Parent Innovations & Discovery 2023-24 Orientation
Welcome to Canyon Grove Academy! I am Jana Stout and I am the Supervisor for Innovations and Discovery. These programs are awesome and I love creating and executing these educational adventures and experiences for our students.
This orientation was created for parents to help make your student’s participation in these programs this year easy to navigate.You are accountable for learning, understanding and putting this information into action, keeping track of registration dates, registering on time, following the rules of the programs and communicating with me if you have any questions. If by the end of this orientation you still have questions that were not addressed then please contact me. I am happy to help.
What is the difference between Innovations and Discovery?
Innovations happens in the morning. Classes are from 9:00-11:30 am. Innovations is always on campus and uses our resources we have at the school. One session of Innovations lasts for 8 weeks. Discovery runs in the afternoons. Classes generally are from 12:15-2:45 (with possible adjustments to the start and end time depending on our venue or activity). Pay attention to the sign up for the specific schedule of that session.
Discovery is all about trying a wide variety of things. These activities can be on or off campus. One session of Discovery lasts for 4 weeks. The day your location will have Innovations and Discovery is assigned and will remain the same throughout the school year but the times of day rotate according to which program your location is participating in. During Innovations your students will be divided into groups and will rotate through three classes with their group. Discovery is often similar but sometimes the groups are divided differently according to the activity we are doing for that session.
Again, Innovations is in the morning and Discovery is in the afternoon and your location will flip flop back and forth between those two programs throughout the year. You can find your location’s schedule of programs for the year at the top of this page as well as a location specific schedule on your location’s Epic webpage which is located on this website, go to “Programs”, “Epic”, then select your Epic location, the either click on the Innovations/Discovery box at the top or scroll down to the very bottom of that page.
When will my student have Innovations and Discovery?
Innovations and Discovery are on a rotating schedule according to the location you are enrolled in. Each location will be assigned to one or the other, Innovations or Discovery, but never both at the same time. The day your location will have Innovations and Discovery is assigned and will remain the same throughout the school year but the times of day rotate according to which program your location is participating in. These programs are optional and you are not automatically enrolled. You can find your location’s schedule of programs for the year at the top of this page as well as a location specific schedule on your location’s Epic webpage which is located on this website, go to “Programs”, “Epic”, then select your Epic location, the either click on the Innovations/Discovery box at the top or scroll down to the very bottom of that page.
How many activities are there each year?
Each CGA location will have 32 weeks of activities offered this school year with two 8 week sessions of Innovations and four 4 week sessions of Discovery. You choose what your students will participate in according to which sessions you register for.
Who can attend Innovations and Discovery?
Both programs are for enrolled students only. We do not allow parents or siblings to stay onsite with us during these activities.