The STEAM blog is now the FCS makerspace blog. Wondering why? We started a STEAM program, and three years later, we’ve outgrown the acronym. Here’s how it happened: Start with design: The hated classroom chair. We asked students to redesign them.…
Makerspace cookbook
You’re invited! Any time the door is open (note: link only works properly when you’re on campus), students, faculty, staff, parents, and alums are all welcome to come down to the makerspace to learn and work and celebrate our school…
Making metaphors
Twelve or thirteen years ago, as I sat in the Meeting Room as a student at Friends’ Central myself, Bill Kennedy stood up to share a message in Meeting for Worship. His message left an impression, and I can still…
Makerspace Founders Logo
As we continue breaking in the newly opened makerspace, one way we have decided to invite the community in is by offering workshops! The program for the makerspace workshops is as follows:
Start with a trash can.
The City Avenue campus has opened a brand new makerspace this year. We are grateful to have a new place to call home (with supplies! and plenty of storage space for projects! and new tools!) and thrilled by the opportunities it…