Activities

Las Brisas Elementary school, a grade K-6 school in the Deer Valley Unified School District is located in the Glendale Homes For Sale of the Northwest Valley.  Located in the neighborhood off of 55th Avenue and Happy Valley Road, children attending this elementary school live mostly in the Stetson Valley, Eagle Ridge community and the area South of Happy Valley Road between 43rd avenue and 61st Avenues and South to Pinnacle Peak Road. Las Brisas was opened in 1993 and is home of the “Stars”.  Las Brisas ( spanish for “the Breezes”) is headed by principal Patricia McAlarnen, the mission of this “A” rated school is “to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and decision-making abilities to positively shape their future and to develop students who are responsible, accountable, and committed to excellence”.  Classrooms here are arranged in pods around a Character Counts theme, in a two story building.

 

West Wing School, located in the Westwing Mountain Homes for Sale community of Glendale Homes for Sale is home of the Mustangs.  Opened in 2005, West Wing Schoolis a K-8 grade school and is headed by Principal Dr. Linda Price-Barry.  With about 1,100 students enrolled at West Wing, students are constantly encouraged to be challenged in a safe and nurturing environment, to help “meet and surpass academic expectations”.

Programs offered at West Wing include gifted clustering programs, special education, before and after school program, and of course extra-curricular activities.  Kids can take part in chorus, band, student council.  Sports (for 7th and 8th grade students) like softball, volleyball, baseball, and basketball are available. 

  Terramar Elementary, home of the Titans is located in the Glendale Homes for Sale  area of Terramar Homes for Sale and is a K-8 grade school. It opened in 2003.  It has a focused learning program in the Academy of Arts.  This specialized curriculum integrates arts instruction with academics, exposing children to the Orff/Kodaly music instruction and Pangrazi rhythmic movement strategies.  The Orff Method teaches kids about music in way that will incorporate learning through the use of music, singing, instruments and acting.  Lessons are often presented with a way for the student to play while learning and each student is encouraged to learn at their own pace.  Kodaly is a philosophy that the earlier you incorporate music into a child’s learning environment that all children will have the capacity to become musically literate.