small school by design. Around 120 students, K through 8. Two classes per grade. Teachers who stay for years. Families who know each other's siblings, grandparents, and dogs.

Small is a choice

Every year we're asked whether we plan to grow. We don't. Not because bigger would be wrong for some school — but because this school is what it is because of its size.

• Every teacher knows every child by name — not just their students
• The director greets every family at the door in the morning
• Multi-age relationships form naturally on the playground and in buddy classrooms
• Nothing important happens without a conversation

What families come back for

Our alumni families keep showing up — at fall festival, at graduation, at the spring auction. Younger siblings enroll. Older siblings volunteer. Parents whose kids graduated three years ago still text the office to ask how a former teacher is doing.

"Amistad is the only institution I have ever been part of where I know everyone by name. That's rare, and we should say so out loud." — Board member and parent of two alumni

Home is a strong word. We use it carefully. But when a child runs into the building in the morning and hugs a teacher, and that teacher knows what she had for breakfast because her older brother mentioned it last week — that is what home feels like. And that is worth protecting.