BOISE – Athlos Academies, an Idaho-based education service provider, has announced that it will be opening a new national training facility and corporate headquarters office in Boise, Idaho. Athlos purchased the former Macy’s building in downtown Boise.
In polling earlier this year, Idahoans cited education as the No. 1 issue facing the state. We recognize the importance of education, but what many may not recognize is the importance of certain skills and habits that are not commonly taught in today’s education system.
The dark days are over at the former Macy’s building in downtown Boise, which has sat empty since 2010.
Athlos Academies welcomed a couple hundred dignitaries to the cavernous space Nov. 5 to get a sense of the “before” in advance of the building’s transformation. The Boise charter school company is turning it into its headquarters and faculty training center.
BOISE – Athlos Academies is turning the former downtown Boise Macy’s building into its new headquarters.
Mayor Dave Bieter joined the company’s co-founders at a groundbreaking celebration Thursday. They smashed pieces of concrete to mark the beginning of the renovation project.
Yesterday, Athlos Academy of St. Cloud broke ground on a new school in central Minnesota. The charter school will open in fall 2016.
ST. CLOUD – A groundbreaking ceremony is being held on Thursday for a new charter school in St. Cloud.
At a charter school in Brooklyn Park, Minn., 11 miles northwest of Minneapolis, hundreds of students pour onto indoor artificial turf in a gym for 45 minutes of daily physical exercise. They do calisthenics and play volleyball and other games.
“Kids aren’t sitting around learning about volleyball, they are doing it,” said Jennifer Geraghty, the principal. “We have kids here who came here overweight. We have some kids who have lost like 20 pounds.”
Students at Athlos Leadership Academy in Brownville, Texas honored local first responders at a special September 11th remembrance ceremony earlier this month. The school-wide assembly was part of Athlos’ performance character curriculum.
HERRIMAN – Athlos Academy of Utah received approval on Friday from the Utah State Board of Education to open a new charter school for the 2016-2017 school year.
It’s good news for Boise that the old Macy’s store has been sold after being vacant for five years. A once-vibrant corner of Downtown had been idle far too long.
Athlos Academics, a charter school company, will renovate the former department store at 10th and Idaho and use it for company operations and teacher training starting next summer.
