Prepare Today. Lead Tomorrow.
Children build strong academic foundations while learning to communicate, solve problems, understand money, lead and use technology responsibly.
Planned Pre-K–Grade 5 • Broward County • Target opening in approximately 2–3 years
About one minute. No application. No fee. No obligation.
Your interest will help determine where Catalyx opens and how the school develops.
Why we're building Catalyx
Catalyx is being designed around a simple idea: children need strong academics first — but they should also learn how to think, communicate, solve problems and use what they learn.
What parents need to know
Reading, writing, math, science and social studies remain the foundation of the school day.
More individual attention, more participation, better feedback, and teachers who truly know each child — every child should be known, not simply enrolled.
Children learn to communicate, lead, understand money, solve problems, and use technology wisely.
Students don't only learn the answer — they use what they know to create, solve, build, and present.
The goal: confident, capable children who know how to think, communicate, and use what they learn.
The Five Pillars
Use technology thoughtfully and solve problems.
Turn ideas into solutions.
Understand money and choices.
Take responsibility and work with others.
Express ideas clearly and confidently.
Introduced gradually, in age-appropriate ways.
Academics come first
Kindergarten – Grade 2
Building strong readers, writers, mathematicians, communicators and learners.
Grades 3 – 5
Students increasingly use those foundations to solve problems, create and present.
The Catalyx Learning Model™
Understand it.
Use it.
Create with it.
Explain it.
Learning isn't finished when a child knows the answer. It's finished when they can do something with it.
Catalyx Labs
Catalyx is being designed to give students opportunities to explore ideas beyond the traditional classroom. As the school develops, planned learning experiences may include:
These experiences may take place in dedicated labs or flexible shared learning spaces as Catalyx grows. The goal is not expensive rooms — it is giving students opportunities to apply what they learn, build real projects and present their ideas.
Explore the Catalyx learning experience →Who is building Catalyx
John Platts
Founder, Catalyx Academy
John Platts earned his degree in Education from Florida Atlantic University and has spent nearly three decades building and leading an education-focused business serving schools across the country.
But Catalyx is also personal. After watching his own son struggle in a traditional system that did not always provide the individual support he needed, John began asking a different question: what would a school look like if children didn't have to fit into the same educational box?
"Children should not have to fit neatly into a predetermined box in order to be successful."
Academic leadership
Catalyx is being built around experienced elementary educators — people who understand how young children learn to read, write, work with numbers and build the habits that carry them through school.
Academic leadership with real depth in Kindergarten through Grade 2 — the years when reading, writing and number sense are established.
Small classes only work if teachers are chosen for their ability to understand how an individual child learns, not just deliver a curriculum.
Catalyx will introduce its academic leadership publicly before enrollment opens, so families know exactly who will be teaching their children.
Innovation only matters when children have a strong academic foundation.
Join the Catalyx Parent Interest List
Catalyx is still in development, and Broward County families are helping shape where and how the school opens.
About one minute. No application. No fee. No obligation.