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[quote=Anonymous]It was really nice. The school is under construction, so it is a bit of a maze to get around, but they showed us plans for the final building, and it looks pretty great. The engineering/shop room was full of good basic tools and an entire separate room for computers and 3d printers. There was a CNC which may or may not have been working. Lots of current students came in to show their projects from different years (catapults, robotic arm, a robot that shoot baskets ( I think that was the robotics team), little robots that can get through a maze) and talk with the new students. It sounds like the 9th grade afternoons are a block in which the kids do overlapping classes of CS, science (physics and chemistry) and engineering, so they can apply science principles to hands-on projects. Looked like a great way to learn! Some seniors came in to talk about their overall experience. They seemed happy and confident. Maybe more focused on which school they were going to attend than what they were going to study, but it’s that time of year. The students seemed to be working very hard and (mostly) enjoying it. They emphasized the importance of knowing your strengths and respecting the strengths of your classmates to help each other with projects. They also talked about the great support they felt from the teachers when they wanted to do a project that was an extension of the basic assignment. We didn’t have much time for questions for the math teacher, but plenty of time to talk in the engineering room. The evening felt more about the general experience than a description of the details, but everyone got a taste of the space and my kid was excited and is really looking forward to the program. [/quote]

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