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Why Can't Learning be Fun?!

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We are the Urban F. Meyer Lions. We are a Pre-K through 5th grade elementary school located outside of the city of Columbus, Ohio. We are a public school and we just opened in the 2015-2016 school year. Our school is designed for the ultimate learning experience. We encourage cultural diversity, learning about different cultures from all over the world. We are very proud and believe this is a perfect place for our students to learn to their potential. Our goal is to provide each student with the resources to become independent and successful learners.

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At Urban F. Meyer Elementary School, you will find technology all throughout our school.  We are constantly using technology in our every day lives and now more than ever we are using technology to learn. We are taking advantage of technology as a learning tool and using it in the classroom. "Technology enables students to experience events or study phenomena that they could not witness firsthand. By integrating technology into various learning tasks and across subject areas, teachers can provide students with learning experiences that would have been impossible a few years ago. Careful and purposeful use of education technology changes the roles of teachers and students and enhances students' higher order and problem solving skills(p. 435)."
Students love technology and they are sure to be interested in learning if they can use the tools they love. They stay engaged longer and learn more.

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Be sure to come check out our cool planetarium! We have shows every Thursday. There's always something new and exciting to learn about space!

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Our entire fourth floor is designed for our science labs. We have a robotics, applied science, biology, chemistry and engineering lab.

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In the library you will find a variety of books and plenty of space to read! This is a fun learning environment for our students. Every wednesday night we have book club and a special guest speaker.

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We take advantage of our indoor play area when it's too hot, cold or rainy to go outside!

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At our school special educators work alongside our general educators in the classrooms. Curriculum is merged and adapted to help those students with special needs. Therapists, social workers, school psychologists, occupational and physical therapists are all staffed on our school camp.

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Come explore different cultures with us. In this classroom we learn about what people halfway across the world do while they are at school. We also try their food, play their games, celebrate their holidays, sing their songs, learn their language and their customs. Every week we celebrate a different culture!

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In these classrooms we can explore using the child initiated and teacher directed curriculum. We are learning about math, reading and writing in group settings and one-on-one with teachers and teacher's aids.

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Travel through time with us by visiting our history classroom. The space is made to feel like the year you are learning about.

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In the art room it is not unusual if you find some of us outside or inside. We paint, sketch, design, and sculpt. We value art and if the students gravitate towards the art room they will spend a lot of their time there. Aside from making art, we learn about art history, commercial art and also learn how to illustrate.

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Our beautiful gym is ready for the students' to get their physical education on!

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In the music classroom we learn how to play instruments, sing and learn about the technical aspects of music. We take a school field trip to the symphony every year.