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PRE–K & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Children’s Orchestra and Performing Arts Project
The Children’s Orchestra & Performing Arts Project (COPA) is a comprehensive music
program offering intense and extended music instruction for students in kindergarten Available School Options
through the fifth grade. Students begin in the primary grades learning to play the Choice
violin and progress musically adding viola, cello, bass, and a full orchestra theory with · The Conservatory School @
opportunities in the upper grades to play wind, strings, or percussion instruments. All North Palm Beach
students receive music theory instruction and the upper grades have the opportunity In–House: None available
for extensive after school practice for individuals and sectionals. In addition to
instrumental music, students are afforded instruction and performance opportunities
in dance and musical theatre. Professional music staff and teaching artists provide
high quality, daily instruction. The Conservatory School @ North Palm Beach offers the
first El Sistema Music model program in the district and is a member of the National
Alliance of El Sistema Schools.

Digital Citizenship
In Grades K–5, students approach learning through an inquiry framework that infuses
information technology including robotics, coding, and engineering. This program Available School Options
meets the needs of students with a talent and passion for science and technology Choice
and who want to be change agents for an equitable society. Through the integration · Village Academy
of project–based learning, social and service learning projects, Village Academy In–House: None available
students become active global citizens.

E3—Energy, Environment, and Engineering
The E3 Energy, Environment, and Engineering provides access to a natural scrub Available School Options
area where students learn about indigenous plants and animals as well as exotics and
invasive species. Based on the LEED green building designation, it’s a natural fit for a Choice
program based in Energy, Environment Science, and Engineering or otherwise known · Galaxy E3 Elementary
as the E3 curriculum. The first trimester curriculum is focused on energy, the second In–House: None available
trimester is focused on environmental science, and the third trimester concentrates on
engineering. Galaxy Elementary has a Wonderment Center where students discover
through multimedia scientific wall stations, which features an interactive museum
atmosphere.
Environmental and Animal Science
Frontier Elementary’s Environmental and Animal Science curriculum includes the Available School Options
study of life, physical, earth, space, and environmental science. Outdoor science
labs incorporate hands on science inquiry along with the latest research technology. Choice
Students participate in a school–yard garden and each grade level conducts scientific · Frontier Elementary
investigations into a particular small animal habitat. In addition to the academic skills In–House: None available
developed through gardening, students also learn about the nutritional value of foods
and participate in cooking.
Environmental Science and Field Research
This program offers students the opportunity to become Young Environmental Available School Options
Stewards (YES!). Students will explore and evaluate challenges and concerns related
to their environment: gopher tortoise preservation, ecosystem restoration, recycling, Choice
sustainable gardening providing healthy food options, aquatic life protection, and · D.D. Eisenhower Elementary
energy conservation. This hands–on, high–interest, experiential learning builds In–House: None available
student awareness of their responsibility of protecting and caring for the environment.

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