Innovation coordinator Brian Diaz (left) and Palmer Trinity School student Akshay Panjabi. Courtesy of Claudia Storper
The middle school building now houses The Innovation Station, the upper school created an innovation space from a former math and science room, and a campus garage is now a maker space that can accommodate larger undertakings like The Apollo Project, a student-led solar car experiment. Each space has modular furniture, tables with dry-erase surfaces, and equipment for hands-on projects that include visual arts, videography, virtual reality, audio-recording, and podcasting.
“It is our hope that this approach to creativity and independent learning permeate throughout campus, allowing each student to cultivate useful skills that will stay with them into adulthood,” says Brian Diaz, innovation coordinator.
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