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The Community for Creativity
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School Reimagined
We're changing the way students engage in the classroom. Whether it’s making a prototype of a new invention, developing innovative ideas to reduce waste in the cafeteria, or launching a recording label featuring age-appropriate music for tweens, our students transfer classroom learning to solve problems and fulfill needs in their community.
Creativity is, at its heart, the process of making new and original ideas that have value.
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About the Community for Creativity
The Community for Creativity initiative highlights the vision of Fayette County Public Schools to create a learning environment "where excellence and creativity merge." Rising Starr Middle School piloted the first school-wide model in 2018 with the second and third locations opening at Flat Rock Middle School in the fall of 2019 and Peeples Elementary School in the fall of 2020. All three communities focus on creative problem-solving and the creation of new and original ideas and content, with the instructional approach varying by location along with program offerings that are unique to that campus.
Fayette County Public Schools formed the Community for Creativity to prepare students to become leaders in our world-class economy. Students leverage their creativity as a key asset in all subjects, exploring where academics, the arts, technology, and business intersect.
A primary focus of the initiative is to develop and support a student’s ability to create original ideas, concepts, and content. Classroom conversations change from “What are we learning about?” to “What are we creating today?
Program Mindset
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The Community for Creativity prioritizes creative thinking and knowledge transfer using four key tenets:
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Student Driven
Build on Student Interests
Starting with curiosity, students connect their interests to learning, personal development, and purpose. Student freedom to express and engage in learning through multiple ways is encouraged, facilitating inclusive opportunities for all students to develop as independent and critical thinkers.
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Exploration Centered
Enabling future ready, creative problem solvers
We promote a risk-friendly environment where students imagine, create, play, share, and refine (1) as part of the learning process. Students create new ideas, solutions, and content in hands-on, minds-on classrooms that value originality.
(1) Creative Learning Spiral, Mitchel Resnick, Lifelong Kindergarten, MIT Press, 2017.
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Flexible
Flexibility to support resilient, lifelong learners
From reorganizing classroom spaces to embracing activity and movement, the Community for Creativity embraces the idea that learning is the constant, time is the variable. We promote a growth mindset that encourages and supports immersive learning opportunities.
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Collaborative
Valuing effective communicators and collaborators
Encouraging continuous reflection, students share ideas with others and value multiple perspectives. Students transfer and apply knowledge across subjects, connecting to the community and world outside the school building.