A new option for K thru 5 education is coming to North Lake County this Fall! CREATE Conservatory will open in Lady Lake and is now enrolling. We spoke with administration at the new STEM-focused school and asked them to share with our readers what makes this school special.
"Music, dance, theatre, and visual arts provide an opportunity to build connections among all subject areas, assisting in the removal of the compartmentalization of knowledge for the sake of problem solving," explains Nicole Duslak, CREATE Conservatory Headmaster. "CREATE Conservatory will provide an alternative to public school options where all children are expected to fit into a mold, learn the same way, and complete paper and pencil tests to prove knowledge acquisition.”
At CREATE Conservatory, we offer an innovative K-5 education with a curriculum grounded in arts integration.
Benefits of a CREATE Education:
- Certified educators
- Small class sizes
- Empowered teachers
- Flexible curriculum
- Dedication to deeper learning
- Commitment to authentic assessment instead of “teaching to the test”
- Focus on meeting the unique needs of every learner
- Specialization in children who are gifted
Benefits of Arts Integration:
- Increases student performance and success across disciplines
- Builds critical thinking skills
- Helps close the achievement gap
- Aligns with the ways children naturally learn best
- Incorporates evidence-based best practices in teaching and learning
- Educates the whole child
- Empowers teachers
At CREATE, you won't find students spending the majority of the day at their desks. You won't find paper and pencil tests being used as the primary way to demonstrate and assess knowledge acquisition. You won't find subjects being segregated-- 30 minutes of math, 30 minutes of reading, etc. Instead, our curriculum is divided into SMARTE units (Science, Math, Art, Reading, Technology, and Engineering) where students will study a given topic in all areas. So, for example, students might study rain by learning about the water cycle by conducting an experiment on condensation, reading books and poems about rain, talking about the relationships other cultures have with rain and technology that is used to help combat drought, and making their own rain sticks. During the rain stick construction, they can discuss aspects of engineering (IE what do we need to do if we want our rain to fall faster or slower? What can we add to make the rain stick quiet or louder, etc).
If you are interested in more information, please visit their website or find them on Facebook and Twitter!
