8 AM - 4:30 PM
Eagle Creek Academy
Kindergarten to 5th Grade
Customized Learning
- We plan our lessons and activities to meet each child's strengths and needs.
- We communicate often with parents to identify growth and plan next steps.
- Children learn to manage their learning and gain self-confidence.
Small Groups
- We separate the children into small groups of 2 to 8 for focused learning activities.
- The teacher works with each small group independently.
- The children may get the same work or different work, depending on their ability and interests.
- In this way, the children learn concepts quickly and internalize them deeply.
Challenging Lessons
- We plan for the right balance of rigorous learning and good fun.
- We use internationally recognized textbooks and curriculum materials.
- We teach with an inquiry-based approach. Children learn to ask questions, find answers, and think hard.
- Children learn to read and write well.
- Eagle Creek students consistently get high scores on standardized tests.
Hands-on Activities
- For math, at all ages levels, we use hands-on tools, games and projects, so children can process how math works.
- In science, we do the experiments first, so the children can discover the properties of science for themselves.
- Children learn and remember everything better when they are active.
- Being active is fun!
Advanced Math
- From kindergarten through fifth grade, we do at least 50 minutes of math per day.
- All children have the opportunity to work at math on-level or above level.
- Advanced students may work in a high group in their classroom, or they may work with the children in the next grade up.
All Kinds of Diversity
- We celebrate diversity through daily lessons.
- Our curriculum materials present a variety of world views.
- We plan holiday parties, food tastings, concerts, guest speakers, and field trips that help us learn about the world.
- We consciously choose books, posters, dolls, toys, and other materials that represent all kinds of diversity.
Eagle Creek's NWEA Standardized Test Scores
May 2022
All Eagle Creek averages are well above the national average.
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Science, Tech, Engineering, Art & Math
~ integrated skills that stay with children for life ~
Grade 4: Electric Answer Board
These children constructed a "question and answer board," wiring the back so a buzzer sounded or a light went off when correct answers were selected. |
Grade 5: mBot Robots
Each pair constructed an mBot from a kit. They then used a coding website to code the robot to perform tasks such as rolling across a table or picking up an object. |
Grade 5: Battery Operated Cars
Each group designed a battery-operated car (including the body, the axle, and the wheels) out of recycled materials. The final race was the best part! |
Grade 2: Light-up Cards
The second grade students made light-up Christmas cards. In the process, they learned the basics of electricity and how circuits function. |
Grade 4: Making 3-D Maps
The class made a contoured, 3-D map of an imaginary national park. We learned where waters, how professionals measure elevation, and how to build to scale. |
Grade 1: Stop-motion Animation
Using animation, each small group retold the story they wrote by molding clay figures and having them act. We earned about sequencing and movie-creation. |
Grade 5: Making a Piano
These students used a MakeyMakey board as an interface between the computer and some play dough to make a working piano. |
Kindergarten: Coding
As a way to start learning coding, these young children created mazes, then directed the mouse through them using the arrows on the controller. |
Grade 5: 3-D Printing
This student used 3-D software called Tinkercad to design a board game based on the book A Long Walk to Water. The pieces represent the characters. |
Grade 3: Testing Paper
The children folded paper into columns & experimented to see which one would hold more weight (rectangular prism, triangular, cylindrical or prism). |
Grade 4: Interview
We participated in a live interview with a National Geographic paleoanthropologist named Ella Al-Shamahi from London. |
Grades 2 to 5: Coding
We work on real coding from 2nd to 5th grade. These fourth graders played a relay game in which they debugged their teammates' mistakes. |
Kindergarten to 5th Grade FAQ
2022 2023 tuition
1st Semester Sept. 6 to Dec. 22, 2022 |
2nd Semester Jan. 10 to May 26, 2023 |
Whole Year Sept. 6, 2022, to May 26, 2023 |
$6,300 |
$7,800 |
$14,100 |
- Families sign up for the whole year.
- You have several payment options, such as paying monthly, paying once for the entire year, etc.
- If you would like to set up a special payment plan, please contact our business director.
- All families finish paying by April for the current school year.
- There is a $225 non-refundable registration fee. It is due when you sign the contract, the child's first year only.
- Eagle Creek has no hidden fees. All fees are explained in the family handbook and on your contract.
- There are no cancellations or refunds.
schedule
- You may use before-care starting at 7 a.m. or 7:30 a.m.
- Families may drop off between 8 and 8:15 am.
- School Starts at 8:15 a.m.
- School ends at 3:20 p.m.
- You may use after-care until 4, 5, or 6 p.m.
- The rates for before-care and after-care are below.
communication
- Our teachers and families use Seesaw to share messages, photos, videos, schoolwork, and assessments.
- Children in the upper grades also use Google Classroom to receive and turn in assignments, and their parents have access.
- Teachers share progress updates every few weeks.
- We have parent conferences 3 times per year.
- We write report cards 4 times per year.
- K-5 children take the NWEA standardized test 2 times per year. It must be taken in person.
- We know how important it is to share information with you!
Chromebooks
- All K to 5 children bring a Chromebook to school every day.
- We offer written directions explaining how to set up your Chromebook.
- If you need help, make an appointment, and we'll help!
- For each child, we add our homepage with links for the websites that we use most often.
- We also add extra security to each Chromebook.
calendar
- The first day of the 22/23 school year is Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
- For the 22/23 school year, we are closed on:
- Oct. 17 for fall break
- Nov. 4 for parent conferences
- Nov. 23 to Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving
- Dec. 23 to Jan. 9 for winter break (School resumes on Jan. 10)
- Jan. 16 for MLK Day
- Feb. 20 to Feb. 24 for winter break II
- March 17 for parent conferences
- March 27 to 31 for spring break
- April 17 for spring break II
- May 12 for parent conferences
- The last day of school, May 26, is a half-day.
- We may change the above anytime.
After-care rates
Please check with our business director to see if we have spots available.
3:20 to 4 pm |
Cost for 22/23 Year |
1 day per week |
$380 |
2 days per week |
$760 |
3 days per week |
$1,140 |
4 days per week |
$1,520 |
5 days per week |
$1,900 |
3:20 to 5 pm |
Cost for 22/23 Year |
1 day per week |
$650 |
2 days per week |
$1,300 |
3 days per week |
$1,950 |
4 days per week |
$2,600 |
5 days per week |
$3,250 |
3:20 to 6 pm |
Cost for 22/23 Year |
1 day per week |
$1,000 |
2 days per week |
$2,000 |
3 days per week |
$3,000 |
4 days per week |
$4,000 |
5 days per week |
$5,000 |
before-care rates
Please check with our business director to see if we have spots available.
7:15 am to 8 am |
Cost for 22/23 Year |
1 day per week |
$415 |
2 days per week |
$830 |
3 days per week |
$1,245 |
4 days per week |
$1,660 |
5 days per week |
$2,075 |