How do we get kids to love learning and love going to school every day? This is a growing problem in our society today. Kids are experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression at rapidly increasing rates. In Psychology Today (May 2018), Dr. Peter Gray cited a study report that showed “a continuous increase in the rate of psychiatric emergencies during school weeks, but not during vacation weeks over the 4-year period of the study.” The reasons vary from academic demands and peer pressures to disinterest and plain boredom.
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How do we get kids to love learning and love going to school every day? This is a growing problem in our society today. Kids are experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression at rapidly growing rates. Psychology Today (Grey, May 2018) indicated “a continuous increase in the rate of psychiatric emergencies during school weeks, but not during vacation weeks over the four year period of the study”.
The reasons vary from academic pressures, peer pressures, disinterest, and plain boredom. At Lake Travis STEM Academy we make learning fun by creating real world curriculum and experiences to provide students with engaging, supportive, and authentic lessons/projects.
A compelling account on why life is not a journey! At LTSA, we thought it important to share this. Alan Watts's humorous video is a great illustration and testimonial to some of our core concepts, beliefs, and philosophy as a hands-on, experiential and inspiration-rich learning environment. Watch and Enjoy!
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Our Elementary class "mini engineers" completed their project and buid an awesome looking water collection system. These kids created several designs from scratch, presented their designs to actual engineers and had to go through multiple iterations to get their designs and construction plan approved! They built miniature models of their designs, budgeted and shopped for materials prior to building the entire system from the ground up under the supervision of knowledgeable adults. Check out the video we made of the whole effort.
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This event is hosted by the young STEM students and instructors of Lake Travis STEM Academy.
Lunch is available through Crystal Falls Golf Club for $5 and includes, drink, hot dog and chips. So please bring $5 cash with you!
Lake Travis STEM Academy is proud to receive accreditation by SACS CASI, an accrediting division of AdvancED. The accreditation demonstrates our dedication to continuous improvement in all that we do.
Our students are currently reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea so we took them to Dive World Austin for an immersive experience! Students learned about the history of Scuba Diving, the basics of Scuba Diving and also got to experience what it is like to put on all the cool diving gear and breathe underwater!
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LTSA is currently accepting students for Fall 2018. If you are interested in enrolling, visit our Admissions tab and fill out a tour request! Once we receive this form, we will contact you about setting up a tour and information session and go over the LTSA enrollment process...
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