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The Gathering Place

Address: 
5818 NW Loop 410
San Antonio , TX , 78238
Phone: 210-942-4850
29° 28' 47.5464" N, 98° 36' 54.324" W
Contact name: 
Liz Wise
What our organization offers: 
The Gathering Place is a free, public charter school focused on arts and social justice serving the San Antonio community. Rather than placing emphasis on standardized test scores, Students learn through collaborative classroom settings as we become not test-takers, but readers, writers, mathematicians, artists, dancers and anything else we can dream to be! Our beautiful elementary campus sits on just under 8 acres of land and features over 30 unique outdoor learning spaces. We are currently enrolling grades K-4 and are adding a grade each year all the way through high school!

 

 

The Gathering Place is a revolutionary new elementary school in San Antonio. The idea was born from Asia Klekowicz and Ryan York’s belief that kids, especially in historically underserved neighborhoods, don't get a complete education. We spent 10 years teaching, leading, and seeing glimmers of what could be when teachers are trusted, kids are loved for who they are, and administrators don’t measure students by just test scores -- but we never saw those pieces fully come together.

Inspired by what could be and disappointed by what was, we quit our jobs, pooled our savings, and traveled the country searching for schools where creativity flourished and every student and teacher was valued. On our journey, we found ourselves in San Antonio, fell in love with the people, and decided never to leave.

We have seen and learned from the best-- but we have yet to find what we know can be. So we’ve decided to build it. We have created a new school. A school we wish was around when we were kids, a school we wished existed when we were teachers, a school that all children deserve.