New Innovation Lab Connects Students to the Technology of the Future

 Legacy Christian Academy’s campus has always been well known for its technological advancement. From SmartBoards in every classroom to student-issued Chromebooks and more, Legacy has a tradition of investing in technology that best serves the Academy’s mission of preparing today’s children for tomorrow’s success.
The Valencia campus’s newest state-of-the-art addition, though, is one for the record books. Legacy students begin to develop their technological fluency early on; first grade students learn the ins and outs of Microsoft Word, third graders can chart profits and losses on Excel, a Legacy fifth grader could network your business’s computers and an LCA sixth grader could build you a desktop from scratch. By middle school, a Legacy student is fluent in web design, graphic design and many The Academy’s brand new Innovation Lab, a dedicated multi-use space that looks more like it belongs in Silicon Valley than in a kinder-to-eighth-grade school, is where students from every class gather to learn 21st-century skills. advanced skills taught at places like MIT.
The all-white Innovation lab was made with learning and collaboration in mind. In one corner are work stations, ready to charge your handheld devices or prepare for a wireless presentation. Twenty-eight powerful computers with flat-panel LCD monitors cast a glow on the glass-like work surface, which can be raised up and down at the touch of a button. An 85-inch giant HD touchscreen, four giant 4K flat screen TVs displaying student work, a document camera and other advanced teaching tools are at the ready. “Our state-of-the-art Innovation Lab is like nothing else in Santa Clarita. Nearly a year in the making, we designed this space from the ground up to allow students to interact with technology in a way that inspires learning, creativity and imagination. Our kids feel as though they have stepped out of a traditional school building and into a space that looks more like an Apple Store,” says Dr. Matt Northrop, Legacy principal.
Legacy Christian Academy is a not-for-profit organization serving students in grades Kindergarten through eighth. Enrollment applications are now available for the 2017-18 school year.
Legacy Christian Academy is located at 27680 Dickason Drive in Valencia.  For more information, please call 661-257-7377 and visit www.legacy-christian.com.