The Journey School – Free Public Charter School

Our Mission

To provide all students with the values, skills, and knowledge needed to embark on their life-long journey to success.
The Journey School Mission

Our Vision

Our vision at The Journey School (TJS) is to empower teachers, engage parents, and inspire a community by setting high expectations through technology-supported teaching and learning, implementing high standards, and measuring results. Our goal is to close the achievement gap for students who attend TJS by raising achievement for all. Engaged parents are key to closing the achievement gap and ensuring every student is meeting expectations. TJS will develop parent leaders within the school community through a parent-teacher organization and the community at large. Every child will gain an appreciation for cultural differences and learn the value of respect, hard work, and character throughout their learning program.

We will implement this vision through a blended learning model, which integrates technology into classrooms creating a flexible space that allows teachers to have more individualized time with students by leveraging a variety of tools to engage them in a personalized learning process.

Our Values

Love – for all, unconditional…
Joy – finding positive energy and excitement in all we do and always being happy
Contentment – peaceful, embracing the greatness inside each one of us
Patience – taking a deep breath and knowing it all will be good in the end
Kindness – helping others before helping ourselves
Goodness – serving others to help make them to be their best
Trustworthiness – always doing what we say we are going to do to help others
Gentleness – never being angry at others, but saying and doing things to help everyone to be calm and at peace
Self-Control – knowing myself and strengthening myself to be the best to help others

Our Director

Michelle Cambrice is The Journey School’s director.

Along with other passionate educators, she brought her vision to life by opening The Journey School in the fall of 2019.

Michelle, an educator for over 25 years, is a school leader who is dedicated and committed to increasing student achievement by creating a school culture that is stimulating, encouraging and supportive to all students.

She was an athletic director and taught at the elementary and high school level in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Michelle is a graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul, where she received her Masters of Art degree in Educational Leadership. Michelle is also a graduate of Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, where she received her Bachelors of Science in Education.