Posts discussing the growth of the program, awards and recognition, etc.
With the start of the new year, Lighthouse is putting together a list of official internship and volunteer sites. As they have done for the past 11 years, this spring at Lighthouse, all of the 11th grade students will complete a volunteer internship at a local business, organization or youth development program in the community.…
For the past few months, Lodestar had the opportunity to partner with the Wonderful Idea Co. (WICO), a local organization that hosts trainings and develops interactive, hands-on exhibits for makerspaces and museums. With the help of a generous grant from Cognizant, we’ve been able to offer our school as a testing location, where WICO can…
We were fortunate enough to have the Team from Piper visit our 4th grade class this week and conduct a play-test with their amazing products. The Piper Team brought over several of their Computer Kits and had the students, in groups of 2-3, play-test them for about 30 minutes per group. In this small amount of…
To Engage Students and Teachers, Treat Core Subjects Like Extracurriculars Lighthouse Community Public Schools were featured in an article in Mind/Shift by Leah Shaffer. Read more.
3 Challenges As Hands-On, DIY Culture Moves Into Schools The Lighthouse Creativity Lab was featured on a piece by Eric Westervelt on NPR. Read more
Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots The Lighthouse Creativity Lab was featured on a piece by Eric Westervelt. Read more and listen.
Finding Success in Failure: STEM Educators Say Student Risk-Taking Is Key to Real-World Learning The Lighthouse Creativity Lab was part of a feature in an article on STEM The 74 by Kate Stringer. Read more.
Lighthouse Students showed off their work and maker skills on Sunday at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire! We showcased robot animals, LED pictures, scribble machines, and cardboard hands with the local Oakland Community. It was great for students to share what they had learned and to connect with the local maker community. We can’t…
Today we hosted a group of 10 international emerging leaders selected by the U.S. Embassy in Egypt to travel to the U.S. for a professional exchange program with the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). For an hour we talked about how the Creativity Lab got started, how we currently support making at Lighthouse…
Awesome news! The Creativity Lab has just published project guides on woodworking for kindergarten and scribble machines. We have tested these projects out with teachers and students, and we have seen first-hand the rich learning experiences for adults and children alike. Check them out!