Friday Feature: Petrichor School

Colleen Hroncich

“People often tell me it wasn’t a good business decision to pick a name that people don’t know how to say,” admits Ashley Wagner, founder of Petrichor School in Lincoln, Nebraska. But she loves getting to tell the story behind the name when people ask.

“Petrichor, by definition, is the smell of the earth after it rains,” she explains. “I really wanted a place where families could come, and kids could have a fresh educational experience.” The school is also Bible-based...