About Our School
Colossal Academy Jacksonville is a private, independent, micro-high school in Jacksonville, Florida. A micoschool is much like any private, independent school, except smaller. It is the small class and school size that allows us to offer personalized, project-based, real-world, relevant, innovative, flexible, responsive learning.
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We prepare our students not only to get into college, but to thrive in college, in their careers and in their lives and to be conscientious citizens and future leaders, solving the complex issues of our time.
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Our students graduate not only with their high school diploma, but with their own working business or non-profit, several years of internship or apprenticeship experience, and 8 electives in life skills including personal finance, and 4 years of specific preparation and instruction for college and career.
Our Learning Is:
Personalized
Innovative
Flexible
Project-based
Relevant
Hands-on
Meaningful
Designed to meet the goals and talents of each student to prepare them for college, career and adulthood.
Our Graduates Are:
Prepared
Resilient
Adaptable
Problem solvers
Critical thinkers
Self-aware
Confident
Leaders
Global citizens
Lifelong leaders
Faculty & Staff
Mission
To teach 21st-Century education that brings together relevant academic skills in a new way. Colossal Academy places the student at the center of their learning whereby teachers teach to the student and not the test utilizing modern techniques and intersectionality of best practices and through a student-centered curriculum in a safe and student empowered learning environment.
Vision
We are contributing to a world where every student is inspired to learn, create, participate, navigate, and discern truths for their own success and happiness and the success and peace of our local and global community.
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Values
Student Agency
Innovative, Excellent, Learning
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Collaboration
Integrity
Passion
Inclusion
Equity
Shiren Rattigan
Founder, Colossal Group
Shiren Rattigan is the pioneering founder of Colossal Academy and networking microschools emphasizing contemporary entrepreneurial education. As owner and principal Educational Curator of Colossal Academy and a UC Berkeley Extensions Educator, her work has been recognized in Forbes, Sun Sentinel, LiberatED, and ReimaginED. A VELA Education Fund and YASS Stop Award Quarterfinalist, her 12 years in adolescent education have solidified her role not only as a teacher but also as a passionate advocate for young voices. Beyond education, Shiren is a dedicated wife and mother to three exceptional daughters.
Janet Fienemann, LCSW, EdD
Founder, Colossal Academy Jacksonville
Janet has been a therapist and school counselor for the last thirty years, in New York City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon and for the last 15 years here in Jacksonville Beach. With a bachelor and master degree in social work, a doctorate in educational leadership, and her years working in schools, she has seen the immeasurable impact schools, classrooms and teachers make on children's (and their families) lives. It is a privilege to create a learning environment and opportunities that will prepare young people to be productive, conscientious, citizen leaders and confident, resilient, happy humans with the skills to solve the problems and capitalize on the opportunities of our time. In her free moments, Janet can be found on the beach, or home with her family enjoying Florida outdoor living.
Lindsey Hebert, B.S., M.Ed.
Lead Teacher, Math & Science
Lindsey Hebert has been a teacher and therapist for twenty years and we are so grateful to have her as lead teacher for Math and Science at Colossal Academy Jacksonville. She has a Bachelor in Chemistry, a Master of Education in Science, has taught lab science at UNF and currently tutors higher math and science for high school and homeschool students. She also has extensive experience and certifications as a vision therapist, giving her both the science and math content expertise, as well as understanding of how to teach and treat student's who learn/process differently. Lindsey is a beach sunrise chaser and when not working, can be found on the beach and around the beaches, enjoying every moment of beach life.
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Contact
904-758-8895
janet@colossal-academy.com