Welcome to SunFlower School

SunFlower School is a small elementary school located in a quiet Gulfport neighborhood for the last 30 years. The six year program offered at SunFlower offers a rich academic environment for self-motivated, creative and gifted students.

SunFlower provides small groups, stability, lots of individual attention, challenging academics, an emphasis on the arts, joy in learning, and a rich environment of people who know the kids and care about them.

SunFlower cares about how your child develops as a whole person, physically, emotionally and socially as well as academically. At SunFlower we have found that a class works best if it contains a range of ages. Students work in small, multi-age groups (averaging 12 students) for daily reading, writing, science, math and social studies.

Children connect deeply with what they are learning when participating in SunFlower’s project-based curriculum. Moving beyond textbooks, teachers plan engaging activities for students to develop basic academic skills and concepts through hands-on integration of the arts, humanities and sciences.

Your child may begin school life with a project of sprouting seeds for the school garden, or making applesauce, or building block cities. Through play, our kindergartners are constructing a strong base for learning to read, understanding math concepts and developing social skills. Our students are enthusiastic learners!

This enthusiasm continues on through the older groups where they will learn to write stories, apply math to everyday life, cook, identify the flora and fauna of Florida -- and ultimately star in a Shakespearean play, run their own businesses and take overnight field trips.

SunFlower School students thrive in the cozy, child-centered setting. Parents are always welcome in school. When the whole family is involved, the school experience is enhanced.