Page 23 - 2024-2025 Choice Booklet

PRE–K & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Children’s Orchestra and Performing Arts Project Available School Options
The Children’s Orchestra & Performing Arts Project (COPA) is a comprehensive music
program offering intense and extended music instruction for students in kindergarten Choice
through the fifth grade. Students begin in the primary grades learning to play the · The Conservatory School @
violin and progress musically adding viola, cello, bass, and a full orchestra theory with North Palm Beach
opportunities in the upper grades to play wind, strings, or percussion instruments. All In–House: None available
students receive music theory instruction and the upper grades have the opportunity
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 Available School Options
In Grades K–5, students approach learning through an inquiry framework that infuses
information technology including robotics, coding, and engineering. This program Choice
meets the needs of students with a talent and passion for science and technology and · Village Academy
who want to be change agents for an equitable society. Through the integration of In–House: None available
project–based learning, social and service learning projects, Village Academy 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 Choice
invasive species. Based on the LEED green building designation, it’s a natural fit for a · Galaxy E3 Elementary
program based in Energy, Environment Science, and Engineering or otherwise known In–House: None available
as the E3 curriculum. The first trimester curriculum is focused on energy, the second
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 Choice
labs incorporate hands on science inquiry along with the latest research technology. · Frontier Elementary
Students participate in a school–yard garden and each grade level conducts scientific In–House: None available
investigations into a particular small animal habitat. In addition to the academic skills
developed through gardening, students also learn about the nutritional value of foods
and participate in cooking.
Environmental Science and Field Research Available School Options
This program offers students the opportunity to become Young Environmental
Stewards (YES!). Students will explore and evaluate challenges and concerns related Choice
to their environment: gopher tortoise preservation, ecosystem restoration, recycling, · Dwight D. Eisenhower K-8
sustainable gardening providing healthy food options, aquatic life protection, and In–House: None available
energy conservation. This hands–on, high–interest, experiential learning builds student
awareness of their responsibility of protecting and caring for the environment.

16
EDUCATE · AFFIRM · INSPIRE