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Upper School Engineers Welcome Kindergarteners
McDonogh students are LifeReady. What does this mean? We teach students how to think, not what to think, empowering them to lead lives of consequence and do the greatest good.
LifeReady Skills Achieved: Creative & Critical Thinking | Communicating | Perspective Taking | Collaborating | Connecting
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There was plenty of excitement at the Fader Innovation Center on Thursday, April 2, as Upper School engineering students opened their doors to kindergarten visitors for a one-of-a-kind collaborative class. The upper schoolers transformed the space into an interactive learning fair, setting up booths for each stage of the engineering design process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, and Improve.
Walking through each station, the youngest learners got a hands-on look at how engineers think, problem-solve, and bring ideas to life. The featured project was a set of wireless headphones that the upper school students had designed and built earlier in the semester — a tangible, impressive example of where the design process can lead.
The collaboration was a meaningful reminder that engineering is for every age, and that some of the best teaching happens when students get to share what they've built with someone who's just beginning to dream.
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McDonogh’s robust STEM programs develop intellectual confidence, creative problem-solving, and technical fluency in every student. The coordinated pathway from kindergarten to twelfth grade ensures that students do not restart their learning at each level; they advance. Beginning in the Lower School, students explore CAD, robotics, and guided tool safety. The program grows in Middle School with independence in design and fabrication to Upper School mastery of advanced systems, culminating in a Capstone experience where seniors tackle real community challenges in collaboration with Greatest Good McDonogh and 800-Acre Labs.