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Midtown Academy Center for Cultural Arts, Gifted Studies & Literacy Innovation
Center for Cultural Arts, Gifted Studies & Literacy Innovation
1701 10thStreet
St. Petersburg, FL 33762
727.893.1358
https://www.pcsb.org/midtown
About: Midtown Academy’s school-wide Center for Cultural Arts K-5, provides students with an engaging, hands-on, brains-on, learning environment that expands beyond our classroom walls into the nearby St. Petersburg community.
Our Center for Literacy Innovation begins in 1st grade and provides a structured and innovative reading approach to literacy. Designed for students with Dyslexia and/or who demonstrate characteristics of Dyslexia, this program provides a systemic, multi-sensory approach to literacy instruction with opportunities for reading, writing, and math remediation.
Students in our Center for Gifted Studies receive full-time gifted services in homogenous classes with gifted-endorsed teachers beginning in 1st grade. Students focus on divergent thinking strategies, social-emotional development and intellectually stimulating curriculum.
Points of Pride
- Midtown has earned a school grade of an A
- Twice Weekly Art and Music
- School Wide Enrichment Clusters
- Strings Instruction
- PE Everyday
- Cultural Arts Field Trips
- Weekly Maker Space