Category Archives: School life

1st Grade Success!

“I like school and I like tutoring! I’m learning songs and all my ABC’s. I learned how to count. I use my fingers sometimes and it’s so easy. Ms. Rose (teacher) and Ms. Hope (tutor) are teaching me. I like them. I learned how to make animals. I made a magic penguin and an airplane. […]

Here’s What We Are Doing to Keep Our Staff & Students Safe

  Cleaning and Sanitizing We pride ourselves on the cleanliness of our building under normal circumstances.  Additional cleaning and sanitizing protocols have been implemented as follows: routine sanitizing and cleaning of common areas throughout the day routine sanitizing of high-traffic, high-touch surfaces classroom tables and chairs are disinfected throughout the day classroom tables and chairs […]

Donated educational posters dress up our classrooms!

Community Learning Center Academy would like to give a huge shout out to Chris Blackerby of PalaceLearning.com and Bryant Guzman of Bryant Guzman Services, Inc. for their generous donation of educational posters for our classrooms.   These high-quality posters help make our classrooms appealing to students while also providing educational content such as planets, maps, […]

PostcardMania helps our students get ready for school!

The magnificent Joy Gendusa, Founder and CEO of PostcardMania, and her incredible Executives and staff held an in-house fundraiser to help our students start the new school year off right! They donated backpacks filled with school supplies for every student in our K – 3rd grade classes! They also donated brand new PE equipment and […]

Monarch Butterfly
Butterfly Garden is EXPLODING with Life

The butterfly garden is exploding with life at Community Learning Center!  Here are some recent pictures of the monarch caterpillars and a recently hatched monarch butterfly in the garden.  See the cool pictures below! Here are some fun facts about monarchs: Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed. They live for about 6 to 8 months. Eastern […]

Student Success

“I feel confident in myself because I know how to read and do math and write. I have improved the whole time I’ve come to this school. I like my teacher, Ms. Erika, and I’ve made some friends along the way. My favorite things to do are math, science and playing soccer with my friends.” […]

CLC Academy Celebrates International Chefs Day

The students of Community Learning Center Academy were hosted by Clearwater Community Volunteers to celebrate International Chefs Day.   Chef Zoltan and Chef Barry, executive chefs from the Fort Harrison Hotel and Chef Rene Marquis from the American Culinary Federation taught the students about making nutritious choices and introduced them to some exotic fruits. These fruits […]

10 Reasons why Students Don't Like School.
10 COMMON REASONS WHY STUDENTS SAY THEY DON’T LIKE SCHOOL

It’s boring My class is too hard I don’t like the teacher (teacher is mean) I’m not good at ________ (subject) I can’t concentrate in class Homework I never do good on exams, no matter how hard I try I get in trouble for talking in class I don’t like getting up early I’m interested in […]

Teach with the student's interest and purpose in mind.
TEACHING POINT #1 INTEREST & USE IN LIFE

If one wishes a subject to be taught with maximal effectiveness, he should: #1. Present it in its most interesting form. Find something about the subject matter that engages and holds the attention of the students at the appropriate age level. Correlate the subject to something they already know, admire or have strong interest in. Showcase […]