Warren YES – Young Explorers School

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Our Mission:

The mission of Warren YES is to create a child-focused, place-based learning environment that motivates students to be purposeful, creative, ethical and compassionate leaders, while building a healthy future for themselves, their community, and the planet.

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About Us

Warren Young Explorers School (Warren YES) is a Paideia public charter school approved by the North Carolina Charter School Review Board to open in Warren County, NC in the Fall of 2026.

Beginning Fall 2026 with grades Kindergarten through Sixth, Warren YES will then grow by one grade level each year until becoming a K-12 school.

Warren YES is a growing Paideia School. Paideia Schools for Creative Thinking are where students learn to Think, Discuss and Act. Find out more about the Paideia approach.

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Our school’s educational approach has four pillars:

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Place-based Learning

Connects students to place and creates vibrant partnerships between schools and communities

A Woman Holding an Apple and a Book in Front of the Kids

Outdoor and Agricultural Education

Fosters a relationship with the outdoors and nature through learning in the school garden or other outdoor sites of interest on the school campus or in the community

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Holistic Health and Wellness

Commits to the social, mental, and physical health of students, their families, their communities, and the planet

Creative Expression

Recognizes that traditional academic methods are not the only ways children learn and encourages learning through creating – art, drama, dance, culinary arts and music