BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SC HOOL
WHERE EXCELLENCE IS THE NORM, NOT THE EXCEPTION!
by Katrina Feola, Ed. S., Assistant Principal
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elle Terre Elementary is a place where students can learn and grow in a
positive atmosphere. Our staff not only provides rigorous academics, but also
finds ways students can have fun learning and experiencing joy, while being
at school.
Each Flagler school is home to signature flagship programs, allowing students
to work on special projects and hone skills needed to transition from classrooms to
careers. Belle Terre Elementary School’s flagship is the “iRECS” focusing on Innovation,
Robotics, Engineering, and Computer Science. BTES is also a STEAM school, comprised
of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, across all grade levels, and on
“Flagship Fridays,” students engage in a fun STEAM activity.
Innovation is a key factor in all flagships at BTES.
Today, students are learning to be innovators in
preparation for careers that currently do not exist while
training to find solutions for the problems of tomorrow.
Several of our classroom spaces are non-traditional
settings with innovative seating options allowing for
movement and comfort. The RISE program is one
example, providing fourth grade students the option to
utilize desks from a sitting or standing level. Three
technology labs in our media center (FLOAT, Sandbox,
and Evolve) have seating that allows for mobility, as well
as individual and group seating. All fourth grade
classrooms have choice seating options which include a
variety of seats from yoga balls, low and high mesh
chairs, rocking disks, and others.
All of our students rotate through several innovative,
school-wide flagships. Musical engineering in the LIME
Lab (Learning and Innovation via Musical
Engineering) engages students in learning about all
types of music and musical instruments, and teaches
them how to write music, using technology, and is the
only program of its type in Flagler County. BTES is
fortunate to maintain an additional music and art class
for all students. In the FOCUS Lab (Finding Original,
Creative, Unique Solutions,) students learn to
keyboard, be responsible digital citizens, and use
technology, to enhance learning. Students in grades five
and six complete the curriculum and sit for the Career
and Technical Education Exams (CTE) in Digital Tools and
Multimedia Essentials.
Falcontech Robotics is the sixth grade flagship
which incorporates building robots, writing code to
guide the robots’ actions, and demonstrating the
capabilities of the robots. SeaPerch is a club for
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The Paws to Read program visited the
FLOAT lab to read with students.