Paramount School Brookside

School

Founded in 2010, Paramount School Brookside was the first of three Paramount schools. The Paramount Schools use an integrated research-based curriculum to maximize each child’s potential against measurable standards. Every student has academic performance goals with the expectation of improvement in each content area.

Paramount works to make students and communities thrive. The schools’ innovative academic approach is focused, supportive and proven. The curriculum continually connects theory with practical, integrated experiential learning activities. The foundation of Paramount’s hybrid educational design incorporates technology, with irreplaceable teacher interaction and experiential learning opportunities. Paramount’s education framework and hardworking staff have proven to be a successful combination.

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Peace Park

The Paramount Peace Park was conceptualized in 2011 by Tommy Reddicks. At the time, Tommy served as the School Director for Paramount School of Excellence (PSOE). With help from Andrew Brake, Tommy applied for an IPL Project Greenspace grant through KIB to begin removing invasive plants and "thinking big" about the potential for a park. Six years later, the project reached completion, opening as an accessible landscape of thriving beauty, art, and wonder on May 7, 2017.

With a mission-based focus on TURN (Transforming Urban Neighborhoods), PSOE believes in the power of art as an active component of "place-making". And, with this artistic space open to the public year round, local residents and visitors to the area will have an opportunity to experience this hillside revitalization in a very transformative way.

With a hanging capacity of over 25 art and music pieces, the Paramount Peace Park is designed to celebrate tree canopies through canopy-level art and music. And, in an effort to promote a more walkable community, the park is an open invitation for the neighborhood to explore, reflect, and recharge.

​Visitors to the park will find a multitude of tree faces, hidden crystals, kinetic sculptures, small and large wind chimes, mobiles, and permanent art installations. The park is also 100% handicap accessible via the East entrance along the alley.

While the park is currently open to the public, additional art installations are always underway. And, with annual attrition from weather and wind, there will be a regular rotation of art for viewers to enjoy. This will keep the space in a constant state of dynamic change, offering an ongoing artistic evolution.