The Design Lab is our maker space. Students at every level use it, from Primary through Middle School, to turn their ideas into things they can hold and test.
A workshop for ideas
In a maker space, students learn by doing. They find the materials they need, try things out and change course when something better comes to mind. The work is theirs, from the first sketch to the finished piece.
Sketch, build, test
Each project starts with a real problem. Students sketch a plan, build a model and put it to the test. When something doesn’t work, they find out why and try again. That is how designers and engineers work, and it is how Montessori students already learn.
Where STEAM comes together
The Design Lab is part of our STEAM program, where science, technology, engineering, art and math meet. Students measure and calculate, test an idea like a scientist and shape it like an artist. Each subject makes more sense when they use it for something real.
Montessori at heart
Our classrooms are full of materials students learn with their hands. The Design Lab carries that idea further. Students choose their work, stay with a hard problem and take pride in what they make.
