A new kind of school
Centrally located at Excellent Ice in Surrey BC, Glarea Elevated Learning opened in September 2020 with K to 5, and have since added Grade 6 in 2021 and Grade 7 in 2022. Glarea has re-imagined the modern school system by utilizing Challenge Based Learning within an all-inclusive Arts and Sports environment focused on connection and development.
HAVE TO SAY
RITA DHALIWAL
HAVE TO SAY
TIFFANY BENJAMIN
Elevated Learning
Ignite a passion for excellence
YVONA HAAS
YVONA HAAS
DISCOVERING FUTURE LEADERS
THE GLAREA PHILOSOPHY
TECH IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
USED & APPLIED IN PRACTICE
To ensure our private elementary school students keep up with the innovations of tomorrow, Tech and Digital tools are utilized and mastered wherever possible throughout the Glarean experience.
Recent News
COVID-19: B.C. schools race to improve ventilation as a way to control coronavirus
Fully exchanging indoor air that may contain droplets or aerosols capable of transporting the virus with fresh air that is free of the virus is obviously desirable. The best indoor air in the region may be in th...
Surrey school invests in COVID prevention renos
The Surrey independent school Glarea Elevated Learning has invested more than $500,000 in installing a new ventilation system to its facility, highlighting the importance of student health during the pandemic. L...
Inside Surrey’s new in-rink private school, which isn’t all about hockey
Glarea Elevated Learning school has opened at Excellent Ice Students at the newest Surrey Private School have a rink-side view hockey fans would love. Glarea Elevated Learning classes began Sept. 14 in renovated...
COVID HEALTH AND SAFETY AT GLAREA ELEVATED LEARNING ‘SAFER SCHOOL, LESS DISRUPTIONS’
Hello Glareans! Glarea Elevated Learning will ensure students are able to return to school as safely as possible while supporting their learning and development needs. Under Stage 2 of the government’s Five-St...
COVID-19 BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN SEPTEMBER 2020
Welcome to Glarea Elevated Learning! We have been working diligently to ensure our new school is safe, welcoming, and ready for students. We continue to plan and prepare to welcome your children safely back to c...
Alan Finkel’s 2020s vision: ‘We must cultivate the natural curiosity and capabilities of children’
As Australia’s chief science nerd, I found lessons for today in this obscure piece of science history. It can help us map our nation’s future Let me share a story with you. It is a story of discovery and exp...
Why dance is just as important as math in school
Dance — and physical activity — should have the same status in schools as math, science and language. Psst: it may even help raise test scores, says Sir Ken Robinson. For several years, I’ve been a patro...
Ex-Whitecap DeMerit in Surrey to talk soccer at new private school
The retired American player is head soccer instructor at new Glarea Elevated Learning Former Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit will talk about his Rise & Shine Program at a new private school in Surrey. As...
Relationships Are Important. How Do We Build Them Effectively With Kids?
Kent Pekel realized the importance of relationships in his own life in a new way when his wife passed away after losing a fight with breast cancer. He was left to parent three young children on his own. His chi...
Discovering Better Ways to Learn as an Adult
If you’d met Ulrich Boser while he was still in school, you might not have tagged him as a guy who would one day write a book about learning. Early in his life, at least, learning was a struggle. “School was...
Letting Kids Drive
Why doing leads to learning Years ago, I met an educator named Diane Tavenner who blew my socks off. We’d been invited by Bill and Melinda Gates to give what amounted to a private TED talk, followed by discuss...
Why did our children stop walking to school?
Naomi Buck is a freelance writer in Toronto. As a kindergarten student in 1977, I set out every morning into the vastness of North Toronto. Having been ditched by my older brother at the first hill (he had a rep...
Stop helicoptering other people’s kids
How old do you need to be to see a movie alone in New York City? I recently found out. My daughter had been asking for permission to go to the movies with her friend. They are both 9 years old and fairly mature....
Helicopter parents aren’t making it easier for their children
Maurice Fernandes thought it was a joke when a parent called asking why their adult child did not get a job with his company. At the time, Mr. Fernandes was early into his 20-year career in human resources. Toda...
Private school plans at expanded Surrey ice arena emphasize student ‘grit’
At Excellent Ice building, hockey among five sports to be offered at Glarea Elevated Learning One ice arena in Surrey will soon expand to include a private school that incorporates education, sports and arts. Th...
Arts Umbrella launches new pilot program to reach remote schools in Canada
As it prepares to move into a much larger new facility, Arts Umbrella is expanding its training much farther afield with a new online program. One caveat in accessing Arts Umbrella’s programs in dance, theatre...
Arts Umbrella prepares for season-finale shows and a spacious new building
Beyond the construction fencing, Arts Umbrella’s vast new space on Granville Island is beginning to take true shape. And at the same time that the facility is getting ready to stage its ambitious end-of-the-ye...
New $52-million Surrey sports complex with 3 ice rinks opening next month
A significant community and recreational complex in North Surrey is set to become a major destination attraction for the area, while also providing a rapidly growing municipality with a much-needed recreational ...
Heuro Canada’s First Client Begins Innovative Neurological Treatment at Canada’s First Heuro PoNS™ Clinic
Leader in traumatic brain injury management completes first client intake to receive groundbreaking treatment program for gait and balance symptoms from previous mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) ...
David Hunt and Deani Van Pelt: Independent schools provide options ‘a single, government-run school monopoly cannot provide’
As the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and provincial government head into contract negotiations so close to the new school year, many parents are rightly worried about the possibility of disruptions to their childr...
Jay talks about the pursuit of reaching his goals.
Jay DeMerit talks about growing up wanting to play soccer in the biggest league in the U.K. It is not an easy journey for an American born player to get a contract overseas. Jay had to start from the bottom of t...
