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.
Elevated Learning
Ignite a passion for excellence
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: HEALTH MANDATES 2022-2023
NewsPREVENTION MEASURES: Prevention measures are in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These include effective personal practices like health awareness, staying home when sick and regular hand cleaning. All students and staff should: Ge...
COVID-19: B.C. schools race to improve ventilation as a way to control coronavirus
NewsFully 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 the four classrooms that mak...
Surrey school invests in COVID prevention renos
NewsThe 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. Located in the Excellent Ic...
Inside Surrey’s new in-rink private school, which isn’t all about hockey
NewsGlarea 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 space at the Excellent Ic...
COVID HEALTH AND SAFETY AT GLAREA ELEVATED LEARNING ‘SAFER SCHOOL, LESS DISRUPTIONS’
NewsHello 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-Stage Plan for the education...
Alan Finkel’s 2020s vision: ‘We must cultivate the natural curiosity and capabilities of children’
NewsAs 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 exploration. We begin in 1751...
Dance in School: Why dance is just as important as math in school
NewsDance — 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 patron of the London School of ...
Relationships Are Important. How Do We Build Them Effectively With Kids?
NewsKent 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 children’s preschool teacher ...
Discovering Better Ways to Learn as an Adult
NewsIf 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 tough for me from the ver...
Project Based Learning: Letting Kids Drive
NewsWhy 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 discussion, on what kids need to ...
Why did our children stop walking to school?
NewsNaomi 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 reputation to maintain), I wo...
Stop helicoptering other people’s kids
NewsHow 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. I would drive them, buy t...
Helicopter parents aren’t making it easier for their children
NewsMaurice 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. Today, Mr. Fernandes, who work...
Private school plans at expanded Surrey ice arena emphasize student ‘grit’
NewsAt 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. The look and feel of Excelle...
Arts Umbrella launches new pilot program to reach remote schools in Canada
NewsAs 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 and visual arts is that y...
Arts Umbrella prepares for season-finale shows and a spacious new building
NewsBeyond 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-year dance and theatre produ...
New $52-million Surrey sports complex with 3 ice rinks opening next month
NewsA 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 amenity. Aptly named the ...
Heuro Canada’s First Client Begins Innovative Neurological Treatment at Canada’s First Heuro PoNS™ Clinic
NewsLeader 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) MONTREAL, March 4, 2019 ...
David Hunt and Deani Van Pelt: Independent schools provide options ‘a single, government-run school monopoly cannot provide’
NewsAs 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 children’s education. But one ...
Jay talks about the pursuit of reaching his goals.
NewsJay 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 the league, sleeping in a f...
