Academics
Innovation & Design
Innovation & Design at CEE
The Innovation Center, opened in 2013, is a dynamic learning hub for students and teachers to engage in transformative experiences and explore new possibilities through technology and tools.
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Hands-On Learning
Hands-on learning builds problem-solving skills and is an essential counterpart to screen-based skills. Supported by work tables, tools, and a variety of materials, students can explore physics and engineering as well as circuits with motors, lights, and buttons. -
Operations and Coding
Students gain experience with operations, learning how to use iPads and laptop computers properly and efficiently. Students also learn how to write instructions for computers to understand (coding), developing critical and computational thinking skills. -
STEAM Festival
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Families explore over 30 interactive stations, run by faculty, staff, and parents. Popular activities from previous years include ice cream making, color mixing, sound explorations, gardening, anatomy and virtual reality! -
Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship units help students develop an understanding of themselves as responsible stewards of their online presence. CEE’s core values serve as touchstones to guide behavior when using technology and interacting with others online, and students build an understanding of the Internet as a public place, being mindful of their own privacy as well as that of others. -
Digital Fabrication
Students of all ages have access to a 3D Printer, which supports learning to manipulate three-dimensional digital spaces to fabricate objects that would not be possible to create with traditional tools. A laser cutter allows students to use digital tools to design 2D pieces cut from wood or fabric. -
Maker Fellows
CEE’s two-year Maker Fellows program provides teachers with a structured education in Makerism. Fellows conduct research, learn new skills, and facilitate Maker-centered projects for their classes. During the second year, they iterate their projects and mentor new fellows.
The Innovation & Design curriculum nurtures big ideas, creativity, collaboration, and self-guided learning across disciplines like coding, digital citizenship, engineering, graphic design, and more! Students of all ages engage in developmentally appropriate units of study facilitated by the Innovation & Design faculty as they expand their experiences in these areas.
Our Innovation Center provides a central community space to bring learning to a new level, dream big, and work together. It serves as an extension of all classrooms as teachers often collaborate with the Innovation team to expand on an existing classroom project or initiative.
Classes enjoy regular visits to the Innovation Center and experience a developmentally appropriate Innovation & Design curriculum throughout their years at CEE. Elementary grades also participate in the Design Summits program throughout the year.
Our Innovation Center provides a central community space to bring learning to a new level, dream big, and work together. It serves as an extension of all classrooms as teachers often collaborate with the Innovation team to expand on an existing classroom project or initiative.
Classes enjoy regular visits to the Innovation Center and experience a developmentally appropriate Innovation & Design curriculum throughout their years at CEE. Elementary grades also participate in the Design Summits program throughout the year.
Please contact Matt Arguello, Director of Innovation, for more information about The Center's Technology curriculum and Innovation Center.
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