Elizabeth Garcia selected for National Education Fellowship
Head of School at Discovery Day Academy in Bonita Springs, Florida, Elizabeth McDaniel-Garcia has been selected for the America Achieves’ Fellowship for Teachers and Principals (http://www.americaachie
Discovery Day Academy Breaks Ground on 21st Century School
Young inventors roll their desks across the hardwood floor, forming a circle for today’s brainstorming session. These first graders are planing a city. First they’ll think it, then dream it, plan it an
Business Observer 40-Under-40: Elizabeth McDaniel-Garcia
Founder, Head of School, Discovery Day Academy Discovery Day Academy in Bonita Springs has 100 students, but Elizabeth McDaniel-Garcia has three times that many on the private school’s waiting list. “W
Growing and learning: Discovery Day Academy to open primary school
Kennedy Chaffee, 6, is excited to go back to school. The first-grader now can look forward to going to Discovery Day Academy through the fifth grade. The Bonita Springs-based private early learning sc
Discovery Day Academy’s Curriculum Model Receives Recognition as a Lego Re-Imagine Learning Pacesetter
Discovery Day Academy’s curriculum model, The Discovery Method, was name a Pacesetter project in Lego Foundation’s Re-Imagine Learning Challenge. The project based learning model provides teachers with
Garcia to Present at National EdLeader21 Conference
Elizabeth A. Garcia, founder and head of school at Discovery Day Academy, in Bonita Springs, has been selected as a lead presenter of an IGNITE presentation at EdLeader 21’s 2014 Annual Event in Atlant
Discovery Day Academy Joins EdLeader21 Network
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (May 19, 2014) – Discovery Day Academy, in Bonita Springs, has joined EdLeader21, a national network of school and district leaders focused on integrating the 4Cs (critical thinkin
Estero preschool to build innovative primary school
By News-press.com, Christina Cepero, ccepero@news-press.com Be the first to hike snow-capped Marsh Mountain, climb the Bee Tree, cross the Chocolate River and traverse the Rose Bush Grove to win the ga
Discovery Day Academy Administrators Tour Steelcase Corporate Headquarters
Discovery Day Academy’s Elizabeth A. Garcia, founder and head of school, and Allana Cardenas, department head lower school, recently traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a private tour of Steelcase’
Adopting Common Core will require change in school culture
By Elizabeth Anne Garcia, MBA Estero Founder and head of school, Discovery Day Academy, Bonita Springs Naples Daily News 04/10/2014, Page B07 Achieving the intended student outcomes of the Common Core
