Grass Valley School District’s Bell Hill Academy offers a “Global Studies” program, designed to promote respect for other cultures and the environment, and a continued interest in learning. Bell Hill Academy is a public elementary school that offers grades K – 4. The mission of Bell Hill Academy is to prepare students to participate more responsibly and fully in their world, and to empower them to realize their role in the future of their global community. Bell Hill Academy students will acquire a global outlook on life and an awareness of their place in the larger world around them.The Global Studies program includes an in-depth emphasis on a specific continent in each grade level, and all students will have an opportunity to learn Spanish throughout the year. Bell Hill Academy also offers the only dual-language immersion program in Nevada County, which features instruction primarily in the Spanish language. The Global Studies program features innovative, teacher-driven projects and monthly events such as drumming, pottery, dance, food, gardening and a world market. These projects are made possible in part by a $20,000 Institute for Teaching (IFT) grant from the California Teachers’ Association.
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