Eagle Creek's Mission
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Our mission is to prepare children for an increasingly global and technological world.
That's why we have:
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Eagle Creek's students use the newest technology.
These fifth and sixth grade students used a MakeyMakey board as an interface between the computer and some play dough to make a working piano.
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After the creating a circuit board to make a helicopter blade fly across the room, we experimented to see if increasing the battery power would make the blade fly higher.
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A NASA ambassador visited Eagle Creek with his big telescope to help us watch Mercury's transit across the sun.
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As a way to start learning coding, these young children created mazes, then directed the mouse through them using the arrows on the controller.
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Our students are active members
of the global community.
ECA's Young Fives class made Valentines and stuffed treat bags for children at the Center for Success in Pontiac.
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Our preschool children collected small toys and household items to prepare Christmas shoe boxes for children who live in Botswana, Uganda and Madagascar.
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After our 4th and 5th graders visited a nature center to learn which plants are invasive weeds, they engaged in a campus clean-up, pulling the weeds and picking up trash.
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"Since I really like giving my art to people, I thought I could sell some of my favorites and give the money to Charlotte’s Wings. I raised $65. I was really excited!" Kate
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After our Breakfast with Santa, our Kindergarten class took the flowers we had used to a nearby nursing home and sang songs to the residents.
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Eagle Creek is nationally accredited.
We recently passed our re-accreditation for the next seven years! Accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) means that our program meets very high standards, including:
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