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District highlights new STEM, arts and flexible-pathway programs including Hillview Crest coding magnet
Summary
Superintendent John Thompson said the district launched elementary coding and robotics at Hillview Crest (designated a TK–5 magnet), piloted a Youth Cinema Project with student films shown June 16, and plans a transition from Dakota School to the New Haven Academy to expand dual-enrollment and flexible pathways.
In his year-end update, Superintendent John Thompson said the district expanded curriculum options this year, introducing elementary-level coding and robotics and naming Hillview Crest a TK–5 coding and robotics magnet school. "We introduced coding and robotics at the elementary level in all the science classes at Hillview Crest," Thompson said.
Thompson also described a Youth Cinema Project that taught fifth-grade English through filmmaking; he said student films will be shown at Union Landing on June 16. The superintendent said Dakota School for Independent Study will transition to the New Haven Academy next year to broaden flexible-learning options, including in-person and online combinations and expanded dual-enrollment connections with Logan and other partners.
The update noted middle-school students may access college-connection options through potential partnerships with community colleges to let younger students start exploring college-level material. Thompson framed these program changes as part of the district's first year of a new strategic plan and said the district will continue piloting and expanding successful programs into 2025–26.
