*Poinciana is the only elementary school east of the Mississippi to have its very own full-sized Planetarium on site. Students learn about space, the stars, and planets at an early age.

*Grades K-3 are self contained classrooms with a class family atmosphere

*Students in grades 2 - 5 participate in Lego Robotics as part of the curriculum.

*4th & 5th grade students participate in a program that teaches them about the Holocaust.

*Every Kindergarten student goes on approximately one field trip per month.

*Kindergarten students learn Sign Language as a second language. This develops the right side of the brain. It also develops better small muscle coordination.

*Every Kindergarten student learns to play chess as part of the curriculum. We will also be including many first grade classes this year.

*Kindergarten students learn math, spatial relations, recycling, life science, and basic woodworking while building a bird house.

*Students in 2nd through 4th grades learn geography through stamp collecting as part of an enrichment lunch program.

*Poinciana has over 200 volunteers. More than 100 of the volunteers are retired, half of whom are retired teachers. Parents are also welcome to volunteer in their children's classrooms. We have the best student/adult ratio in the school district.

*Students have the opportunity to participate in diverse after school clubs such as Odyssey of the Mind, FIRST Lego League, Math Club, Chess Club, and many more. Our Odyssey of the Mind teams placed #1 in the World Finals in 2007 and 2008.

*Poinciana offers SECME (aka Mad Panda Society), an engineering club, to students in grades 3-5. The students can continue with SECME through their academic careers where they have the opportunity to earn scholarships. The students design and build mousetrap-cars, bridges, and water rockets, and then compete in district and state competitions. The main focus of SECME is engineering, but they also offer essay, poetry and brain bowl competitions.

*Students from all grade levels participate in the creation of a Black History Museum in honor of Black History Month in February.

*We offer many special guest lecture programs.

*Poinciana has been recognized as a School of Distinction by the Magnet Schools of America.