Elementary Choice Options

Concept School

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    Orange Park Elementary School

    Orange Park Elementary School was established as a concept school in 1993 and is open to any Clay County student through a lottery system.  Visit the Orange Park Elementary website for further enrollment requirements, commitments and information. 

Montessori

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    Swimming Pen Creek Elementary School

    Swimming Pen Creek Elementary School has a child-centered educational approach that recognizes the child as naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning when provided with supportive, thoughtfully prepared environment and sequential, hands-on learning materials. Teachers and administrators have been trained in this highly student-centered program.  Each year the program will grow until it is a full elementary experience.

Cambridge Primary

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    Charles E. Bennett, Fleming Island Elementary, and Plantation Oaks Elementary Schools will be adding grade levels over the next three years to become schoolwide Cambridge Schools.   Cambridge Primary is the precursor to the junior high school Pre-AICE and high school AICE programs. Cambridge Primary gives schools a world-class curriculum to develop learner skills and understanding in English, mathematics and science, while fostering an accelerated learning option.

School of the Arts

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    Coppergate School of the Arts offers a wide array of arts options for students. Dance instruction includes creative movement, improvisation and choreography.  All students receive instruction in general music class including singing, playing instruments, and creating music. Drama instruction includes basic acting skills, improvisation and script writing along with appropriate performance skills and strategies. The Visual Arts program allows for students to paint, sculpt, and improvise projects that develop skills required to learn and apply elements and principles of art. 
    After school clubs allow students to focus on their talents and prepare for productions and community events.
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