About Patriot High School

  • Patriot High School, located in iConnect Zone at 11990 Swingline Road in Peyton, is a high school in an alternative setting, now in its ninth year. Educators facilitate a diverse, supportive and respectful community that combines the creativity and commitment of students, teachers and parents with lessons learned within their environment. Patriot High School is a public school, however there is an application process for admission.

    Patriot High School is a choice enrollment school.  They are admitted on a needs and numbers basis, with the final decision coming from Patriot High School. If students do not take advantage of the center's unique opportunities, they will be sent back to their home schools, and other students will be admitted.
     

    Curricula


     There are currently 9 teachers in the high school.  Homework is only assigned as needed, and class sizes are rarely larger than 15 students. There are no lockers. The school uses online education in the high school, as well as direct classroom instruction with an emphasis on mastery learning. The school combines small classes, online resources, core curriculum, experienced licensed staff, independent study, work study for credit, job placement, counseling, elective credits, personal and close communication, personalized attention and an open-door policy.

     

iConnect Zone Overview

  • The iConnect Zone has reinvented educational environments that inspire individuals’ peak potential. In iConnect, faculty interconnect effective educational systems, which inspire individuals to their learning potential, investigate and implement best educational practices that lead students to success, invest in students by challenging and developing citizens that compete in a global society, invent settings and systems that empower individuals’ learning, leadership and life. The zone strives to inspire individuals with meaningful challenges and surround them with nurturing support to achieve ambitious goals.
    • Online and Blended Learning
    • Credit Recovery
    • Alternative Learning
    • Homeschool Enrichment
    • Personalized Diploma Pathway
    • Tuition-free Charter Schools
     

Portfolio of Schools

  • Portfolio of Schools District 49 will create a robust portfolio of distinct and exceptional schools.  It’s not enough just to have a bunch of different kinds of schools; the district needs to have high quality, exceptional schools.  District 49 strives to offer wonderful schools in all of its zones, schools that are different from each other and superior to the options students might have in neighboring districts and communities.
     
    District 49’s board-approved strategic plan provides unified vision, goals and strategies to prepare students to achieve like never before.  Its strategic plan is organized around a a big rocks metaphor.  If the district identifies and focuses on what's most important – its big rocks of trust, community, best district, portfolio of schools and every student – and then adds other things around them, the medium-sized rocks, and finally works in the pebbles, everything better fits together.  District 49 has applied this metaphor in its strategic plan, which identifies the district's Big Rocks.  These strategic initiatives will be emphasized over the upcoming years, representing the district’s commitment to its community.  These five rocks are its foundation for building an excellent future with its staff, students and greater community.

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PHS Hours

  • School hours are 7:50 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.