What Makes Our School Unique?

We started the 2008-2009 school year with 57 students and a vision to build a learning community full of achievement and hope.  Working together parents, students, teachers, and school leaders alike have constructed a foundation that will breed success and excellence for many years to come.

I would like to share with you some of our highlights and offerings from this current school year:

*Our enrollment nearly tripled this past school year.  We started the year with 57 students and now have 150 students.  We have hopes to reach 500 for the 2009-2010 school year.  As of May July 6th, we are at 381 students for next year.

*We stand by the statement, "I am Imagine".  As an Imagine School, we believe that all of our stakeholders (teachers, school  leaders, parents, students) have individualized talents that make them special and unique.  Each of these stakeholders is given the opportunity to make decisions that shape the direction of the school.

*We have a wonderful new facility in Lakewood Ranch.  We currently occupy one of our two buildings.  The second building is slated to be completed June 1st, 2009.  When it is all said and done, we will have a 36 classroom facility.

*We have three desktop computers per classroom.  Our classrooms will also have 37" televisions mounted to the wall.  Teachers will be able to connect their laptops as well as document cameras to these televisions for presentations and displays.

*Dedicated teachers that offer insightful interesting lessons on a daily basis to our students

*A parent involvement group, Imagine PI that is willing to lend a helping hand at all times

*We ask that each family commit to 20 hours of volunteer service

*We will be implementing a communication tool entitled, School Reach which will allow us to contact all our parents via email or phones simultaneously

*Students and Parents are given the opportunity to view grades using the On-Line Gradebook, Snap Grades

*A culture in which we believe that we are preparing each of our students to go to college

*An emphasis on developing character and leadership among our students

*Speech, language, and occupational therapies are available at the school

*We are a Project CHILD school.  Our instructional delivery model pushes different teaching techniques and modalities.  We emphasize small group instruction and differentiated instruction.

Here are some items that will be offered this upcoming school year (as long as we meet our enrollment targets):

*ESE Teacher to work with those students with IEP's

*Physical Education, Music, and Spanish to be offered to our students

*A Media Center that will have books, computers, and a listening center

*A cafeteria that will allow us the ability to serve food to our students

*A VPK program.  We are hoping to offer as many as three classes

*We will be adding 6th and 7th grade for next school year.  We will be utilizing the instructional delivery model TEAMS for our Middle School students.

*Middle School Sports teams (soccer, basketball, and volleyball) will be started for the 2009-2010 school year

*An after school enrichment Chess Program

*And many more items are in the works for next year!