Our resources are largely provided by and suggested from regular feedback from our community of constituents and are open to nonprofits and for-profit businesses, private entities, and the public sector. We provide a wealth of student resources that are new and ongoing benefits to local families. We look forward to partnering with you and watching your student develop.
The demands of the 21st century require a new approach to education to fully prepare students for college, career, and citizenship. Research, practice, and common sense confirm that a whole child approach to education works.
We will develop and prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow by addressing students' comprehensive needs through the shared responsibility of students, families, schools, and communities. We have provided a well-rounded approach for our students and their families to access.
Through our STEM referral partners, race cars, bridges, video games and robots are just a few of the super cool inventions your child can build, on their own in a hands-on STEM programs! We want to help your child discover the amazing world of science, technology, engineering and math. Every session has a creative theme to inspire the kids as they experiment with important STEM concepts. Whether you’ve got a future engineer, architect, technology whiz or mechanic in your midst, we offer a variety of programs for children to get their young minds racing.
Our sports referral providers provide a wide variety of fun, safe and positive programs that emphasize critical lessons in sports and life, such as teamwork, respect and sportsmanship. The programs are designed to give each child a positive introduction into sports while fostering a lifelong love for an active, healthy lifestyle.
Our reading referral programs cultivate the reading skills that can create a lifetime of academic advantages. They were designed to build the critical reading skills that will help your child develop a lifelong love of reading – and a solid foundation for academic success.
Our art program providers have inspired thousands of kids and now are even nurturing the creative talents of their children. Their passion for fostering creativity in all types of kids is what keeps them excited. Their continuing to keep learning about art, keeps them fresh, and their skills combined with enthusiasm, is what inspires young artists to want to keep learning about art. With their creative methods and determination to teach about the past and their excitement to teach about what is current in art, they hope to plant a seed keeping future generations thinking creatively.
The primary goal of the Lake Dow Extended Family is to teach students to become self-sufficient by giving back and supporting themselves. Our programs allow and welcome all members of the community to benefit from the efforts of the whole while realizing their individual values. This asynchronous support system allows students to be supported while continuously helping others to realize their true potential.
The greatest gift that you can give a child the freedom to learn in the manner that comes most natural.