ABOUT Mighty Oak Academy

Fostering lifelong learners and courageous thinkers in Louisville’s Historic Portland Neighborhood.

 

Mighty Oak Academy is a community school located in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville Kentucky’s west end. Started during the pandemic to provide education choices for families in the neighborhood, Mighty Oak Academy meets students where they are building confidence and skills to help every child become a lifelong learner that empowers their community.

Our Story

In March 2020 when the world shut down, the open gym program held at Love City’s Mackin gym also closed along with the Love City preschool operating in the basement of the gym. As the summer progressed Love City through their relationships with kids in the community learned that online learning was not something that was accessible for our neighborhood, whether it was connectivity issues or adult supervision challenges, kids in the neighborhood were not logging on to do school. When the local public school system, JCPS, announced in the fall of 2020 that it would not be going back to school in person that fall, we knew we had to do something. We opened the Mackin building, spread everyone out and had 60 kids coming 3 days a week with their school issued laptops using the internet at the building to log on and “do school.” We very quickly became not just a place for them to come and log on, but the place and people they looked at as their school. Some informal testing of those 60, who all lived within 1 mile of the building but attended 19 different schools throughout the county, showed us just how much the achievement gap was affecting our neighborhood. We had 8th graders that were reading on a 2nd grade level, 3rd graders that couldn’t read at all, and kindergarteners expected to navigate complex PowerPoint lessons to learn their ABCs. We knew something had to change, and Mighty Oak Academy was born. We opened our doors as a private community school on January 4, 2021 with 27 students. Over the years we have grown to a Kindergarten – 10th grade school, with plans to continue on to 12th grade and add a pre-school to fulfill the dream of diapers to graduation.

Our Mission

Our mission is to shift the cultural mindset in our community to reawaken dreams and create lifelong learners who become global citizens that empower their community.

The Pillars of Mighty Oak Academy

This mission is achieved by focusing on strong academic foundations, social emotional learning, physical health and nutrition, and parent engagement.

Well-Rounded Curriculum

Social-Emotional Wellness

Parent Partnerships

 
 

Physical Health

Healthy Food

 

The Student Experience

Students at Mighty Oak Academy are seen and valued every day.  With the small class sizes, it’s hard to hide in the back of the room and hope no one sees you.  Here you are valued as an important part of the school family.  Academic and social challenges are met head on with multiple levels of support, both in the classroom and out of the classroom.  There is ample time to exercise not only your brain but your body.  Every student has physical education class every day.  After school programs are based on student’s areas of interest, with ever evolving options based on what the students at the time are interested in.  Clubs range from Maker Club, learning shop type skills, to Gaming Club playing D&D type games building your own board pieces with the 3-D printer, to basketball and soccer open gym.

FAQs

Does it cost to attend Mighty Oak Academy?

There is a fee to attend Mighty Oak Academy, we work with each family to determine tuition based on the family’s income.

What is the family commitment for my child to attend Mighty Oak Academy?

Family involvement is essential to a child’s development. Families are expected to participate in our Family wellness program, attend group coaching sessions and individual coaching sessions with our Family Wellness coaches, as well as volunteer at the school a certain number of hours a month.

Does Mighty Oak Academy provide transportation to and from school?

At this time Mighty Oak does not provide transportation to and from school.