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Who We Are
Collage Day School is an academically challenging, independent day school in the Palm Valley area of Ponte Vedra Beach designed to educate students from three months through fifth grade. The school is based on best practice and research on the most effective methods in child development and education. Collage focuses on all levels of the learning spectrum, including students who qualify for the gifted program, to offer your child the best opportunity for success.
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What We Do
Collage Day School provides an integrative curriculum that encourages creative thinking and is tailored to each student. We offer personalization at every level. Children have the freedom to move ahead in areas they have mastered, allowing for extra work and enrichment activities in subjects that need more time and attention.
Collage accommodates students of all levels on the learning spectrum. Our staff strives to uncover the unique learning profile of each student and match that knowledge with instruction. We introduce new concepts or skills only when children are ready. Our students learn about all subjects through exploration and discovery.
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Rather than filling students with previously digested information to memorize for standardized tests, our teachers use experiences, discussion and other activities to help students learn concepts. We teach students how to think, not what to think. By allowing students to discover for themselves, we engage them in becoming independent thinkers.
We also offer a Gifted Program led by highly qualified faculty for parents who seek an advanced curriculum for their children. Students who are selected for the program become well prepared for Gifted/IB programs at the secondary level.
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Where We Are
Collage is located at 171 Canal Boulevard in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The 8-acre campus is nestled between the Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean in the Palm Valley area. Our campus is ever evolving to support our educational philosophy and provide students with hands-on experiences with nature.
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Collage Day School is a kind, caring and understanding organization that helped my family and child in a holistic approach.
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When We Operate
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Snowy Owlets
3 – 12 Months
Full Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Bay Owls
12 – 24 Months
Full Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Barn Owls
18 – 36 Months
Full Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
School Day: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Half Day: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Tawny Owls
30 – 48 Months
8:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Before Care: 7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
After Care: 2:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. -
Spotted Owls
48 – 56 Months
8:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Before Care: 7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
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Elementary
Grades K – 5
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Before Care: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
After Care: 2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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Why We Exist
We are passionate about helping children achieve success.
We believe the key to fulfilling children’s potential is to support their unique learning style. In fulfilling our mission as the area’s premier private early education development through elementary school, we provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment to promote your child’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth.
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What is the meaning of the name Collage Day School?
Collage is a process of transforming existing materials into a piece of art. Collage art takes an open mind and willingness to explore. The beauty of a collage is that each piece is unique and there is no way of making a mistake.
At Collage Day School, our educational approach is very similar to collage art. We work with young minds and bodies to help them realize their full potential and become living masterpieces. Collage Day School helps children become successful by providing an academically challenging environment that helps them lay the best possible social, emotional, physical and cognitive foundations for the future.
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What We Believe
Each child’s unique learning style should be honored and supported.
Collage Day School empowers students to succeed as skilled communicators, keen observers of nature and creative thinkers to become responsible citizens and innovative leaders. We believe in honoring each child’s unique learning style.
We continually adjust our interactions to accommodate each child’s learning style, needs and interests. We encourage both teacher-directed and child-initiated curriculum. We support individual exploration that leads to higher-order thinking and discoveries. We will work closely with your family to ensure that your child feels supported, respected, self-confident and ready for elementary school and beyond. Our goal is to promote the intellectual, social and behavioral success of your child, Right from the Start!
Family involvement is critical in the success of early child development programs.Research indicates that when your family plays an active role in your child’s learning, remarkable gains are made for both your family and your child. We know that your family is the real expert when it comes to your child. We encourage your involvement to help us create a meaningful and memorable learning experience that bridges the boundaries between home and school.
By working with you to improve your child’s quality of life and increase language and social development, we enhance your child’s confidence and improve family relationships.
We provide you with a real-time feed of your child’s activities throughout the school day through computer applications that can be downloaded on iPhone, iPad and Android devices. In addition, teachers provide frequent communication notes describing how your child’s individual goals were addressed and achieved each day. In turn, your family is encouraged to communicate regularly with Collage Day School staff through communication notebooks. Our staff also provides your family with quarterly progress notes that indicate areas of your child’s strengths and needs and will meet with you each quarter to review your child’s progress and plan for the future.
Throughout the year, Collage Day School hosts special school events that offer families the opportunity to gather for socialization, community support and fun. We also offer ongoing family training and workshop opportunities, presented by Collage Day School staff and child development professionals from the greater Jacksonville community.
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A Look At The Numbers
Why are small class numbers so important?
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- Teachers are better able to identify a student’s strengths and areas where improvement is needed, so they can help address the needs of each individual in the class.
- Smaller classes are usually less stressful, as fewer conflicts arise.
- Children in smaller classes tend to work well as a group and bond closely to one another, which makes for a secure environment.
- Smaller classes are of benefit to a less confident child who may get lost in the shuffle of a larger class.
- Children in small classes don’t get sick as often because there are fewer children spreading germs.
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- Smaller class sizes offer more individual teacher/student interaction.
- Teachers who instruct fewer children can better tailor lesson plans to meet the needs of the students and can provide individual lesson plans for students who are excelling or need more work in a particular area.
- Having fewer children in a classroom allows the teacher to better determine each individual student’s learning style.
- Smaller class size allows for more hands-on learning, as these activities require more attention from the teacher.
- Smaller classes offer deeper language development because the teacher can more closely monitor social interactions.
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The National Institute for Early Education Research states that:
When groups are smaller and staff-child ratios are higher, teachers provide more stimulating, responsive, warm, and supportive interactions. They also provide more individualized attention, engage in more dialogues with children, and spend less time managing children and more time in educational activities. Studies also provide evidence of a link between class size and overall quality of the classroom.
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