What happens when a district stops asking students to adapt to the classroom and instead builds classrooms that adapt to the student?
Gregory-Portland Independent School District’s bold new Early Childhood Center is setting a new standard for how experiential education can support today’s youngest learners. With 18 themed learning environments, bilingual accessibility, hands-on educational materials, and immersive design, these spaces are more than decorated classrooms, they’re launchpads for literacy, social-emotional growth, and a foundation to create a lifelong love of learning.
And this is only the beginning.
Creating immersive experiences for Pre-K and Kindergarten students is part of a larger district vision… one that’s already expanding into elementary common areas and beyond. Read the full Case Study below for project details, video testimonial, classroom photos, and more.
“And I think these environments are a way of meeting them where they are, and making sure that we are allowing them to be children for a long time… This gives them an opportunity to play and develop social skills and emotional skills that will carry them through for the rest of their lives.”
– Robin Rice, ECC Principal
