What’s Up at Innovate
Welcome back, Innovate families! We can’t wait to see what God has in store in our community this academic year. Let’s give this year to Him!
Contact our Music mentor, Mr. Ken Frieson, about affordable private piano lessons given during school hours for your child!
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Our Mission
At Innovate Academy, our mission is to engage the whole child through a head, heart, and hands approach to learning in order to shape thoughtful, passionate, and entrepreneurial leaders of culture.
Our Method
We partner with families who are actively raising children to be Jesus followers, rooted and grounded in the Word of God.
At Innovate Academy, we believe there are three distinct ways that children retain education—by learning it with their head, understanding it with their heart, and experiencing it with their hands.
We took a look at the landscape of Christian education, and knew we wanted to do it differently; so, we took the best education methods and blended them into our unique “head, heart, hands” model to provide a whole-person centered, integrative approach for every young scholar.
“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
Our Model
Our academy is a classical, Christian, University-Model® school utilizing a five-day schedule for Kindergarten, Lower School, and Upper School. We combine the best of private schooling with parental involvement in academics so scholars receive a Christ-centered, personalized education. Our professionally trained mentors (teachers) partner with parents to collaborate on each scholar’s academic goals.
At Innovate Academy, your child will spend four full days on campus with professional classroom instruction (Monday-Thursday). Fridays are satellite days for scholars with a focus on specific subjects, independent study, and service with parent involvement.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Our pre-kindergarten scholars begin at 3- to 4-years old in a blended age classroom environment. By the time scholars reach kindergarten they will have benefited from a hands-on, gently classical approach to learning incorporating both Charlotte Mason and Montessori methods. A teacher’s assistant is on-site in order to differentiate and personalize learning for Primary School scholars.
Our kindergartners focus on reading, grammar, writing, and math skills with an introduction to Latin and coding. They also study science, art, and social-emotional wellness skills. The Pre-K schedule is either 1/2 day or full day Monday - Thursday. Kindergarten is full day only from Monday - Thursday. Please contact us for 3 day options in Primary School.
UPPER SCHOOL
5th - 8th Grade
Our fifth through eighth grade scholars experience a truly collaborative approach to learning with multiple mentors instructing them in specialized disciplines. Integrated, chronological history studies continue with connections to language arts, literature, writing, science, art and music of the time period. Wellness studies focus on physical education, spiritual formation, health, gardening and culinary arts.
A variety of electives are offered to Upper School scholars including apologetics, speech and debate, music, film and our signature Culture Makers class. Innovative leadership skills continue to emphasize character formation, virtues and service to community. Our goal is to prepare scholars to become entrepreneurial leaders of culture.
LOWER SCHOOL
1st - 4th Grade
Our first through fourth grade scholars begin to study history chronologically, integrated with literature, science, math, art, music, physical education, and foreign language studies. Scholars begin to recognize their own story within a grander narrative as their worldview begins to take shape and their unique passions emerge. Wellness and social skills are taught and emphasize character formation, virtues, and emotionally healthy habits.
Lower School scholars engage in teamwork and hands-on collaboration with STEAM studies that help develop confidence, leadership and communication skills, and innovative problem solving.