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ENROLLMENT As of 2007 enrollment in the College of Education totaled 3,253 or 13% of Florida Atlantic University's total student body. Elementary Education is the top major at the university by total undergraduate enrollment.1 ALEXANDER D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL The Alexander D. Henderson University School is a Public Elementary and Middle School (K-8) and legislated school district operating as an educational laboratory on the FAU's Boca Raton campus. The school is rated an "A+ School" by the Florida Department Of Education . This ranking is determined based on student scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test . The Henderson School is also a U.S. Department Of Education Blue Ribbon School .2 Only 4% percent of schools in the United States have received this designation. The Dean of the College of Education is the designated Superintendent . PINE JOG CENTER The college also operates The Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, "one of the oldest nature centers in the U.S. serving over 25,000 students, 750 teachers, and 12,500 families annually from Palm Beach County and surrounding counties. In April 2007 FAU and the School District Of Palm Beach County began construction of an Elementary School and new facilities for Pine Jog at the site. "The school, scheduled to open no later than August 2008, will have an environmental focus, using the Pine Jog site as an outdoor classroom." The new school "will also be the first public elementary school in Florida to become certified by the Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design (LEED) as a “green” building." LEED are standards designed by the U.S. Green Architecture Council to classify a building as environmentally friendly.3 REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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