As a tuition-free public charter school,
Phoenix International School of the Arts (PISOTA) will operate in partnership with Charles County Public Schools to offer students an arts- and international-focused school. Our innovative, whole-child approach prepares young people for leadership in a global and creative world.
We are a tuition-free public school, serving middle school students. We are open to all students in Charles County, Maryland, including students with disabilities and multilingual learners. We welcome all.
We open in Fall 2023, serving 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in Charles County, Maryland.
At PISOTA, students will be steeped in our arts curriculum and get access to arts learning in dance, music, acting, visual arts, or museum studies, every day. We also bring an international perspective to everything we teach.
We believe that when students understand the many perspectives impacting our world, they are better positioned to tackle complex problems and design innovative solutions to improve our world.
Students will receive arts education, every day.
About
Angelica Jackson, M.S.Ed.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Rickkay King, M.A.
Co-Founder & Director of Interdisciplinary and Auxiliary Programs
Sreeparna Mitra, CA
Derek Johnson
Debborah Collins
Guy Johnson, J.D.
Monique Walker
Partner at Ernst & Young
Vice President of Marketing at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
Chair to the MD DEM Latino Diversity Leadership Council
Senior Program Director, Federal and National Networks P-12 at The Opportunity Institute
CEO at the National Association of American African Dance Teachers (NAAADT)
Winsome Waite, Ph.D
Principal at W. P. Education Services and Senior Fellow at The Opportunity Institute
Kenneth Brown, Ph.D.
Education Leader at DCPS
Affiliations
Community Partners
Enroll
The PISOTA team is so thrilled to welcome interested founding families to our learning community! Phoenix International School of the Arts will open in School Year 2023-2024 for Charles County students entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, and is tuition-free for all students.
