School reimagined.

Creativity is, at its heart, the process of making new and original ideas that have value.

We're changing the way students engage in the classroom. Whether it’s making a prototype of a new invention, developing innovative ideas to reduce waste in the cafeteria, or launching a recording label featuring age appropriate music for tweens, our students transfer classroom learning to solve problems and fulfill needs in their community.

We give them more than just pencil and paper.

Our students are exploring technology, design, and storytelling to fuel their imaginations. From coding a video game about the founding of Georgia, to designing an aquaponics garden to feed their community, they use the tools of innovation today…..and tomorrow.

Student Driven

Collaborative

Exploration Centered

Flexible

Our students are inventors...dreamers...innovators...communicators...and thinkers.

Alex

Script Supervisor

Jacob

Virtual Reality Editor

Kitcat

Music Recording Artist

Additional Perspectives

We believe that our students can make a difference in their communities, now.

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Join us in building a Community for Creativity.

Georgia Tech Research Institute
Our system has an outstanding partnership with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) which provides access to GTRI researchers and industry professionals through technology demonstrations, lab tours, interviews, professional learning opportunities for teachers, and remote and in-person interactions. This collaboration...
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Woodruff Arts Center
The Fayette County Public School System has benefited immensely from a unique initiative with the Woodruff Arts Center that is engaging teachers and students of all ages across the system. Thanks to a generous anonymous grant donation in 2014, Woodruff...
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Trilith Studios
An exciting and innovative initiative has been developed by Trilith Studios (formerly Pinewood Atlanta Studios) and the Community for Creativity at Rising Starr Middle School. The program is focused on providing students a first-hand opportunity to learn about the diversity...
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Hopewell United Methodist Church
Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone has engaged with students K-12 in various garden projects, supporting hands-on learning in a diversity of STEAM subjects. Most recently, in 2020, a collaborative, long-term Food Forest project was established, building a creative, flexible...
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Malt Maker Media
As part of the Community for Creativity pilot program, students at Rising Starr Middle School partnered with Malt Maker Media to learn firsthand about video production. In addition to this opportunity, several students are continuing to work with the company...
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Stage Academy of Music
The Stage Academy of Music partnership began with Rising Starr Middle School in 2013. In an effort to connect his music and recording studio meaningfully with the local school system, owner Brad Confer developed the RockFriday program to bridge the...
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