STEM: Creativity, Critical Thinking & Innovation
Creativity, critical thinking, and innovation develop best when students are challenged with rich, open-ended tasks. Students need to be comfortable working and creating in an environment where the answers are not always straightforward, and outcomes may be unknown. This ability requires students to employ their creativity, work in teams, learn to fail safely, be self-motivated, synthesize knowledge, and create new knowledge.
A well-designed curriculum supported by a well-designed space can create and foster these learning opportunities. Our two state-of-the-art Design Labs are the perfect spaces for learning and innovation. Fully equipped with tools and materials, these flexible work areas have everything students need to put their imaginations to work.
Competitive Robotics
In the spring of 2025, students will use Spike Prime robots to battle it out in exciting in-house competitions! Looking ahead to the fall of 2025, 5th and 6th graders will represent our school in the First Lego League, taking on regional challengers! Meanwhile, 7th-8th graders will level up with REV robots in the high-stakes First Tech Challenge, also against regional challengers.
Each spring, students in grades 5-7 gather in the gymnasium for the annual science fair. The students display the projects they have worked hard on for many weeks before the event. They present their findings to parents, students, faculty, and staff who walk around and visit each one. The projects are judged, and the students gather for the awards ceremony.