We are Glareans.
students to identify and pursue their unique purpose.
Elevated Learning
Ignite a passion for excellence
Centrally located in the City of Surrey and opening in September 2020 with K to 5 and growing with the students yearly up to Grade 12, Glarea Elevated Learning has re-imagined the modern school system by utilizing Challenge Based Learning within an all-inclusive Arts and Sport environment focused on connection and development.
Glarea is currently awaiting BC Ministry of Education Certification and does not purport to offer schooling prior to certification.
Discovering Future Leaders
The Glarea Philosophy
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Tech Immersive Experience
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Recent News
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 be in Surrey to talk about his Rise & Shine Program at a new private scho...
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...
