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Flagstaff Academy Charter School opened its doors on its 20th year of operation, marking two decades of academic innovation, community engagement, and student-centered learning. Since its founding in 2005, Flagstaff Academy has grown from a small, hopeful charter to Longmont’s premier tuition-free public charter school, now serving nearly 800 students and employing close to 100 dedicated teachers and staff.

The Flagstaff Academy Charter School preschool program has received a Level 5 quality rating from Colorado Shines, the state’s quality rating and improvement system for early care and learning programs. A Level 5 is the highest possible rating, underscoring Flagstaff Academy’s ongoing commitment to excellence in early childhood education.

Flagstaff Academy Charter School has once again earned statewide and national acclaim, having been named one of the 2025 Colorado Trailblazer Schools to Watch by the Colorado Association of Middle Level Education (CAMLE). The school is one of only five in Colorado to receive this designation and was honored at the National Schools to Watch Conference held over the summer in Washington, D.C.

Flagstaff Academy Charter School’s Green Team students presented at the 2025 Colorado Microplastics Summit, hosted by the Ocean First Institute in Denver. Sixteen student members, along with four staff advisors, attended the summit to present original research on the presence and impact of microplastics in local ecosystems.

Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year ends Oct. 1, 2025. Don't miss this opportunity to join Longmont's premier tuition-free public charter school.

The Flagstaff Academy Charter School girls’ 4th-grade robotics team, known as the Dragon Bots, is making waves across the country with their impressive performance in VEX IQ Competitive Robotics tournaments. This group of four talented 4th-grade girls—Samantha Talluri, Markayla Hyde, Aaradhya Thakar, and Avery Lam—has been setting personal records and collecting numerous awards along the way.

Flagstaff Academy Charter School hosted its annual Global Problems Community Event, where approximately 30 passionate 6th-grade students took center stage to present their research on some of the world’s most pressing global issues.

Stacy Wolff, an elementary science teacher at Flagstaff Academy Charter School, has been awarded the esteemed Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant, presented by Natural Habitat Adventures in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Wolff is one of only four educators nationwide to receive this honor, selected for her commitment to enhancing education on monarch butterflies and their migration.

For the 19th year, Flagstaff Academy Charter School's middle school students took center stage at the annual STEM Fair, presenting a dazzling array of experiments and inventions. This year’s event featured over 170 students displaying 120 projects in hopes of advancing to the prestigious 2025 Corden Pharma Regional Science Fair in February.